Artist Residency
In 2023, Wilson Works established a prestigious collaboration with the renowned Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee. This alliance marked the commencement of an exclusive artist residency in Wilson, Arkansas. Throughout the year, esteemed artists present their work in various regional exhibitions, participate in insightful discussions, and offer guided tours to area residents, members, and guests of The Louis. Moreover, these artists also interact with the students from The Delta School and partake in Wilson's cultural events. In the process, they create art that reflects their personal experiences and newfound perspectives gained during their time in Wilson.
MEET THE ARTISTS
Danny broadway
Jun 10-17 •
Jun 27-Jul 2 •
Jul 6-9 •
Jul 23-31 •
Aug 4-9 •
Aug 16-21 •
Sept 2-4 •
Sept 9-10 •
Sept 23-24 •
Oct 7-8 •
Oct 21-22 •
Nov 4-5 •
Nov 18-19 •
Dec 18-21 •
Jun 10-17 • Jun 27-Jul 2 • Jul 6-9 • Jul 23-31 • Aug 4-9 • Aug 16-21 • Sept 2-4 • Sept 9-10 • Sept 23-24 • Oct 7-8 • Oct 21-22 • Nov 4-5 • Nov 18-19 • Dec 18-21 •
Danny’s work largely expresses an exploration of color harmony and figurative expression. Aesthetically, he works with pattern and surface from an interdisciplinary approach as a way of appropriating material matter into new forms of visual translation.
John Ruskey
May 12-18 •
Jun 25-Jul 1 •
Jul 23-29 •
Aug 28-31 •
Sept 18-24 •
Oct 22-28 •
Nov 19-25 •
Dec 3-9 •
Dec 17-23 •
May 12-18 • Jun 25-Jul 1 • Jul 23-29 • Aug 28-31 • Sept 18-24 • Oct 22-28 • Nov 19-25 • Dec 3-9 • Dec 17-23 •
John Ruskey of Clarksdale, MS is a musician, writer, diarist, watercolorist, canoe maker, river guide, cook, and - as Southern Living described him in its 2017 Famous Southerners issue -"environmental evangelist for the wonders of the Mississippi River." He is the owner and founder of the Quapaw Canoe Company, which provides guiding & outfitting to the raw wild power & beauty of the Mississippi River, its range extends from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico.
Thad Lee
May 12-18 •
May 25-27 •
Jun 13-18 •
Jul 10-16 •
Jul 23-29 •
Aug 7-13 •
Aug 22-28 •
Sept 12-18 •
Oct 25-28 •
Nov 19-21 •
Dec 17-18 •
May 12-18 • May 25-27 • Jun 13-18 • Jul 10-16 • Jul 23-29 • Aug 7-13 • Aug 22-28 • Sept 12-18 • Oct 25-28 • Nov 19-21 • Dec 17-18 •
Thad Lee is an award-winning filmmaker, a writer of essays, screenplays, and poetry, and a versatile photographer. He earned English and Philosophy degrees from the University of Mississippi and an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of New Orleans. His education includes a poetry workshop in Italy and film studies in Los Angeles, New York, and Spain. Thad was recently honored by the Mississippi Arts Commission with an Artist’s Fellowship in Media Arts. He lives with his visual-artist wife, Carlyle Wolfe Lee, in Oxford, Mississippi.
Claire Hardy
Claire grew up in California, often drawing. An art teacher in middle school taught her how to shade to create the illusion of form and she has been drawing realistically since. She continued taking art classes through college while earning a business degree at the University of New Mexico. It wasn't enough. A few years after graduation, while working as a graphic designer, she sought classical instruction which brought her to study at the Art Institute of Florence in Italy. Here she began to throw herself into oil painting.
After art school, she backpacked through Europe and the Middle East for five months studying art, culture, and history. She then moved to Sewickley, PA, working as a graphic designer by day but painting small still lifes by night. Claire began showing paintings in local galleries and then in Santa Fe, NM. For years she served on the executive board of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists, promoting art throughout the area.
