Summer 2020 Construction Update: 10 months after groundbreaking the 137,000 square foot building is starting to reveal itself.  The wing for the galleries is nearly enclosed aside from the 20-foot wide Art Perch window, visible from 9^th and Commerce Streets.  The build-out of the interior of the Museum School has begun with plumbing and electrical marking the location of studio classroom walls.  On the north side, the elevated “Cultural Living Room” which creates a courtyard in front of the 1937 entrance, awaits the glass curtain wall, a large shipment on its way to Little Rock from Germany.  On the south side of the building, the “Blossom” roof is nearly complete with the last of the concrete plates being poured into specially-designed wood molds, built on the jobsite.  From the exterior, the roofline is a signature architectural element of the entire building; on the interior, the height of the roof creates a dramatic and striking welcome to everyone who will walk through the doors in 2022.