May Festival of the Arts

The monthly Wine Dinner event at Cottage Inn Restaurant will be a South American Wine Dinner on Sunday, May 2nd at 6:30 pm.

The Cottage Inn Restaurant is located on the ‘quiet’ side of town (450 West Van Buren – Highway 62 West)), says restaurant chef-owner, Linda Hager. “We offer fine dining in a casual atmosphere.”

Linda has studied and traveled throughout Europe and her passion for the Mediterranean is reflected in the menu of her restaurant. The freshness of the food and the use of many herbs is typical of Greece, Spain, France, and Italy. An extensive wine list and a variety of wines by the glass complement the dining experience at the Cottage Inn.

Reservations are required for the Wine Dinners – visit the website for complete menu. Call 479-253-5282 for reservations. Regular dinner hours are Thursday-Sunday 5pm-9pm.

Eureka Springs School of the Arts summer program kicks off with the annual Masters Class May 14-16.

Kevin Kresse, an Arkansas native living in Little Rock, will present an Oil Portraits class. The 3-day Studio class is for Intermediate Level students. The informative and fun portrait painting class will focus on capturing a subject’s likeness and personality in oils. Emphasis will be placed on individual attention to each artist participant’s needs and questions.

For more information, visit the website or call ESSA at 479-253-5384

Studio 62 in Eureka Springs is hosting the 5th Annual Art as Prayer Exhibition–an invitational month-long show coinciding with the Eureka Springs May Festival of the Arts and the National Day of Prayer, all occurring during the month of May. The artists’ reception will be held at Studio 62 Eureka Springs on Friday May 7, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

This is a very popular and eclectic show—presenting the theme in a wide range of artistic interpretations by artists of various faiths. The scope of previous works has included prophetic art, biblical paintings, three dimensional shrines, traditional figurative paintings, photographs, and found-art sculptures.

Featured artists for 2010 are Ron Lutz, Jody Stephenson, John Willer, Susan DeRosa, Tim Adams, Ron Morrison, Holly Ertel, Denise Ryan, and others.

Weather Prayer by Jody Stephenson

Jody Stephenson will be unveiling her new series of prophetic paintings and featuring her book Faltering Towards Perfection: Art, Faith, and Everything In Between.

For information, visit the website.

“FOOD FOR THOUGHT” is presented by Studio 62 and the Eureka Springs Christian Writers Group (ESCWG).

The writers’ series of presentations on spirituality, life, and love is an evening of pizza and pondering. The best pizza in town provided by Studio 62 and the writers group for FREE. Coffee and tea compliments of The Lovin’ Oven located at Quarter shopping center on Hwy 62 in Eureka Springs. May’s event is scheduled for Saturday, May 15th and starts at 6:00 p.m.

The inaugural Eureka Springs Grand Illumination will take place over the weekend of May 13th-16th.

Downtown Eureka will be aglow with thousands of brilliant paper lanterns, day and night, as will many of the city’s stately Victorian homes. In addition to the beautiful displays other Eureka Springs Grand Illumination activities include paper lantern painting for kids in Basin Spring Park.

The event is patterned after the century-old Grand Illumination of the cottage-city gingerbread homes on Martha’s Vineyard and is an inaugural event for May Festival of the Arts 2010.

Visitors to Eureka Springs are encouraged to bring cameras, or paints and easel, to capture the homes, gardens and businesses in illumination.

More information (and ideas for participation) at Eureka Springs Grand Illumination website.

Eureka Springs will welcome spring with a citywide display of colorful paper lanterns as vibrant and exciting as the city’s famous spring flowers. The inaugural Eureka Springs Grand Illumination will take place in the middle of Eureka’s May Festival Of The Arts over the weekend of May 13th-16th.

Downtown Eureka will be aglow with thousands of brilliant paper lanterns, day and night, as will many of the city’s stately Victorian homes. In addition to the beautiful displays other Eureka Springs Grand Illumination activities include paper lantern painting for kids in Basin Spring Park.

Grand Illumination on Martha's Vineyard features Chinese & Japanese painted lanterns grandly visible night and day.

The event is patterned after the century-old Grand Illumination of the cottage-city gingerbread homes on Martha’s Vineyard. (see photo)

Visitors to Eureka Springs that weekend are encouraged to bring cameras, or paints and easel, to capture the homes, gardens and businesses in illumination. For more information about this May Festival of the Arts event, contact David Graupner – (479) 981-4355 – Email David or visit the Eureka Springs Grand Illumination website.

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is located 7 miles south of Eureka Springs on Scenic Hwy 23 South. For more information on the Arts & Craft Fair, contact Clif Jackson at 479-253-3790 or visit website or email tigers@turpentinecreek.org.

Art Cars 2007

AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS RELEASED BY RANAGA FARBIARZ THAT THIS EVENT IS CANCELED:

This 3-day event will bring together art cars and art car enthusiasts from around the country. A variety of activities and spontaneous parades and displays can be expected.

Part of the “Great MidWestern ARTCAR Tour of 2010″, this event is sponsored by Eureka Springs ARTCARtists 2.0  Cruising, community outreach, meet and greet the art cartists, and a  Parade on Spring Street, 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 19th.

For more information: Contact Ranaga Farbiarz or Mr. Shrine (Ralph Wilson)