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Welcome to the General Store! I sure do appreciate you taking the time to visit!
At your left, you’ll find links to page covering BLUEGRASS NEWS, BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS, OZARK FESTIVALS & EVENTS, SOUTHERN GOSPEL NEWS and even a BRANSON SHOW PAGE (with NEWS).
However, right here you’ll notice all sorts of bits and pieces: Art & Craftsmanship News, History News, Painting News and even Country Music in the Ozarks News.
Scroll down for all sorts of great things.
Thanks for readin’.
Joshua Heston, editor
UPCOMING OZARK FOLK CENTER EVENTS:
COOKING WITH CHOCOLATE & CHERRIES
February 11
VALENTINE’S DINNER & SHOW
February 12
QUILTER’S RETREAT
February 17-19
ARKANSAS FLOWRE & GARDEN SHOW, LITTLE ROCK CONVENTION CENTER
February 25-27
COOKING FOR COMPANY
March 11
ANNUAL SPRING BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
March 10-12
HANDPICKED & HANDMADE CRAFT SHOW
March 11-12
OZARK FOLK SCHOOL
March 17-25
The Ozark Folk Center is located near Mountain View, Arkansas. Call (800) 264-3655. Visit OzarkFolkCenter.com.
UNION CHAPEL SCHOOL THIS SPRING
There is only one Kansas county in the Ozark Mountain region: Cherokee County. And in Cherokee County, the Union Chapel School, built in 1878, will be saved. The building has sat empty since 1966.
Carolyn McLean, who spearheaded the efforts, writes, We are moving "Union Chapel" School this week..I am thrilled... I was wondering if you know of any school being torn down if they would donate redwood siding, window glass or windows, etc… Sure hope there is none being torn down though.”
McLean may be contacted at (417) 438-9771. Original artwork courtesy of Carolyn McClean. The ink rendering is by the talented Doug Hayes.
SUE ANN O’NEAL IN SPARTA MUSIC MINISTRY
Sparta, MO — Pastors Michael and Kayte Hamilton are excited to announce that Sue Ann O’Neal Clark has accepted the position as Minister of Music for the Hope of Sparta Church in Sparta, MO. Sue Ann’s qualification as Minister of Music is a task that she has prepared for her entire life. Beginning in the Children’s Choir at the age of three at Seminole Baptist Temple in Springfield, MO, her musical gifts have been heard by thousands.
Following a long run in the Music Capital of the World in Branson, Sue Ann has been traveling as a music evangelist across the nation. Recording a radio favorite written by John Stallings, “Touching Jesus” reached the top ten of the Christian Country Charts sustaining on that chart for nearly a year. And what has become a fan favorite written by Sue Ann as a tribute to her father, “The American Farmer” will soon to follow.
Sue Ann hosted a tourist outreach in Branson every Sunday for a number of years located at the IMAX theatre called “Celebrate Sunday”. Celebrate Sunday became the name of her ministry and thereafter she was ordained by the Sanctuary of Hope Church in Branson by Pastors Sam Kaunley and Dr. Berl Best.
Keeping this ordination, Sue Ann joins Pastors Michael and Kayte Hamilton as they become a ministry team in this new “Missions” church, Hope of Sparta.
Hope of Sparta Church, a non-denominational church, began January 2011 and has recently moved to the century old location on the corner of North and Scott Street in Sparta. Besides special events and Sunday Services, Hope of Sparta will present a good old fashioned Sunday sing monthly.
The once a month events called “Hope Sings” will highlight local talents as well as familiar names to Gospel Music.
For information regarding the “Hope Sings” upcoming events or about Hope of Sparta Church, contact Pastor Hamilton at 417-551-2597 or visit HopeOfSparta.org or CelebrateSunday.org.
