Crystal Bridges Event Calendar
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art offers a wide range of activities for all ages and interests.
Use our interactive museum calendar to find what fits your schedule and plan your visit!
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Garden Party
Celebrate the beauty of Crystal Bridges’ trails and grounds with our fifth annual Garden Party! Explore our special native plant and seed sale, artmaking, nature, tasty refreshments by Eleven and local food trucks, music on the trails, and more! Special dance performance on Frank Lloyd Wright lawn by Maura Garcia.
Sponsored by Nice-Pak Products, Inc., Procter & Gamble, Northwest Arkansas Naturals, and Rockline Industries.
Free, no registration required.
Download the program guide here or see below for a complete list of activities and locations.
Orchard Trail
10 am – 3 pm
Artist Demonstration: Mollyjogger
Nature
NWA Master Naturalists
Turpentine Creek
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
Smokey the Bear
Native Plant sales
Artmaking
Mud Painting
Fairy Homes
Leaf Impressions
Food
Music
11 am-12 pm
Storytelling with Smokey: Bentonville Library and Smokey the Bear
Bayard Blain
11 am-1 pm
NWA Ballet
12-1 pm
Melody Pond
Jamie Lou and The Hullabaloo
1-2 pm
Bayard Blain
2-2:45 pm
Mariachi Esencia
2-3 pm
Melody Pond
South Lawn
10 am – 3 pm
Nature
Monarch Butterflies with Crystal Bridges Nature Guides
Artmaking
Remixtruments
Garden Wands
Nature Tattoos
Milkweed Peat Pots
Play
Whimsical Romp with En Masse
Food
Crystal Bridges Hotdogs
Twin Bridges
10 am – 3 pm
Sidewalk chalk
Food Truck
CB Members
Popsicles
Music
10 am-12 pm
Trio De Janeiro
12-1 pm
Al Papa Rap Drum Circle
1-1:45 pm
Mariachi Esencia
2-3 pm
Al Papa Rap Drum Circle
Art Trail
10 am – 3 pm
Nature
Beaver Watershed Alliance
Gems and Geodes with J. Van Brahana
Music
Arkansas Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Artmaking
Red Stick Sculptures
Plein Air Painting
Skyspace
10 am – 3 pm
Nature
Arkansas Natural Sky Association
Music
Instrument Petting Zoo with Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra
Electronic Soundscape with Amos Cochran
Games
Bubbles, parachute & hula hoops
Instrument Petting Zoo
Food
Pedal Pops
Frank Lloyd Wright Lawn
Information Kiosk available here.
Movement
10-3 pm
Yoga
Tai Chi
Music
10:30 am-12 pm
Farmer and the Markets
12-2 pm
Ozark Highballers
2-2:30 pm, 3:30-4 pm
Aniwisvsgo’I: A Dance by Maura Garcia
