FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Art Ventures at Faulkner Center will present The Shape of Our World exhibition starting Friday, Aug. 21, at the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center.   

Our World is centered by the diversity of organisms that populate it; those that fit together by attributes that complement like yin and yang, hard and soft, short and tall, red and green. The Shape of Our World presents a diverse and complementary group of artists who create connections that ultimately center and balance it. 

Artists featured in the exhibit include Maryam Amirvaghefi, Eric Andre, Cheri Bohn, Beth Burgess, Shelby Fleming, Tom Flynn, and Martin Morales.  

The exhibit is free and open to the public from Aug. 21 to Oct. 23. The exhibit will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and from 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, advanced reservations are required. To reserve your tickets, please visit UarkArtsTickets.com. 

For more information about The Shape of Our World, the Faulkner Performing Arts Center, and more, please visit faulkner.uark.edu. 

About the  Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center: The newest performing arts center at the University of Arkansas — a renovation of the old Field House — is named the Jim and Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center, in honor of the couple's major gift to the project. Completed in September 2017, this world-class performance venue is 39,400 square feet, with seating for 587, and a stage that can accommodate as many as 250 performers. The center is the main performance venue for the university's J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music and hosts guest musical activities for the university and Northwest Arkansas community. 

About  Art Ventures NW Arkansas:  Art Ventures promotes the visual arts in Northwest Arkansas by actively collaborating with the community, supporting artists working to the highest standards, encouraging education and public engagement in the arts, and providing accessibility to under-represented communities.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs.