Art Attack – Not so pretty in pink John Rankine 4/11/2013 With the help of my friend Zeek, we bleached and colored my hair cotton candy pink for the opening reception of the Graven Images installation at The Space on Good Friday. During the course of the evening’s reception, several people remarked that I looked […]

Art Attack – Spaced Out John Rankine 4/4/2013   Thanks to all who came out Good Friday for the opening reception of Graven Images at The Space. It was quite the party. Special shoutouts to Ms. Lilah Stiger, whose slightly naughty Playboy bunny performance had tails wagging – to Marvin Jonason for his lighting expertise […]

Art Attack – That’s Mr. Dragonwagon to you John Rankine 3/28/2013 Ah, life in a small town. It got back to me that some “friend” had called me “the male Crescent Dragonwagon” due to my shameless self–promotion. Compliment taken. I love Ms. Dragonwagon and consider my autographed copy of her Passionate Vegetarian my cookbook Bible. […]

Art Attack – Feast or Famine John Rankine 3/21/2013 I’m jist a girl who cain’t say no I’m in a turrible fix I always say, “come on let’s go” Just when I orta say nix OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN I knew I would be overwhelmed, and I am. I knew when Jeremy Mason McGraw approached me to […]

Art Attack – The art of Art Speak John Rankine 3/14/2013 I often ask myself why I have this deep need to work on a conceptual art piece – devoting endless hours, cash and energy to a project that I know full well won’t make a penny, will have a limited audience with many scratching […]

Art Attack – In Eureka Springs we take art seriously John Rankine 2/28/2013 If everything goes as scheduled, we are in store for a great May Festival of the Arts. Besides the usual May Fest crowd pleasers – Artrageous Parade, White Street Studio Walk and Gallery Strolls – three exciting events are planned to make […]

Art Attack – High School Confidential John Rankine 2/20/2013 We are almost two months away from May and the start of our annual May Festival of the Arts, a festival that has the potential to… We Interrupt This Art Column For The Following Rant: I attended part of the Feb. 12 Open Town Meeting sponsored […]

Art Attack – Mardi Gras – PG John Rankine 2/14/2013 People are shocked when I mention I’ve never been to New Orleans. They look at me like my Gay Card should be revoked and shredded. New Orleans, and especially Mardi Gras, has always made me feel uneasy. Maybe it was the Mardi Gras acid-trip-gone-bad at […]

Art Attack – THE MUSE John Rankine 2/7/2013 THE MUSE Birthed creek side in sand and stone. Stoic in the winter sun. A rock atop the gravel bed, unable, to weigh or keep her down. John Rankine I’ve discovered that staring at a blank page or computer screen is really no different than staring at […]

Art Attack – The Ten Commandments John Rankine 1/31/2013 I’m the first to admit I’m technically challenged when it comes to electronics, and usually go kicking and screaming when finally forced to succumb to the latest gadget or program.  (iTunes is working perfectly fine and I don’t need or want to upgrade, thank you.) Fortunately, […]