CANE HILL HARVEST FESTIVAL
Join us for this community tradition! The Harvest Festival offers visitors an experience combining history, Ozark culture, and a natural setting with modern amenities and entertainment. Visitors to the 2024 Festival can enjoy a country breakfast, food truck provisions, live music, an Arts and Eats market, sorghum pressing demonstrations, craft demonstrations, tours of historic buildings and a quilt show.
8:00 am - 3:00 pm • September 21, 2024 • Cane Hill College, 14219 College Rd. Cane Hill, AR
DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS WORKSHOP
These are details of my student work. Join me Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm SEPT 30, OCT 7, 14, 21, 28 NOV 4 for a six-week Drawing Fundamentals studio course focusing on projects dealing with the materials and techniques of drawing, including basic concepts of line, perspective and value as well as figure drawing. This class will be held at the Community Creative Center at Walton Art Center's Nadine Baum Studios.
Mondays, 6:30-8:30 PM • SEPT 30, OCT 7, 14, 21, 28 NOV 4 • Community Creative Center • Fayetteville, AR
THE BEND PRESENTATION AND BOOK SIGNING
Join us at from 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM at The Bend on SEPT 21 on the beautiful NWA Greenway Trail. I’ll be giving a talk, selling and signing books. The Bend is an on the trail, off the beaten path, oasis. A place to grab a pint, sit a bit and share stories about your ride, your day, or your life.
Special thanks to Charlee Arnett.
Sunday, SEPT 21• 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM • 3604 Northwest Frontage Road • Suite 8 • Bentonville, AR
2025 SMALL WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION
This is a 7x7 watercolor of mine entitled Provenance that was recently selected to tour with the 2025 Arkansas Arts Council’s annual touring Small Works on Paper exhibition.
2025 Small Works on Paper Touring Schedule:
Jan./Feb.: UA Little Rock's Windgate Center of Art + Design, Little Rock
March: River Valley Arts Center, Russellville
April: Community Creative Center, Fayetteville
May: UA Rich Mountain, Mena
June: Arts & Science Center, Pine Bluff
July-August: Delta Cultural Center, Helena
September: SAU Magnolia, Magnolia
October: UA Monticello, Monticello
November: Harding University, Searcy
Sean Fitzgibbon • Provenance • 7x7 • watercolor on paper
This work questions chronology, ownership, custody or location of historical objects and the authenticity of objects considered to be art and points to the challenges in establishing the provenance and authenticity of historical artifacts. Crystal skulls, for instance, were once believed to be pre-Columbian artifacts created by ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. However, modern research has shown that these artifacts are likely from the 19th century, possibly created in Europe.
Crystal skulls serve as a notable example of how initial assumptions about the origins of an artifact can be challenged and revised through meticulous research and technological advancements.
WFIT: PLUM BAYOU MOUNDS BLOG
The What Follows Is True: Plum Bayou Mounds Blog is up and running! This blog will chronicle the writing, editing, drawing, etc. of a nonfiction graphic novel focusing on the history and science of doing archeology out at Plum Bayou Mounds – an archeological site located just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. This project is a collaboration between Dr. Paige Ford, an archeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey, and Sean Fitzgibbon, an artist and author who recently published a graphic novel about the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, along with an advisory committee of educators, community members, and more. Now, you probably have some questions about the project and why we are even doing it, and maybe even some about Plum Bayou Mounds itself (more on that in upcoming blog posts). This first post tries to address some of that without getting too in the weeds – there is after all a whole site (this one!) where we can do that. More to come as we research, write, and develop this project.
