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8 WHAT'S UP! MAY 31-JUNE 6, 2020 FAQ Brews Reopens "Right now we are following strict guidelines at Brews," says co-owner John Rankine. "Everyone must wear a mask to get in, sanitize hands at the door and be at least 6 feet away from other people. Tables will be routinely disinfected after each use; bathrooms and door handles regularly cleaned. All staff must wear masks and wash hands after servicing every table. We have curbside takeout where you can call in your order." Masks are also available for purchase. WHEN — 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily WHERE — 2 Pine St. in Eureka Springs INFO — 244-0878 or brewseurekasprings.com GO ONLINE! 'Inspired' Featuring the works of John Rankine, Zeek Taylor, Carol Peacock, Adrian Frost, Christopher Fischer, Rigdon P. Irvin, Gary Pride, Kath Cantele, Ambur Rockell, Mary Gentle, Jeff Danos, Jana Robison, Cynthia Kresse, Booker Garrett, Jeri Stevens, Josh Clark, Edwige Denenzyn, Alan Margolies, Bossascre- wanova, CJ Branaman, Edward Robison, Hilka West-Irvin, Teresa Pelliccio Devito and Leon Willis. Art is available for purchase directly from the artists. Visit the Facebook event at https://www. facebook.com/Brews-online-art-exhibi- tion-115300743496377. FEATURE Coffee, Beer And Virtual Art BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette H ere's the good news: Brews — the coffee shop, craft beer purveyor, music hall and art gallery where all the Eureka Springs locals hang out — is open for business. The bad news — because in the time of covid-19, there's always bad news — is that no art will hang on its walls for awhile. But more good news comes from John Rankine, one of the owners and an artist himself. "For May I had planned the 'Inspired' exhibition to coordinate with the Eureka Springs May Festival of the Arts," he explains. "It was a group exhibition where I asked the invited artists: Who were their creative influences? Who or what event inspired them to be artists? Did they have a muse? And I asked them to create a piece of work with those influences in mind. They were also asked to write 200 words on who inspired or influenced them. These statements were to be printed out and hung next to their pieces. "Knowing that it was unlikely Brews would be open the beginning of May and that an opening artists' reception would be out of the question, I decided to organize a Facebook online exhibition where I would post the artists' work alongside their artist statements. Almost all the artists came on board and were excited about the idea. "We just recently opened Brews up after a major facelift with paint and some minor renovations. Alas, because of social distancing guidelines there will be no art on the walls for the time being," Rankine goes on. "We felt it would not be safe to invite people to wander around table to table looking at art with the virus still happening. I'm hoping this will be the first show on the walls at Brews if we ever get this virus under control." Meanwhile, the show must go on, even virtually. Brews opens, but art show remains online for now 'Blind Desire' John Rankine Found Object Assemblage As a kid growing up in the suburbs of Toronto, I was fascinated with objects — marbles, rocks, Disney figurines, bones, shells, for example, and according to my mother, would spend hours arranging these objects in some kind of "special" order. At the age of 16, a brilliant English teacher, a course on Carl Jung on his book "Man In His Symbols," and a book featuring the works of Salvador Dali changed the way I looked at art and life. In my early 20s, I discovered the constructed boxes of Joseph Cornell, the photographs of Man Ray and the mixed media collages of Robert Rauschenberg. These art vanguards gave me permission to carry on what I instinctively was already doing — combining and arranging different objects in an attempt to breathe symbolic life into the inani- mate. Found object assem- blage is an intuitive art form combined with a basic understanding of color, form, placement and perspective. The process and meaning is deeply personal. The work is open to interpretation, or not, with its meaning best left to the viewer.