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Art Exhibitions & Programs

Courtesy of the Collectors: Portraits of African Americans in Photographs, Paintings, and Drawings

January 12 through March 30, 2024
Underground Gallery, CALS Roberts Library

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Discover Arkansas's Hidden Figure: Raye Montague

Come hear the story of Raye Montague, Little Rock’s own “hidden figure.”

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Legacies & Lunch - Nathan Marvin: “Creole Arkansas: Revisiting Our Region’s French Connections”

Two new projects at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock are bringing fresh perspectives to the connections between Arkansas and French history.

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2nd Friday Art Night (March 2024)

This Second Friday Art Night we will have three artists selling their creations: John Kushmaul, Gregory Moore, and Unicorn Dream Candles (Colin Jorgensen)! DJ Cat Dad will be performing! Join us for a fantastic (and free!) fun-filled evening.

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Finding Family Facts

Start your family history and genealogy journey!

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Chasing the Dress: An Arkansan in the Court of Tsar Nicholas II

Presentation on the life of Arkansan Katherine Breckinridge and the dress she wore to the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas Romanov II in 1896.

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Crafting History: The Suffrage Movement in Arkansas

Learn about the fight for women’s suffrage in Arkansas from community outreach archivist Danielle Afsordeh and create reproductions of suffrage pennants in celebration of Women’s History Month.

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Unfinished Business: The Fight for the ERA in Arkansas

Learn about the fight for the creation and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Arkansas and create reproductions of vintage women’s movement campaign buttons in celebration of Women’s History Month.

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Arkansas Women Run the World and You Can Too!

It’s Women’s History month! Learn about the amazing Arkansas women who have gone out into the world and made a difference!

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Knit Your Bit!: Arkansas Women on the Home Front

Creatively explore the history of women’s home front work during wartime by learning some basic knitting stitches.

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Personal Archiving

Learn how to organize your personal papers, photos, scrapbooks, and other items to digitize and store them for future generations. And find out more about CALS DIY Memory Lab and how to use it to preserve your family history.

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Crafting History: Canning and Arkansas Rural Black Women's Activism

Learn about the activism of rural Black women in Arkansas that centered around Home Demonstration Clubs in the early twentieth century. Watch a canning demonstration and take home a small jar of jam. Registration is required.

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Knit Your Bit! - Arkansas Women on the Home Front

Creatively explore the history of women’s home front work during wartime by learning basic stitches for a World War I knit pattern

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Mixed Media Art Class: Artist SULAC / Sean Sapp

Come make art using layers of assemblage to create overlapping drawings, paintings, and collages with Little Rock–based artist Sulac! Supplies provided.

Registration required.

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Susan Croce Kelly: “The Life and Times of Ozarks Newspaperwoman Lucile Morris Upton”

Susan Croce Kelly will join us in person to discuss the achievements and adventures of Lucile Morris Upton, captured in Kelly’s new book from the University of Arkansas Press: Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks: The Life and Times of Lucile Morris Upton.

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Finding Family Facts

Start your family history and genealogy journey!

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Wire Work Basics with Artist Krystal Cornelius

Krystal Cornelius of Krystal Bijoux Jewelry will show participants how to make beaded wire earrings.

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Sow the Seeds of Victory!

Join us to learn about women’s home front work to sow victory gardens in Arkansas during wartime from community outreach archivist Danielle Afsordeh, and learn how to create a container garden of your own!

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Personal Archiving

Learn how to organize your personal papers, photos, scrapbooks, and other items to digitize and store them for future generations. And find out more about CALS DIY Memory Lab and how to use it to preserve your family history.

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