Orchestra Performs “Peter and the Wolf” with Arkansas Public Theater

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music

“Peter and the Wolf”

Northwest Arkansas Symphony Partners with Arkansas Public Theater and City of Rogers to Present Bilingual Performance of Classic Musical Children’s Story “Peter and the Wolf” Presented by Sergei Prokofiev Thursdays at the Victory Theater (116 S. Second St., Rogers), 4:30 and 5:30 pm.

Narration will be in English and Spanish. The performance is part of the orchestra’s “SoNA Beyond Series” in conjunction with the Art on the Bricks July Art Walk in downtown Rogers. Funding comes from Clorox Co. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 on-site. Call (479) 631-8988 or visit eventbrite.com/b/ar-rogers/arts.

Art

paintings and bronzes

John Bell Jr.: The Painted Legacy CanvasHQ recreates 30 paintings by Bell (1937-2013) as canvas prints, and “Passy Lane: Bronze Casting” Bronze sculptures of bears, horses, elk and dogs by the Oklahoma sculptor will be featured at the opening reception Friday at the Fort Smith Regional Museum of Art (1601 Rogers Ave., Fort Smith) from 5 to 7 p.m. display. Both exhibitions end on October 15th.

Bell’s exhibition includes images of his US Marshals series, Old West churches and historically accurate buildings. After the museum closes, it will be on display in museums, libraries and public spaces across the country until 2026.

The museum’s summer hours are 11am-6pm Tuesday-Saturday and 1pm-5pm Sunday. Admission is free.Please call (479) 784-2787 or visit fsram.org.

Delta Voice

Curators and artists will discuss contemporary art in the South Central “Voice of Delta 2023” Thursdays at 6 p.m., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Admission is free.access akmfa.org/8801/8926.

Artists: Anthony Sonnenberg, selected by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts; Keli Mashburn, selected by the Tulsa Philbrook Museum of Art. Francisco Moreno, selected by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth; and Zeke Peña, selected by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville. Curators: Theresa Bembnister, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts; Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Philbrook Museum of Art; Maggie Adler, Amon Carter Museum of American Art; and Xuxa Rodríguez, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Support from Eldredge Clark LLP and the Andrea Simon Memorial Trust on Friday to honor all those who have died of AIDS.

Patsy Lane’s bronze sculpture “ScratchinWhere It Itches” will be on display at the Fort Smith Regional Museum of Art through October 15. (Democrat Gazette special issue)

Curators from Regional Art Museums – Xuxa Rodríguez, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Curators: Theresa Bembnister, Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas; Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Tulsa Phil, Oklahoma Brock Museum of Art; and Maggie Adler, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas — for a discussion on contemporary art in the South Central at Delta Voices 2023 on Thursday. (Democrat Gazette Special Issue/Hollis Johnson)

Curators from Regional Art Museums – Xuxa Rodríguez, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Curators: Theresa Bembnister, Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas; Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Tulsa Phil, Oklahoma Brock Museum of Art; and Maggie Adler, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas — for a discussion on contemporary art in the South Central at Delta Voices 2023 on Thursday. (Democrat Gazette Special Issue/Hollis Johnson)

Curators from Regional Art Museums – Xuxa Rodríguez, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Curators: Theresa Bembnister, Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas; Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Tulsa Phil, Oklahoma Brock Museum of Art; and Maggie Adler, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas — for a discussion on contemporary art in the South Central at Delta Voices 2023 on Thursday. (Democrat Gazette Special Issue/Hollis Johnson)

Curators from Regional Art Museums – Xuxa Rodríguez, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Curators: Theresa Bembnister, Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas; Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Tulsa Phil, Oklahoma Brock Museum of Art; and Maggie Adler, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas — for a discussion on contemporary art in the South Central at Delta Voices 2023 on Thursday. (Democrat Gazette Special Issue/Hollis Johnson)