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T he big dogs, little dogs, red dogs and blue dogs are going up, down and all around to make their way back to the Arts Center of the Ozarks stage. “Go, Dog. Go!,” an ACO Child’s Play production based on the classic chil- dren’s book by P.D. Eastman, will have a three-show public run March 5-6. e show, directed by Danny Hobson, returns aſter a successful production about three years ago. We chatted with Hobson about the upcoming production. Q. What about “Go, Dog. Go!” made you want to stage it again, especially so soon aſter it was first staged? A. We knew as soon as our last run was over we were going to put it on again — for another generation of young kids. It’s a wonderful show that will engage the kids from beginning to end. Q. When you remount a show, do you start over? Or do you try to re-create what you did before? A. is show was such a huge success the first time that I didn’t/don’t feel it necessary to reinvent it or start from scratch. Also, the show is so close to the One Night Only event (ACO’s annual fundraiser), it helps to do a show where the majority of all the set, props and costumes are already complete. Q. What’s your favorite part of this production and why? A. I like that it’s based on a popular children’s book that kids will have a strong connection with. e script is simplistic, yet challenging. ere’s not a lot of dialogue, so the actors have to rely on their ability to create a scene with their actions rather than their words. It’s satisfying when the audience begins to interact and talk to the actors on stage as if they really are the characters from the book. 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. March 5 3 p.m. March 6 Super Saturday — Between shows: hot dogs and other special family activities will be provided to guests after the 11 a.m. show, beginning at noon, including an autograph session for about 30 minutes after the show. Special Sunday — Cookies and activities will be offered starting at 2:15 p.m. prior to 3 p.m. show. This is a great addition to the ACO’s production of “Go, Dog! Go” — perfect for young children and families, and is a joint project with the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society at the U of A. Sponsors of Super Saturday and Special Sunday include Signature Bank, Harps, Fritos, South Coast, Barnes & Noble. C ALLBOARD ARTS CENTER OF THE OZARKS Volume 12 March 2016 www.acozarks.org 479-751-5441 PRODUCED COURTESY OF THE ‘Go, Dog. Go!’ Kids’ classic heels, sits March 5-6 TICKETS: $9-$20 479-751-5441 or acozarks.org

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Page 1: CALLBOARD - Arts Center of the Ozarks...T he big dogs, little dogs, red dogs and blue dogs are going up, down and all around to make their way back to the Arts Center of the Ozarks

The big dogs, little dogs, red dogs and blue dogs are going up, down and all around to make their way back to the Arts Center of the Ozarks stage.

“Go, Dog. Go!,” an ACO Child’s Play production based on the classic chil-dren’s book by P.D. Eastman, will have a three-show public run March 5-6.

The show, directed by Danny Hobson, returns after a successful production about three years ago.

We chatted with Hobson about the upcoming production.Q. What about “Go, Dog. Go!” made you want to stage it again, especially so soon after

it was first staged?A. We knew as soon as our last run was over we were going to put it on again — for

another generation of young kids. It’s a wonderful show that will engage the kids from beginning to end.

Q. When you remount a show, do you start over? Or do you try to re-create what you did before?

A. This show was such a huge success the first time that I didn’t/don’t feel it necessary to reinvent it or start from scratch. Also, the show is so close to the One Night Only event (ACO’s annual fundraiser), it helps to do a show where the majority of all the set, props and costumes are already complete.

Q. What’s your favorite part of this production and why?A. I like that it’s based on a popular children’s book that kids will have a strong connection

with. The script is simplistic, yet challenging. There’s not a lot of dialogue, so the actors have to rely on their ability to create a scene with their actions rather than their words. It’s satisfying when the audience begins to interact and talk to the actors on stage as if they really are the characters from the book.

11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. March 5 3 p.m. March 6

Super Saturday — Between shows: hot dogs and other special family activities will be provided to guests after the 11 a.m. show, beginning at noon, including an autograph

session for about 30 minutes after the show.Special Sunday — Cookies and activities will be offered starting at 2:15 p.m. prior to 3 p.m. show. This is a great addition to the ACO’s production of “Go, Dog! Go” —

perfect for young children and families, and is a joint project with the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society at the U

of A. Sponsors of Super Saturday and Special Sunday include Signature Bank, Harps, Fritos, South Coast, Barnes & Noble.

