The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group (ACCG) is dedicated to helping small businesses and entrepreneurs throughout Arkansas succeed. Arkansas artists are certainly entrepreneurs. In 2013, ACCG began showcasing the work of Arkansas artists in our offices and began hosting open houses open to the public to help support the artists, as well as provide our community of staff, clients and visitors with a chance to be inspired by the art and be able to network at our offices as part of downtown Little Rock’s 2nd Friday Art Night. We are continuing that successful public-artist venture with the June 12th Friday Art Night with works by Diane Harper, Dominique Simmons and Barbara Satterfield in a show titled “Southern Curiosities”. Robert Bean is the show curator.
Arkansas Capital Corporation is a donation location for THV 11’s Summer Cereal Drive to benefit the Arkansas Foodbank! Guests are encouraged to donate dry cereal (8oz or more, boxed or bagged), breakfast bars, pop tarts, oatmeal, cream of wheat at the offices of Arkansas Capital Corporation during 2nd Friday Art Night, June 12 from 5 to 8 pm. THV11’s “This Morning” and the Arkansas Foodbank have been teaming up every summer since 2000 to help those in the Foodbank’s 33-county service area have food to eat for breakfast. Since it started in 2000, more than one million boxes of cereal and other breakfast items have been collected and distributed to food pantries and feeding sites. The cereal drive is a friendly competition to see which business, organization and community can donate the most cereal during a four-week period. Help us help the Foodbank feed those in Arkansas that need help this summer!
Whether you are interested in learning more about the many lending products or just need a little visual inspiration, please stop by our offices Friday, June 12 from 5-8 p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served. The artists will all be at the event to discuss their work, and all work is for sale with proceeds directly benefiting the artist. Our offices are located at 200 River Market, Avenue, Suite 400, Little Rock, AR 72201. Two nearby parking decks, as well as street parking are available. We are at Trolley Stop 10. Additional details about the trolley are available here. [Read more…]
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