FILM
‘Berlin Airlift’ screens
The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, screens the 2007 documentary “The Berlin Airlift,” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The film documents how the United States and United Kingdom airlifted food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany after the Soviet Union blocked rail, road and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. It’s part of the museum’s “Movies at MacArthur” series. Admission, popcorn and soft beverages are free. Call (501) 376-4602.
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Fellowship grants
The Arkansas Arts Council is awarding 18 Individual Artist Fellowship grants of $5,000 each to “creatives living and working in Arkansas,” according to a news release.
The recipients:
Performing Arts: Fashion and/or Costume Design
◼️ Bryant Phelan of Little Rock, owner/designer at O’Faolain Leathers
◼️ Brandy Harris of Fayetteville, creative head at Big Sister Studio
◼️ Kristen Franyutti of Jonesboro, an assistant professor of drawing and fiber at Arkansas State University.
Literary Arts: Novel or Memoir Writing
◼️ Journalist Michael Ray Taylor of Arkadelphia, whose work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Outside, The Houston Chronicle and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and who is the author of four nonfiction books on nature and science, most recently the memoir “Hidden Nature”
◼️ M. Shelly Conner of Cabot, whose work includes plays, screenplays, fiction, essays and creative nonfiction. She is on the creative writing faculty at the University of Central Arkansas.
◼️ Bryan Hurt of Fayetteville, a faculty member at the University of Arkansas and the author of “Everyone Wants to Be Ambassador to France,” “Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest” and his current novel, “The Magic Hole.”
Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship grant recipients for 2024 include Ana Buitrago, Brody Parrish Craig, Azalia Molina, Beverly Denise White Parkinson, Brandy Harris, Bryant Phelan, Korey J. Isbell, Kristen Franyutti, M. Shelly Conner, Michael Ray Taylor, Al “Papa Rap” Lopez, Suzanne Reed and Virmarie DePoyster. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Contemporary Craft: Ceramics and/or Glass
◼️ Ana Buitrago of Fayetteville, a master of fine arts candidate in ceramics at the University of Arkansas
◼️ Sculptor Suzanne Reed of Eureka Springs
◼️ Multidisciplinary artist Azalia Molina of Tontitown, who works in ceramics, printmaking and painting
Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship grant recipients for 2024 include Ana Buitrago, Brody Parrish Craig, Azalia Molina, Beverly Denise White Parkinson, Brandy Harris, Bryant Phelan, Korey J. Isbell, Kristen Franyutti, M. Shelly Conner, Michael Ray Taylor, Al “Papa Rap” Lopez, Suzanne Reed and Virmarie DePoyster. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Visual Arts: Docu-Genre
◼️ Photojournalist and historian Beverly Denise White Parkinson of Hot Springs, whose work, including her documentary film, “Daughter of the White River,” based on her book of the same name, focuses on River Culture and the Arkansas Delta
◼️ Korey J. Isbell of Lonoke, a videographer, editor, filmmaker, producer and multimedia marketer
◼️ Documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Andy Sarjahani of Little Rock, whose recent cinematography credits include the Academy Award-nominated documentary short “The Barber of Little Rock.”
Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship grant recipients for 2024 include Ana Buitrago, Brody Parrish Craig, Azalia Molina, Beverly Denise White Parkinson, Brandy Harris, Bryant Phelan, Korey J. Isbell, Kristen Franyutti, M. Shelly Conner, Michael Ray Taylor, Al “Papa Rap” Lopez, Suzanne Reed and Virmarie DePoyster. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Community Engagement
◼️ Brody Parrish Craig of Fayetteville, poet and author of the chapbook “Boyish” and editor of “TWANG,” an anthology of transgender/nonconforming creators of the South and Midwest
◼️ Musician and songwriter Al “Papa Rap” Lopez of Rogers
◼️ Artist Virmarie DePoyster of North Little Rock.
Multisensory Works
◼️ Artist, musician and composer Joshua Asante of Little Rock
◼️ Theophilus Jones Jr. of Jacksonville, founder of touring ensemble Billy Jones & the Delta Blues Outlaws
◼️ Elizabeth Weber of Little Rock, creator of artworks focusing on trees.
The grants are unconditional, non-matching awards made directly to individuals. Funding comes from the Windgate Foundation. An October ceremony (time and dates to be arranged) will honor the fellows.
