Photo from the 2022 Art Moves: Creative Roots Exhibition which can still be seen along the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail.
Artist Kimiara Johnson. “New Orleans Matrimony En Arkansas”
The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance (HSACA) has issued a call for artists for the fourth annual Art Moves outdoor art exhibition set to open during Arts & The Park, the 10-day art festival which will be held April 28 – May 7, 2023.
The theme for the 2023 festival and for the Art Moves Exhibition is “Art & Soul,” which will focus on art as a tool for the artist. Art Moves “Art & Soul” will celebrate the varied ways artists use their work for self-expression, as a method of communication, or as a window into their soul.
HSACA, the City of Hot Springs Art Advisory Committee, and Hot Springs Parks and Trails collectively produce “Art Moves” which is made up of paintings, drawings, and/or photographs reproduced onto metal panels. Plans for 2023 include expanding the exhibit, which has been displayed along the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail, to include an additional Hot Springs City Park.
Artists are asked to submit works that are self-reflective, offer insight as to how they use their art to communicate something about themselves, or as a tool to express emotion, communication, healing, etc. A panel of jurors will select up to 25 works to be reproduced onto metal for this outdoor exhibition.
The exhibition opens during the festival but remains up throughout the year with a QR code affixed to the frame to provide information about the artist, artwork, and exhibition.
Deadline for entry is January 13, 2023. Interested artists can visit www.hotspringsarts.org/calls-for-artists for more information about Art Moves.
The HSACA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate, advocate, and promote the arts in Hot Springs, Arkansas. For more information about this opportunity, please visit www.hotspringsarts.org
or email hsaca@hotspringsarts.org.
