Galleries
Crystal Bridges celebrates 100 years of Southern Black culture
You’re swimming through water clear enough to see the green, brown and red branches and vines of plant life that inhabit it. It’s loud in the way that water can
‘From The Heart’: New exhibit highlights women artists
Art Ventures recently opened a new exhibit, “From the Heart — The Power of It!” at the gallery at 20 S. Hill Ave. in Fayetteville. The show features the work
‘Function To Fad’: Aprons more than cloth and utility
“The use of aprons has been important to humans since time immemorial,” says Serena Barnett, director of the Rogers Historical Museum. “Aprons have served both function and fashion through the
Building Art Bridges: Nonprofit helps spread the beauty and the word
In the family of American museums, you could say that Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is now an older sibling. Its little sister is Art Bridges, a relatively new
‘The Light Fantastic’: Crystal Bridges considers medium as message
Whether we think about it much or not, light often informs artwork in one way or another. A new focus exhibition at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art explores the
Dark, But Life Affirming: Artist considers discontent as agent for change
This weekend 21c Bentonville Museum Hotel welcomed two new exhibitions, making it the first gallery transformation since the pandemic began. Wim Botha’s “Still Life with Discontent” and “Truth or Dare:
Women To Watch: ‘Paper Routes’ ends tour at Fenix Arts
When Joli Livaudais was a graduate student of photography, her son was 5 years old. So she changed her bathroom light to a red bulb and stuck him in the
So Many Museums: Winter is a great time to see what’s inside
JACK SCHNEDLER Special to The Free Weekly In the wake of Arkansas’ mild holiday weather, seriously low temperatures likely lurk as January unfurls. In light of that chilling prospect, some
Lakeisha Edwards: Art Ventures director believes art is for everyone
This is just one of the fascinating people you might want to keep your eye on in 2022. When Lakeisha Edwards was first contacted by a headhunter about the executive
‘Not Long Ago, Not Far Away’: KC exhibition goes inside walls, minds of Auschwitz
“Auschwitz did not start with gas chambers. Hatred does not happen overnight; it builds up slowly among people. It does so with words and thoughts, with small everyday acts, with
