ArLA 2024 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

4:30pm CDT

EXHIBIT HALL OPENING -Vendors / Basket raffle / Poster Session

Friday October 4, 2024 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT

Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

Vendor Exhibit Hall Opening

Friday October 4, 2024 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

General Session

12:00pm CDT

Author Luncheon

Saturday October 5, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT

Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

Speakers

Katie S. Duffield

Katy Duffield is the award-winning author of more than 40 books for children including her most recent picture books Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals (illus. Mike Orodán, Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane) and House Finds a Home (illus. Jen Corace, Viking... Read More →

Sean Fitzgibbon

Artist/author Sean Fitzgibbon explores unusual, real places and events through his work. He has an MFA in art and a passion for making art and visual storytelling. He is a 2021 Artists 360 recipient and a 2022 recipient of the Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award... Read More →

Bitty Martin

Bitty Martin was indoctrinated into the spa city’s raucous illegal gambling and nightlife at a young age . . . the tiny newborn spent the first six weeks of her life in the St. Joseph’s Hospital nursery, only blocks from the Southern Club Casino and Nightclub. (Her identical twin... Read More →

Saturday October 5, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

General Session, Meal Provided

2:00pm CDT

Poster Session / Presenters Q & A

Saturday October 5, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT

Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

Auditorium A

Saturday October 5, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

General Session

6:00pm CDT

Awards Dinner

Saturday October 5, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm CDT

Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

Auditorium A

Saturday October 5, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm CDT
Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

General Session, Meal Provided

12:00pm CDT

Basket Raffle / Vendor Prizes / Lunch

Sunday October 6, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT

Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

Sunday October 6, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Hot Springs Convention Ctr. - Auditorium A

General Session, Meal Provided