Previous Exhibitions

March 2 - May 1, 2022

Throughout modern times, women’s participation and impact on life on all levels have been marginalized. Values generally exhibited in women–compassion, kindness, thinking critically, not wanting to kill and colonize–are seen as ineffective in human progress, and from the heart. This exhibition, From the Heart - The Power of It! highlights that women maintain voices that empower the values they hold dear, that the work to pursue goals without bias or barriers is ongoing. From the Heart - The Power of It! honors women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements, despite structural opposition. It is a celebration of how women continue to advocate for themselves and the world around them.

Amy Eichler ▪ Ana Buitrago ▪ Bia Furtado ▪ Carol Hart ▪ Cheri Bohn ▪ Cheryl Buell ▪ Cheryl Kellar ▪ Denice Nicholson ▪ Diana Michelle ▪ Eloa Jane ▪ Karolyn Farrell ▪ Kathleen Siegfried ▪ Kathy Minhsin Liao ▪ Lee Ann Dodson ▪ Lourdes Valverde ▪ Mim Wynne ▪ Princess Justice Janêe Henderson ▪ Rebecca LaTourette ▪ Soeun Park

As we near the end of another year, the Art Ventures family is grateful for the extraordinary group of artists we’ve had the privilege to work with over this last year. Art for the Holidays represents an opportunity for our community to catch a glimpse of the breadth of talent in visual arts that artists in our region have to offer. Drop in at 20 S Hill Ave – Fayetteville, AR and see a variety of pieces to collect and to give by a diverse array of exceptionally talented artists. Remember, your purchase is also a gift to the artist!

Alice Andrews, Jaasiel Barrientos, Cheri Bohn, Candace Dolls, Kai Drachenberg, Nathan Duncan, Amy Eichler, Karolyn Farrell, Tom Flynn, Carol Hart, Najmus Saqib Hassan, Arif Imam, Eloa Jane, Hannah Jeremiah Carl Karni-Bain, Cheryl Kellar, Rebecca LaTourette, Bobby C Martin, Jessica Mongeon, Diana Michelle, Martin Morales, Denice Nicholson, Ziba Rajabi, Rhee Reamy, Kathleen Siegfried, Behnaz Sohrabian, Lourdes Valverde

October, 7 – November 28, 2021

The Mind’s Eye combines the work of six artists who each have a unique aesthetic approach to representing the world around them. With each composition the artist gives us a peek inside the world that they perceive. Our own perspective can be altered as we see as someone else has seen. This exhibition invites us to notice, to imagine, to look with fresh eyes as we seek out the beauty in both the everyday and the fantastic.

October 7, 2021 

Opening Reception: 5-8pm

Art Ventures is excited to announce our upcoming K-12 Gallery Initiative exhibit, in collaboration with Don Tyson School of Innovation, which will be open to the public on October 7th. This is the third Youth Initiative exhibit at Art Ventures and will feature ceramic works made by students.

The theme of the exhibit is Change and Adaptability. As the world faces climate change, we’ve come to understand that curiosity and creativity are at the heart of finding workable solutions. Students were invited to explore potential solutions through the creation of ceramics.

September 2 – October 31, 2021

Inside Oluwatobi Adewumi’s cultural milieu the male artist bestows ultimate respect to womanhood by depicting her power to create, nurture, protect, and reflect Black life in the diaspora

July 1 - October 3, 2021

Earth Elements is represented by four women artists who explore their relationship to life with an appreciation of the earth. Every representation of their relationship with it is based upon the fact of its elemental beauty. Sleek, dreamlike representation of available paths through water or roads, minute hard edges come together to describe soft curves, landscape juxtaposed with human biology, wild beauty of nature powerfully absorbs human-made interruptions to Earth Elements. One artist brings us to see through her own child's eye view of abandon what most of us cannot retrieve.

July 1 - Aug 31, 2021

“Some Things Sacred” is a solo exhibition by Bobby Martin.

Meet Bobby at the opening reception on First Thursday, July 1 beginning at 5pm at the Gallery (20 S Hill Avenue). Free shuttle picks up at the Fayetteville Square and at the Center St Church Ave bus stop.

Martin’s work includes imagery of spiritual icons in his life, “grannies and aunties,” who monitored and practiced care for his spiritual well-being and now allow him to do the same for his own family. The work shares this cultural truth of contemporary life among Native peoples that is often overlooked or misunderstood.

April 21 - June 27, 2021

Artists translate and reflect culture and do so in individual ways that describe whether it is in stasis or change. How do we align as humans responding to natural and man-made impacts upon culture? This exhibition offers you the opportunity to find your reflection in artists as they translate and respond to life in our times.

February 5 - April 11, 2021

Exhibition Sponsorship
Esther Silver-Parker and Ronald Parker

There is everything to be said about cultural survival and the nuanced battles required to protect the core of oneself from annihilation. Like the drumbeat, art informs us of individual battles won and lost, telling us that we are still here, still connected, still creating pathways to cultural survival and growth. This exhibition, Frame of Mind, is one such drumbeat in the vast cultural context of Blackness in the diaspora, and its plan to thrive.

December 12 - January 24, 2021

The Art for the Holidays exhibition is a soft opening to our community of the new Gallery at 20 South Hill Avenue where thirty-one artists who are part of this family have brought their creations for you to see and enjoy.