News & Releases

Women for the Arts presents a check in the amount of $35,000, net proceeds from Party with Picassos. Pictured left to right: Annell Langdon; Claudia Snow, Picassos Chair; Rhonda Allen, WFA President; Brian Goesl, TRAHC Executive Director; Mary Jane Orr; Bobbie Guillot; and Rene Schmitt. Funds will be used for ArtsSmart education program, Arts on Main classes, and the ArtWall.
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The Hot Seat! We've received our first chair entry, submitted by Linda Miller Smith! Stay tuned for more fun & funky chairs. Click to see a pic!
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TRAHC announced the winners of the 22nd Annual Regional Juried Exhibit at a reception on June 26. More than $3,700 in cash awards are presented to honor the outstanding work of regional artists in our most popular annual exhibition. The artists from this exhibit continue to have their works shown in multiple competitions, galleries and collections across the South. For the sixth year, a ...
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TRAHC, the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Inc., unveiled their 2010-2011 season at a festive street party hosted by Women for the Arts on June 24 in front of the historic Perot Theatre.  Additionally, ARTS! on Main@Stewart Title , TRAHC's newest addition to Downtown Texarkana, had a formal ribbon cutting by the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.  Also on ...
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A new TRAHCies project invites people to express themselves in memory of the Albert Pike flood victims. Using an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper, people can create an image, letter, poem, message, or scripture—something of their choice—to honor the flood victims. See the full article on the Texarkana Entertainment Blog 
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The 22nd annual Regional Juried Exhibit opens Saturday with some interesting artwork on display at Texarkana’s Regional Arts Center.   The public is invited to see the show and be part of the reception and awards ceremony. It’s a chance, too, to meet some artists and put some faces with the homegrown art created right in our community.    Read the full ...
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The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, recently announced that TRAHC and  all four local school districts are now members of the Partners in Education program of the Performing Arts. Shown at the Center's first training session to plan for "Professional Development for Arts Integration" are Charlotte Smelser (TRAHC), Ceretha Levingston (LEISD), Jennifer Cook (TASD), Lori ...
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Message from Governor Mike Beebe: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS: WHEREAS: The arts and humanities not only enrich lives and increase learning, but are the enduring record of human achievement, enhancing every aspect of society by beautifying our lives, improving our economy, enriching our civic life, driving tourism, and exerting a profound positive influence on the ...
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The Texarkana Poet Society is bringing about 30 local poets—young and old—to read poetry next Thursday starting at 6 p.m. at the Regional Arts Center. Admission is free and donations will be collected by the local chapter of the American Red Cross for Haiti relief efforts in the wake of the devastating January earthquake that left the country in ruins and psychological shock. ...
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Texarkana’s young artists typically have a presence in the “Young Arkansas Artists” exhibition. They have loads of talent. This year is no exception.   Four students from Arkansas High School are included in this year’s go-round, the 49th annual one, which will be held at the Arkansas Arts Center Community Art Gallery at the Terry House in Little Rock from ...
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This Thursday’s Occasional Thursday event is something special: a dramatic retelling of the fascinating conversations between President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. It’s free and open to the public, kicking off at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments and the living history theater experience coming alive on stage at 7 p.m. in the Regional Arts Center. For this ...
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On Wednesday, March 25 at 8:00 a.m, a new "Art in the Park" initiative will be unveiled at Texarkana's Spring Lake Park.  "Trashcans in the Style of…" gives a new meaning for "trash to treasure" and the public is invited to see why!   "This is an exciting collaboration between the City of Texarkana, Texas Parks and Recreation Department, ...
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