Art Attack – Brave Doubt …………… Art Attack is an opinion piece – my totally subjective point of view that one may choose to agree with, disagree with or completely ignore. It is written with an egoist presumption that there are people out there who care or are interested in what I have to say. It’s not […]
Will it play in Peoria – this week’s Independent column
It felt like a post-coital love fest exiting the AUD after the premier of the film Eureka Springs – the Art of Being Saturday night. The full crowd (400 plus people?) gave the film and director Kai Robert a well deserved standing ovation followed by hugs, kisses and congratulatory pats on the back. It’s hard to be […]
Slow boat to China / This week’s Indy column
Five weekends in May made for an exhausting May Festival of the Arts and the big question being asked – are tourists coming to Eureka Springs to buy art, and is all the extra work and promotion really worth it? Maybe it’s our still-in-recovery economy, but from many of the artists and galleries […]
The old shoeshine box – This week’s Indy column
We recently lost Jack Miller, a working artist and Katrina refugee, who with his wife, Sabina, made Eureka Springs home after the storm. Jack was the real deal – an artist who spent hours in the studio, daily. A painter and printmaker, Jack was also responsible for the giant red high-heel, the jaguar-pulling chariot, and […]
North Main Exposure – This week’s Indy column
It’s been several years since I was a participating artist at the White Street Studio Walk. The idea of a one-night, outdoor gig has lost its appeal as aging creeps in. I’m always in awe of artists who make their living traveling across the country from show to show, setting up, breaking down, and dealing […]
Herding Cats – This week’s Indy Column
What a weekend, with same sex marriage and our county courthouse upstaging Saturday’s May Festival of the Arts events. Artists – you gotta love ‘em, despite their sometime insecure flakiness. On par with herding cats, I managed to get 35 of them to participate in the Artist Impression of the Mother exhibit at The Space […]
4/30/14 column from the E.S. Independent
Art Attack – Changing of the bulb John Rankine Wednesday, April 30, 2014 It’s that time of year when the art and artists of Eureka Springs grab the spotlight for the whole month of May. The Eureka Springs May Festival of the Arts is an annual event now in its 26th year, an accomplishment this city […]
2/5/2014
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 […]
1/22/2014
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 […]
11/27/2013
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 […]
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