Art & Wellness Festival

Explore the intersections of art, nature, and wellness on the Crystal Bridges Campus
Join us for three inspiring days celebrating art, nature, architecture, and community through the lens of well-being!
Our theme for 2025, Well Being Here, invites us to reflect not only on the idea of well-being, but on what it means to be truly well—here, in this place, in this moment.
The festival features a dynamic mix of free and ticketed talks, workshops, in-gallery and on-trail experiences, and family-friendly engagements led by community partners and leaders in art and wellness. Together, we’ll explore the powerful connections between creativity and well-being.
Tickets and times vary by event.
Book your event tickets together and save! Bundle your keynote tickets together to save on the full festival experience, or explore individual events to plan your own wellness adventure.
Featured Events
Keynote Lectures
Plus
- SkySpace Experience – Experience SkySpace in a new way as brainwaves recorded in the space are transformed into an immersive soundscape.
- See How Your Brain Sees: EEG Interactive Brainwave Tour – Guided gallery tours that use EEG (electroencephalogram) headsets—completely safe, painless, and noninvasive—to measure your brain’s response to art in real time.
- PlantWave Listening Station – Join PlantWave as they make plants “sing” by turning their natural electrical signals into real-time music.
- The Future of Arts & Medicine Progressive Lecture – A trail-based experience led by experts in art and wellness as they walk throughout the Crystal Bridges Campus.
- Tours – Guided full campus architecture tours, mindfulness and art tours led by museum educators, family “trek and sketch” tours, plus the first public walkthrough of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine.
- Artmaking and Workshops – Hands-on artmaking and workshops invite you to explore creativity as a healing practice.
- Wellness Activities – Tai Chi, guided breathwork sessions, forest bathing walks through the North Forest, a trail-side sauna and cold plunge, and more!
Ticket Options
Member ticket presale begins October 1.
Public tickets on sale October 3.
Lecture + Workshop Bundle
$40 ($35/members)
Book your choice of lecture and save when you book tickets to See How Your Brain Sees Tour OR Painting Your Breath Workshop.
Four-Lecture Festival Pass
$85 ($75/members)
Book your tickets together and save. Includes tickets to all four keynote lectures.
Festival Pass Plus
$100 ($85/members)
The full festival experience. Includes all four keynote lectures + See How Your Brain Sees Tour OR Painting Your Breath Workshop.
Not a member?
Museum members get early access to events, free exhibition tickets, access to exclusive events, discounts, and more. Plus, your support helps fund the events, classes, and outreach that allow us to make the power of art accessible to all.
Festival Events, Experiences, and Workshops
All Events

Designing for Art and Wellness: Moshe Safdie, Marlon and Ati Blackwell, and Wesley Walls
- $25 ($20/members)
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- Heartland Whole Health Institute — Ballroom A/B

An Evening with Goldie Hawn: Inside MindUP
- $25 ($20/members)
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- Heartland Whole Health Institute — Ballroom A/B/C

The Art of Healing: A Conversation with Renée Fleming and Susan Magsamen
- $25 ($20/members)
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- Great Hall

Richard Reeves: Rethinking Men’s Health and Social Connection
- $25 ($20/members)
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- Great Hall

See How Your Brain Sees: Interactive Brainwave Tour
- $25 ($20/members)
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- Garrison Lobby

Painting Your Breath: A Therapeutic Watercolor Workshop for Beginners
- $25 ($20/members)
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- Bellows/Cassatt Rooms

Brush Strokes: Therapeutic Artmaking for Caregivers
- FREE
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- Durand/Estes Rooms

Acupressure, EFT Tapping, & Guided Meditation in the Gallery
- FREE
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- Galleries

Sauna & Cold Plunge: Contrast Therapy Experience
- FREE
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- Campus Parking