JOHN KUSHMAUL FEATURED ARTIST FOR JUNE AT ACAC
- Ongoing: until Saturday, July 31, 2010
- Tuesday: 2:00pm
- Wednesday: 2:00pm
- Thursday: 2:00pm
- Friday: 2:00pm
- Saturday: 12:00pm
- Where: Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative, Little Rock
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
JOHN KUSHMAUL FEATURED ARTIST FOR JUNE AT ACAC
The Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative’s First Friday openings return this month with new works by John Kushmaul. As one of Little Rock’s most prolific and widely represented artists, Kushmaul has work in the permanent collections of the Historic Arkansas Museum, the Governor's Mansion and the Central Arkansas Library System. His work is also on display regularly at Gallery 26 and Ketz Gallery. This is Kushmaul's first single artist show since 2008 when he was featured at the Historic Arkansas Museum.
Featuring many collaborations with photographers and other artists from Arkansas and from around the country, his new work consists of thirty pieces, all oil paintings, ranging in size from 20” by 30” to 4’ by 5’. All work will be for sale. Most of the works involve a photo transfer process that the artist then documents and posts the progression of the work online. A slide show of the progression of the work will also be on display.
Kushmaul has been painting in and around Little Rock for twelve years. Currently he is focusing on paintings depicting the architecture of downtown Little Rock, as well as other cities. Many of the works are based upon photographs taken by the artist; he chooses his subjects according to appealing details in the pictures. Kushmaul says, “Our city serves as a convenient subject because of the variety of architecture covering the history of modern life in Arkansas. The street, power poles, wires and satellite dishes show parts of the layer of technology that covers this history. The paintings also deal with the passage of time, and awareness of fleeting moments.”
Kushmaul is a fourth generation Arkansan, born in 1972. He studied painting at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, graduating in December of 1993. The opening of his month-long show is Friday, July 2nd from 6-9pm at the ACAC Gallery at 900 S. Rodney Parham in Little Rock. Refreshments featuring Thai green curry bowls and Vietnamese coffee will be served; donations are encouraged.
His show will be on display through Saturday, July 31st. Regular gallery hours at the ACAC are Tuesday through Friday, 2 to 6 p.m. and Saturdays noon to 4 p.m. Support for the ACAC is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
This event was posted June 14, 2010 and last updated June 15, 2010
