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Arkansas Fine Arts Education

Developing and supporting opportunities that give all Arkansans more chances to experience and celebrate the value of creative expression is one way the Rockefeller Institute honors and carries on Gov. Rockefeller’s work in Arkansas.

Our goal is to implement arts programming that complements existing efforts in the state while broadening and diversifying these efforts to reach more Arkansans in places and spaces where the impact of traditional arts programming has been limited.

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Arts in the Air Professional Art Exhibit and Sale

Each year we highlight the work of some of Arkansas’ best artists at a month-long exhibit and sale of professional artwork. Designed to support the creativity of Arkansas’ artists and promote arts awareness and appreciation, the sale also serves as a fundraiser for other parts of our educational programming.


The Oxford American Summit for Ambitious Writers – June 21-26, 2011

In partnership with Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, The Oxford American is developing an annual writers’ conference. The Oxford American Summit for Ambitious Writers will be held June 21-26, 2011, at Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. As part of the first literary retreat, distinguished writers, critics, agents and other literary professionals will provide instruction and criticism to approximately 80 participants through lectures and workshops on various literary topics and mediums.


KUAR Tales from the South

Winthrop Rockefeller Institute is pleased to join forces with Tales From the South, a unique national radio program featuring true stories written and read by the Southern writers who lived them. Contributors are from all walks of life and include professional writers as well as those who have never been published. Beginning in October 2010, Tales will air every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. from Public Radio Station KUAR-FM, 89.1, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Listen for Tales to be broadcast periodically from the Rockefeller Institute, with upcoming programs featuring oral histories about Governor Rockefeller, his administration and the history of Petit Jean Mountain. Learn more at www.talesfromthesouth.com.