Travelin' Arkansas: Events Taking Place in Late April
April 2005

Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism

The 6th annual Arts in the Park Festival will be April 28-30 at the Bull Shoals City Park, located at Marilyn and Park streets in Bull Shoals.

The festival begins Thursday, April 28 with food and music from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Hours for Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with live music from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The festival will include about 80 craft booths, concessions, prizes, art, book signings, rides for kids, pie-eating contest, pet show, dunk booth, dancers, street dance, parade, archery competition and more.

Kristy Worthen will attend the festival flying a Mental Health Flag, which she designed and hand painted, to bring awareness to mental health issues. Her flag tour of the U.S. is spearheaded by the National Lieutenant Governor 's Association to focus positive attention on mental health, help erase stigma and dispel the myths associated with mental illness. Worthen was chosen for this project because of her artistic ability and her own personal victory in her struggle with bipolar disorder. A multi-talented artist, Worthen works in acrylic, watercolor, pointillism, charcoal, and scratchboard. Worthen also has carved a totem pole that depicts the history of her American Indian heritage. It was displayed at the United Nations building in May of 2004 as part of the Totem Rhythms Exhibit, and at the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock. Worthen recently purchased a home in the Ozark hills of Salem, AR.

Admission to the festival will be $1. For more information, call (870) 445-4302.