Arkansas Arts Center

Profile

The Arkansas Arts Center is an art museum with a children's theatre and a studio school. Founded in 1960, its mission is to ensure that learning, inspiration and creative expression in the arts flourish throughout Arkansas, for people of all ages and backgrounds. The AAC realizes this mission by developing, preserving and exhibiting its outstanding permanent collection, offering a rich variety of art from other collections and presenting programs for the education and cultural benefit of the public.
History

The seed for the Arkansas Arts Center was planted in 1914, when the Fine Arts Club of Arkansas was formed. Its membership formed the core of supporters and volunteers who later contributed to the creation of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1937 in Little Rock's MacArthur Park. Several key decisions at critical points in the Arts Center 's history helped form the remarkable arts facility that exists today.

represented artists

Paul Cézanne      Dale Chihuly      Edgar Degas      Michael Gross      Gottfried Helnwein      Roy Lichtenstein      Claude Monet      Henry Moore      Louise Nevelson      Judy Onofrio      Albert Paley

Pablo Picasso      Camille Pissarro      Jackson Pollock      Odilon Redon      Diego Rivera      Auguste Rodin      Ed Rossbach      Paul Signac      Vincent van Gogh