Art at FPL
Providing access to art, ideas, stories, culture and creative talent is core to Fayetteville Public Library’s role as a community center. In support of this, rotating art exhibitions are displayed throughout the library. The Fayetteville Public Library Art Committee accepts exhibition proposals year-round.
Exhibitions
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Expressions
Provided by: The Art Gallery at NWA Mall
On Display until August 30
Location: Reading Room Gallery (4th Floor)
This exhibition features works from various regional artists provided by the Art Gallery at NWA Mall. This volunteer-run nonprofit organization provides the community with free art classes, K–12 art exhibits, and a curated teaching gallery where emerging local artists can show their work.
Photographic Society of NWA Competition Winners
Provided by: Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas
On Display until August 31
Location: Lucky Day Gallery (2nd Floor)
See photographs from recent winners of several Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas photography competitions.
Silk and Steel
Artist: Marietta Camillieri
On Display until August 31
Location: McIlroy Hallway (1st Floor)
Camillieri uses metals such as steel, bronze, and aluminum to interact with the softness and translucence of the silk. The tension between the delicacy of the textile and the stability of the metal invites the viewer to consider themes of balance, resilience, and transformation.
Visiting Artist Program
FPL welcomes artists of all mediums to share their craft with the community while activating library spaces for personal projects. Selected artists will be featured at the library, host public programs for all ages, have scheduled time for personal projects in library studios, performance spaces, quiet focus rooms and/or the Center for Innovation while receiving a stipend. Through this program, the library welcomes artists to share their craft with the community while activating these spaces for personal projects.
Permanent Collection
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Our Regards to Louise
Artists: Life Styles students
Location: Reading Room Entrance
Mixed media wall sculpture using found objects and placed in birch cradles. In Louise Nevelson fashion, we chose to paint it white, as we were coming out of the Covid pandemic and white represents a new beginning. Quoting Louise Nevelson: “white summoned the early morning and emotional promise.”
Voyage of the Lost Keys
Artists: Aimée Papazian
Location: 2nd floor staircase
"When I was growing up, there was a small plaque with an old key on the wall of my grandmother's house in Flushing, New York. That key was the only thing left of my grandfather's house after the entire Armenian quarter of his hometown in Turkey was burned down. He fled for his life that day, along with most of the Armenians in the country. He was 18 years old. After the fire, a friend went back to where his house had been, found that key in the ashes, and sent it to my grandfather's family.
I built a larger version of the key to my grandfather's house out of clay, then cast it in plaster as a model. This was the first key I made for this piece. "Voyage of Lost Keys" is a way to imagine a mass migration — a way to think about people who have lost their homes and their place in the world as still being somehow connected to each other."
— Aimée Papazian
Undine
Artists: Anita Huffington
Location: 4th floor ellipse
"Undine" is a water spirit. This mixed media sculpture represents the power and mystery of water, as well as the myths and legends surrounding it.