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SUMMARY:Art Insights: Mindful Living
DESCRIPTION:Pause\, breathe\, and reconnect with the present in a conversation that considers how mindfulness and creativity can shape a more intentional\, balanced approach to life. \nThrough discussion and guided reflection\, three scholars and practitioners will explore how practices such as meditation\, movement\, and creative expression can quiet the mind\, reduce stress\, and awaken awareness: \n\nDr. Gina Drobena\, a board-certified clinical pathologist\nKerri Michael\, a holistic therapist and yoga teacher\nDr. Pele Yu\, co-founder of the UAMS Mindfulness Program\n\nRooted in the spirit of AMFA’s exhibition A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time\, this program offers space to slow down\, center attention in the moment\, and discover pathways to better well-being. \n\nThe Mid-South Cohort\, a multi-year\, multi-institutional exhibition partnership formed by the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, in collaboration with the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts\, the Birmingham Museum of Art\, Fisk University Art Gallery\, and the Mississippi Museum of Art\, is made possible by the Art Bridges Cohort Program. This exhibition was organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \n \nImage courtesy of Jason Masters.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/art-insights-mindful-living/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260320T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260320T173000
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SUMMARY:Beads in Time: A Presentation by Sage & Tom Holland
DESCRIPTION:Join glass artists Sage and Tom Holland for a presentation that traces the history of glass beadmaking from its earliest beginnings to the 20th century\, sharing findings from decades of their studio practice and historical research. \nTheir work\, which informs many of the workshops they teach\, introduces time-honored techniques in glass flameworking and encourages other makers to develop contemporary designs through careful skill and thoughtful application. \nFollowing this special presentation\, Sage and Tom Holland are leading an advanced glass beadmaking workshop on March 21 & 22 in AMFA’s Windgate Art School. To learn more and sign up\, visit the class registration portal. \n\nThe Windgate Art School is generously supported in part by the Windgate Foundation with additional support from Sherry Worthen in memory of George Worthen. \nThe Windgate Art School’s Reduced Tuition Program is supported in part by Michael Laughter. Reduced tuition is automatically applied on all classes through 2026. \nPhoto courtesy of the artists.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/beads-in-time-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Art School,Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260319T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T215358
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SUMMARY:Art Insights: "True Grit"
DESCRIPTION:Explore the enduring legacy of Charles Portis’s novel True Grit with artist Tim Youd and writer Jay Jennings while A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time is on view at AMFA. \nYoud’s 100 Novels Project has taken him around the country in his practice of retyping 100 works of American literature\, a durational project rooted in the love of reading and reflection. \nAs he prepares to retype True Grit at AMFA\, Youd joins Jennings to reflect on the life and wit of Charles Portis\, the humor and humanity that define his writing\, the significance of True Grit\, and the deep connection between the novel\, the author\, and Little Rock. \nARTWORK: Cover of True Grit (detail)\, 1968\, cover design by Paul Davis. \n\nThe Mid-South Cohort\, a multi-year\, multi-institutional exhibition partnership formed by the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, in collaboration with the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts\, the Birmingham Museum of Art\, Fisk University Art Gallery\, and the Mississippi Museum of Art\, is made possible by the Art Bridges Cohort Program. This exhibition was organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/art-insights-true-grit/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260303T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260303T190000
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CREATED:20260203T165356Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture and Design Network Lecture Series: Nerin Kadribegovic
DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Architecture and Design Network (ADN) is to educate the public about architecture\, design\, and related disciplines and the ways in which their practice shapes communities and affects people’s lives. \nIn this free lecture entitled “From Blight to Bright\,” you are invited to hear from Nerin Kadribegovic\, Founder and Principal of Kadre Architects. Through a deep dive into California’s housing insecurity – examining how we got here\, and the ways we are moving forward – his talk will center around Kadre’s solutions for the housing crisis including temporary\, interim\, permanent housing projects and important community support spaces. Many of the constructed projects and the designs currently in construction examine community impact and set aggressive sustainability