Art Attack – Everyone loves to hate the Grammys John Rankine 2/5/2014 “But everybody’s like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece. Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash We don’t care – we aren’t caught up in your love affair.” LORDE Two French robots, a Goth teenage girl from New Zealand and a white […]

Art Attack – David v. Goliath John Rankine 1/22/2014 APSC Administrative Judge Connie Griffin sided with SWEPCO last week, recommending alternative Route 109 through Beaver for the electric company’s proposed 150 ft. high, 350 kV transmission lines and $20 million 350 KV Station next to the Kings River in Berryville. The disappointing ruling came as […]

Art Attack – Our little secret John Rankine 11/27/2013 My mother knew I was different – different from my four brothers and from the neighborhood boys constantly outside playing road hockey. I was content at an early age to be shut in the house drawing “dancing flowers” and more comfortable hanging with the neighborhood girls […]

Art Attack – Under the Pillow John Rankine 11/13/2013 It was the end of the first Gulf War, the Persian War, the war that took a mere six weeks to accomplish its goal – a war that left thousands of Iraqis dead, wounded and homeless with the loss of 148 of our own. A necessary […]

Art Attack – Our Big Fat Gay Zombie Wedding John Rankine 10/30/2013 It should be a fun and interesting weekend as gays and the walking dead take over the streets of Eureka. Armageddon? Hardly, though to some it might appear that way. Our Big Fat Gay Wedding is a Diversity Weekend fundraiser to benefit the […]

Art Attack –  Out of the comfort zone John Rankine 9/19/2013 I stepped out of my creative comfort zone by adding prose to a continued series of found-object still life photographs. Was I adding the prose because I didn’t think the photographs were strong enough? Did the poetry without the images stand on its own? […]

Art Attack – Putting down the gun John Rankine 8/8/2013 I’ve discovered after 14 months of writing a weekly column that I’m not a deadline writer.  Paradoxically, those 50-plus columns would never have seen the light without a looming deadline. Friend and former Eurekan, Jane Fishman, came to visit us this week. She’s a columnist […]

John Rankine 8/1/2013 The Eureka Springs School of the Arts broke ground for its new metalwork and blacksmithing studio last week. It’s a big deal for the school and community – adding to our arts destination status. Congratulations to Executive Director Peggy Kjelgaard and a strong board of directors, including architect David McKee. The arts […]