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Latino Art Project Exhibition

Latino Art Project Exhibition
Thursday, November 2, to Saturday, December 30, 2023
Underground Gallery

The Latino Art Project Exhibition will open in the CALS Underground Gallery as part of the Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration hosted by the Central Arkansas Library System, the Mexican Consulate of Little Rock, and the Downtown Little Rock Partnership. The opening celebration and alley party on the Day of the Dead will be held in Count Pulaski Way between the Roberts Library and the Ron Robinson Theater from 5 to 8 p.m.,

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From the Vault: Art for the Young at Heart from the CALS Permanent Collection

From the Vault: Art for the Young at Heart from the CALS Permanent Collection
Friday, December 1, 2023 – Saturday, January 27, 2024
Children’s Gallery at the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library & Learning Center

The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) houses more than just books. The library’s art program also actively collects and exhibits works by artists working and living in Arkansas. This eclectic exhibition features pieces by artists and illustrators whose vibrant works capture the joys of adventure and exploration.

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Michael Hood: In Search of the Little Rock Maumelle and Western Railroad

CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Presents LEGACIES & LUNCH

Speaker: Mike Hood

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Ouachita Mountains west of Little Rock held one of the last expanses of virgin timber east of the Rocky Mountains. In 1904, Andrew Johnson Neimeyer moved his sawmill operation from Saginaw, Arkansas, to just south of Little Rock along the banks of the Fourche River and began construction on what would become the Little Rock Maumelle and Western Railroad.

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Creative Saturday at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Hosted by the Central Arkansas Library System

In celebration of the AMFA’s new exhibition Path to Abstraction: Picasso, Braque and Cubism’s Impact on Modern Art, we will create Cubist snowpeople collages. CALS staff members Shannon Holmes, Ellen Samples, and Courtney Jones will be on hand to assist the young artists—and to give information about all the things on offer at the library.

Supplies provided: Precut paper shapes,

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