Past Gallery Shows
In the Merkle, Price, and Lobby Galleries
“A Brush with Arkansas: A Collection of Arkansas Landscapes in Oil” by Bill Garrison
Bill Garrison's oil landscapes of Arkansas fill the Merkle and Price Galleries January 10- 30, 2015. SAAC will host an artist reception Saturday, January 10, 6-8pm. Living amid the beautiful landscapes of Arkansas, Garrison finds [...]
“Timeless: A 35 Year Retrospective of Watercolor Work” by DeLeath Ludwig in Lobby Gallery in January
Timeless, a retrospective collection of watercolors by DeLeath Ludwig, hangs in the Lobby Gallery January 6-30. For the past forty years, Dee Ludwig has “played” with watercolor. A resident of El Dorado since 1955, she began [...]
“Carroll Cloar’s Arkansas” Reception Thursday, November 13
The South Arkansas Arts Center concludes its 50th anniversary celebration with a touchstone exhibition of Arkansas’ native son, Carroll Cloar. The exhibition, curated by Gay Bechtelheimer and Greg Thompson, will be on display in the [...]
Hunter Exhibit Closes October 30 7pm
The Clementine Hunter exhibit will be closed to the public on Friday due to archiving and transportation scheduling changes. We have extended Thursday gallery hours to 7pm to give you a chance to see this [...]
Carroll Cloar’s Arkansas in Merkle and Price Galleries to End 50th Anniversary Celebration
It began as a vision of the possible for Gay Bechtelheimer, current chair of the Arkansas Arts Council. Her dream, to bring an exhibition of Arkansas artist Carroll Cloar to the South Arkansas Arts Council, [...]
Tom Whitehead Talks about Clementine Hunter September 23, 7pm
“Conversations about Clementine Hunter in 2014” with Tom Whitehead will be held on Tuesday in the Merkle and Price Galleries. This event is free and open to the public. The galleries will be open at [...]
Clementine Hunter in Merkle and Price Galleries in September and October
After 27 years, Clementine Hunter returns to the galleries of the South Arkansas Arts Center for an extremely comprehensive collection of her works curated by Tom Whitehead, a personal friend and co-author of two books [...]
Clementine Hunter Gallery Open by Appointment
For the September and October gallery exhibit of Clementine Hunter's work, and again for November and December when Carroll Cloar's work will be in the gallery, anyone who would like to see the exhibit on [...]
PLANS UNDERWAY FOR CLEMENTINE HUNTER EXHIBIT
This fall, from September 2-October 31, SAAC hosts an exhibition of Hunter’s works, thanks to the generosity of the family of the late Theodosia Nolan, who was a great friend and collector of Hunter’s. Curated [...]
SAAC Displays Permanent Collection in August
In celebration of SAAC's fiftieth anniversary, the Merkle, Price, and Lobby Galleries are filled with part of SAAC's permanent art collection. Some of the notable pieces include works by Frank Webb, AWS, NWS; Arnaldo Pomodoro, [...]