A long imagined art museum featuring the works of Eureka Springs artists, both past and present, has become a reality, thanks to a handful of local business owners, artists and art patrons. The Museum of Eureka Springs Art, a 3,500-square-foot space located at the Eureka Springs Community Center complex, features works by more than 150 artists dating from the 1890s to the present.
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Iconic Innovators: Founders of Eureka Springs art scene recalled
Founders of Eureka Springs art scene recalled
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Becca Martin-Brown
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Today at 1:00 a.m. Portrait Of Gary’s Cake Plate, acrylic on canvas by Mary Sims, 1993. Sims died in 2004. She was not as big as a minute, but Mary’s personality and paintings were huge in beauty, technique and wit. Nationally revered, she painted daily with fierce dedication, achieving both greatness and whimsy. Her still life paintings combined disparate items in a bizarre but winning fashion. Her portraits brought muscles and poignancy together in surprising ways. As for style, she kept defining it.