EUREKA SPRINGS ART NEWS
Artwork by four members of the Eureka Springs Artists Registry will be on display during the 54th Annual Delta Exhibition in the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. The artists are Cynthia Kresse, John Robert Willer, Ed Pennebaker, and Zeek Taylor. Willer and Taylor each received an Honorable Mention Award for their entries.
The exhibition will open with a reception on January 27 and the work will remain on display through March 28.
The Annual Delta Exhibition showcases contemporary works by artists from Arkansas and the six bordering states. More than 900 works were submitted and judged by Tom Butler, executive director of the Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA. From the submissions, fifty-four pieces were selected for the show.
The Arkansas Art Center is located at 501 E. Ninth ST, Little Rock. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission to the center is free.
For more information, visit EurekaSpringsArtists.com.
CRYSTAL BRIDGES NEWS
The musée du Louvre, the High Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Terra Foundation for American Art has announced the launch of a four-year collaboration devoted to producing and programming annual, focused installations of American and European art. Curators from each of the partnering institutions are working together to shape the themes and installations, and works will be drawn from the collections of all four institutions.
The first installation premieres at the Louvre on January 14, 2012 before traveling to the other collaborating museums, and will explore the birth of American landscape painting through the works of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand. In addition to works by Cole and Durand, the installation will include an earlier painting by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger which inspired Cole's work after the artist saw it in Paris. The collaboration will launch on January 14 with a day-long symposium at the Louvre on the history of American art collections in the United States and Europe.
At each of the museums the works will be displayed within their permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the museums' own holdings. The six paintings in the inaugural installation, titled "New Frontier: Thomas Cole and the Birth of Landscape Painting in America," at the Louvre and "American Encounters: Thomas Cole and the Narrative Landscape" at the two American venues, include: Thomas Cole, The Cross in Wilderness, 1845 (Louvre); Thomas Cole, Landscape with Figures: A Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans', 1826 (Terra Foundation); Thomas Cole, The Good Shepherd, 1848 (Crystal Bridges); Thomas Cole, The Tempest, 1826 (High); Asher B. Durand, View near Rutland, Vermont, 1837 (High); Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger, The Summer, 1699 (Louvre)
Following its premiere at the Louvre, the works will travel to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR (May 12 - August 13, 2012) and the High Museum in Atlanta, GA (September 22, 2012 - January 6, 2013). The organizing themes of future installations and their tour schedules will be announced at a later date.
For more information, visit CrystalBridges.org.
At your left, you’ll find links to page covering BLUEGRASS NEWS, BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS, OZARK FESTIVALS & EVENTS, SOUTHERN GOSPEL NEWS and even a BRANSON SHOW PAGE (with NEWS).
However, right here you’ll notice all sorts of bits and pieces: Art & Craftsmanship News, History News, Painting News and even Country Music in the Ozarks News.
Scroll down for all sorts of great things.
Thanks for readin’.
Joshua Heston, editor
UPCOMING OZARK FOLK CENTER EVENTS:
COOKING WITH CHOCOLATE & CHERRIES
February 11
VALENTINE’S DINNER & SHOW
February 12
QUILTER’S RETREAT
February 17-19
ARKANSAS FLOWRE & GARDEN SHOW, LITTLE ROCK CONVENTION CENTER
February 25-27
COOKING FOR COMPANY
March 11
ANNUAL SPRING BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
March 10-12
HANDPICKED & HANDMADE CRAFT SHOW
March 11-12
OZARK FOLK SCHOOL
March 17-25
The Ozark Folk Center is located near Mountain View, Arkansas. Call (800) 264-3655. Visit OzarkFolkCenter.com.
UNION CHAPEL SCHOOL THIS SPRING
There is only one Kansas county in the Ozark Mountain region: Cherokee County. And in Cherokee County, the Union Chapel School, built in 1878, will be saved. The building has sat empty since 1966.
Carolyn McLean, who spearheaded the efforts, writes, We are moving "Union Chapel" School this week..I am thrilled... I was wondering if you know of any school being torn down if they would donate redwood siding, window glass or windows, etc… Sure hope there is none being torn down though.”
