HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM BOOK SIGNING
Join us at the 2nd Friday Art Night - Oct. 14 in Little Rock. Sean Fitzgibbon will be signing books and discussing his new graphic nonfiction What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel at the Historic Arkansas Museum. Pick up your copy of this beautiful, haunting and unique hardcover book and meet the author!
Friday, October 14, 6:30-8 PM Historic Arkansas Museum. 200 E. 3rd St, Little Rock, AR
ILLUSTRATED ARKANSAS: THE ART OF COMICS EXHIBITION AT CALS UNDERGROUND GALLERY
This original page from my graphic nonfiction What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel will be on display at The Illustrated Arkansas exhibition at the CALS Underground Gallery at Galleries & Bookstore at Library Square in Little Rock. This exhibition features artists living and working in the state who have created or contributed to print or digital comics and graphic novels. The exhibition will represent a wide range of illustration styles and media of the comics art form.
CALS is excited to display the artwork of graphic artists and spotlight their efforts in the creation of comics and graphic novels in all their forms.
CALS would especially like to thank Randy Duncan, the director for the Center for Comics Studies at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, for the concept of the exhibition and all his challenging work in making it happen. Vist CALS for more info HERE.
On View ~ October 14, 2022–January 28, 2023 Underground Gallery, Galleries & Bookstore at Library Square, CALS Roberts Library, Little Rock, AR
RECEPTION: Friday, October 14, 5:00-8:00 PM at the Bobby Roberts Library of Art and History in Little Rock, AR
GARLAND COUNTY LIBRARY PRESENTATION
What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel is a graphic nonfiction that explores the stories surrounding Eureka Springs’ Crescent Hotel’s strange and tragic two years as The Baker Hospital, a Depression-Era cancer hospital.
Author Sean Fitzgibbon will break down why he’s drawn to unusual places, how he got involved with the infamous Crescent Hotel, and how he went about conducting research for his book.
Monday, October 17, 6:00 PM, Virtual Event, No Registration, Garland County Library, Hot Springs, AR
MUSCATINE ART CENTER EXHIBITION CLOSING RECEPTION
Sean Fitzgibbon's artwork for his graphic nonfiction book, "What Follows is True: Crescent Hotel", is on view in the Stanley Gallery now through October 23. Meet author/illustrator Sean Fitzgibbon during the public reception and book signing on Sunday, October 23 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Following the book signing, view the historical short film, "Norman Baker: The Man in Purple". Visit seanfitzgibbonart.com to learn about Sean and his book.
Sunday, October 23, 1:30-3:00 PM, Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Ave, Muscatine, IA
BENTONVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHOR TALK
Sean Fitzgibbon will be signing books and discussing his new graphic nonfiction What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel. Pick up your copy of this beautiful, haunting, and unique hardcover book and meet the author!
In What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel, Fitzgibbon tells the story of the Crescent Hotel, starting with the first visit with his family to the hotel when he was a child. He depicts the mythologies surrounding the Crescent Hotel’s strange years as the Baker Hospital, a Depression Era cancer hospital in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This story is told using classic illustration skills blended with fine art compositions that produce atmospheric imagery, transporting readers into the hotel’s dark and bizarre past.
Wednesday, October 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm Bentonville Public Library 405 S Main St, Bentonville, AR
DEATH RAY ILLUSTRATION / PRINT EXPO
Be sure to join us for Death Ray Illustration & Print Expo on the Saturday before Halloween! Pick up your copy of Sean Fitzgibbon’s graphic nonfiction What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel. Death Ray is a one of a kind THEMED SHOW focusing on our community of amazing Illustrators, artists and Cartoonists. Along with being a showcase for those amazing Art Nerds, it's a market for Proprietors of Pop Culture. Special thanks to founder, host, artist extraordinaire and event organizer Chad Maupin (Big Bot)!
Saturday, October 29, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Mount Sequoyah Center-Bailey Building, Fayetteville, AR
SIX BRIDGES BOOK FESTIVAL
Join us at the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) annual Six Bridges Book Festival, October 29th. Sean Fitzgibbon will be on a panel discussing his graphic nonfiction with New Yorker Cartoonist Sofi Warren, author of the graphic memoir: Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator. This event is sponsored by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Saturday, October 29, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Central AR Library System, 100 S Rock St, Little Rock, AR
ARKANSAS PARANORMAL EXPO
Join us at the Arkansas Paranormal Expo, October 29th and 30th. Sean Fitzgibbon will be selling and signing his graphic nonfiction What Follows Is True: Crescent Hotel along with What Follows Is True post cards and prints. The Arkansas Paranormal Expo has grown to be the biggest and most popular event of its kind in all of Arkansas
Saturday / Sunday, October 29, 30 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 East Ninth, Little Rock, AR