ENTERTAINMENT: Museum presents film ‘Berlin Airlift’; AAC awards grants | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
FILM
‘Berlin air transport’ screens
The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, screens the 2007 documentary “The Berlin Airlift,” 6:30 pm on Tuesday. The film documents how the United States and United Kingdom transported food and fuel to Berlin from Allied air bases in western Germany after the Soviet Union blocked rail, road and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. It is part of the museum’s “Movies at MacArthur” series. Entrance, popcorn and soft drinks are free. Call (501) 376-4602.
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Scholarship
The Arkansas Arts Council is awarding 18 Individual Artist Grant grants of $5,000 each to “creatives living and working in Arkansas,” according to a press release.
Recipients:
Performing Arts: Fashion and/or Costume Design
◼️ Bryant Phelan of Little Rock, owner/designer of O’Faolain Leathers
◼️ Brandy Harris of Fayetteville, head creative at Big Sister Studio
◼️ Kristen Franyutti of Jonesboro, assistant professor of drawing and fiber at Arkansas State University.
Literary Arts: Writing Novels or Memoirs
◼️ Arkadelphia journalist Michael Ray Taylor, whose work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Outside, The Houston Chronicle, and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and who is the author of four nonfiction books about nature and science, most recently the memoir “Hidden Nature”
◼️ M. Shelly Conner de 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, faculty member at the University of Arkansas and author of “Everyone Wants to Be Ambassador to France,” “Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest” and his current novel, “The Magic Hole.”
The 2024 Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship recipients 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 Crafts: Ceramics and/or Glass
◼️ Ana Buitrago of Fayetteville, master of fine arts candidate in ceramics at the University of Arkansas
◼️ Sculptor Suzanne Reed of Eureka Springs
◼️ Multidisciplinary artist Azalia Molina from Tontitown, who works in ceramics, printmaking and painting
The 2024 Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship recipients 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, “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, videographer, editor, filmmaker, producer and multimedia marketer
◼️ Little Rock documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Andy Sarjahani, whose recent film credits include the Oscar-nominated documentary short “The Barber of Little Rock.”
The 2024 Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship recipients 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 involvement
◼️ Brody Parrish Craig of Fayetteville, poet and author of the chapbook “Boyish” and editor of “TWANG,” an anthology of transgender/nonconforming creators from the South and Midwest
◼️ Musician and songwriter Al “Papa Rap” Lopez de Rogers
◼️ North Little Rock artist Virmarie DePoyster.
Multisensory Works
◼️ Little Rock artist, musician and songwriter Joshua Asante
◼️ Theophilus Jones Jr. of Jacksonville, founder of the touring group Billy Jones & the Delta Blues Outlaws
◼️ Elizabeth Weber of Little Rock, creator of tree-focused artwork.
Donations are unconditional, non-reciprocal awards given directly to individuals. Funding comes from the Windgate Foundation. A ceremony in October (time and dates to be agreed) will honor the scholarship recipients.
