Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition

  • Ongoing: until Sunday, January 15, 2012
  • Sunday: 11:00am
  • Tuesday: 10:00am
  • Wednesday: 10:00am
  • Thursday: 10:00am
  • Friday: 10:00am
  • Saturday: 10:00am
  • Where: ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock
  • Cost: Free
  • Age limit: Not available
Will Barnet at the Arkansas Arts Center: A Centennial Exhibition Organized by the Arkansas Arts Center October 7, 2011 - January 15, 2012 Admission is free. Arkansas Arts Center A centenarian, Will Barnet has experienced and absorbed all the major art movements in American Modern art. Will Barnet was an influential artist in negotiating a transition from figural art to abstraction in the '40s and '50s. He was also a teacher at the Art Students League in New York, who influenced a number of America's most original modern artists such as Jasper Johns. The Arts Center will display more than 70 drawings given to the AAC by the artist in honor of his long-time friendship with former director Townsend Wolfe.

This event was posted Oct. 23, 2011 and last updated Oct. 25, 2011