a media company spanning many forms of art, from simple pencil and graphite by way of published storytelling to digitized pixels and 3-D exhibitions

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Preserve the Past

Women In Preservation; Melissa AJ Dysart will share her rocky road to historic preservation: bulls, barns and buildings. A short story about the journey of dirt roads and restorations.

The “Women in Preservation” virtual speaker series features women from a variety of backgrounds who are working to save historic places in Arkansas and across the country. This event will explore how historic rural structures and civic buildings continue to shape community life, identity, and opportunity. Rather than focusing only on buildings as artifacts, the talk centers on storytelling, folk traditions, rural identity, and learning through lived experience.

Tinker’a-zation Stations

S-T-E-A-M lead initiative for User Experience (UX)

Our Tinker’a-zation Stations combine art and architecture with a bit of engineering thrown in for good measure – encouraging STEAM for all ages.

From graphite lines on paper, to building blocks, to an immersive 3-D environment, without an understanding of the importance of making an idea visual and tangible early in the ideation process you might find it difficult to construct a building, assemble machinery or well, design, engineer, plan . . . anything.

So, do not doubt the doodle or tame the tinkering. Allowing a playful nature of learning using sketching, painting, building, and other interactive activities, a foundation of knowledge is built (not to mention loads of fun in the process). Critical thinking skills honed, by the ability of an individual to kinetically learn with tangible methods of success and failures, eventually translating into a digital 3-D world. Because with the ability to utilize your superpowers of "tinker’a-zation," you too can build anything that you can imagine.

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“Tinker'a-zation Stations was
a wonderful addition to our youths' summer!”

Alyssa Stark
Arkansas Sheriffs' Youth Ranches

“A rich experience for citizens of all ages to experiment and explore their own creativity...”

Joanna Sheehan Bell
Fayetteville Art & Culture Director

“An interactive booth at the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market.
It was a hit!”

Britin Bostick
Fayetteville Long Range Planning Manager

Joy Noir Phillips

Joy Noir Phillips was born in rural Madison county Arkansas where dirt roads and rotary phones still exist. And gathering eggs, feeding calves and snapping beans were a part of everyday farm life.

Since childhood, oils have been Joy’s beloved medium of preference. But as her artistic boundaries expanded, so did the materials and tools used. From pencil drawings, she stepped out of the real world into a virtual environment thru the use of drafting software. After all, experimenting is part of her process.

So, storytelling with ordinary words on paper through artful expressions is yet another artful evolution. Simple put her, rural route and kitchen table taught artistic portfolio encompasses...

Farm-raised to virtual reality.

three-legged dog and a chick

an artful analogy adventure

Robin wasn’t like the other birds in her flock. But she didn’t let that stop her as she began a quest into the unknown. Searching for new experiences and friendships that would last a lifetime.

Now, can you figure out what makes Robin different? Or are you curious to know if Robin will find any friends during her adventures?

Only one way to know, read along and join our flock of friends.

Barking up the Right Tree Testimonials

“I love the message of the book…”

Cole the Deaf Dog | ASPC Dog of the Year • American Humane Hero Therapy Dog

“Not only is this book beautifully illustrated it also illustrates the qualities a beautiful life must possess…”

BJ Penick, Leadership Training Guru

“…an artistic view of what bullying takes out of you and the importance of finding the value, the abilities, and what is on the inside of every person we encounter.”