Location: Bentonville

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.

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.

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.

Join us for a professional development opportunity like no other!

Teachers are invited to come explore our new exhibition Exquisite Creatures, created by artist and naturalist Christopher Marley.

Led by trained museum educators, you’ll use close looking and K-12 curriculum standards to explore the exhibition’s dazzling displays of unique animals, plants, and minerals from across the globe.

You’ll get to participate in a hands-on STEAM activity led by the Amazeum that combines art and science, receive three hours of PD credit, and enjoy a light breakfast and coffee.

Tickets are $15 ($12 for members), reserve your spot online or with Guest Services at (479) 657-2335 to reserve your spot today.

Home Sweet Home Festival 2024

“Where Hospitality and Music Reside”

 

The 5th Annual Home Sweet Home Festival is back!

Join us APRIL 26th – 27th in homes all around Downtown Bentonville

55 shows | 23 hometown artists | 18 national artists | 20 homes

 

Experience some of the best storytellers and house shows you’ll ever see from national artists like Abraham Alexander, The Bros Landreth, Abby Holliday, Mike Mains & the Branches, Phillip Michael Scales, Ira Wolf, Bailey Bigger, Tedious & Brief, FallLift other great acts performing alongside 23 of our talented hometown and regional artists over the course of those 2 days – you do not want to miss this unique community music event! 

FESTIVAL PASS = $125

This year, there is only ONE Festival Pass which includes:

2 headliner shows on Friday night at Louise and Thaden Field (Abraham Alexander The Bros Landreth)

Over 50 house show options on Saturday from 2:30 – 10:30 in houses all around downtown Bentonville

Community Street Dinner with Artists on Saturday including food trucks and live music

VIP PASS = $275

VIP is limited to 50 tickets and includes all of the above PLUS a special private show and dinner with Smokey & the Mirror,

a HSH 2024 Shirt, and reserved seats at the Friday Headliner shows

 

HSH 2024 ARTIST LINEUP: 

Abraham Alexander

The Bros Landreth

Mike Mains & the Branches

Abby Holliday

Phillip Michael Scales

Ira Wolf

Bailey Bigger

Tedious & Brief

Natalie Price

FallLift

McKenzie Lockhart

Smokey & the Mirror

My Politic

Michael McArthur

Caleb Elliott

Ashley Monical

Payton Pruitt

Jacob McCoy

Jamie Lou & the Hullabaloo

Esther Reina

Auralai

Jackson Hoyt

Church Street

607

Baang

Tiny Camper

Josh Noren

Will Gunselman

Peter Rexford

Kyle Jackson

Melody Pond

Ashtyn Barbaree

Common Roots

Jasper Logan

Drew McLaughlin

Pura Coco

Sons of Otis Malone

Dandelion Heart

3deadidols

Will Saylor

 

Go to citysessions.org for more info!

Ozark Ballet Theater (OBT), the premier academy of classical ballet in Northwest Arkansas, is thrilled to announce its largest and most ambitious production yet: Sergei Prokofiev’s timeless ballet, “Cinderella.” This enchanting production, featuring choreography by the renowned Vadim Fedotov, will showcase an international cast of ballet stars, including the illustrious directors of OBT, who will perform alongside the talented students from the academy.

This landmark event marks OBT’s first major production in Benton County, symbolizing the theater’s commitment to bringing world-class ballet to audiences across Northwest Arkansas. The performances are scheduled to take place at Bentonville West High School, with showings on Thursday, April 26th, at 7 PM and Friday, April 27th, at 2 PM.

“Cinderella” promises to be a breathtaking experience, combining Prokofiev’s captivating score with Fedotov’s dynamic choreography, set against the backdrop of this classic fairy tale’s heartwarming narrative. Audiences can expect a visually stunning production, complete with exquisite costumes, innovative set designs, and a cast of characters that will bring the magic of Cinderella’s story to life.

