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Springdale. An artist talk with Amezkua starts at 6 p.m. April 28 at The Medium, 214 S. Main St. in Springdale. • Fort Smith Regional Art Museum celebrates its 75th anniversary with an "Evening in Paris" starting at 6 p.m. April 29. The gala will feature French cuisine and libations, silent and live auctions of art and a trip to Paris, can-can by Western Arkansas Ballet, "A Look Back: 75 Years" presentation, a drawing for Eiffel Tower diamond studs and dancing to live music by Larry B Soul Experience Band. Ticket information and more at fsram.org/gala2023. • NWA Spring Makers' Market will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 30 at the Washington County Fairgrounds, with local artists, makers, and crafts people of all kinds. The event is dog- friendly. $5 to park at 2537 N. McConnell Ave., Fayetteville. • Arts on Main hosts music and dancing from 6:30-8:30 p.m. every Tuesday, Throw and Go Pottery from 6-8 p.m. and Paint a Pot from 3-4 p.m. every Saturday; a free Life Drawing session for ages 18 and older on Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Tarts & Tortes from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 6; Farm to Table Monthly Meal Spotlight: Mushrooms from 6-8 p.m. April 20 ($70); Intro to Pottery Wheel, April 4-27; and Free Open Paint Sessions at 3 p.m. April 18, May 16 and June 20. Arts on Main is at 415 Main St. in Van Buren. artsonmainvb.com. • Community Creative Center is gearing up for a Pottery Festival May 5-7 and has many arts classes in pottery, drawing watercolors and more. See a list of classes for both adults and kids at 505 W. Spring St., Fayetteville. communitycreativecenter.org • Mark your calendar for the Walton Arts Center's annual Artosphere: Arkansas' Arts + Nature Festival May 4-24, with events at locations across Northwest Arkansas. Have a local art event coming up that you would like to see featured here? Reach out to Monica Hooper at mhooper@ nwaonline.com. www.malco.com www.malco.com www.malco.com MARCH 26-APRIL 1, 2023 WHAT'S UP! 37 Arts Continued From Page 4 For one of the projects with Art Ventures, young artists at the Boys & Girls Club of Fayetteville posed for a photograph in a way that represented themselves or an activity that they enjoy. After drawing from their projected images, they filled their silhouettes with overlapping lines to mimic the 3D hanging sculptures by Ruth Asawa. (Courtesy Photo) "Pressed and Pulled" — A printmaking exhibition, will continue through April 29 at Fenix Arts, 150 N. Skyline Drive in Fayetteville. fenixarts.org. (Courtesy Image) ROUNDUP PRESIDENT Brent A. Powers EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwaonline.com Twitter: NWAbecca REPORTERS Monica Hooper mhooper@nwaonline.com April Wallace awallace@nwaonline.com Twitter: @NWAApril 479) 770-3746 DESIGNER Deb Harvell ON THE COVER Diego Rivera believed art making should have political and social functions to advance a more equitable approach to the world, says curator Jen Padgett. Know- ing that, some people criticized Rivera's portraits for not being politically engaged enough and therefore not addressing what they hoped they would. "Diego Rivera's America" is on exhibition now at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Spencer Tirey) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.