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Friday, June 1, 2012 | 8pm | 1423 S. Main St Suite C

           studioMAIN is proud to host “Clean Lines, Open Spaces” this Friday, June 1st, as part of the Little Rock Film Festival. This documentary film by AETN’s Mark Wilcken focuses on the “Mid-Century Modernism” movement in post World War II architecture. Come and learn about the many wonderful buildings of this style that were built in Arkansas, including the Tower Building of Little Rock, the works of famed Arkansas native Edward Durell Stone, and the many other forgotten gems in Arkansas. Doors open at 6pm, be sure to show up early and check out the incredible student design work on display in our gallery, where University of Arkansas students re-envision the future of South Main Street.      

“Before World War II there was an evolving movement in architecture that prioritized functionality over form. The “International Style” as it was known, became popular in Europe in the early part of the 20th century, when forward thinking architects and designers were questioning man’s role in the modern world. But it wasn’t until after World War II that modern concepts of design took root in America. The new architecture used modern materials such as reinforced concrete, glass and steel and was defined by clean lines, simple shapes and unornamented facades. “Clean Lines, Open Spaces” is an original documentary produced by the Arkansas Educational Television Network that looks at the style we now call “mid-century modern” architecture, the people who shaped it and its place in the landscape of Arkansas’s built environment.”

CAST & CREW LIST:
Producer, Writer, Editor: Mark Wilcken
Director of Photography: Gabe Mayhan
Architectural Advisor: Ethel Goodstein-Murphree
Narration: Chad Bradford
Executive Producer: Carole Adornetto 

Come join us at studioMAIN, and celebrate the clean lines and open spaces of great architecture. It is going to be a great night on South Main!!

Last night, we set up the new exhibit at studio Main for our opening tonight. Students from the University of Arkansas Community Design Center have put together a series of drawings and models for different home and business designs and even a light rail station. There is also a scale model of the neighborhood. Come check it out in person tonight!

In addition to the student work we are also presenting the runway designs from this year’s Wine and Design Fashion Show. Wine and Design is an event put on every year by the local American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) chapter to raise money for Our House, one of the local shelters. As part of the event, teams of interior designers are designated two materials, (a soft material like carpet samples or wall coverings and a hard material like ceramic tile or laminate samples) which they randomly select and have to design an ensemble for the fashion show. This year’s entries will be on display as well tonight!

But the main attraction for the night is the student work. The students have proposed a energizing plan for the neighborhood, by infilling the neighborhood’s “missing teeth” with new contemporary designs to create a dynamic environment mixing new and old into one neighborhood.

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Student Perception

UACDC Architecture Students Re-Envision South Main Street

May 11, 2012 | 2nd Friday Art Night | 5pm-9pm | 1423 S. Main St Suite C

            As a precursor for a larger redevelopment plan under preparation, by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, for the historic 60-block Pettaway Neighborhood in downtown Little Rock, this exhibit will focus on student designs of a revitalization plan for the South Main Street district.

                Since its 19th century evolution into an iconic locale anchoring cities large and small, “Main Street became to America what the piazza was to Italy”, observes historian Richard Longstreth. Main Street became a major force of centralization in our emerging national landscape and, absent a town square or green, functioned as the definitive heart of American civic and commercial life by the beginning of the 20th century.

                While no Main Street is exactly alike, this corridor type developed a categorical urban form, that exhibits distinct morphological and typological patterns which shared sociological patterns that supported a distributed American experience.

                Come join us at studioMAIN and celebrate these student’s incredible work this semester, and also view the winning entries from the Wine & Design Fashion Show put on by our local members of ASID. It is going to be a great night at studioMAIN!!

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