Tickets for this must-see event are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.obt.dance. Early booking is highly recommended, as seats are filling up fast for what is anticipated to be a sell-out performance.

Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the magic of “Cinderella” and support the Ozark Ballet Theater as it continues to elevate the art of classical ballet in Northwest Arkansas. Join us for an unforgettable journey of magic, romance, and the triumph of good over evil. 

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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.

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.

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.

Ozark Ballet Theater (OBT), the premier academy of classical ballet in Northwest Arkansas, is thrilled to announce its largest and most ambitious production yet: Sergei Prokofiev’s timeless ballet, “Cinderella.” This enchanting production, featuring choreography by the renowned Vadim Fedotov, will showcase an international cast of ballet stars, including the illustrious directors of OBT, who will perform alongside the talented students from the academy.

This landmark event marks OBT’s first major production in Benton County, symbolizing the theater’s commitment to bringing world-class ballet to audiences across Northwest Arkansas. The performances are scheduled to take place at Bentonville West High School, with showings on Thursday, April 26th, at 7 PM and Friday, April 27th, at 2 PM.

“Cinderella” promises to be a breathtaking experience, combining Prokofiev’s captivating score with Fedotov’s dynamic choreography, set against the backdrop of this classic fairy tale’s heartwarming narrative. Audiences can expect a visually stunning production, complete with exquisite costumes, innovative set designs, and a cast of characters that will bring the magic of Cinderella’s story to life.

Tickets for this must-see event are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.obt.dance. Early booking is highly recommended, as seats are filling up fast for what is anticipated to be a sell-out performance.

Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the magic of “Cinderella” and support the Ozark Ballet Theater as it continues to elevate the art of classical ballet in Northwest Arkansas. Join us for an unforgettable journey of magic, romance, and the triumph of good over evil. 

See less

In Dark Waters, a tour de force of Southern Gothic Noir, Kristine Potter reinvents a centuries-old genre with coolness and clarity. With this recent collection of seductive and darkly brooding photographs, Potter reflects on the Southern Gothic mythos found in the popular imagination of “murder ballads”—traditional songs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that often end in death and despair.

Her richly detailed black-and-white images channel the setting and characters of these songs, capturing the landscape of the American South and creating portraits that stand in for the oft-unnamed women at the center of their stories. In doing so, she both evokes and exorcizes the ambient sense of threat that women often grapple with as they move through the world.

Free, no tickets required.

2024 early bird tickets on sale now—get your tickets at the lowest price today!

Set amongst the beauty of the Ozarks, FreshGrass | Bentonville is a two-day, all-ages festival with the best in bluegrass and roots music filling multiple outdoor stages, courtyards, and galleries of the Momentary (exhibitions are always free to view!). Knockout performances and world premieres will be accompanied by fun family-friendly activities, great local food and drink, homegrown retail vendors, artist merchandise, and more.

Festival programming also includes FreshScores, a silent film with original live music; FreshGrass commissions and world premieres; and FreshSongs, premier performances of new music created at The House of Songs for the festival.

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.

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.

In Dark Waters, a tour de force of Southern Gothic Noir, Kristine Potter reinvents a centuries-old genre with coolness and clarity. With this recent collection of seductive and darkly brooding photographs, Potter reflects on the Southern Gothic mythos found in the popular imagination of “murder ballads”—traditional songs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that often end in death and despair.

Her richly detailed black-and-white images channel the setting and characters of these songs, capturing the landscape of the American South and creating portraits that stand in for the oft-unnamed women at the center of their stories. In doing so, she both evokes and exorcizes the ambient sense of threat that women often grapple with as they move through the world.

Free, no tickets required.

Encompassing photography, film, painting, sculpture, and installation, Awol Erizku’s work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to iconic symbols from across history, including the Pan-African flag and the image of Nefertiti. Erizku’s vision is expansive, drawing on traditions of spirituality, Surrealism, and Conceptualism to create uniquely powerful art.