McLean may be contacted at (417) 438-9771. Original artwork courtesy of Carolyn McClean. The ink rendering is by the talented Doug Hayes.
SUE ANN O’NEAL IN SPARTA MUSIC MINISTRY
Sparta, MO — Pastors Michael and Kayte Hamilton are excited to announce that Sue Ann O’Neal Clark has accepted the position as Minister of Music for the Hope of Sparta Church in Sparta, MO. Sue Ann’s qualification as Minister of Music is a task that she has prepared for her entire life. Beginning in the Children’s Choir at the age of three at Seminole Baptist Temple in Springfield, MO, her musical gifts have been heard by thousands.
Following a long run in the Music Capital of the World in Branson, Sue Ann has been traveling as a music evangelist across the nation. Recording a radio favorite written by John Stallings, “Touching Jesus” reached the top ten of the Christian Country Charts sustaining on that chart for nearly a year. And what has become a fan favorite written by Sue Ann as a tribute to her father, “The American Farmer” will soon to follow.
Sue Ann hosted a tourist outreach in Branson every Sunday for a number of years located at the IMAX theatre called “Celebrate Sunday”. Celebrate Sunday became the name of her ministry and thereafter she was ordained by the Sanctuary of Hope Church in Branson by Pastors Sam Kaunley and Dr. Berl Best.
Keeping this ordination, Sue Ann joins Pastors Michael and Kayte Hamilton as they become a ministry team in this new “Missions” church, Hope of Sparta.
Hope of Sparta Church, a non-denominational church, began January 2011 and has recently moved to the century old location on the corner of North and Scott Street in Sparta. Besides special events and Sunday Services, Hope of Sparta will present a good old fashioned Sunday sing monthly.
The once a month events called “Hope Sings” will highlight local talents as well as familiar names to Gospel Music.
For information regarding the “Hope Sings” upcoming events or about Hope of Sparta Church, contact Pastor Hamilton at 417-551-2597 or visit HopeOfSparta.org or CelebrateSunday.org.
EUREKA SPRINGS ART NEWS
Artwork by four members of the Eureka Springs Artists Registry will be on display during the 54th Annual Delta Exhibition in the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. The artists are Cynthia Kresse, John Robert Willer, Ed Pennebaker, and Zeek Taylor. Willer and Taylor each received an Honorable Mention Award for their entries.
The exhibition will open with a reception on January 27 and the work will remain on display through March 28.
The Annual Delta Exhibition showcases contemporary works by artists from Arkansas and the six bordering states. More than 900 works were submitted and judged by Tom Butler, executive director of the Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA. From the submissions, fifty-four pieces were selected for the show.
The Arkansas Art Center is located at 501 E. Ninth ST, Little Rock. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission to the center is free.
For more information, visit EurekaSpringsArtists.com.
CRYSTAL BRIDGES NEWS
The musée du Louvre, the High Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Terra Foundation for American Art has announced the launch of a four-year collaboration devoted to producing and programming annual, focused installations of American and European art. Curators from each of the partnering institutions are working together to shape the themes and installations, and works will be drawn from the collections of all four institutions.
The first installation premieres at the Louvre on January 14, 2012 before traveling to the other collaborating museums, and will explore the birth of American landscape painting through the works of Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand. In addition to works by Cole and Durand, the installation will include an earlier painting by Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger which inspired Cole's work after the artist saw it in Paris. The collaboration will launch on January 14 with a day-long symposium at the Louvre on the history of American art collections in the United States and Europe.
