Six Week Artosphere
Festival Begins
By Richard Davis
TFW Staff Writer
www.waltonartscenter.org/
artosphere.aspx
The six-week long Artosphere Festival kicks off tonight (Friday, April 22) with the “Garden as Muse” artists reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Walton Arts Center’s Joy Pratt Markham Gallery. “Garden as Muse, curated by Andrea Packard, features botanically inspired works by Sally Apfelbaum, Markus Baenziger, Syd Carpenter, Lois Dodd and Sarah McEneaney.
In addition, Fayetteville musician Shannon Wurst will perform at 5:30 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the WAC, and The DePue Brothers Band will begin playing at 5:45 p.m. on the plaza in front of the building.
Gallery opening remarks will start at 6:16 and the curator will speak at 6:30. At about 7 p.m., Peter Lane, WAC president/CEO, will offer details about the 2011 festival, the second year for Artosphere. The DePue Brothers will perform again following this.
According to the WAC website, the first Artosphere entertained more than 20,000 people. A $79 pass offers access to all of Artosphere, though some events still need reservations to guarantee a seat.
Artosphere Calendar
| April 22 / 5:30 to 8pm | Festival Kickoff & Gallery Opening Reception featuring the DePue Brothers Band |
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| April 23 / 11am | Imago Theater: Zoo Zoo | tickets |
| May 5 / 7pm | Edens Edge at Fayetteville First Thursday | info |
| May 6 / 7pm | Edens Edge at Bentonville First Friday | info |
| May 7 / 11am | Trout Fishing in America at Bentonville Farmers Market & National Public Garden Day activities at Compton Gardens |
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| May 7 / 7pm | Grow a Film Festival kickoff event | info |
| May 9 / 7pm | Nature of Strings Chamber Music Concert The Kiev Trio at Chapel on the Creeks |
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| May 9 / 7pm | National Geographic Live Barton Seaver, chef & conservationalitst “Delicious is the New Environmentalism” |
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| May 10 / 6pm | Nature of Strings Chamber Music Concert The Kiev Trio at St. Catherine’s at Bell Gable |
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| May 11 / 7pm | Nature of Strings Chamber Music Concert The Kiev Trio at Thorncrown Chapel |
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| May 11 / 7:30pm | Eureka House Concerts presents Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem |
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| May 12 / 7pm | Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem at the Crystal Bridges Sculpture Trail in Bentonville |
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| May 13 / 7pm | Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem PJ Party for Kids | tickets |
| May 14 / 10am | Swimmy Frederick & Inch by Inch (children’s theater) | tickets |
| May 14 / 3 to 6pm | Trail Mix Concert Tour, Lake Fayetteville Trail | info |
| May 16 / 7pm | Nature of Strings Chamber Music Concert Old City String Quartet at Chapel on the Creeks |
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| May 17 / 7pm | Artosphere Festival Orchestra: American Soundscapes | tickets |
| May 18 / 7pm | Daniel Schnyder & Friends at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
| May 19 / 10am to 6pm | Fulbright Concerto Competition semi-finals | info |
| May 19 / 7pm | Nature of Strings Chamber Music Concert Old City String Quartet at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church |
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| May 19-21 | ArtsLive Theatre’s The Jungle Book | tickets |
| May 20 -22 | TheatreSquared’s Arkansas New Play Festival | info |
| May 20 / 10am to 6pm | Fulbright Concerto Competition semi-finals | |
| May 20 / 6pm | Ozark Couture Fashion Show | |
| May 21 / 7pm | Artosphere Festival Orchestra: Italian Soundscapes | tickets |
| May 22 / 5pm | Fulbright Concerto Competition Finals with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra |
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| May 23 / 7pm | National Geographic Live Annie Griffiths, photgrapher “A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel” |
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| May 24 / 6pm | Nature of Strings Chamber Music Concert Frank Vignola & Band at St. Catherine’s at Bell Gable |
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| May 25 / 6pm | Nature of Strings Chamber Music Concert Frank Vignola & Band at Thorncrown Chapel |
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| May 26 / 7pm | Frank Vignola & Band at Crystal Bridges Sculpture Trail in Bentonville |
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| May 27 / 6:30pm | Grow a Film Festival | info |
| May 28 / 9:30am, 11am and 2pm |
TPO’s Kindur (Icelandic Sheep) (children’s theater) | tickets |
| May 31 / 7pm | National Geographic Live Joel Sartore, Photographer “Witness Change: A Call to Action” |
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| June 2 / time TBD | Trike Theatre’s The Short Tree and the Bird Who Could Not Sing |
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| June 3 / evening TBD | Tom Chapin at Bentonville’s First Friday |
