Community Calendar

Explore the foundations of handbuilt ceramics through pinch, coil, and slab techniques in a supportive studio environment where curiosity leads the way and process matters as much as product.

25 pounds of clay included
Access to studio glazes

Leave with a collection of fired works that reflect your creative journey

Each session includes demonstrations, hands-on studio time, and space for individual projects.
Classes meet Thursdays, 6:00 to 8:00 PM:
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10

Clay Studio | Creative Spaces NWA at Mount Sequoyah

Beginners welcome. Space is limited.

What if, instead of rushing into fall already depleted, you gave yourself six weeks to reconnect with your body?
Join Maria Chowdhury of Path with Harmony Qigong at Mount Sequoyah for Late Summer Qigong, a gentle 6-week series of flowing movement inspired by the ancient practices of Tai Chi and Qigong. Designed to calm the nervous system, improve balance, and cultivate steady energy, each class weaves mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation in a welcoming and supportive community.
This session features The Bear, a traditional Dao Yin form inspired by the Five Animal practices. Slow, grounded movements cultivate relaxed strength, balance, and steady presence — perfect for the Earth element season of nourishment and returning to center.
Saturday August 4th-September 8th, 2026 | 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM.
Designed for beginners and rewarding for continuing students.
Adults only. Limited to 16 participants.

Keith Haring in 3D is the first exhibition to highlight Keith Haring’s work in three dimensions, inviting visitors to move through, around, and within his art like never before. In the course of his short life, Keith Haring transmitted across a dizzying range of creative channels: painting, sculpture, installation, video, murals, performance, printmaking, early digital art, and more. While Haring helped define the look and mood of the 1980s, he also saw clearly a future that has become our present.

Haring is typically thought of as primarily a two-dimensional artist, but Keith Haring in 3D focuses on a lesser-known and highly compelling aspect of Haring’s practice as a sculptor. He created hundreds of three-dimensional artworks, beginning with painting objects he found in the street. Eventually, Haring made monumental sculptures in wood and metal, and even a whole store for his art.

Haring was, above all, a master of line, with an instinctive ability to compose on multiple scales. Haring’s work in three dimensions has never been the focus of a major exhibition and has rarely been shown. Keith Haring in 3D will fill this gap in public understanding by showcasing a wide range of Haring’s works, including sculpture, totems and masks, skateboards, clothing, boomboxes, paintings, drawings, and even a 1963 Buick Special. The exhibition will be accompanied by a major book published by Phaidon/Monacelli.

British artist Lucy Sparrow is internationally renowned for her unique and immersive installations filled with thousands of items, all meticulously handcrafted from felt. Through her work, Sparrow transforms everyday retail environments into playful, nostalgic, and tactile worlds that are both familiar and entirely new. Lucy Sparrow: The Beginning of Convenience, Sparrow’s first museum exhibition in the United States, will take visitors back in time through an immersive “time capsule” installation of a 1980s-90s Walmart-inspired supermarket.

Expanding on her extensive archival research practice, The Beginning of Convenience includes more than 20,000 individually hand-crafted and exquisitely detailed felt replicas of supermarket products, ranging from food and beverage items to beauty products and household goods typical of a not-so-distant past. Throughout the exhibition, Sparrow will explore a particular moment in history that she refers to as the “beginning of convenience,” a time when the rise of dual-income households in the 1980s necessitated consumer goods that prioritized speed and convenience over effort and taste. Changing roles within the household led to the development and proliferation of quick and easy consumer goods, such as microwave dinners, frozen foods, and out-of-the-box meals.

In addition to the supermarket experience, The Beginning of Convenience will feature a built replica of Sparrow’s studio – known as the Felt Cave – and a new self-made documentary that follows Sparrow’s work in the months leading up to the exhibition at the Momentary.

Free, no tickets required.

Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010) was a San Antonio-based artist with a reverence for material culture. For many years, his day job was as a graphic designer and art director for the Texas grocery chain H-E-B. In his commercial work, he helped sell products that lined store shelves and filled home pantries. Ramirez’s photographs will prompt viewers to consider that the goods people buy, consume, discard, or treasure are more than just things; they are evidence of life. In the photographs, the artist positioned material culture as reflections of humanity, community, memory, and loss.

In his artwork, Ramirez often recast commercial products as windows onto the people who consumed them. Ramirez’s affinity for everyday “stuff” was a continuous thread throughout his practice. The artist’s ability to find wonder in the ordinary takes center stage in this exhibition.

Free, no tickets required.

Participants will revisit the beauty of Venice, Florence, Rome, and Sorrento through Doug Talbott’s curated presentation of photographs from OLLI’s 2026 Italy journey. The program highlights iconic landmarks, candid moments, and the spirit of shared travel, offering both a chance to relive the experience and a pre view of what future OLLI adventures may hold. Lunch will be provided and is included in the cost of program.

As people face mental health challenges, whether because of the economic events or events in the newspaper, they may find solace in self-help mental health resources in a book titled "Navigating the Web: Curated Website Reviews for LIS Professionals and the Public". To order your copy now, please contact Eliva Press at info@elivapress.com

Book Club participants will explore Arkansas and the Ozarks through four well-written books by Arkansas authors. Sept.2 - Backing Down the Protestant Trail by Harris Tay lor; Oct. 7 - Though Silent They Speak, by Abby Burnett; Nov. 4 - Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black; Dec. 2 - Cave Mountain by Benjamin Hale. Participants are expected to acquire their own books and read them before each meeting. Pearl’s Books in downtown Fayetteville offers a 20% discount when participants mention the OLLI Book Club. The class meets the first Wednesday of each month. (Current OLLI Members Only).

Free live music every Wednesday.
Looking for the best way to spend your evening? Join us every Wednesday in the RØDE House for On the House, featuring free live music from local and national artists.

Free, no tickets required.

Open to all ages. You must be 21+ to purchase or consume alcohol.

Hosted by Derelicts Digest, enjoy this free, all ages, event to share your work, meet your people and have a chance to perform your work.

Open to the public, If you're not ready to share or just want to enjoy, grab a Bev from our Happy Hour and enjoy the vibes and intimacy of Club 509 located in the Kava Bar.

TLDR; (a haiku)

bring a poem, please
read it, dear, with bravery
for us, you and me