Fenix Arts

Pete speaks with local artist and organizer Gina Gallina about Fenix Arts' upcoming Surreality Ball fundraising event and art exhibition.

"Transfigure" is a reoccurring exhibition at the Fenix Art Gallery on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville. Sophia Nourani recently hosted a roundtable discussion with some of the displayed artists, discussing inspirations and motivations behind their work.

Gina Gallina is a crochet artist who has been creating in the Northwest Arkansas area for over ten years. Gallina will be hosting the ‘WowZa Ball’ at Mount Sequoyah on Feb. 10, a celebration of the international “world of wearable art” fashion and art phenomenon.

Nonprofits are hosting weekend ranging from a fundraiser supporting science education, to an artist roundtable.

An exhibition of artworks created by LGBTQ+ youth participating in F.Y.R.E. — Fenix Youth Refuge Experience — an after-school arts program sponsored by Mt. Sequoyah Center and hosted by Fenix Art gallery, will take place this Saturday December 17 from 5 to 7pm in Mt. Sequoyah Center Hall.

Queer non-binary photographer, Ann Guyton, was awarded a residency at Fenix Arts where they are exploring the intersection of identity and body liberation. Guyton is exhibiting several exemplary self-portraits in the "The Hand," a group show now on display in Fenix gallery through mid-November.

The nonprofit Mt. Sequoyah Center in Fayetteville and Fenix Arts are collaborating on a new after-school arts program starting in late August designed to accommodate LGBTQ+ kids.

The nonprofit Mt. Sequoyah Center in Fayetteville and Fenix Arts are collaborating on a new after-school arts program starting in late August designed to accommodate LGBTQ+ kids.

“Queer,” a juried fine arts exhibit hosted by Fenix Arts at Mt. Sequoyah Center in Fayetteville, opens Thursday, June 2nd, at 5pm with an artists’ panel set for Friday, June 3rd at 6pm. Forty artworks will be on display. A collaborative LGBTQ+ performance arts event, “Warp & Weft,” that coincides with “Queer” will take place July 16th.

“Queer,” a juried fine arts exhibit hosted by Fenix Arts at Mt. Sequoyah Center in Fayetteville, opens Thursday, June 2nd, at 5pm with an artists’ panel set for Friday, June 3rd at 6pm. Forty artworks will be on display. A collaborative LGBTQ+ performance arts event, “Warp & Weft,” that coincides with “Queer” will take place July 16th.