BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Make your community an arts destination while taking your own w ork worldwide.\nUnlock the secrets of living in the country while succeedi ng as an artist! Discover your community and ways to bring the arts world into rural spaces.\nArtists who choose to live in rural areas often face i solation and feelings of being siloed\, but opportunities abound for small -town and county-living artists in Arkansas. Learn to capitalize on afford able studio space and creative placemaking while bringing your art to the national stage. Find collaborations and ways to use tourism in the arts.\n Join professional artist Jeri Hillis to get a look at how artists in small towns and rural areas can benefit from where they are while building comm unity\, connecting with markets and building revenue for individuals and t heir communities.\nTopics include:\n \;Pros and cons of country living as a visual artist\n \;Overcoming isolation and building community\n& nbsp\;Getting out of your comfort zone\, e.g. workshops\, outside gallerie s and competitions\nGetting into larger markets/connecting your arts commu nity to metro areas/region\nHow collaboration with a nonprofit or business can help you succeed\nThis event is free and includes refreshments. Regis tration is required because space is limited. The Arkansas Arts Council ha s teamed with the Mena Art Gallery to make this workshop possible.\nThis e vent is free\, but registration is required. REGISTER HERE. \;\n\n DTEND:20260725T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260524T040026Z DTSTART:20260725T160000Z LOCATION:Arkansas\,US\,Little Rock\,607 Mena St. SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:GetSmART!: Country Living with Artist Success UID:RFCALITEM639151920260812439 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Make your community an arts destination w hile taking your own work worldwide.
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Unlock the secrets of liv ing in the country while succeeding as an artist! Discover your community and ways to bring the arts world into rural spaces.
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Artists wh o choose to live in rural areas often face isolation and feelings of being siloed\, but opportunities abound for small-town and county-living artist s in Arkansas. Learn to capitalize on affordable studio space and creative placemaking while bringing your art to the national stage. Find collabora tions and ways to use tourism in the arts.
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Join professional a rtist Jeri Hillis to get a look at how artists in small towns and rural ar eas can benefit from where they are while building community\, connecting with markets and building revenue for individuals and their communities.\n
Topics include:
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✅ \;Pros an d cons of country living as a visual artist
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✅ \;Overcom ing isolation and building community
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✅ \;Getting out of your comfort zone\, e.g. workshops\, outside galleries and competitions\n
✅Getting into larger markets/connecting your arts community to metro areas/region
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✅How collaboration with a nonprofit o r business can help you succeed
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This event is free and include s refreshments. Registration is required because space is limited. The Ark ansas Arts Council has teamed with the Mena Art Gallery to make this works hop possible.
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This event is free\, but registration is require d. REGISTER HERE. \;
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