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may
sat16marAll Daymon29julExquisite Creaturesat Crystal Bridges
Event Details
Exquisite Creatures is a dialogue with art, nature, and science that asks the question: what is
Event Details
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.
Time
March 16 (Saturday) - July 29 (Monday)
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
sun14aprAll Daymon27mayA Soldier’s Journeyat Crystal Bridges
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A Soldier’s Journey is a study for a monumental bronze by Sabin Howard. In 2024, the finished piece measuring 58 feet
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A Soldier’s Journey is a study for a monumental bronze by Sabin Howard. In 2024, the finished piece measuring 58 feet wide will be the centerpiece, completing the new World War I Monument in Washington, DC.
University of Arkansas graduate Joe Weishaar won the World War I Monument design competition when he was just 25 years old. His concept, “The Weight of Sacrifice,” incorporates two sculptures, landscape elements, and a reflecting pool.
See a preview of the new World War I memorial!
Many American artists documented their experience of World War I, participating as soldiers, relief workers, and official war artists. More than 100 years later, Howard uses art to convey the courage and sacrifice of American soldiers and the horrors of war.
Free, no ticket required.
Time
April 14 (Sunday) - May 27 (Monday)
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Event Details
Event Details
Danielle Hatch’s video meditates on heritage and collective care, documenting the ongoing collaboration between the presented women artists as part of a visual legacy of feminist art making practices. Its innovative use of a drone video camera to document the ritual observation of the fall equinox creates a metaphor for humans’ relationships with nature, especially culturally specific relationships with seasonal astronomical events.
The work presents a breadth of environmental details that define the Utah landscape’s high desert, prairie, mountain ranges, and salt flats to expand our environmental understanding of how diverse the US South is as a region broader than the southeast.
Based in Northwest Arkansas, Danielle Hatch is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the female body’s relationship to the built environment, notions of artificiality, and power structures. She creates site-specific installations, sculptures, and performances. Hatch has a BA in architecture from Wellesley College and an MFA in Spatial Studies from UC-Santa Barbara.
Time
April 14 (Sunday) - June 24 (Monday)
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
wed15may7:00 pmDover Quartetat Crystal Bridges
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Dover Quartet 7
Event Details
Dover Quartet
7 pm | Saturday, May 11 | Crystal Bridges
Tickets: $15
Walton Arts
Center is proud to
announce the return of Artosphere: Arkansas’ Arts Nature Festival May 2-23,
with events and performances at locations across Northwest
Arkansas.
Artosphere celebrates art, music and nature with exciting performances, activities and events for the whole family.
Each year, Artosphere spotlights artists and performers from around the world who are inspired by nature and provides a creative framework for the community to discuss issues of sustainability and environmental awareness.
The multi-week festival features a mix of free and low-cost events, including outdoor performances, large orchestral concerts and several chamber music performances in special spaces throughout
our region. Several Artosphere favorites are back this year including Trail Mix, art workshops with Shannon Green and performances by the signature Artosphere Festival Orchestra in their finale season.
New this year, Taking Flight: Restorative Mindfulness String Quartet & Bird Watching emphasizes meaningful observation, beginning with guided bird watching provided by NWA Land Trust.
Afterward, musicians Miho Sakon, Andrew Chu, Grace Clark and Mickael Puryear will perform Haydn’s String quartet in C major Opus 33 No. 3 “The Bird” on the beautiful Wilson Springs Preserve Trail. You have two chances to experience this one-of-a-kind event on Saturday, May 4 at 10 am and 5 pm.
Tunes on the Trail returns, bringing classical music outdoors! Throughout May when you enjoy the trails at Lake Fayetteville, Mount Kessler, Mount Sequoyah, Cato Springs, Frisco Trail &
The Lower Ramble, Wilson Springs Preserve and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, enjoy a curated playlist featuring some of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra’s most beloved performances from the past 11 seasons. Find the Artopshere signage and scan the QR code to see how music, nature and movement collide!
Except where noted below, tickets or
reservations for these events are available now. Purchase or reserve tickets to all events at artospherefestival.org, by calling 479.443.5600 weekdays 10 am-5 pm or in person at the Walton Arts Center Box Office weekdays 10 am-2 pm.
Time
(Wednesday) 7:00 pm
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
wed22may7:00 pmArtosphere Festival Orchestra: Mozart in the Museumat Crystal Bridges
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Artosphere Festival Orchestra Mozart in the Museum
Event Details
Artosphere Festival Orchestra
Mozart in the Museum
Corrado Rovaris, Musical Director
7 pm | Wednesday, May 22 | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Tickets: $54
Walton Arts
Center is proud to
announce the return of Artosphere: Arkansas’ Arts Nature Festival May 2-23,
with events and performances at locations across Northwest
Arkansas.
Artosphere celebrates art, music and nature with exciting performances, activities and events for the whole family.
