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Pine Bluffs Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas hosts "Dance on Main" with choreographer Gia Turner, open to those 16 or older, 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday at The ARTSpace on Main in Pine Bluff, with additional classes, 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 9 and March 9.

The Central Arkansas Library System board approved a $25.9 million budget for 2023 on Thursday, reflecting major renovation projects that will require the temporary closure of the Main library building in 2023.

Southern Arkansas University of Magnolia has received grants totaling $653,774 from the nonprofit Windgate Foundation and will use the money for its art and design program and scholarships.

Strengthening the partnership between Southern Arkansas University and the Windgate Foundation is providing a strong foundation for two significant projects.

The donation came from longtime supporter and former board chairman Lee Ronnel, who died in January.

Its a Friday afternoon earlier this month and LaToya Hobbs is at her Baltimore home helping one of her two sons with his math homework. When asked how things are going she replies, somewhat unconvincingly: "Uh, theyre good."

For supporters of the arts in Arkansas, the news in September was welcomed and celebrated. Minneapolis-based Artspace Projects announced that it has partnered with the Windgate Foundation to build a mixed-use project for the arts in Little Rocks emerging East Village. The neighborhood also will be home to the states first dental and veterinary schools, which are being developed by Lyon College.

LITTLE ROCK -- Special exhibitions and artist commissions for next years reopening of the recreated Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock were simultaneously announced Tuesday in Little Rock and at a live event in New York City where former President Bill Clinton participated.

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Special exhibitions and artist commissions for next years reopening of the recreated Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock were simultaneously announced Tuesday in Little Rock and at a live event in New York City where former President Bill Clinton participated.