Image: Fort Smith Regional Art Museum
The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum is presenting 'Our Common Ground: RAM Annual Invitational Exhibition', a group show that brings together work by more than 100 local, regional and national artists. According to the museum’s announcement, the exhibition includes pieces by Elle Ray James, Donna Brandt, David Minkin and Ruth Lawler, and visitors are invited to see the works in person before the show closes on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
The exhibition is being framed by RAM as an annual invitational, underscoring the museum’s role in gathering artists across a broad geographic range while also highlighting creators connected to the region. The museum’s newsletter and event pages identify the show as part of its current programming, alongside classes and workshops for teens and adults, but 'Our Common Ground' is the central exhibition item in the material provided.
Several individual works are named in the announcement. Elle Ray James is represented by 'Reverence No. 2' and 'Reverence No. 3'; Donna Brandt by 'Morning Exercises, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam'; David Minkin by 'Art Deco (Kolmanskop, Namibia)'; and Ruth Lawler by 'Interchange'. The museum’s materials also state that all works in the invitational are for sale and that sales benefit both the artists and RAM.
The exhibition comes with an image-led promotional push from the museum, including reception photographs and artwork images shared through its email and event listings. Those materials reinforce the invitational’s emphasis on artist visibility, with the museum directing audiences to the exhibition as a chance to encounter a large number of works gathered under one title rather than a single-artist presentation.
Fort Smith Regional Art Museum’s published event information places the exhibition at 1601 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The museum’s public-facing pages also identify support for RAM’s exhibitions and education programs from the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The invitation to visit 'Our Common Ground: RAM Annual Invitational Exhibition' appears in a newsletter that also promoted separate upcoming classes, including 'Paint 'N Sip – August 2026', 'Intro to Procreate Digital Art Class' and 'Pastel Basics with Mary Woodward'. Those programs are listed separately from the exhibition, while 'Our Common Ground' remains on view until October 25, 2026.
