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The South Arkansas Arts Center’s 2024 photography competition and exhibit “The Viewfinder” is open for viewing in the Merkle and Price Galleries in El Dorado through March 3.

There will be zero degrees of separation between the Bacon Brothers when they perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas.

The South Arkansas Arts Center will welcome Louisiana sculpture and installation artist Tamara Robertson and her exhibition "Peace by Piece" to the Merkle and Price Galleries from Oct. 12 until Nov. 28. There will be an artists reception on Saturday, October 14 from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m.

Visitors to the South Arkansas Arts Centers Merkle and Price Galleries have the opportunity to experience the traveling art exhibit "A Cast of Blues."

"A Cast of Blues," a traveling exhibit of 15 resin-cast masks of blues legends by artist Sharon McConnell-Dickerson and 15 color photographs of performers and of juke joints by Ken Murphy celebrating Mississippis musical heritage, goes on display today, in the Merkle and Price Galleries at the South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado. There will be an opening reception 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday.

The South Arkansas Arts Center welcomes two new art exhibits to its galleries for the month of August. "Joie de Vivre" by Ruston artist Loretta Shadow will hang in the Merkle and Price Galleries and "Beginnings" by El Dorado artist John Ginger will be on display in the Lobby Gallery. These two exhibits will run August 2-20, with an artists reception on Saturday, August 5th from 6 - 7:30 p.m.

The South Arkansas Arts Center welcomes a new exhibition by artist and professor of art at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, Tom Richard, entitled "Bubble Gum on Jansons History of Art Series". The show will hang May 3-30 in the Merkle and Price Galleries with an artist reception on May 6, from 5:30-7:00pm.

A reception and awards ceremony was held at the South Arkansas Arts Center on Saturday for the 2023 Student Art Show and Competition, an exhibit currently on display in the the Merkle and Price Galleries through March 11.

The South Arkansas Arts Center invites the public to the 2023 Student Art Show and Competition. This lively exhibit, sponsored by R. Eric Hatley, MD, will hang in the Merkle and Price Galleries through March 11. The public is invited to the Artists Reception on Saturday, February 25, from 2:00 until 3:30 p.m. with awards presentation by judge Kelly Campbell beginning at 2:30 p.m.