Mystic Parallax is the first major monograph (co-published by the Momentary and Aperture) and exhibition by this rising interdisciplinary artist. It blends his studio practice with work made as an in-demand editorial photographer, and features his conceptual portraits of leading Black cultural figures, such as Amanda Gorman, Michael B. Jordan, Pharrell Williams, and Solange. As Erizku has said, “It’s important for me to create confident, powerful, downright regal images of Black people.”

Free, no tickets required.

ENROLL 

Ovations Theatre & Music Camps

(Ages 4-18)

June 3, 2024 – August 2, 2024 | Full Day and Half Day Camps available

Summer camps for theatre and orchestra are now open for registration. Give your child an unforgettable summer filled with creativity, music and fun!

• Sibling Discounts
• Payment Plans
• Includes Camp T-Shirt
• Gift Cards available

Learn more and enroll: bit.ly/enroll-ovations

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.

In Dark Waters, a tour de force of Southern Gothic Noir, Kristine Potter reinvents a centuries-old genre with coolness and clarity. With this recent collection of seductive and darkly brooding photographs, Potter reflects on the Southern Gothic mythos found in the popular imagination of “murder ballads”—traditional songs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that often end in death and despair.

Her richly detailed black-and-white images channel the setting and characters of these songs, capturing the landscape of the American South and creating portraits that stand in for the oft-unnamed women at the center of their stories. In doing so, she both evokes and exorcizes the ambient sense of threat that women often grapple with as they move through the world.

Free, no tickets required.

Encompassing photography, film, painting, sculpture, and installation, Awol Erizku’s work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to iconic symbols from across history, including the Pan-African flag and the image of Nefertiti. Erizku’s vision is expansive, drawing on traditions of spirituality, Surrealism, and Conceptualism to create uniquely powerful art.

Mystic Parallax is the first major monograph (co-published by the Momentary and Aperture) and exhibition by this rising interdisciplinary artist. It blends his studio practice with work made as an in-demand editorial photographer, and features his conceptual portraits of leading Black cultural figures, such as Amanda Gorman, Michael B. Jordan, Pharrell Williams, and Solange. As Erizku has said, “It’s important for me to create confident, powerful, downright regal images of Black people.”

Free, no tickets required.

ENROLL 

Ovations Theatre & Music Camps

(Ages 4-18)

June 3, 2024 – August 2, 2024 | Full Day and Half Day Camps available

Summer camps for theatre and orchestra are now open for registration. Give your child an unforgettable summer filled with creativity, music and fun!

• Sibling Discounts
• Payment Plans
• Includes Camp T-Shirt
• Gift Cards available

Learn more and enroll: bit.ly/enroll-ovations

In Dark Waters, a tour de force of Southern Gothic Noir, Kristine Potter reinvents a centuries-old genre with coolness and clarity. With this recent collection of seductive and darkly brooding photographs, Potter reflects on the Southern Gothic mythos found in the popular imagination of “murder ballads”—traditional songs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that often end in death and despair.

Her richly detailed black-and-white images channel the setting and characters of these songs, capturing the landscape of the American South and creating portraits that stand in for the oft-unnamed women at the center of their stories. In doing so, she both evokes and exorcizes the ambient sense of threat that women often grapple with as they move through the world.

Free, no tickets required.

Encompassing photography, film, painting, sculpture, and installation, Awol Erizku’s work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to iconic symbols from across history, including the Pan-African flag and the image of Nefertiti. Erizku’s vision is expansive, drawing on traditions of spirituality, Surrealism, and Conceptualism to create uniquely powerful art.

Mystic Parallax is the first major monograph (co-published by the Momentary and Aperture) and exhibition by this rising interdisciplinary artist. It blends his studio practice with work made as an in-demand editorial photographer, and features his conceptual portraits of leading Black cultural figures, such as Amanda Gorman, Michael B. Jordan, Pharrell Williams, and Solange. As Erizku has said, “It’s important for me to create confident, powerful, downright regal images of Black people.”

Free, no tickets required.