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Current Exhibitions and Experiences

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Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture
Colorful ceramic vase with floral, geometric designs, and sports jersey illustration.
Exhibition

Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture

Price
$15 (Free/members, other discounts available)
Venue
  • Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Date and time
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Time Loop by Klip Collective: A Forest Light Experience
A guest takes a picture of Klip Collective's Exploded Light Sculpture with their phone
Experience

Time Loop by Klip Collective: A Forest Light Experience

Price
$25 ($20/members, discounts available)
Venue
  • North Forest
Date and time
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Foundations of American Art
Georgia O'Keeffe, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, 1932, oil on canvas, 48 in. x 40 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.35. Photography by Edward C. Robison III. Lee Krasner, Re-Echo, 1957, oil on canvas, 59 × 58 in. Art Bridges.
Exhibition

Foundations of American Art

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Foundations of American Art Gallery
Date and time
No Ticket Required

The Art of Whole Health
Two colorful head sculptures with polka dots, on metal stands, facing each other.
Exhibition

The Art of Whole Health

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Heartland Whole Health Institute
Date and time
No Ticket Required

Drop-in Tours & Activities

Drop-In Campus Architecture Tour: Designing for Well-Being
Modern angular building with large blue facade, purple and yellow lights, surrounded by trees and people.
Tour

Drop-In Campus Architecture Tour: Designing for Well-Being

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Campus Parking
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-in Tour: Art Herstory
painting of a young girl sitting in chair reading a book
Tour

Drop-in Tour: Art Herstory

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Garrison Lobby
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-in Tour: Collection Highlights
Modern gallery with colorful mural,
Tour

Drop-in Tour: Collection Highlights

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Garrison Lobby
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-in Tour: Big Picture - Art, Architecture, and Nature
Aerial view of a modern museum complex with curved roofs, central pond, surrounded by greenery.
Tour

Drop-in Tour: Big Picture - Art, Architecture, and Nature

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Garrison Lobby
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-in Architecture Tour: Heartland Whole Health Institute
Modern large building with glass and stone, angular roof, circular driveway, surrounded by trees.
Tour

Drop-in Architecture Tour: Heartland Whole Health Institute

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Heartland Whole Health Institute
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-in Tour: Architecture - Crystal Bridges
Curved glass buildings around a reflective pond, surrounded by greenery
Tour

Drop-in Tour: Architecture - Crystal Bridges

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Garrison Lobby
Date and time
No Ticket Required

Art Fair
Group drawing and writing at a table outdoors in a park with greenery in the background.
Festival

Art Fair

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Art Trail
  • Great Hall
  • Lower Parking Area
  • South Lawn
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-in Artmaking
Two kids and an adult making art at a family event
Class/Workshop

Drop-in Artmaking

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Durand/Estes Rooms
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Best Friends Super Adoption
Two people crouch with a dog holding a sign about adopting best friends at an outdoor event.
Party

Best Friends Super Adoption

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Campus Parking
  • North Forest
Date and time
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Second Saturday: ¡Hora de Cuentos!
Class/Workshop
Talk/Lecture

Second Saturday: ¡Hora de Cuentos!

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Museum-wide
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Deepavali with Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation
A set of diya with burning candles sit on a dark red cloth as part of a Diwali celebration
Party

Deepavali with Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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Autumn Joy
the eleven bridge from outside in fall nature
Class/Workshop
Nature

Autumn Joy

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Campus Parking
Date and time
No Ticket Required

Talks and Workshops

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Art Fair Workshop: Recycled Paper Pendants
Black mannequin bust with pink and blue linked circular hoop earrings and statement necklace.
Class/Workshop

Art Fair Workshop: Recycled Paper Pendants

Price
$60 ($50/members)
Venue
  • Durand/Estes Rooms
Date and time
Part of 2025 Art Fair
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Drop-in Artmaking
Two kids and an adult making art at a family event
Class/Workshop

Drop-in Artmaking

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Durand/Estes Rooms
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Art Fair Workshop | Clay Sculptures: The “Bear” Essentials
Dark brown teddy bear figurine with speckled texture and ribbon bow around neck sitting upright.
Class/Workshop

Art Fair Workshop | Clay Sculptures: The “Bear” Essentials

Price
$60 ($50/members)
Venue
  • Durand/Estes Rooms
Date and time
Part of 2025 Art Fair
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Art Fair Workshop | Stencils & Cyanotypes: Experimental Greeting Cards
Three abstract house prints with chimney smoke in blue tones on a green cutting mat.
Class/Workshop

Art Fair Workshop | Stencils & Cyanotypes: Experimental Greeting Cards

Price
$60 ($50/members)
Venue
  • Durand/Estes Rooms
Date and time
Part of 2025 Art Fair
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Art Fair Workshop | Mini Abstracts: Texture, Layers, and Play
Textured abstract surface with layered colors brown, blue, gray, white, and scattered small beige shapes.
Class/Workshop

Art Fair Workshop | Mini Abstracts: Texture, Layers, and Play

Price
$60 ($50/members)
Venue
  • Durand/Estes Rooms
Date and time
Part of 2025 Art Fair
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Unbroken: Artistic Triumph of Survivors
Audience seated at teal-covered round tables inside a wooden room with glass walls and purple lighting.
Community Conversation
Music/Performance

Unbroken: Artistic Triumph of Survivors

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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Second Saturday: ¡Hora de Cuentos!
Class/Workshop
Talk/Lecture

Second Saturday: ¡Hora de Cuentos!

