The Art OverView

Opening Reception For Focus on the

Fort: Three Photographic Perspectives, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. The exhibit features work by UAFS faculty and staff Ray Wallace, Henry Q. Rinne and Kat Wilson. Through February. 479-788-7300.

February: A Month Of Visual Art Events

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Winter Open House
Featuring facility tours, Valentine card crafts, and turns on the pottery wheel for adults, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center, 505 W. Spring St. in Fayetteville. 200-0663.

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Opening Reception For
watercolor shows by Richard Stephens and Sandy Bennett, 1-4 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Center for Art & Education, 104 N. 13th St. in Van Buren. Shows run through Feb. 25. 474-7767

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Boot-Making
Seven-day workshop by Lorna Trigg Hirsch, Feb. 7-13 at Fire Om Earth Retreat Center and Art Studio, 872 Mill Hollow Road in Eureka Springs. About $375. 479-363-9402. www. fireomearth.com

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Desegregation Exhibit
Little Rock Central 1957: Photography by Will Counts at the John Brown University Art Gallery, 2000 W. University St. in Siloam Springs. Closes Feb. 11. 238-8561.

Big Glass Sale

Annual event featuring seconds from the Gartner-Blade Art Glass Studio and select pieces from other studios, with most prices marked down 20 percent to 50 percent, at Zarks Gallery, 67 Spring St. in Eureka Springs. Sale starts at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 12. 253-2626.

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Stained Glass By Robbert VanOlmen

at Blue Toucan Glass Works, 6 Forest Park Drive, Suite E, in Holiday Island. Through Feb. 15. 479-244-7130.

Persona 2009-2011
Works by Drew Gentle in the Revolver Gallery at Fayetteville Underground, 1 E. Center St. Through February. www. fayettevilleunderground.com.

Whistle Flute-Making One-day workshop

to make South American ocarina by Craig Hirsch, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 18 at Fire Om Earth Retreat Center and Art Studio, 872 Mill Hollow Road in Eureka Springs. $50. 479-363-9402. www.fireomearth.com.

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Wood You Be Mine?
Nontraditional valentines by Lisa Jo Outlaw in the E Street Gallery at Fayetteville Underground, 1 E. Center St. Features woodthemed, punny sentiments like I pine fir yew and Nice ash! Through February. www. fayettevilleunderground.com.

Ozark Modern Edward Durell

Stones Fulbright Furniture in the Fine Arts Center Gallery at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Through Feb. 16. 575-5202.

Mirror Mirror on the Wall Mixed media and

found object works by Dorylyn Thomas at White Lotus Salon & Massage, 4750 E. Mission Blvd. in Fayetteville. Through February. Artists reception from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 19. 582-4806.

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Adult Art Classes
Beginning Painting starting Feb. 22 and Painting in Series starting Feb. 23 at Leilani Laws new community art studio, 112 W. Center St., Suite 230 in downtown Fayetteville. Also offering childrens classes. 442-4396.

Dog Portraits By Julie

Koehring-Brents at ArtEdge Studio. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Fayetteville Animal Shelter. 479-799-4914.

Drum-Building Three-day workshop to make a medicine drum,

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 25-27 at Fire Om Earth Retreat Center and Art Studio, 872 Mill Hollow Road in Eureka Springs. $260. 479-363-9402. www.fireomearth.com. Watercolor Workshop Three-day workshop led by Richard Stephens, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 25-27 at the Center for Art & Education, 104 N. 13th St. in Van Buren. Participants must be 18 or older; class size is limited. Cost is $150. 474-7767.

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Pottery Highlighted Ancestral Remnants Composite
photography by Henry Turner in the Hive Gallery at Fayetteville Underground, 1 E. Center St. Through February. www.fayettevilleunderground.com.

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Art Installed Two clay wall sculptures by Becky
Christenson of ART Inc. in Bentonville were recently installed at the Shewmaker Center for Global Business Development at the NorthWest Arkansas Community College, 900 S.E. Eagle Way in Bentonville.

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Courtesy Images. If you wish to submit an art event for next months Art OverView calendar, e-mail it to Sara Sullivan at ssullivan@nwaonline.com. Any submitted art images need to be high-resolution, please.

Potters Janet Greeson and David Stephens featured at Poor Richards Art artists co-op, 116 S. First St. in Rogers. Through February. 636-0417.