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The '''Arkansas Arts Center''' is a museum of arts and a center for the performing arts south of downtown Little Rock, located at 501 E. 9th Street. The museum has pieces from little-known locals artists as well as prominent artists such as Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Albrecht Dürer, Roy Lichtenstein, Georgia O’Keeffe, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Odilon Redon, Rembrandt, Diego Rivera, and Andrew Wyeth.  
 
The '''Arkansas Arts Center''' is a museum of arts and a center for the performing arts south of downtown Little Rock, located at 501 E. 9th Street. The museum has pieces from little-known locals artists as well as prominent artists such as Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Albrecht Dürer, Roy Lichtenstein, Georgia O’Keeffe, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Odilon Redon, Rembrandt, Diego Rivera, and Andrew Wyeth.  
  
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The museum is free of charge. The center's phone number is 501-372-4000.
 
The museum is free of charge. The center's phone number is 501-372-4000.
 
 
 
 
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Facade of the Center
 
 
 
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Signac Gallery Entrance
 
 
 
 
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Visitors admire art in the building's atrium
 
 
Photos by Casey Gambill
 
  
 
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Revision as of 23:45, 11 February 2008

Facade of the Center. Photo by Casey Gambill.
Signac Gallery Entrance. Photo by Casey Gambill.
Visitors admire art in the building's atrium. Photo by Casey Gambill.

The Arkansas Arts Center is a museum of arts and a center for the performing arts south of downtown Little Rock, located at 501 E. 9th Street. The museum has pieces from little-known locals artists as well as prominent artists such as Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Albrecht Dürer, Roy Lichtenstein, Georgia O’Keeffe, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Odilon Redon, Rembrandt, Diego Rivera, and Andrew Wyeth.

The collection also features handcrafts, photographs, drawings, sculptures, woodcuts, ceramics, collages, and works of other mediums. Arkansas artists and themes are highlighted, such as photographs that detail the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis in 1957.

The center is perhaps most famous for The James T. Dyke Collection, a large compilation of pieces from French artist Paul Signac. The collection was made available through a generous donation that left 133 Signac pieces to the museum. Although many of the works are often on loan at other art venues, Little Rock visitors can still view pieces that span the artist’s 50+ year career.

Each year the museum hosts a number of shows such as the annual Delta Exhibition, a competition open to Arkansans and the members of all of 6 surrounding states. The museum also boasts a library, gift store, the Best Impressions restaurant, community gallery, a children’s theater, and a museum school. The school offers seminars on art appreciation, ceramics, drawing, photography, theater, woodworking, and jewelry making.

According to Executive Director Dr. Ellen "Nan" Plummer, the museum had 450,000 visitors during 2007. The curator of the Arkansas Art Center is Anne Gochenour.

The museum is free of charge. The center's phone number is 501-372-4000.

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