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  • Put your business front and center by sponsoring a Chamber event, annual program, or digital media.

    New network building events in 2022 include the Battle of the Business Bowling Tournament and the Local Lunch for restaurants.  BE PRO BE PROUD and Connecting Educators in Industry are focused on building the workforce pipeline for our community.  Also new this year are two annual program sponsorships, the Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Chamber Ambassadors, both focused on advocacy for a strong, business friendly climate in our community, county, and state. 

    Or promote your business utilizing the Chamber website, which received more than 145,000 visits in 2021. And don't forget the long running favorites; the Annual Meeting & Business Expo, the Golf Classic, Business After Hours, and the Arkansas Scholars Award Ceremony.

     

     

     

  • Artist Connections: Painting Demo by Jim Horne

    Offer Valid: 01/18/2025 - 01/18/2025

    Saturday, January 18
    10:00-1:00 pm

    FREE

    Jim Horne has been painting since he was 6 years old and given the art world a body of work spanning a lifetime. He did his baccalaureate work in Memphis, Tennessee and moved to Europe to take his masters in Germany from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, making a thorough study of traditional and contemporary painting. He was away from our area for over 40 years, but he's been here in Fort Smith for the last 10 years. He continues to paint every day, confident in traditional portraiture styles to modern abstractionism, in all traditional media. His work is available through Hidden Talent Art Gallery in Fort Smith, with paintings rotated out regularly. Don't miss this unique opportunity to observe and learn from this prolific local artist!

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    Arts On Main
    Arts On Main
    Valid: 01/18/2025 - 01/18/2025