Creative Exchange Fund

Siloam Springs photographer Tyson Banks discusses his Creative Exchange Fund project, "Portraits of Intimacy," capturing transgender Arkansans through traditional darkroom photography.

North Little Rock choreographer Jeremy Williams brings an interactive dance performance called Building Bridges to The Medium in Springdale on Saturday, May 23.

Jessica Robin's Mend It, Darn It meetup grew from the closure of INTERFORM into a monthly community gathering where people repair clothes and connect through craft at Fayetteville Folk School.

Xanat Howe is a ceramist from Mexico City. In her new collaborative installation at The Medium, she uses her craft as a way to connect to indigenous Mexican medicine tradition. The installation also includes a soundscape and film by musician Ben Drane and filmmaker Justin Howe.

3 Dead Idols, or Tyler Bolden, is one of 37 multidisciplinary artists awarded the grants through the Creative Exchange Fund. The Creative Exchange Fund provides financial support and studio space for Arkansas artists to take creative risks.