Pintura Fest Public Art Pop-Up
Featuring large-scale paintings created by local artists, educators, and students from across Northwest Arkansas, the Pintura Fest Public Art Pop-up is a free, community exhibition presented by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The paintings were created for Pintura Fest—a community fiesta inspired by the exhibition Diego Rivera’s America, on view at Crystal Bridges through July 31.
Diego Rivera (1886–1957) was one of the most significant artists of the 20th century and paved the way for modern public art in the Americas. His murals were part of a larger movement to make art accessible to broad, diverse audiences.
In the spirit of Rivera’s work, 17 large-scale paintings were created in front of a live audience at Pintura Fest by local artists, educators, and students from schools across the region.
Each artist or school art group’s work was created in response to a question: What is your story as an NWA resident? How are you part of the story of a diverse NWA? Most artworks were started offsite in the weeks leading up to Pintura Fest and finished at Crystal Bridges during the event.
These paintings will be on display at locations throughout Northwest Arkansas from April 17 to July 31, 2023—free and available for everyone to enjoy. After the exhibition closes, the paintings will continue to delight and inspire as they return to their permanent homes with the participating schools and regional artists.
We hope you’ll visit each of the locations below to experience the incredible work of these artists, as well as the exhibition that inspired it all. See you there!
Free, no tickets required.
Installation Locations and Artists
Fayetteville Public Library
401 W Mountain St, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Candace Giffin and students from Huntsville High School
- Isabel Rincon and students from Ramay Jr. High in Fayetteville
- Basil Seymour-Davies and students from Haas Hall Fayetteville
- Jennifer Pitts and students from Alma Middle School
Siloam Springs Public Library
205 E Jefferson St, Siloam Springs, Arkansas
- Jose Hernandez, Little Rock artist
- Alan Rodriguez of Razo Studios, Fayetteville artist
Rogers Experimental House
121 W Walnut St, Rogers, Arkansas
- Olivia Trimble and students from Fayetteville
- Crystal Bridges Teen Council
- Craig Ford and students from Lincoln Jr. High in Bentonville
Rogers City Hall
301 W Chestnut St, Rogers, Arkansas
- Steven Wise and students from Eastside Elementary in Rogers
- Joy Schultz and students from Arkansas Arts Academy in Rogers
- Fermin Hurtado, Rogers artist
The Jones Center Springdale
922 E Emma Ave, Springdale, Arkansas
- Lupita Albarran, Springdale artist
- Anthony Garcia Caloca, Springdale artist
- Lori West and students from Helen Tyson Middle School in Springdale
- Betsy Kryeziu and students from Har-Ber High School in Springdale
- Mary Anna Davis and students from Haas Hall Springdale
About Diego Rivera’s America
Diego Rivera’s America is co-organized by Crystal Bridges and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition is curated by James Oles, guest curator, with Maria Castro, assistant curator at SFMOMA, and coordinated at Crystal Bridges by Jen Padgett, the museum’s acting Windgate curator of craft.
Between the early 1920s and the early 1940s, Rivera worked in both Mexico and the United States and found inspiration in the social and cultural life of the two countries. He imagined an America—broadly understood—that shared an Indigenous past and an industrial future, and where cooperation, rather than divisions, was paramount.
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