Hot Springs Academic Initiatives announces its spring exhibit: Next Generation – Portraying Children and Childhood, showing March 1-May 31.
Teen and professional artists created work showcasing each generation’s viewpoint of growing-up. The artwork depicts scenes of childhood play, learning, and exploring and portraying the various emotions youth feel while making sense of their world.
Adult artists represented are: Katie Adkins, Melissa Bacon, Jan Briggs, Meikel Church, Tessa Davidson, Hugh Dunnahoe, Josh Emery, DebiLynn Fendley, Lisa Floryshak, Paige Fowler, Thomas Stanford, Sondra Strong, Marietta Tucker. Deborah Griffin, Jeri Hillis, Crystal Jennings, Connie McCann, Dennis McCann, Jason McCann, Glenda McCune, Moises Menendez, Laura Brainard Rabon, AJ Smith, Byron Taylor, Donna Twyford, Emily Wood, and Katy Wreyford.
Teens from three local schools created artwork for this exhibit–The Arkansas School for Math, Science and the Arts (ASMSA,) Hot Springs High School (HSHS,) and Lake Hamilton High School(LHHS.)
The artists are: ASMSA—Tracy Gwinn, Sydney Harris, Matthew Lathrop, Jackie Lindgren, Jayme Swillum, Gabriel Watson, Draper Williams, Griffin Williams with instructors, Brad Wreyford and Sara Henry; HSHS–Rosa Amaya, Saraswati Hillis–Erickson, and Evelyn Smith, with instructor Shirley Tipton; LHHS—Stevie Hopson, Taylor Morgan, LarShea West, Alexis Greenwood, Kendra Bennett, Elaina Willey, Neil Cole, Kylie Schroeder, with instructor Rana Ward.
The exhibit includes the HSU 2018 Summer Intensive Teen Workshop mural, One World. Students worked with muralists Maria and Jorge Villegas to create the scene showing youth of different backgrounds in a world of vibrant nature coexisting altogether in the same world.
Next Generation’s sponsor is The Morris Foundation. The exhibit is located at the Landmark Building, 201 Market Street, and opens with an artist reception during Gallery Walk, Friday, March 1, 4-8 pm. Gallery regular hours: Mon–Fri, 9 am – 4 pm, Sat-Sun by appointment. 501-545-0534, hsv.landmark@yahoo.com.
Pictured Below: “Sass ‘N Sauce,” mixed media by Lake Hamilton student, Lar Shea West, is part of HSU’s “Next Generation” exhibit.