CALLBOARDArts Center Of the OzArks

Volume 12 March 2016 www.acozarks.org 479-751-5441

prOduCed COurtesy Of the

‘Go, Dog. Go!’Kids’ classic heels, sits March 5-6

TICKETS: $9-$20479-751-5441 or acozarks.org

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CallboardPage 2 • ACO Volume 12 • March 2016

49th Season Underwriters

Season ProducerTyson Foods

Theater SponsorsArvest Bank

Harps Food StoresHenry Eye Clinic

Mike & Susan Ferguson

The Point Financial Group

Jerre & Judy Van Hoose

265 Super Storage

Gallery SponsorsSam’s Club: Fayetteville

Friends of the ACO

Lance & Tareneh Manning

Serendipity Season SponsorsJoel & Lynn Carver

ACO Board of Directors

Chris & Deborah Weiser

Cypert, Crouch, Clark & Harwell

John & Joan Threet

Serendipity for Schools SponsorsBob & Diane ShawMonty & Margot

HendersonFirst Security

Multicraft Contractors

CargillNikki & Patrick

Sievert

Chorale SponsorsPlatinum Properties

of NWAFriends of the ACO

Success!

One Night Only on Feb. 19 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks held a generous surprise for Kathi and Harry Blundell, who are retiring from the Springdale

arts center after 42 years as its leaders. Nancy and Dick Trammel announced

they are making a $50,000 matching gift to the center to recognize the Blundells’

42 years of service and mark the 50th anniversary of the Arts Center of the

Ozarks.

Thanks to our generous donors!Abide FurnitureAdventure SubaruAmazeumAngela Dewey RN (Dr Atwood’s Office)Apple Blossom BreweryApplebee’sArkansas Missouri RailroadArty DécorArvestBarre 3Bella Jack’s Children’s BoutiqueBeyond UrbanBordinosBotanical Gardens of the OzarksBrashearsCabela’sCallahan Mtn. StudiosCarpet OneCat’s MeowCharla MoyerCherokee CasinoChris & Debby WeiserCopper PigCrain Buick/GMC of SpringdaleDaaman Porcelain JewelryDairy QueenDaniel FairesDead Swanky - Skin SpaDickey’s Barbecue PitDickson Street BookshopDillardsEdible ArrangementsEinstein BagelsEJ Gallo WineryElite CateringEverett Buick/GMCFastlane EntertainmentFirehouse SubsFoster Pint & PlateFrench Quarters & Feather Your

NestFurniture Factory OutletGift of Massage/Solange SalonH. Daniel Atwood MDHampton Inn FayettevilleHarp’sHearth and HomeHeirloom RestaurantHenry Eye ClinicHome DepotHoundstooth Clothing CoHouse of WebsterJames at the MillJC PenneyJenny CraigJim E. Crouch of Cypert, Crouch, Clark & HarwellJR’s The SalonLaVida MassageLegacy National BankLewis & Clark OutfittersLinda Cullers JewelryLiquor WorldLogo & StitchLokomotionLonghorn Steak HouseLynn CarverMacadoodlesManning House LLCMargie BowenMarsha FosterMarsha JonesMatt MillerMichael ZollerMJ PizzeriaMonty & Margo HendersonNorthwest Athletic ClubNubbie’s RealmNWA Cell Phone RepairNWA Deomcrat-GazetteOlive GardenOrganic Creations at

Country GardenOutback SteakhousePei WeiPerry’s JewelryPete and Shirley EschPF ChangsPicking PoppysPinnacle Bar & GrillProCleanProctor & GambleRainbow CleanersRainbow PaintingRed LobsterRib CribRick’s BakeryRobyn BensonRod Roark DDSSaddlebock BrewerySeaside PoolsSharum’s NurseryShawnawerksShindig PaperieSilver Dollar CitySouthtown Sporting GoodsSpring Street GrillSpringdale Country ClubSprouse UnholsteryStarbucksSteak-n-ShakeSubwaySunrise GuitarSuperior NissanSwift’s JewelryTan-Fast-icThe Eye CenterThe Fresh MarketThe Razorback StoreThe Retreat Spa @ FACTheo’s Theresa MooreTravelhost NWA MagazineUnileverWestern SizzlinYankee CandleYoga GypsyZeek TaylorZ’s Brick Oven Pizza

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CallboardVolume 12 • March 2016 ACO • Page 3

49th Season

Underwriters

Festive Affairs Sponsors

Arvest Bank

Walker Brothers Insurance

Theresa Moore

Harp’s Food Stores

ACO Directors

Marsha & Hartzel Jones

Adventure Subaru

Edible Arrangements

Rick’s Bakery

Media Sponsors

NWA Media

Sir Speedy Printing

KBVA Radio

Citiscapes Metro Monthly Magazine

Ozark Film & Video

3W Magazine

Just Us Printers

Kid’s Directory of NWA

Mullikin Agency

Travel Host NWA

N2 Publishing

Child’s Play Series Sponsors

Joel & Lynn Carver

Bob & Diane Shaw

Lisle Rutledge Law Firm

Advertising and Promotion commission

Drs Mary Frances and Peter Daut Dorthy and Al Hanby Mary and Dick Stockland Julie and Rick Roblee

Lindsay and Randall Harriman Julie and Michael Marvin April Rusch and Jeremy Hodges

Cathy and Jim Crouch Sierra and Bruce Engelmann Denise and Hershey Garner Jo Anne and Joe Herriman

The Jones/Hayward Families Tareneh and Lance Manning Curt and Sirod Meineke Theresa Moore Dorothy and Andy Cardiel

The Struebing Families Ruth Shafer and David Jones

Tonight’s event is generously sponsored by:Thanks to our generous sponsors!

