UA Little Rock Alum Will Be Featured in Argenta Exhibition
UA Little Rock alumna Y. Hope Osborn, a published and award-winning local artist, will join the November Argenta Arts District Third Friday Art Walk at Argenta Library Gallery with a solo exhibit, “Witnessing Space and Time.”
Osborn’s exhibition, which features only Arkansas subjects, opens with a reception during Argenta Arts District’s Third Friday Art Walk from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 17, at the Argenta Library Gallery. The exhibit will run through Dec. 7.
“My exhibit of black and white documentary and abstract photographic studies of often old, historic, and/or dilapidated subjects empower you and I to see their minute details and consider ours,” Osborn said. “My creative perspective, vivid texture, and rich tonality run alongside texts of history and my story. I speak my truth to invite all to share their truth, making the unknown known. I witness these truths to understand yours and my history, weaving art with how we think, feel, believe, connect, and care.”
Art lovers can also meet Osborn and see her work on Nov. 26 for Artists Sunday, a day dedicated to encouraging consumers to shop with artists and give something special, unique, and hand-crafted this holiday season. Artists Sunday, falling between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, is the world’s largest art event taking place on Nov. 26, the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
“I also look forward to being a part of Artists Sunday this year with works created since the last one,” Osborn said. “More than 500 communities across the United States have come together for the second year to champion local artists and promote the giving of the arts this holiday season.”
Osborn graduated from UA Little Rock with a master’s degree in professional and technical writing in 2020. After showing her work in the “Ann Exhibit” at The Rep in Little Rock in 2020, she went on to be a part of the Rogers Arts District Art Walks, winning first place for art submitted to the Delta Newport Delta Arts Festival in Newport, Arkansas.
Osborn’s work has been shown in exhibitions in New York, Portland, Oregon, Santa Paula, California, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Barcelona, Spain. She continues to photograph the jewels of color landscapes, mindful of unique, momentary beauty, as well as compose black and white abstract and documentary photographic studies of historic and timeworn architecture alongside texts of history and her story.
“I believe being a great author and artist is to be entrusted to express reality and imagination that captivates, inspires or informs while enriching lives,” she said.
