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2nd Friday Art Night

Shop local, take in some music, and sip wine with friends!

2024-09-13 17:00:00 2024-09-13 20:00:00 America/Chicago 2nd Friday Art Night The event is free to attend and parking is free with validation in the library lot/deck (as space is available). Rock It! Lab -

Friday, September 13
5:00pm - 8:00pm

The event is free to attend and parking is free with validation in the library lot/deck (as space is available).


2nd Friday Art Night (2FAN): 
 
Join us for 2nd Friday Art Night (2FAN), a downtown Little Rock after-hours art event that happens on the second Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Events are hosted at several locations in downtown Little Rock by various organizations. 


CALS hosts its monthly 2FAN event at the CALS Rock It! Lab at 120 River Market Ave. Each month, attendees will be greeted with local artists selling their work and/or providing art demonstrations, a DJ or performer playing music, and light refreshments and libations. 


The event is free to attend and parking is free with validation in the library lot/deck (as space is available). Stop by each second Friday to chat with local artists, shop locally from Arkansas makers, take in some music, and sip wine with friends!

Activity: SULAC (your friendly surrealist mixed-media artist!) will teach a make-and-take tiny canvas painting workshop

Art for sale from:

Shelby Brewer – hand-cut cat collages

Danya Golden – beautiful and unique handmade jewelry

Robert Bean – drawings by a dynamic narrative artist

Chris Massingill – sock monsters and jewelry

The Blue Umbrella – handmade items by Arkansas artisans with developmental and intellectual disabilities

Ally Short – watercolor paintings and jewelry

Zack Dryden – one-of-a-kind handmade pottery

Mark and Dianna Deal - Deal Family Creations - Wooden Art, Charcuterie Boards, Games, and more

Music: Fonky Donkey Duo

PLUS 
2nd Friday Knit Night (part of 2nd Friday Art Night)
Come knit and sip with us! Bring your WIP (work in progress) and hang out for an evening of social knitting. Don’t know how to knit? We'll teach you. Supplies provided. 
For more information about all downtown 2FAN activities, visit the 2nd Friday Art Night Facebook page. 


Made possible by generous funding from the CALS Foundation and the Windgate Foundation. 

Rock It! Lab

Phone: 501.320.5748

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Rock It! Lab

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We're open 10:00AM to 4:45PM


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120 River Market Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Tel: 501.320.5748

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HOURS REFLECTED ARE FOR ROCK IT! LAB MEMBERS

The Rock It! Lab (RIL) is a place where under-resourced entrepreneurs are given the tools, guidance, and training necessary to start, grow, and scale their businesses. A partnership of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) and Advancing Black Entrepreneurship (ABE), the Rock It! Lab provides resources and services, including technical assistance, mentorship, marketing and promotion, networking opportunities, business education, one-on-one instruction, and more to assist entrepreneurs in creating successful businesses.

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