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Press Room:
Arkansas Arts Center Announces 2006 Season
For more information contact:
Emily Fraize, 501-396-0308
efraize@arkarts.com
April 20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Arkansas Arts Center Announces 2006 Season
(LITTLE ROCK, AR) -
The Arkansas Arts Center is pleased to announce its 2005-2006 season schedule. The season includes 16 exhibitions at the Arkansas Arts Center, three exhibitions at the Arkansas Arts Center Community Gallery, six Children’s Theatre productions and three Studio Series productions.
The Arkansas Arts Center exhibitions include:
July 1 – August 21, 2005 Arnold Bittleman: A Drawings Retrospective (Organized for the Arkansas Arts Center by Curator of Art Brian Young)
July 15 – August 28, 2005 Recent Acquisitions: Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection
August 12 – October 9, 2005 Come One, Come All: Judy Onofrio
September 2 – October 23, 2005 Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott
September 9 – November 13, 2005 Silverpoint by Carol Prusa (Presented in conjunction with Southeastern College Art Conference)
October 21 – December 31, 2005 10th National Drawing Invitational
November 11 – December 31, 2005 33rd Annual Toys Designed by Artists
December 2, 2005 – January 8, 2006 2005 Collectors Show & Sale
January 20 – April 16, 2006 African Masterpieces from the New Orleans Museum of Art
January 13 – March 12, 2006 Paul Jenkins: Water and Color
January 20 – March 5, 2006 Works in Wood by Clay Foster
March 17 – April 30, 2006 Drawings from Life: Aj Smith
March 24 – May 21, 2006 Young Arkansas Artists 45th Annual Exhibition
May 5 – July 9, 2006 49th Annual Delta Exhibition
May 12 – June 25, 2006 Robert Reep
June 2 – September 3, 2006 Picasso Ceramics from the Bernie Bercuson Collection (This exhibition has been organized by the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale.)
The Arkansas Arts Center Community Gallery at the Terry House exhibitions include:
July – August, 2005 Drawing You In: Works by Arkansas Arts Center Museum School Drawing Students
October 20 – November 20, 2005 Arkansas Pastel Society
March 2 – April 28, 2006 Mid Southern Watercolorist Annual Exhibition
The Children’s Theatre productions include:
September 16 – October 2, 2005 Go Dog Go (By P.D. Eastman; Adapted by Stephen Dietz and Allison Gregory)
October 28 – November 13, 2005 The Legend of Robin Hood (A new play celebrating an enduring legend)
December 2 – 18, 2005 The Adventures of Paddington Bear (A charming musical from the stories by Michael Bond)
February 3 – 19, 2006 The Science Fair: Unplugged (A brand new play)
March 31 – April 16, 2006 The Emperor’s New Clothes (Adapted from the tale by Hans Christian Anderson)
May 5 – 21, 2006 The Frog Prince (A new musical telling of a favorite traditional folktale)
The Studio Series productions include:
October 11 – 15, 2005 The Red Badge of Courage (Adapted for the stage by Tom Olson from the book by Stephen Crane)
February 21 – 25, 2006 African Tales (Held in conjunction with the exhibition African Masterpieces from the New Orleans Museum of Art)
April 25 – 29, 2006 Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Written by Steve Martin; Winner of the 1996 New York Outer Critics’ circle Awards for best play and best playwright)
All exhibitions at the Arkansas Arts Center, located at 9th and Commerce, are free to the public. For more information, call 501-372-4000 or visit the website at www.arkarts.com.
CHILDREN'S THEATRE INFORMATION
Posters: Commemorative posters of each Children's Theatre production are available for $10
Public Showings: 7:30 p.m. Friday; Morning, Matinee and Evening performances available depending on weekend, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday
Location: Arkansas Arts Center – 9th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR 72202
Season Sponsor: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Media Sponsor: Little Rock Family
Performance Sponsor: McKenzie, Jack, Anderson and Margaux Mourot
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