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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will be closed Monday, May 13, to prepare for the visit of Antiques Roadshow. We will return to normal hours of operation Wednesday, May 15.
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright: Woodcraft by Myron Williams
Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired box by Myron Wilson

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright: Woodcraft by Myron Williams

Architecture Museum Store Volunteer Spotlight

Attention holiday shoppers! Woodcrafter and Crystal Bridges volunteer Myron Williams has created a limited number of beautiful wooden magazine racks and decorative boxes inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright house…

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Art for Everyone: Access and Inclusive Programs at Crystal Bridges
Group of people look at landscape painting with educator standing next to painting

Art for Everyone: Access and Inclusive Programs at Crystal Bridges

Activities & Education

In Crystal Bridges’ department of Access and Inclusive Programs, we have the opportunity to work with many wonderful organizations in the Northwest Arkansas community, including Life Styles. Life Styles is…

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"Short Take" on the Frank Lloyd Wright Welcome Pavilion
The Frank Lloyd Wright Welcome Pavilion

"Short Take" on the Frank Lloyd Wright Welcome Pavilion

Architecture

Students and faculty in the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design honored Fay Jones and his mentor, Frank Lloyd Wright, by building a permanent structure on the grounds of…

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Everett Shinn
Everett Shinn, A French Music Hall

Everett Shinn

Art & Collection Library
Today is the birthday of Everett Shinn (1876 – 1953), a member of the Ashcan School of painting spearheaded by Robert Henri. Shinn is best known for his paintings of…
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Welcoming George Segal's "Depression Bread Line"
Green colored sculpture of men standing in line

Welcoming George Segal's "Depression Bread Line"

Art & Collection
A solemn group of dark figures stand in a row just inside the Early Twentieth-Century Gallery bridge at Crystal Bridges. Slump-shouldered, straight-faced, and dressed in nondescript overcoats and battered hats,…
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A Conversation with a Bachman-Wilson House Guide
Kelly Johnston, volunteer

A Conversation with a Bachman-Wilson House Guide

Architecture Volunteer Spotlight

Museum Member preview tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House are currently underway. The preview period serves two purposes: it gives Crystal Bridges Members a chance to see the house…

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Introducing Robert Indiana’s Electric Eat
Guests sitting on couches under Robert Indiana's The Electric EAT

Introducing Robert Indiana’s Electric Eat

Art & Collection
Visitors to Crystal Bridges’ South Lawn are familiar with one of the Museum’s most popular and photographed works: Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture. Fans of this work will be delighted to…
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Back Story: Alfred Maurer
Alfred Henry Maurer, Weyhe Gallery Sign

Back Story: Alfred Maurer

Art & Collection Exhibitions
A new exhibition opened recently at Crystal Bridges features some 65 paintings by American Modernist Alfred Maurer.  Visitors to Crystal Bridges' permanent galleries may have noticed the wide range of…
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A Canvas for an Architectural Masterpiece
Frank Lloyd Wright Bachman-Wilson House

A Canvas for an Architectural Masterpiece

Architecture Nature & Outdoor

As the reconstruction of the Bachman-Wilson House at Crystal Bridges wraps up, final touches are also being applied to the landscape surrounding the house.  The Trails and Grounds crew has…

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An Introduction to Crystal Bridges' Archives
Valerie Sallis

An Introduction to Crystal Bridges' Archives

Library

Today is National Ask an Archivist Day!  So we thought we’d ask Crystal Bridges’ Archivist and Cataloger, Valerie Sallis, to provide some information about archives in general and the growing Crystal…

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Speaking the Language of Art
Group of guests sit in gallery talking

Speaking the Language of Art

Activities & Education At the Museum

The Museum’s Access and Inclusive Programs division collaborates with individuals and organizations in the community to develop dynamic and inclusive Museum experiences, including a series of programs with adult English…

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Chihuly Editions: Q&A with the artists
Glass shape in furnace

Chihuly Editions: Q&A with the artists

Art & Collection Museum Store
Curious as to how these Studio Editions are produced, I contacted the Chihuly Studio and asked a few questions.  Here's what the Studio had to say: How does a glassblower get…
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Arthur Dove: The Condition of Light
Arthur Garfield Dove, Two Forms

Arthur Dove: The Condition of Light

Art & Collection

Arthur Garfield Dove (1880-1946) is considered one of the earliest American abstract painters. Sunday, August 2 would have been Dove’s 135th birthday. Dove was born to a well-to-do family in Canandaigua,…

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Installing Maman
Louise Bourgeois, Maman

Installing Maman

Art & Collection
Ever wonder how a 30-foot-tall spider sculpture was installed in the courtyard at Crystal Bridges? Very carefully.   No, seriously, we have a video of it.  Here you go:  The…
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Diederich's Dogs and Manship's Bears
William Hunt Diederich, Greyhounds

Diederich's Dogs and Manship's Bears

Art & Collection
"I love animals first, last and always. Animals seemed to me truly plastic. They possess such supple unspoiled rhythms." --William Hunt Diederich Recently, our preparators have installed a lively new…
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Mother of Spiders: Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois with Spider IV

Mother of Spiders: Louise Bourgeois

Art & Collection

Like her monumental sculpture that now looms over Crystal Bridges’ courtyard, Louise Bourgeois was an artist who embodied a host of seeming contradictions. A slight woman, she worked in the…

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Charles Sheeler:
Charles Sheeler with his camera

Charles Sheeler:

Art & Collection

July is the birthday month of two influential Modernists from the Crystal Bridges collection: Charles Sheeler (July 16, 1883 – May 7, 1965) and Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 –…

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A Chat with Jamie Wyeth
Jamie Wyeth

A Chat with Jamie Wyeth

Art & Collection Exhibitions

In honor of artist Jamie Wyeth’s birthday today, I am posting some snippets from my interview with Wyeth this winter.  Crystal Bridges will host a retrospective of Wyeth’s work from…

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Remembering Miriam Schapiro
Miriam Schapiro

Remembering Miriam Schapiro

Art & Collection

Artist Miriam Schapiro passed away last week at the age of 91. Schapiro was a ground-breaking feminist artist who helped bridge the gap between “high art” and craft, especially traditional…

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Bachman-Wilson House: Imagine, if You Will...
Floor plan taped out on a wooden floor

Bachman-Wilson House: Imagine, if You Will...

Activities & Education Architecture At the Museum Volunteer Spotlight

How do you practice guiding tours through a building that isn’t built yet? It’s a question that was troubling Alyssa Wilson, Crystal Bridges’ Guide Program Manager.  Although the Bachman-Wilson House is…

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