25th Annual May Festival of the Arts 2012 – Calendar of Events
Click on Category Menu (above) or Calendar Tab for details on these events.
(This is a preliminary lineup for the upcoming May Festival of the Arts – please check back after Jan 15th for complete schedule. We will do our best to keep this updated but can not guarantee any event so please call or click through to individual websites)
May 1-31 (month long)
- Free Concerts in Basin Spring Park Free music will be performed from the band shell in Basin Spring Park Friday, Saturday, Sundays and holiday Mondays all month. Join us in Basin Spring Park for local and regional talent, weather permitting. For more information visit www.eurekasprings.org.
- 7th Annual Art as Prayer Exhibit at Studio 62 Gallery, 335 W. Van Buren – Free. A multi-artists exhibition with works in several media depicting prayer. Daily except Tuesdays. For more information on the invitational exhibition art show visit the website.
- Bank on Art – Arvest Bank, Community First Bank, and Cornerstone Bank will host month long displays of some of our finest local artists.The free exhibits will be open Monday through Friday during regular business hours. Artists’ receptions TBA.
- Iris at the Basin Park, 8 Spring Street, hosts the 10th Annual High School Art Exhibit presenting the work of high school art students from Berryville and Eureka Springs. Free. The exhibit will continue the entire month of May. For more information call the gallery at 479-253-9494.
- A Taste of Art: A Visual Feast – Works of Eureka Springs visual artists will on display at many of the city’s finest restaurants. The exhibits will include receptions in the restaurants honoring the artists on various dates during May. [Details Coming]
- Downtown Gallery Strolls – numerous galleries present featured artists each Saturday 6-9 pm
May 5 (Saturday)
- ARTrageous Parade – Free. This artful and sometimes outrageous parade rolls through historic downtown Eureka Springs beginning at 2 p.m., but get there before that to get the best viewing locations. One of the kick-off events for the May Festival of the Arts, the parade will feature colorful floats, walkers, bands, and more, adorned Eureka-style.
- Africa in the Ozarks at Basin Park – Free. Festive African music, drumming and dancing celebration all day (except Parade time – 1-3 p.m.) in Basin Spring Park, orchestrated by Eureka Springs’ own Yao Angelo and his band, Ozakwaaba.
- Downtown Gallery Stroll – Several galleries will hold open houses, provide refreshments, and host visiting artists who will exhibit their latest works. 6-9 p.m.
- Artifacts Gallery, in their new locations at 37 Spring St (upstairs), will host two MEET THE ARTIST events: 4:00 – 6:00 meet Folk Artists Craig Hirsch & Lorna Trigg who will demonstrate their flutes & drums and lead interactive flute/drum workshop, and 6:00-9:00 meet Fine Artist Lisa Bauer and see her newest paintings.
- Eureka Thyme Gallery features local artist, Betty Johnson, known for her pet portraits and also landscape and people /doll portrait art, during the 6-9 pm Gallery Stroll
May 7-11 (Mon-Fri)
- Metal Sculpture Workshop with Wayne Summerhill at ESSA-Eureka Springs School of the Arts. [FULL DETAILS]
May 11-12 (Fri-Sat)
- Downtown Eureka Springs Art Fair – Free. Fine art exhibit and sale by regional artists in a street fair setting in Basin Spring Park and along Center Street. Contact Barbara Robinson for details on exhibiting.
May 12 (Saturday)
- Downtown Gallery Stroll – Free. Several galleries will hold open houses, provide refreshments, and host visiting artists who will exhibit their latest works. 6-9 p.m.
- Artifacts Gallery, in their new locations at 37 Spring St (upstairs), will host two MEET THE ARTIST events: 4:00 – 6:00 meet Jimmy Leach who will be demonstrating his painting and 6:00 – 9:00 meet Folk Artist Judith Leswig (soft sculpted dolls)
- Wilson and Wilson Folk Art Open House – Free. The mother and daughter painting team of Blakeley and Sylvia Wilson invite you to enjoy a presentation of hand-painted vintage percolators. Thirty hand-painted carved wooden cardinals will be featured. It’s from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Wilson and Wilson Folk Art, 23 Spring St. 479-253-5105.
- Eureka Thyme Gallery – come and meet Carol Dickie and see her’abstract naturalism’, mixed media paintings. 6-9 pm.
May 13 (Sun-Mother’s Day)
- Annual Mother’s Day concert at the Aud with Native American flute artist, John Two Hawks. 2:00 pm – tickets $12 and Mothers are free.
May 17 (Thursday)
May 18 (Friday)
- 22nd Annual White Street Studio Walk – Free. White Street, on the upper historic loop, is the working address of several local artists who welcome you into their homes and studios to view their latest works. They will be joined by more than forty guest artists, who will show weaving, watercolors, jewelry, oils, pottery, stained glass and much more. Amazing art combines with a block party atmosphere to provide a great time for the whole family. 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. [FULL DETAILS]
May 19 (Saturday)
- Eureka Springs Garden Club’s Spring Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $20. For more info call 479-253-7078.
- Saturday Gallery Stroll. 6-9 p.m. every Saturday in May. Our galleries invite you to have refreshments while you peruse the amazing art of Eureka Springs. For more information visit Art of Eureka website.
- Eureka Thyme Gallery will host local artist Denise Ryan who is well-known for her portrait and still life oil paintings. 6-9 pm.
- Artifacts Gallery, in their new locations at 37 Spring St (upstairs), will host two MEET THE ARTIST events: 4:00 – 6:00 meet Folk Artist Kim Kenney demonstrating woodworking and exhibiting her newest turned pieces, and 6:00-9:00 meet Fine Artist Diana Harvey (paintings) and Kim Kenney (wood).
- Pathways to Publishing workshop at Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow website
- Eureka Springs Art Park – grand opening event along Main Street – Details TBA
May 20 (Sunday)
- Books in Bloom – a literary festival. A free annual ‘garden party’ event held at Crescent Hotel for readers and writers. Noon to 5:00 [FULL DETAILS]
May 26 (Saturday)
- Downtown Gallery Stroll
Free. Several galleries will hold open houses, provide refreshments, and host visiting artists who will exhibit their latest works. 6-9 p.m. - Eureka Thyme Gallery will host The Starbirds, Ken and Sandy will be showing their most recent works in clay and fabric from 6-9 pm.
- Artifacts Gallery, in their new locations at 37 Spring St (upstairs), will host two MEET THE ARTIST events: 4:00 – 6:00 meet Barbara Robinson demonstrating her painting, and 6:00-9:00 meet Fine Artists Jim Nelson (wood sculptures) and Barbara Robinson (paintings)
May 29-June 1 (Mon-Fri)
- Digital Photography Workshop with Edward Robison at ESSA-Eureka Springs School of the Arts. [FULL DETAILS]
- Acrylic Painting Workshop with Denise Ryan at ESSA-Eureka Springs School of the Arts. [FULL DETAILS]
