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Please join us Sunday, March 12th at 2pm in the gallery for an artist talk by Sam King!

Sam King is an artist and musician from Fort Smith, AR. He has exhibited at galleries, artist-run spaces, and universities across the country. In 2020, King was a resident of Hambidge Center, supported by the Lee and Margaret Echols fellowship for musicians. He was a 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship. King collaborated with the experimental rock quartet JOBS for the 2019 Ramp LocalRecords release Similar Canvas / Different Properties. Also in 2019, he curated Shelters, Monuments, featuring the work of artists Whiting Tennis and Sarah Norsworthy, for The Provincial, an artist-run space in Kaleva, MI. With Christopher Lowrance, King co-founded MW Capacity, a website devoted primarily to painting in the Midwest. With Stephanie Pierce, he co-founded Lalaland, a DIY community projects space in Fayetteville, AR, active 2011-2019. His work is held in a number of public and private collections. He resides in Fayetteville, AR, where he serves as an Associate Professor for the University of Arkansas School of Art.