Galleries
Blossoming From Her Roots
Director builds community around Rogers museum BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Serena Rothfus Barnett was born at Rogers Memorial Hospital, but her roots in Northwest Arkansas actually go back seven generations —
Artists share their journeys in ‘Frame of Mind’
“There is everything to be said about cultural survival and the nuanced battles required to protect the core of oneself from annihilation,” reads the promotional material for “Frame of Mind,”
‘State of the Art’ reshapes conversation, again
From September 2014 to January 2015, some 175,000 visitors viewed a monumental undertaking at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art — a museum record at the time. The museum gained
From 1619 To Now: Exhibit considers race as challenge, inspiration
The first words on The 1619 Project website are profound: “1619 is not a year that most Americans know as a notable date in our country’s history. Those who do
This Is The Way We Wash Our Clothes at RHM
If doing the laundry sounds tedious in 2020, roll the calendar back a hundred years or so. “Before the invention of the electric washing machine, doing laundry at home was
February Art OverView
Now North Forest Lights — After sunset through Feb. 16, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. $7-$22. 657-2335. “The Diverse History of Music in NWA” — 10 a.m.-5
At Home In The World: Exhibit explores shelter, displacement
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Nearly five years ago, when the current exhibition on display at Bentonville’s 21c Museum Hotel began taking shape, museum director and chief curator Alice Gray Stites supposes
MONAH director following her destiny
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Charlotte Buchanan-Yale says she “did not move to Arkansas to be somebody, to be with somebody or for a job. I just placed my intent to have
January Art OverView
Now “Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today” — Regular museum hours through Jan. 6, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. $12. 657-2335. “Portraits of Courage” — Full-color portraits
Crystal Bridges ups the wow factor in 2019
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com It was a big year for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. For a museum that’s only 8 years old, every year might conceivably be a big
