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The 2009 winner of the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts 2009 Annual Bibba Pruet Scholarship is Diana Michelle Hausam of Farmington. The scope of her project is to purchase a large format field camera in order to photograph the now abandoned Gypsy Camp for Girls near Siloam Springs with the nostalgic, traditional feel of large format photography. Diana’s project will culminate with an exhibition of the photographs. She will be working with the Arkansas Arts Council and the Department of Arkansas Heritage to hold fundraisers where silver gelatin prints of the photographs will be sold, with proceeds from the sales going to help stabilize and preserve the structures and history of the Gypsy Camp for Girls. Placed on the National Historic Register in 1988, The Gypsy Camp for Girls was placed on Arkansas Most Endangered List in 2006.

Diana Michelle Hausam owns Diana Michelle Photos and teaches darkroom photography at Nadine Baum Studios in Fayetteville.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR, August 11, 2009 – The Fayetteville Underground will host Supremacy and Myth from September 2 through September 27, 2009.

Supremacy and Myth is an exhibition of photographs by Thomas Krapausky. The works on display explore the strains of human activity on a constantly recovering natural world.

Krapausky’s photographs emphasize the “hidden worlds” that we pass by every day, but rarely notice. His unique and sometimes abstract work has received multiple awards, has been displayed in juried exhibitions, and has been published on an international level.

The Fayetteville Underground is located in One East Square Plaza on the Town Square in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Gallery hours are noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Opening receptions are the first Thursday of every month from 5 – 8 p.m. The public is welcome to meet the artists and view resident artist’s studios. For additional information call 479-387-1534 or visit http://www.fayettevilleunderground.com.