Cocktail and Create: Dejuan Gilchrist

Join us for an evening of drawing the world around you with a twist, led by guest instructor and artist Dejuan Gilchrist. We’ll learn, drink, unwind, and create an evening of relaxed, creative fun. No experience? Not a problem! Whether you’re a doodler or Da Vinci, all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to attend.

All drawing materials will be provided, though we encourage you to bring your own sketchbook if you have one. One drink is included with registration.

Tickets are $20 ($15 for members), reserve your spot online or with Guest Services at (479) 657-2335 today.

About the Artist

An Atlanta, Georgia, native, DeJuan Gilchrist is a self-proclaimed “Afro-Surrealist Representational Abstractionist”. Through gradually applied layers of ink, Gilchrist’s work contemplates themes of repetition, intimacy, and suffering.  Arms contort, conflict, and transform across Gilchrist’s compositions as he navigates maturation and individuation as a Black man in 2022.

Gilchrist graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a BA in Studio Art and a minor in African American Studies and is currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas, pursuing his MFA in Drawing.

Visit DeJuan Gilchrist’s website at  https://readymag.com/dejuangilchrist/3416035/, or find him on Instagram @dejuan.gilx.