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Hot Springs National Park
Artist-In-Residence Program
 
grayscale image made with permanent marker, shows historic ranger cabin at Gulpha Gorge Campground front of cabin with tree on the left
"Ranger Cabin in Afternoon Light" by Richard Stephens, Artist-In-Residence July 2004

The park initiated the Artist-In-Residence program in 2004 and it has been quite successful. Here you can see the artwork donated to the park by the participating artists.

2004--Alison Parsons, Richard A. Stephens, Lisa Wilson, D. Arthur Wilson, Marge Katz, Gary Simmons, Meredith Morris, Robin Hazard-Bishop
2005--Linda Palmer, Barbara Larkin, Lou Hoover, Helen Stannard, Beverly Hooks, Robin Young, Helene Fischman, Steve Lawnick
2006--Char Marie Flood, Deborah Warren, Rick Chandler, Robyn Moore, Alice Evans Broughton, Patricia Rottino Cummins
2007--Laura Reilly, Chris McHenry, Jamie Carter, Joseph Lombardo, Rebecca Sittler Schrock, Mary Ann Blosser, Kim Elliott
2008--Millie Steveken, Kerry St. Laurent, Jo Anne Doshier, David Corbell, Elise McWilliams, Jeanne Kosfeld, Diane Rubacha
Artist Lou Hoover is painting outside, standing using a small easel, with a maroon umbrella for shade, on a green grassy hillside
Lou Hoover, AIR June 2005
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black and white photo of Rector's bathhouse, a small one story frame building near the edge of Hot Springs Creek  

Did You Know?
In May 1862, Arkansas Governor Henry Massie Rector moved the state government to his hotel and bathhouse located on Hot Springs Reservation, now Hot Springs National Park. That July, the government seat was moved further south to Old Washington for the remainder of the Civil War.

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Last Updated: July 01, 2008 at 09:40 EST