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LARA JO HIGHTOWER NWA Democrat-Gazette T he new exhibit by artists at the Art Ventures collective is showing at the University of Arkansas' Faulkner Performing Arts Center on the University of Arkansas campus. Titled "The Shape of Our World," it will have a special focus on three-dimensional work, says Art Ventures President Sharon Killian. The nonprofit arts organization lost its space in December in what seemed like a crushing blow at the time. In reality, the loss of a physical space put the organization on track to digitize their artists' work and offer virtual exhibits months before the rest of the world's arts organizations were forced to do the same because of the covid-19 pandemic. "With the technology that is accessible to us, and to almost everybody that I know, the three-dimensional works are not as easily translated," say Killian. "It looks like a digitized version of something, and it's not true to the object. We like to have sculptors involved in everything we do, [but, digitally,] we didn't have a chance to do that well. So this show is about the shape of our world — and the concept is that our world is centered by the diversity of organisms that populate it: those that fit together by attributes that complement like yin and yang, hard and soft, short and tall, red and green. "'The Shape of Our World' presents a diverse and complementary group of artists who create connections that ultimately center and balance it," she continues. "It's a universal theme of art that can be pretty much applied to anything, and I thought that such a diverse group of artists, and the way they work together, really represents — especially at this time — a diverse group of folks who shape our world and end up seeing eye to eye. I believe it really is a symbiotic process." Artists involved in the exhibit include Maryam Amirvaghefi, Eric Andre, Cheri Bohn, Beth Burgess, Shelby Fleming, Tom Flynn and Martin Morales. Killian says her organization first started collaborating with the Faulkner Center in the fall of 2018. 6 WHAT'S UP! SEPTEMBER 6-12, 2020 FAQ Art Ventures: 'The Shape of Our World' WHEN — 5-7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 12-5 p.m. Saturday through October WHERE — Faulkner Performing Arts Center, 453 N. Garland Ave. in Fayetteville COST — Free INFO — artventures-nwa.org Art Ventures leads way online, on campus Artist Beth Burgess installs her work at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center for the Art Ventures show, "The Shape of Our World." (Courtesy Photo) Maryam Amirvaghefi's work is included in Art Ventures' "The Shape of Our World" exhibit. (Courtesy Photo) Artist Shelby Fleming's work is on display at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center. (Courtesy photo) Paradigm Shift See Art Ventures Page 38 FAYETTEVILLE