The Central Arkansas Collective Gallery and The Studio Downtown are proud to sponsor a FREE artist presentation and art tour with Matthew Lopas, our gallery featured artist on Friday May 16 from 5-7 PM. This public event is open to all ages.

Matthew Lopas is a soon-to-be-retired professor of art at Hendrix College and is presently Chair of the Art Department. Courses Matthew teach include multiple levels and styles of Drawing and Painting including Digital Drawing and a studio course on the History of Materials and Techniques of Painting. Matthew has a B.A. from the Residential College of the University of Michigan, a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, and a M.F.A. from Yale. His paintings have been shown across the country and internationally. He is married to Susan Clark, also an artist, and has three children. View his art on Instagram or Facebook.