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4 WHAT'S UP! MARCH 26-APRIL 1, 2023 Look Here! A Visual Arts Calendar Kids get creative with Art Ventures; Galleries offer exhibits, classes MONICA HOOPER NWA Democrat-Gazette A rt Ventures will host a public reception and unveiling of student artwork based on the Hanging Sculptures of Ruth Asawa from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 28 at the Donald W. Reynolds Boys & Girls Club, 560 N. Rupple Road in Fayetteville. Lauren Denny, a University of Arkansas art education student and graphic artist, along with retired teachers Jeanne King and Cathy Von Hatten, led students through Asawa's artistic techniques, working with yarn and other materials to develop their own three-dimensional sculptural language. This collaboration for Art Ventures and the Boys & Girls Club of Fayetteville is the first K-12 gallery initiative of the year. The show also features works on paper. Art Ventures is also partnering with Rockin' Baker for a workshop, "Reconsider What You Think You Know," from 1-4 p.m. today, March 26, at Art Ventures' home at 20 S. Hill Ave. in Fayetteville. The workshop is led by Rockin Baker Cadet, Brie Musgrave, who will guide participants through her creative process and encourage others to mimic her techniques to create art. Participants will learn more about neurodiversity, providing a rare opportunity to see the world through the lens of neurodivergent individuals. Keep up with Art Ventures at artventures-nwa.org. Hank Kaminsky Beloved Fayetteville sculptor Hank Kaminsky died recently at age 83. Kaminsky created the large World Peace Prayer Fountain sculpture, in front of the Fayetteville Town Center. According to a 2018 profile in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, he was honored as an Arkansas Living Treasure in 2018 by the Arkansas Arts Council. Peace is a theme in Kaminsky's work. Kaminsky has major art installations across the state — Fayetteville, Little Rock, Bryant, Clinton, Springdale, the Northwest Arkansas National Airport — and his work can be found in California, Pennsylvania and Washington. Kaminsky was active in the Fayetteville Underground artists' collective, the Fayetteville Farmers Market, the local co-op, the local arts council, and he helped start the Artists of Northwest Arkansas. Exhibits, classes • "Pressed and Pulled" Printmaking Exhibition featuring art by Dustyn Bork, Matthew Castellano, Jessie Hornbrook, Michelle Moor, Courtney White, and original prints by Fenix member artists is on display through April 29 at Fenix Arts in Fayetteville. fenixarts.org/exhibitions. • UAFS Gallery of Art and Design hosts the opening of "Linda Nguyen Lopez: Hold Everything Dear" from 5-7 p.m. March 31 at 535 N. Waldron Road in Fort Smith. Lopez is known for her work in ceramics and is a professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. facebook.com/ uafsartgallery. • The Momentary Flag Project: Kat Richards closes after April 2; Big Happy: A Momentary Utopia with Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, happens from noon to 4 p.m. April 1; Holi Festival is from noon to 3 p.m. April 8; the premiere of artist Will Rawls's new interdisciplinary work, [siccer] will be from 8-9 p.m. April 21 & 22 at The Momentary, 507 S.E. "E" St., Bentonville. More information at themomentary.org. • "The Listening Forest" by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer will be up until May 28, then Aug. 30-Dec. 31; "Diego Rivera's America" will be on display until July 31; Loring Taoka: ± closes on March 27 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 600 Museum Way in Bentonville. crystalbridges.org. • The Art Collective Gallery and FGIII Fine Art Productions presents "FOUR D Art Exhibition" featuring Dallas-based artists Frankie Garcia, Ken Womack, Cynthia Coldren and M Knight at The Art Collective Gallery, 228 S. First St., Rogers. artcollectivegallery.com. • Hierbitas de saberes — (Tiny herbs of knowledge) by Blanka Amezkua is on display through June 5 at Famous Hardware on Emma Avenue in Fayetteville artist Hank Kaminsky, pictured here with his World Peace Prayer Fountain sculpture in front of the Fayetteville Town Center, died recently. He was 83. Kaminsky was a teacher and mentor to many aspiring artists and friends. He was profiled in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in June of 2018. Read it here: nwaonline.com/news/2018/jul/01/ living-treasure-20180701. (File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette) ROUNDUP See Arts Page 37