TBLR Spotlight: Sarah Stricklin

She is a professional singer and a freelance writer for the Arkansas Times; and she sits on the boards of Arkansas Women's Outreach and the Arkansas Music and Arts Foundation, and is a member of the ACANSA Arts Festival's Avant-Garde Class of 2016. Sarah is a local musician and educator and active member of the Arts & Culture Taskforce for Think Big Little Rock.

She leads performing arts programming at the CALS Children's Library and Learning Center, where I've gotten to implement the state's first instrument lending library and spearhead the development of a professional-grade recording studio. 

Sarah has written before about the scene here in Little Rock. She has been working on it and in it for many years. Anyone within earshot has heard her praise its richness of talent and bemoan its dearth of support. She says, "We are a lucky city - to have such remarkable musicians and artists and creators working and living here. And overall, we completely take this for granted."

​When asked how she got to be involved with Think Big Little Rock, she said:

"When I learned that the Chamber had made Arts and Culture the focus of one of the task forces, I was immediately hopeful that, perhaps finally, some progress could be made to increase the support, the recognition, and the bolstering of our creative community. The thoughtful and interesting people in our task force have worked for months to accurately identify ways in which Little Rock could improve access to our artistic resources, better support our artistic residents, and do more to make the city a place both artists and patrons enjoy. I am deeply proud of the ideas that have been proposed and look forward to sharing them with you all. In the meantime, hear some music, see some art, enjoy a festival, eat out for dinner, take in a play, and hug your local creatives. They need you."