Each year, Artosphere spotlights artists and performers from around the world who are inspired by nature and provides a creative framework for the community to discuss issues of sustainability and environmental awareness.
The multi-week festival features a mix of free and low-cost events, including outdoor performances, large orchestral concerts and several chamber music performances in special spaces throughout
our region. Several Artosphere favorites are back this year including Trail Mix, art workshops with Shannon Green and performances by the signature Artosphere Festival Orchestra in their finale season.
New this year, Taking Flight: Restorative Mindfulness String Quartet & Bird Watching emphasizes meaningful observation, beginning with guided bird watching provided by NWA Land Trust.
Afterward, musicians Miho Sakon, Andrew Chu, Grace Clark and Mickael Puryear will perform Haydn’s String quartet in C major Opus 33 No. 3 “The Bird” on the beautiful Wilson Springs Preserve Trail. You have two chances to experience this one-of-a-kind event on Saturday, May 4 at 10 am and 5 pm.
Tunes on the Trail returns, bringing classical music outdoors! Throughout May when you enjoy the trails at Lake Fayetteville, Mount Kessler, Mount Sequoyah, Cato Springs, Frisco Trail &
The Lower Ramble, Wilson Springs Preserve and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, enjoy a curated playlist featuring some of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra’s most beloved performances from the past 11 seasons. Find the Artopshere signage and scan the QR code to see how music, nature and movement collide!
Except where noted below, tickets or
reservations for these events are available now. Purchase or reserve tickets to all events at artospherefestival.org, by calling 479.443.5600 weekdays 10 am-5 pm or in person at the Walton Arts Center Box Office weekdays 10 am-2 pm.
Time
(Wednesday) 7:00 pm
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
june
sat16marAll Daymon29julExquisite Creaturesat Crystal Bridges
Event Details
Exquisite Creatures is a dialogue with art, nature, and science that asks the question: what is
Event Details
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.
Time
March 16 (Saturday) - July 29 (Monday)
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Event Details
Event Details
Danielle Hatch’s video meditates on heritage and collective care, documenting the ongoing collaboration between the presented women artists as part of a visual legacy of feminist art making practices. Its innovative use of a drone video camera to document the ritual observation of the fall equinox creates a metaphor for humans’ relationships with nature, especially culturally specific relationships with seasonal astronomical events.
The work presents a breadth of environmental details that define the Utah landscape’s high desert, prairie, mountain ranges, and salt flats to expand our environmental understanding of how diverse the US South is as a region broader than the southeast.
Based in Northwest Arkansas, Danielle Hatch is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the female body’s relationship to the built environment, notions of artificiality, and power structures. She creates site-specific installations, sculptures, and performances. Hatch has a BA in architecture from Wellesley College and an MFA in Spatial Studies from UC-Santa Barbara.
Time
April 14 (Sunday) - June 24 (Monday)
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
thu20jun7:00 pmthu8:30 pmSwing ClassicsThe Great Hall at Crystal Bridges Museum
Event Details
Swing Classics
Event Details
Swing Classics
Join us for an unforgettable evening of Swing Classics at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Get ready to swing the night away as we honor the Bartizal family’s unwavering support of the APO. Step back in time to the Golden age of the Big Band, where phenomenal music and musical artists like Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Andrews Sisters ruled the stage.
But wait, there’s more! Before the concert starts at 7 pm, professional swing dancers will be in the Great Hall at 6 pm to give our guests a swing dance lesson. So put on your dancing shoes and get ready to groove! The APO Big Band, directed by APO Music Director Steven Byess, will perform an exciting array of classic Big Band Swing hits. Steven will also share entertaining insights and anecdotes, adding to the magic of the evening.
Event Details:
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June 20, 2024 | 7pm (6pm Swing Dance Lesson)
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The Great Hall, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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Tickets $5 Student | $20 Adult
Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Organizer
Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra
july
sat16marAll Daymon29julExquisite Creaturesat Crystal Bridges
Event Details
Exquisite Creatures is a dialogue with art, nature, and science that asks the question: what is
Event Details
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.
Time
March 16 (Saturday) - July 29 (Monday)
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
sat13jul1:00 pmGallery Talk: Bugs throughout Historyat Crystal Bridges
Event Details
Event Details
Join museum educator Olivia Gutierrez for a deeper look into the depiction of insects throughout art history. She will begin in the 1500s and work her way up to the modern day to display how insects have been drawn, painted, and printed throughout time. We hope to see you there!
Free with purchase of exhibition ticket.
Exhibition tickets are $12 for adults (free for members, SNAP participants, veterans, and youth 18 and under). Reserve exhibition tickets online, with Guest Services in-person, or at (479) 657-2335.
Olivia Gutierrez is the museum educator of Adult Public Programs at Crystal Bridges and is in charge of in gallery programs. She holds a Master of Art in Art History in which she focused on the Visual Cultures of the Americas.
Time
(Saturday) 1:00 pm
Location
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way