ART OF EUREKA SPRINGS

Background and Thesis

On my first day, I walked up and down Main Street. Though excited by the project, I was both overwhelmed and intimidated. I had a lot of possibilities for a story, and honestly, I was terrified of the prospect of rejection. Soon though, I would find that this fear was completely unnecessary. I entered a shop called the Eureka Springs Fine Arts Gallery to have a look around. I was warmly greeted by a woman named Barbara Thompson who explained to me a little about the gallery. Mustering up my courage, I explained to Barbara who I was and what I was in town to do and if she would be interested in being interviewed for the art culture section of my project. Not only was Barbara completely willing to be interviewed, but she called her fellow artists who displayed work in that gallery to come be interviewed as well. At the end of the day, I had interviewed six artists, all coming from different backgrounds who all ended up in a small town in Arkansas. The interviews were conducted in a video format as to allow for visual representation of their art work.