Art Walk
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Costume Sketches and Dresses from the “Speakeasy Collection”
Mark Hughes Mark began sewing at the age of 9, making clothes for his Barbie dolls. He hasn’t stopped sewing, and is still an avid collector of vintage Barbies. He spent 25 years as a costume designer in Regional Theatre, based in his native Little Rock. He left the theatre life in 1997 and moved to Northwest Arkansas, earning a living making reenactment costumes for the Arkansas State Parks System. In 2000 he launched “Regalia Handmade Clothing” on the Fayetteville square, his line of comfortable, natural-fiber clothing for women (regaliahandmadeclothing.com) He moved his home and business to Eureka Springs in 2006, where he lives and works now. He also has…
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“Grandmother’s Flower Garden”
When Sandra Dixon was young, she always spent 2 weeks each Summer with her Grandmother Saxe. Her beautiful flower garden has remained with Sandra and inspired her art. So please enjoy the flowers inspired by Grandmother’s Flower Garden. You will find Sandra’s work on display and for sale at Gateway Mortgage Co.
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Party with The Pink Paloma
The Pink Paloma is adding a splash of color to the Rogers Experimental House in September. This company believes that color, form and design have the power to elevate any party, event or occasion. And The Pink Paloma is adding a PoP of color and a splash of whimsy to the September Art on the Bricks Art Walk with a custom balloon sculpture that invites you to experience art in a new way. Kisha Smith, owner of The Pink Paloma Balloons, moved to Northwest Arkansas with her family 9 months ago. Call it a leap of faith as they blindly said yes when her husband accepted a new job opportunity.…
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Downtown Rogers
What is more fitting for an art walk with a newcomers theme than Sarah Bunton’s Maps! In creating the Rogers, Arkansas map, Bunton took the city’s complex maze of streets and bike trails, snapped their names to a grid, filled the negative spaces with colorful geometric shapes and highlighted community amenities with buttons. The result is a vibrant, simplified flow of the streets and trails connecting the downtown to Lake Atalanta. The purpose of this and all of her stylized maps is to orient those new to the city, encourage the use of cycling and pedestrian paths, and to further a sense of community identity among residents. Due to the…
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Tarot Card Readings
We are a married pair who have known each other since third grade. We love connecting with people and provide intuitive tarot card readings, for entertainment and fun. We are available for hire for events such as birthdays, weddings, parties, girls night, family fun, gender reveal parties. We can even create themed tarot readings. For example: we recently showcased our artistry for a Rocky Horror Picture Show event and we had themed readings. The Time Warp. Don’t dream it be it and a couple of others. We offer general readings at all different price points. We made our set up super easy–we bring tv trays and 4 chairs. We use…
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Joy and Zen through Ceramics
Jingjing Yu is best known for her work on whimsical and imaginary kawaii-style ceramics, animation, and illustrations. She was born and raised in Chengdu, China, home to the world’s largest Panda population. She works out of her home pottery studio in addition to the Fifth Street pottery studio in Bentonville, AR. She lives with her partner Brandon and her retired racing-greyhound Tali. If you are curious about her creative process, check out her website at jingjingceramics.com or Instagram @jingjingceramics. Jingjing was born an only child during the 1990s, under China’s “one-child” policy. As the only child of Asian parents, she had to shoulder high expectations to rise above the poverty…
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Color Pop
I’ve been painting for 18 years. Most of my work encompasses pieces inspired through travel. My pallets are vibrant and never boring. Subject matter ranges from abstract to florals; underwater to mountain ranges; sunsets to flowing streams.
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Early Light
This is my summer project. I could not resist this composition of Gondolas. The deep velvet blue tarps. The black boat shells bobbing on the surface of the bay’s early morning sun. Peace and tranquility is over. Now it’s back to driving a school bus.
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Clear Vase and Candle
These are flowers from my grandmother’s flower garden.
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Abstract
I am an acrylic and watercolor artist. I paint in many styles from Abstract to Impasto Impressionism and realism. I choose to work unhindered by one style of art.