Ashdown

There’s something about the careful lines of a charcoal drawing, the expressive strokes of oil on canvas or the imaginative collaboration of mixed medium art that captures our imagination. Now is your chance to come connect with art on an emotional level during one of the biggest art shows in the region.

The paper mill has been a part of Ashdown living since 1968. It provides jobs to residents within a 100-mile radius of the community and is a valued contributor to its economic growth. But as changing technology threatens the future of the paper industry, will Ashdown lose one of its biggest assets?

Two women. Two missions. One town. The future of Ashdown, Ark. may lie in their hands.

When Herb McCandless opened Herb’s Creamland in Ashdown, Ark. in 1954, he could not have known that he would fuel the heart and soul of his community, one meal at a time.