May Festival of the Arts

On Friday, May 21st, from 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm local area artists will once again open their home studios and numerous artists and musicians set up along White Street in the Historical District for the annual White Street Studio Walk.

The festival atmosphere attracts visitors from the region to shop and visit and meet the artists of Eureka Springs. Turquoise flags will identify participating locations along White Street (on the upper Historic Loop between Kingshighway and Prospect Streets).

ZeekTaylor - co-founder of White Street Studio Walk

White Street Studio Walk - 2009

White Street Studio Walk Entertainment in the Street

A free Doumbek Drum Making Demonstration will be offered on Thurs May 13th between 12pm – 4pm at Fire Om Earth Studio and Retreat Center, 872 Mill Hollow Rd in Eureka Springs, AR.

Hand thrown drums on potters wheel

Lorna Trigg Hirsch, master hand drum builder, will demonstrate how to throw a clay doumbek on the potter’s wheel. Lorna hand builds doumbeks in clay and frame drums in wood. You are invited to tour the full studio while you visit.

For directions or other information, visit the website or call 479-363-9402.

Come spend a Saturday exploring the history and beauty of these unique locations. You can enjoy a great hike in the city limits of Eureka Springs – these 4 sites are a part of the East Mountain and Water Street areas and feature historic stonework and natural beauty. Bring your camera and share your vision!

Meet at the base of Jacob’s Ladder on Flint Street at 10:00 am and progress through each site completing your photo tour no later than 2:00. Locations include: Cave Spring, Cold Spring, Laundry Spring and Jacob’s Ladder.

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All photographers are invited to submit an image from each location for possible inclusion in a photo exhibit at the Bank of Eureka Historical Museum downtown on May 15th as a part of the May Festival of the Arts.

April 17, 2010 – 10am-2pm (April 24 rain date)
Sponsored by the Eureka Springs Outdoor Alliance
For more information on this May Festival of the Arts event, contact Lorri Carter.

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.

The 1st Annual Eureka Springs Garden Clubs’ Secret Garden Tour will be held May 22nd from 10am-3pm.

For more information call Mary at 479-253-7078.