Art Attack – Rejection and the artist ego John Rankine 12/13/2012 “Even if you are the most luscious, juiciest, perfect peach in the orchard, there is going to be someone who hates peaches.”      Anonymous Facebook Such fragile creatures we are, “we” being artists. “Rejection,” a word you think “we” would be used to.  Nope. The […]

Art Attack – ESSA Fall Art Show John Rankine 12/6/2012 The Eureka Springs School of the Arts recently held its Fall Art Show and it was great to see longtime Eureka Springs artist, Karen Foster, receive Best in Show for her “Daily Egg Project.” We have an abundance of talented ceramic artists in town, but […]

Art Attack – The activist artist John Rankine 11/29/2012 I have an idea – let’s invite tourists to our quaint Victorian village during the holidays and make deer the decorative centerpiece while simultaneously hosting a citywide deer hunt. I’m surprised the CAPC and Downtown Network didn’t jump all over this missed cross marketing opportunity – […]

Art Attack – The art of marketing art John Rankine 11/22/2012 Eureka Springs is a noted arts destination, chock full of talented, creative people; but while many in the community call themselves artists, in reality only a handful make a living through art alone. Most supplement income with either full or part-time jobs to feed […]

Art Attack – We love a parade John Rankine 11/15/2012 For such a tiny city we sure host a whole lot of parades. In fact we held four in just the past 10 days. We went from Zombie to Folk Festival to Veterans to a Porsche parade in a blink of an eye. Eureka Springs […]

Art Attack  –  Way too much John Rankine 11/8/2012 It was really hard to keep up with everything going on in town the last 10 days or so. It started with a sold-out Mad Hatter Ball, followed by scores of kids Halloween night on White St. and a line-up at Chelsea’s for local favorites, The […]

Art Attack John Rankine 11/1/2012 The politics of art Much was made of Mitt Romney’s attack on Big Bird during the first presidential debate, creating some pretty funny stuff that exploded all over the blogosphere and Facebook. But all joking aside, Romney, if elected, will not only deliver Big Bird on a giant platter, he […]

Zombies in hats doggie-style John Rankine 10/25/2012 Flashback to 1968 – I was thirteen, and several friends and I were taking in a Saturday matinee of Night of the Living Dead, the now classic black and white Zombie flick by director George A. Romero. Sitting in that darkened theatre, none of us was quite prepared […]

Post burnout John Rankine 10/18/2012 Thanks to all who came out to participate or just enjoy the “Field Burn” last Sunday.  The weather dependent art piece that was to go up in flames and be the finale for “Finding Nature – Art in the Landscape” and the May Festival of the Arts finally had its […]

Art Attack      The Burn Is On, AGAIN (weather permitting) John Rankine 10/11/2012 Last May, fellow artist Chris Fischer and I, feeling a little ambitious, curated and organized the group exhibition “Finding Nature – Art in the Landscape” in coordination with the May Festival of the Arts. The exhibit featured a variety of local artists – […]