A world-class collection of American art, stunning architecture, and 120 acres of Ozark forest with five miles of trails. Admission to the museum is always free.
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Museum & Buildings
Trails and Grounds open daily sunrise to sunset.
We 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.
Trillium Salon Series returns to the galleries of Crystal Bridges to kick off a third season of art and music. Inspired by works in the collection, immerse yourself in sound during this afternoon of art and music performances will occur on the second Sunday of each month, May through October. For this kick-off concert, we’ll be under Maman in celebration of Mother’s Day!
Free, no tickets required.
We’re thrilled to host autoharpist and vocalist Stephanie Smittle to kick off this year’s series! Smittle’s self-titled debut solo album is a collection of ten songs for voice and electric autoharp, which the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette called “stunning” and “incandescent … a skilled and observant lyricist unafraid to express vulnerability and wonder and rage.” A native of Cave Springs, Arkansas, Smittle’s history of engagements includes howling in front of roaring amplifiers as a member of southern sludge rock group Iron Tongue, taking the stage as a guest vocalist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, singing ancient chant as a cantor in a 200-year-old Episcopal church, and slinking around the set in an avant-garde Kurt Weill opera.
Trillium Salon Series invites a blurring between audience and performer to instigate connection and interaction, redefining the classical performance experience.
Unlike a traditional setting, in which a performer is set apart up on stage, with an audience looking up to the spotlight, Trillium aims to take away this idea of a stoic performer with an audience in awe, simply responding in a very dichotomous way to the performance.
The audience is as much a part of the experience as the performer, meaning concertgoers aren’t simply passively part of the experience, they take an active role and instead of a static dichotomy there’s now an energetic exchange of synergy. We want to destroy the idea that classical music is only for the elite, a high brow experience for those only in the upper crust. This is music for everyone, music that helps us all and speaks to the human condition.
Presented by Trillium Salon Series Featuring local and regional performers