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We

Supporters!Increased membershIps/new members

Increased Support• Jean Beauchesne• Mike & Melody Keen• Sam & Elizabeth Weathers 

New Members• Eddie & Carrie Bond• Drs. Mary Francis & Peter Daut• Don & Joyce Elrod• Derek Gibson• Jamey Sims• Steve & Lynette Unger

sInce Jan. 30

CALLBOARDMARCH 2016

produced courtesy of the

• Abby Brewster .......................................Judy Scott• Rev. Dr. Harper ......................................Scott Anderson• Teddy Brewster ......................................David Godwin• Officer Brophy .......................................Terry Dean• Officer Klein ...........................................Pierce Abplanalp • Martha Brewster ....................................Patricia Smith• Elaine Harper .........................................Valerie Johnson• Mortimer Brewster .................................Doug Robinson• Mr. Gibbs ................................................Michael Hooper• Jonathan Brewster ................................Seth Burgett• Dr. Einstein ..............................................Billy Bryant• Officer O’Hara .......................................Michael Weir• Lieutenant Rooney ...............................Marshall Prettyman• Mr. Witherspoon ....................................Jim Olmstead• Asst. Director ..........................................Linda Nickle

April 8-10, 15-16479-751-5441 or acozarks.org

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT

By Becca Martin-BrownCALLBOARD EDITOR

The success of ACO’s Senior High Art Competition — now in its 33rd year — relies on art teachers who not only believe in their students but believe other people should, too.

Robert Lemming, a lifelong artist and a first-year teacher at the North-west Arkansas Classical Academy charter school in Bentonville, is one of those believers.

“One of the things pounded in to my head at the university level was that art is communication,” he says. “So showing your art is not only good for your ego, but it’s discovering you can be part of this conversation that has been going on as long as people have been painting in caves.”

Lemming says he has always been interested in the arts, but during his formative years, visual art in rural Northwest Arkansas had not been elevated to the level Crystal Bridges Museum has since inspired. Still, he studied printmaking, drawing and painting at Henderson State Univer-sity, took some time to work and then returned to the University of Arkan-sas to study painting and sculpture. He graduated in 2011, but he wasn’t done with the UA yet. He and fellow graduate Adam Crosson created “18 Verticals, 70 Horizontals,” an illumi-nated coil of cold-bent and laminated cedar and poplar and installed it on the southeast lawn of the Fine Arts Build-ing in May of 2012.

Lemming has continued to work in unusual media. While working as an assistant preparator at Crystal Bridges, he began to explore sculptures based on flucoid-structure fossils he’d collected in the region. He described the work this way on his website:

“The innate confusion of what the fossils appear to be and what they actually are mirrors my own investigations into the concept of the familiar (the idea of something that

is possibly known but imperfectly remembered). I retrace these paths by making casts of molds with hot glue, then arrange and assemble them creating entirely new entities that further expand the ambiguities of the original fossils. By using glue in these molds, the components take on a ghostly presence of their original shape combined with the random human element of their retracement. Casts are then assem-bled intuitively with other sculpted elements accounting for transitions. The results are translucent works that appear simultaneously flower-like and animal, and are, in their way, a rejuvenation of a relic.”

That series evolved into a series in carved acrylics called “Burrows,” and new works in both will be on show this summer at the Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock.

In the meantime, he’s teaching his

students how to think for themselves but learn from others. Right now, he says, they’re working on color selec-tion, so “they’re really excited about painting.”

“You need to design things from scratch out of your head from time to time and also to observe, so one project they’re looking at something, and they next project they’re creating something out of their heads. I just try to shake them up. Some are stronger at one, and some at the other, so I’m trying to merge the two so they’ll be very well rounded.”

And, he says, they come to under-stand they’re not in competition with anyone else.

“I do get students that initially think they’re never going to be that good an artist. I refuse to accept that,” he says. “There’s trained and untrained. It’s OK for you to be working on your own level — as long as you’re working.”

Senior High Art CompetitionMarch 3-April 1

with an open house March 12 from 1 to 3 p.m.479-751-5441 or acozarks.org

‘Art Is Communication’Artist turned teacher encourages ‘conversation’