Viewfinding: Photography by Brian Cormack
- Ongoing: until Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Sunday: 1:00pm
- Monday: 9:00am
- Tuesday: 9:00am
- Wednesday: 9:00am
- Thursday: 9:00am
- Friday: 9:00am
- Saturday: 9:00am
- Where: HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM, Little Rock
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
Photographer’s Work Reveals the Natural Beauty of Arkansas The free opening reception, January 8, 5 – 8 pm is in conjunction with downtown’s 2nd Friday Art Night
LITTLE ROCK (January 5, 2010) – Historic Arkansas Museum announces a new exhibit, Viewfinding: Photography by Brian Cormack, on display in the Second Floor Gallery from January 8 through April 4, 2010. There will be a free opening reception on January 8, 5 – 8 p.m., in conjunction with downtown Little Rock’s 2nd Friday Art Night. Live music will be provided by Stella Fancy. Patrons may purchase the artist’s work in the Museum Store. As part of 2nd Friday Art Night, a free shuttle is available to transport visitors to other Art Night venues. Shuttle service ends at 8:30 pm.
Brian Cormack is a native and resident of North Little Rock whose photography includes Arkansas waterfalls and landscapes, as well as cityscapes captured at night. His work is evidence of the practice of watching and listening to the present moment with disciplined attention. The images he produces relay both the glory of the inanimate, and, conversely, the quiet stillness of the often lively characteristics of nature. Cormack has been an active photographer for about 15 years, exhibiting in several local arenas. His work has been used as the feature art for the Little Rock Film Festival, as well as by the National Park Service. “Some [of the exhibited photos] were taken along grueling hiking trips through some of the most difficult terrain in the state,” says Cormack in his artist statement, and others, “from just a few blocks from where you’re standing now.” All of the 23 photographs were taken in Arkansas and relay his love of the state and its natural and manmade beauty.
Also on exhibit:
· Guns in Arkansas History through January 31, 2010
· We Walk in Two Worlds: The Caddo, Osage and Quapaw in Arkansas (permanent)
· The Eighth Annual Eclectic Collector through February 14, 2010
· Custom by Design: Contemporary Furniture Handmade in Arkansas through January 10, 2010
· Thresholds: Landscape, Memory and Architecture, works by Jeri Hillis and Deborah Warren through January 31, 2010
· The Knife Gallery (permanent)
Historic Arkansas Museum is open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1 - 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission to the galleries and parking are free; tours of historic grounds are $2.50 for adults, $1 for children under 18, $1.50 for senior citizens. The Historic Arkansas Museum Store is open 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Historic Arkansas Museum is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, which was created in 1975 to preserve and enhance the heritage of the state of Arkansas. Other agencies of the department are Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Arkansas Arts Council, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and Old State House Museum.
This event was posted Jan. 5, 2010 and last updated Jan. 6, 2010
