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Exquisite Creatures is a dialogue with art, nature, and science that asks the question: what is it about the natural world that calls to us? Throughout the exhibition, artist and naturalist Christopher Marley reflects on humanity’s intimate relationship with nature, revealing its intricate beauty and diversity through three-dimensional works comprised of animal, mineral, and plant specimens arranged in precise, geometric compositions. Shown together, the works create an immersive environment which inspires wonder and fosters a desire to preserve the natural world.

Crystal Bridges welcomes guests to experience the connection between art, nature, and science, emotionally and aesthetically, throughout the exhibition. The museum will activate the show’s themes through nature and science-based programming and activities both inside the museum and outdoors across its trails and grounds.

The Portal inspires Crystal Bridges visitors to explore Jewel’s concept of the Three Spheres of existence: the inner world, outer world, and the unseen world, encompassing the human experience of mind, body, and spirit. When the spheres align, happiness, harmony, and well-being can be achieved, while misaligned spheres manifest as anxiety, anger, or unrest. Jewel has meticulously crafted each aspect of the art experience to harmonize the Three Spheres, creating a dynamic space and experience where inner thoughts, external actions and hidden emotions converge. 

The Portal: An Art Experience by Jewel is on view at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas through July 28, 2024. The experience runs Thursdays through Sundays most weeks. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for kids 11-18, and free for kids 10 and under. Tickets for members are $20 for adults, $12 for kids 11-18, and free for kids 10 and under. A cash bar and culinary add-ons are available. To select dates and purchase a ticket, please visit crystalbridges.org. 

The Portal: An Art Experience by Jewel is sponsored by the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, Inc.; The Coca-Cola Company, Bluesky Imagine, Avant Mining, Mercy, Proto Hologram, Stout Executive Search, Melony Lewis, Richard Poe, Dr. George Rapier, III; Christiana Wyly Musk and Kimbal Musk, Imelda and JT Rose | Spark Rose Investments, LLC; Chuck Yates, Black Hills Energy, Annelise and Chad McWhinney, Cynthia and Forrest Miller, Jim Smith and Rebecca Hurst | Smith Hurst, PLC; Randy Reiff, and Robert S. Kaplan Foundation.