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really the only place in Eureka that does rotating exhibitions on a regular basis. There are lots of galleries in town, but they are limited in space to really focus on large group exhibitions." "Color My World," on show throughout May, features more than 50 local artists, some of them showing for the first time, he adds. "I really wanted to just fill the walls of Brews with vibrant color for spring," he says. "Stella Ipswitch's moth in acrylic is so bold and meticulous; Hilka Irvin's painting of the yarn-bombed trees is perfect; and Brews' own Leon Willis hit it out of the park again with his large acrylic. "It's a perfect theme for a colorful month of art." Rankine says Brews, located at 2 Pine St., will participate in the month of gallery strolls with artists on site Saturday evenings. 'Recreating The Eureka Baby' "In October of 1880, a young man was digging a well in Eureka Springs when his pick ax struck something odd — a 26-inch figure of a child, carved from solid stone," Jeff Danos of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum begins the story. "Weighing 85 pounds, locals speculated that it was a petrified human child, and it quickly earned the nickname 'The Eureka Baby.'" It wasn't until 1948 that "a Clarksville man named T.J. Rowbotham revealed to the Arkansas Democrat that the baby was in fact a hoax — a marble infant carved by a local stone sculptor and secretly buried at the well-digging site," Danos says. "Nobody knows what became of the Eureka Baby," he adds. "It has been suggested that it ended up in a museum in Chicago, but our efforts at locating it have been unsuccessful thus far." Danos says he "wondered what it would take to create a replica, and what Eureka's current artists would think about this quirky tale." The result is "Recreating the Eureka Baby," which opens with a 5 p.m. reception May 17. "Ten local artists — Rigdon Irvin, Janalee Robison, Robin Bray, Christopher Fischer, Samuel Asmus, Kelli Ladwig, Larry Jones, Hilka West-Irvin, Jeff Danos and Edward C. Robison III — have been invited to share their own vision of what the Eureka Baby statue would look like to them," Danos says. The exhibit will remain open until July 29, then a fundraiser auction will sell the replicas, with proceeds split between the artists and the museum. The Eureka Springs Historical Museum is open daily (except Sunday and Wednesday) from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 95 S. Main St. Admission is $5. May 7-13, 2023 What's up! 5 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 ! UP WHAT'S On ThE COVER "Blue Moth" by stella Ipswitch, an acrylic on canvas, is among the artworks on exhibit at Brews as part of the May Festival of the arts in Eureka springs. (Courtesy Image) What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "Mania," acrylic on panel by Leon Willis, is also on show at Brews. (Courtesy Image) Zeek Taylor's signature images of very human chimps will be on show at his home during the annual White street Walk May 19. (Courtesy Image) You name it, and artist Gina Gallina either has crocheted it or could. she'll be set up at Zeek taylor's house during the White street Walk this year. (File photo) "Recreating the Eureka Baby," which opens with a 5 p.m. reception May 17 at the Eureka springs historical Museum, will give 10 artists a chance to make their own mark on a city legend. (Courtesy photo) Fyi May Festival of the Arts For more go to visiteurekasprings.com.