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Museum-wide
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Stitched Statements: Textile Banners with Cheryl Pope
Three vertical fabric banners with red, blue, and purple backgrounds display empowering phrases.
Class/Workshop

Stitched Statements: Textile Banners with Cheryl Pope

Price
$60 ($55/members)
Venue
  • Durand/Estes Rooms
Date and time
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Serve2Perform Community Empowerment Forum
Audience attending an indoor panel discussion at the Empowerment Forum event.
Community Conversation

Serve2Perform Community Empowerment Forum

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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Autumn Joy
the eleven bridge from outside in fall nature
Class/Workshop
Nature

Autumn Joy

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Campus Parking
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Gallery Talk: Get in the Game
Decorative corset-style garment with wooden elements, white laces, and intricate patterns.
Talk/Lecture
Tour

Gallery Talk: Get in the Game

Price
Free with Exhibition Ticket
Venue
  • Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Date and time
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Nature Pop-up: Creepy Critters
Speckled frog with brown markings on wet grass and soil in close-up view
Class/Workshop
Nature

Nature Pop-up: Creepy Critters

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Bellows/Cassatt Rooms
Date and time
No Ticket Required

Music, Film, and Performance

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Unbroken: Artistic Triumph of Survivors
Audience seated at teal-covered round tables inside a wooden room with glass walls and purple lighting.
Community Conversation
Music/Performance

Unbroken: Artistic Triumph of Survivors

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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Candlelight Jazz: Stéphane Wrembel
Three musicians with guitars pose on a wooden floor stage with drum set and Jazz Gallery sign.
Music/Performance

Candlelight Jazz: Stéphane Wrembel

Price
$55 ($44 Members)
Venue
Great Hall
Date and time
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Candlelight Jazz: Laura Anglade
A couple sits at a table lit by candlelight, watching jazz performers in the Great Hall.
Music/Performance

Candlelight Jazz: Laura Anglade

Price
$55 ($44 Members)
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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Van Cliburn Concert: Yefim Bronfman
Music/Performance

Van Cliburn Concert: Yefim Bronfman

Price
$45 ($36/members, $10/students and teachers)
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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Food, Drink, and Celebrations

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WOW: Trails & Grounds with Samantha Best
Rows of wine glasses on a wooden display stand, sitting on a black table cloth next to a floral arrangement
Food/Drink

WOW: Trails & Grounds with Samantha Best

Price
$105 ($95/members)
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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Evenings in Eleven
Table setting at Eleven
Food/Drink

Evenings in Eleven

Price
$114.45
Venue
  • Eleven Restaurant
Date and time
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Evenings in Eleven
A tableclothed table setting for two with drink glasses and centerpiece flowers looking out onto the Crystal Bridges upper pond in winter
Food/Drink

Evenings in Eleven

Price
$114.45
Venue
  • Eleven Restaurant
Date and time
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Art Fair: Member and Artist Mingle
Guests sitting around a table laughing together
Food/Drink
Party

Art Fair: Member and Artist Mingle

Price
Free for Members
Venue
  • Eleven Restaurant
Date and time
Part of 2025 Art Fair
Sold Out
Art Fair: Early Bird Preview
Two women talk at an outdoor market stall with pottery while others browse nearby booths.
Food/Drink

Art Fair: Early Bird Preview

Price
$20 ($18/members)
Venue
  • Art Trail
Date and time
Part of 2025 Art Fair
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Art Fair
Group drawing and writing at a table outdoors in a park with greenery in the background.
Festival

Art Fair

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Art Trail
  • Great Hall
  • Lower Parking Area
  • South Lawn
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Best Friends Super Adoption
Two people crouch with a dog holding a sign about adopting best friends at an outdoor event.
Party

Best Friends Super Adoption

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Campus Parking
  • North Forest
Date and time
RSVP
Deepavali with Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation
A set of diya with burning candles sit on a dark red cloth as part of a Diwali celebration
Party

Deepavali with Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Great Hall
Date and time
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North Forest Winter Cottage Experience
Group gathered around a fire at night, wearing warm clothing, with blurred decorative lights.
Food/Drink

North Forest Winter Cottage Experience

Price
$89 / person
Venue
  • North Forest
Date and time
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Cocktail Tour: A Night with Frank Lloyd Wright
Modern room with glass doors, polished floor, red and blue chairs, table, and framed artwork.
Food/Drink
Tour

Cocktail Tour: A Night with Frank Lloyd Wright

Price
$25 ($20/members)
Venue
  • Eleven Restaurant
Date and time
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Trick Art Treat
Children and adults in Halloween costumes outdoors receiving treats in pumpkin buckets.
Party

Trick Art Treat

Price
FREE
Venue
  • North Forest
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Art & Wellness Festival
A line of people of all ages do a yoga pose in a Crystal Bridges art gallery
Festival

Art & Wellness Festival

Price
Prices Vary
Venue
  • Campus-wide
Date and time
Tickets Coming Soon

Explore Events Around Campus

The Art of Whole Health
Two colorful head sculptures with polka dots, on metal stands, facing each other.
Exhibition

The Art of Whole Health

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Heartland Whole Health Institute
Date and time
No Ticket Required

SkySpace: The Way of Color
Circular stone structure with a flat roof and spiral paths in a green landscape.
Experience

SkySpace: The Way of Color

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Art Trail
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-In Campus Architecture Tour: Designing for Well-Being
Modern angular building with large blue facade, purple and yellow lights, surrounded by trees and people.
Tour

Drop-In Campus Architecture Tour: Designing for Well-Being

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Campus Parking
Date and time
No Ticket Required
Drop-in Architecture Tour: Heartland Whole Health Institute
Modern large building with glass and stone, angular roof, circular driveway, surrounded by trees.
Tour

Drop-in Architecture Tour: Heartland Whole Health Institute

Price
FREE
Venue
  • Heartland Whole Health Institute
Date and time
No Ticket Required