At each of the museums the works will be displayed within their permanent collections galleries to add new dimension and nuance to the museums' own holdings. The six paintings in the inaugural installation, titled "New Frontier: Thomas Cole and the Birth of Landscape Painting in America," at the Louvre and "American Encounters: Thomas Cole and the Narrative Landscape" at the two American venues, include: Thomas Cole, The Cross in Wilderness, 1845 (Louvre); Thomas Cole, Landscape with Figures: A Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans', 1826 (Terra Foundation); Thomas Cole, The Good Shepherd, 1848 (Crystal Bridges); Thomas Cole, The Tempest, 1826 (High); Asher B. Durand, View near Rutland, Vermont, 1837 (High); Pierre-Antoine Patel the Younger, The Summer, 1699 (Louvre)
Following its premiere at the Louvre, the works will travel to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR (May 12 - August 13, 2012) and the High Museum in Atlanta, GA (September 22, 2012 - January 6, 2013). The organizing themes of future installations and their tour schedules will be announced at a later date.
For more information, visit CrystalBridges.org.
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Photo courtesy of Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. It is an excerpt of the Alfred Sisco family at their home in Osage (Carroll County), circa 1914. It was provided by Ruth Curnutt.
ALL THE NEWS THAT IS THE NEWS FROM:
SHILOH MUSEUM OF OZARK HISTORY, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
SPECIAL EVENTS
Museum Open House to Feature Local Collectors
The Shiloh Museum’s fourth annual “Cabin Fever Reliever,” a celebration of the New Year, will take place Saturday, January 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the museum. “It’s become a tradition to feature local collectors during our open house,” said Susan Young, museum outreach coordinator. “A wide variety of collections will be shown, included accordions, wagon jacks, marbles, butter churns, rubber band bracelets, Stetson china, Japanese sword shields, coins, dolls, and political buttons. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, our featured collector this year is living history professional Doug Kidd, who will share items from his collection of Civil War era medical equipment,” Young added.
Eureka Springs History
Local historian John Fuller Cross will present a program entitled “Eureka Springs: 132 Years in the Making as the City that Wouldn’t Die,” Wednesday, January 18 at noon at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. A native of Eureka Springs, Cross is chairman of the board of Cornerstone Bank, and owner of the Historic Bank ofEureka Springs Museum. The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale. For more information, call 750-8165.
Arkansas/Arkansaw Exhibit
Arkansas’ hillbilly image is explored in a new exhibit, Arkansas/Arkansaw: A State and Its Reputation, opening Monday, February 6 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The exhibit, which is on loan from the Old State House Museum in Little Rock, explores both the real and romanticized versions of Arkansas’s backwoods stereotype. Perhaps best symbolized by the story of the Arkansas Traveler, the exhibit reveals the early development of a dual image, with Arkansans being portrayed as coarse, illiterate, and violent backwoodsmen on one hand, while also lifted up as noble frontiersmen – independent, honest, and humble. The exhibit examines whyArkansas became the focus for such depictions, and how some Arkansans defended their state against the popularization of this stereotype.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
Writing Group
LifeWriters, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, will meet Monday, January 2 and Monday, January 16 at 10:00 a.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For more information, call June Jefferson at 790-2588.
Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas
The Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas will meet Thursday, January 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For more information, call Marci Vaughn at 770-6080.
Railway Society
The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet Thursday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For more information, call 750-8165.
Photo Identification Group
The Shiloh Museum’s Photo Identification Group will meet Saturday, January 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the museum to continue identifying people, places, and events in Northwest Arkansas photos taken over the last 40 years. For more information, call 750-8165.
Storytellers Group
The Tellers of Tales storytelling group will meet Saturday, January 21 at 10:30 a.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. All tellers and listeners are invited. For more information, call 750-8165.
Sacred Harp Singers
The Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singers will meet Sunday, January 22 at 1:30 p.m. in the General Store building at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For more information, call 750-8165.
Civil War Roundtable
The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For more information, call 750-8165.
Wireless Society to Meet
The Ozark Wireless Society will meet Saturday, January 28 at 10:00 a.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For more information, call 750-8165.
The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale.
For more information, call (479) 750-8165 or visit SpringdaleAR.gov/shiloh/