goals. \nBefore the lecture\, enjoy a short reception from 5:30-6:00 p.m. in the Atrium. The lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Lecture Hall. \nAbout Nerin Kadribegovic\nNerin Kadribegovic’s passion for navigating complex design problems\, especially where economy is of paramount importance\, captures an eye for beauty and design\, notably in social cause\, that results in unconventional\, award-winning solutions. Obsessed with artfully directing natural light to create nuanced\, playful moments\, he ushers a spirit of dignity into places\, where least expected\, through the aesthetic design opportunity. \nA third-generation architect who endured displacement as a refugee of the wars in Yugoslavia and Bosnia\, Nerin has directly experienced the impact of chaotic social and environmental disruption on people and society. This alert awareness evokes deep empathic connection to critical issues facing metropolitan urban centers around the world gripped by environmental or socioeconomic crises. \nThe wartime reality imposed a fragility on life and shelter\, that ignited his resolve in dissolving obstacles. Protecting a broken community\, Nerin developed the uncanny ability to transform whatever material was at one’s disposal into something of functionality\, beauty and meaning. Instilling hope and safety during hardship has become second nature\, embedded into his mindset\, both in design and leadership for social cause. \nPrior to launching Kadre\, Nerin was a partner at the award-winning firm of Lehrer Architects. When the pandemic brought needed urgency to protect Los Angeles’s most vulnerable population\, Nerin led passionately in creating a template for tackling and ameliorating the city’s 60\,000-person homelessness issue. During the height of the health crisis\, he led the team through an accelerated\, aggressive timeline to provide bridge housing. His designs – in collaboration with the City government\, first on the AETNA Bridge Home\, followed by designs for Tiny Home Villages – now serve as the lodestar to ending the homeless crisis in the City of Los Angeles. These projects have raised and set the City’s design standards for sheltering the homeless. \n\nPhoto by Paul Vu.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/adn-lecture-series-nerin-kadribegovic/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:Art Insights: Aging Well
DESCRIPTION:Re-imagine what it means to age well in this inspiring conversation that considers how movement\, art\, and mindfulness can strengthen the body\, renew focus\, and nurture social connection. \nPresented in connection with AMFA’s exhibition A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time\, this event highlights the expertise of four speakers – Dr. Catherine Crisp\, Garbo Hearne\, Rebecca Schrock\, and Sarah Thomas – who will share insights on how creative activities can sustain vitality and joy throughout the aging process. \nDrawing on the exhibition’s themes of time\, aging\, and reflection\, explore how creativity and mindfulness can support not only longevity\, but a fuller life at every age. \n\nThe Mid-South Cohort\, a multi-year\, multi-institutional exhibition partnership formed by the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art\, in collaboration with the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts\, the Birmingham Museum of Art\, Fisk University Art Gallery\, and the Mississippi Museum of Art\, is made possible by the Art Bridges Cohort Program. This exhibition was organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \n \nImage courtesy of Jason Masters.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/art-insights-aging-well/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T190000
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SUMMARY:Art Insights: Unnatural Habitats
DESCRIPTION:Experience an evening that bridges art\, ecology\, and wildlife. \nArtist Lori Larusso kicks off the evening with a presentation on her exhibition\, A Paradox of Plenty\, where her paintings reflect on urban expansion\, consumer culture\, and how animals adapt to these ecosystems. \nIn conversation with Dr. Laura Bernstein-Kurtycz from the Little Rock Zoo and Leslie Cooper from Quail Forever\, Larusso reveals how her scenes of playful juxtapositions reframe how we see modern life and cohabitation with animals. \nBefore the conversation begins\, stop by the Atrium from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. for a special meet-and-great with the Little Rock Zoo’s animal ambassadors. After the event concludes\, enjoy a meet-and-greet with Larusso at the AMFA Museum Store and pick up a signed copy of her exhibition catalog. \n\nLori Larusso: A Paradox of Plenty is supported in part by The Brown Foundation\, Inc. of Houston.\nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \nThe catalog for Lori Larusso: A Paradox of Plenty is supported in part by the Great Meadows Foundation. \n \nImage courtesy of Jason Masters.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/art-insights-unnatural-habitats/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260210T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260210T190000
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SUMMARY:Architecture and Design Network Lecture Series: David Hill
DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Architecture and Design Network (ADN) is to educate the public about architecture\, design\, and related disciplines and the ways in which their practice shapes communities and affects people’s lives. \nIn this free lecture entitled “Dawdling and Dallying\,” you are invited to hear from David Hill\, Founding Principal of HILLWORKS. Hill will discuss select Hillworks projects that emerged from an intentional engagement with time. Through three case studies–focused on seasonal\, regenerative\, and storied time–he will explore how dawdling\, dallying\, and careful attention can open up new ways of thinking about architectural process and place. \nBefore the lecture\, enjoy a short reception from 5:30-6:00 p.m. in the Atrium. The lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Lecture Hall. \nAbout David Hill\nDavid is a registered architect\, registered landscape architect\, founder of HILLWORKS\, and Professor in the Landscape Architecture Program at Auburn University (not to mention a proud father of three). This rich relationship between education and practice offers a wide spectrum of opportunities for David to advance disciplinary research. Born and raised in a plant nursery in South Georgia\, David developed a deep affinity for plants and an early admiration for the rich\, working landscape of the south. After 15 years of experience\, this fascination with cultural and productive landscapes continues to impact how David unpacks site histories and explores design opportunities. \nPrior to founding HILLWORKS\, David helped unearth post-industrial landscapes as an Associate\, and later a Principal\, of D.I.R.T studio where he managed projects such as Urban Outfitters Headquarters at the Philadelphia Navy Yard\, Hardberger Park in San Antonio Texas\, the Historic Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee Wisconsin\, and the Holy Cross Project in New Orleans Louisiana. David’s work through D.I.R.T. and HILLWORKS has received regional and national awards in design and research. David lectures regularly at universities\, symposia\, and conferences. \nDavid graduated from Georgia Tech University with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and earned a Master in Landscape Architecture and Master in Architecture from the University of Virginia. \n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/adn-lecture-series-david-hill/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T190000
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SUMMARY:Holding Sacred: Artist Talk with Antonius-Tín Bui
DESCRIPTION:Explore the intricate\, hand-cut portraiture of Antonius-Tín Bui\, whose practice holds sacred the rituals of making\, memory\, and identity. \nDrawing from their Vietnamese heritage\, queer experience\, and community storytelling\, Bui transforms paper into intimate monuments that honor the complexity of diaspora and the fluidity of self. \nAbout Antonius-Tín Bui\nAntonius-Tín Bui is a polydisciplinary artist and shapeshifter invested in the transformative potential of improvisation\, portraiture\, craft\, and ritual. A monsoon in a past life\, they see themself most in movement—in wind\, in the shifting blues of the sky\, in the quiet sway between presence and disappearance. \nThe child of Paul and Van Bui\, two Vietnamese refugees who carved futures from grief and grit\, Antonius-Tín carries their legacy in every gesture. Their work honors the spectral\, the tender\, and the unruly—crafting portals for what cannot be named\, only felt\, only danced with ancestral shadow. \n\nHolding Sacred: Artist Talk with Antonius-Tín Bui is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nArtist-in-Resident Antonius-Tín Bui is supported in part by the John and Robyn Horn Foundation. \nPhoto by Caroline Xia.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/holding-sacred-artist-talk-with-antonius-tin-bui/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks & Lectures
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251111T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T215358
CREATED:20251110T175632Z
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SUMMARY:Architecture and Design Network Lecture Series: Ross Altheimer
DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Architecture and Design Network (ADN) is to educate the public about architecture\, design\, and related disciplines and the ways in which their practice shapes communities and affects people’s lives. \nIn this free lecture\, you are invited to hear from Ross Altheimer\, Principal and Co-Founder of TEN x TEN. \nBefore the lecture\, guests can enjoy a short reception from 5:30-6:00 p.m. The lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Lecture Hall. \nAbout Ross Altheimer\nRoss works to build just communities and institutions by leveraging landscape’s dynamic capacity for change. His work explores the art\, complexity\, and temporality of place and culture. He facilitates strategy\, visioning\, planning\, and design implementation for cultural\, community\, and open space projects across the nation. \nHe credits his love of nature and culture to his mom\, an environmental educator\, and his love of design and innovation to his dad\, who worked in the auto Industry. He takes play seriously and has been known to draw landscapes while running marathons\, encourages snorkeling in the Boundary Waters to understand the histories of use\, and studies the bees that nap in his native plant garden at home. He holds both a Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia\, where he studied subterranean Paris as a Nix Fellow. He was a recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture awarded by the American Academy in Rome. \nThe greatest accomplishment of Ross’s leadership at TEN x TEN is building and collaborating with a team of the most curious and joyful humans. His work has garnered awards and recognition from the American Institute of Architects (AIA)\, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)\, the General Services Administration (GSA)\, and the Graham Foundation– among others. \nHe believes that transformative design emerges from deep ways of knowing\, storytelling\, and the authenticity of people and places. He creates space for the dreams of the individual\, the community\, and the organization to help transform everyday lives.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/architecture-and-design-network-lecture-series-ross-altheimer/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251029T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T215358
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SUMMARY:Constructing Identity: Architects of Being Art Talk
DESCRIPTION:Discover the creative worlds of Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina with Dr. Catherine Walworth\, the Jackye and Curtis Finch\, Jr. Curator of Drawings at AMFA\, as she explores how these groundbreaking artists challenged conventions of art\, design\, and identity. \nSet against the backdrop of AMFA’s exhibition Architects of Being\, this talk delves into themes of artistic bravery\, material innovation\, and the powerful ways Nevelson and Slobodkina navigated the New York art world at midcentury. \nAfter the lecture\, enjoy dinner at AMFA’s Park Grill. Call 501.396.0390 or email parkgrill@arkmfa.org for reservations. \nAbout Dr. Catherine Walworth\nCatherine Walworth is a modern art specialist whose curatorial work fuses political history\, fashion\, dance\, and early film. Since joining the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in 2022\, she has organized exhibitions such as Path to Abstraction: Picasso\, Braque\, and Cubism’s Impact on Modern Art and Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970s\, while stewarding acquisitions for the AMFA Foundation Collection. Her upcoming national touring exhibition Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina (2025–2026) will be accompanied by a catalog featuring original scholarship. \nBefore AMFA\, Walworth curated major modern and contemporary shows at Columbia Museum of Art\, including Jackson Pollock: Mural and The Ironic Curtain: Art from the Soviet Underground. Her earlier work supported landmark traveling exhibitions at institutions such as Carnegie Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art. \nShe holds a PhD in art history from The Ohio State University\, and her book Soviet Salvage was short-listed for the Modernist Studies Association’s First Book Prize. Her recent writing explores fashion and visual culture in classic film\, including a 2024 chapter on MGM’s Ninotchka. \n\nConstructing Identity: Architects of Being Art Talk is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nArchitects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina is supported in part by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, Alan Dubois Fund for Contemporary Craft\, Ellsworth Kelly Foundation\, Anita Davis\, and the Jewish Federation of Arkansas. \nThe catalog for Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina is supported in part by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art. \n \nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \nImage courtesy of Jason Masters. \n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/constructing-identity-architects-of-being-art-talk/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251025T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251025T120000
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SUMMARY:From the Woods and Gardens of Arkansas: A Conversation and Demonstration with Shane Connolly
DESCRIPTION:Famed floral designer Shane Connolly has designed events in countries across the world\, and always with the same aim: to leave the smallest footprint behind and be led by what is local and available. Learn more about his unique approach to sustainable floristry during this exciting on-stage conversation and live floral design demonstration. \n\n\n\nUsing seasonal flowers and foliage from local woods and gardens\, Connolly will bring his inimitable flair to an arrangement inspired by the natural beauty of Arkansas – showcasing his deep respect for nature\, season\, and setting. \n\n\n\nStart your day at AMFA with a complimentary breakfast in the Atrium before the event\, then make a lunch reservation at Park Grill to enjoy a meal full of seasonal flavors and local produce. \n\n\n\nThis programming is provided in partnership with P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm and the Little Rock Garden Club. \n\n\n\nAbout Shane Connolly\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnolly is a renowned floral designer and ambassador for sustainable floristry. His clients range from public institutions like the Victoria & Albert Museum\, the Royal Academy of Arts\, and the National Portrait Gallery in London\, to a veritable “who’s who” in British society. \n\n\n\nHe is perhaps best known for his public work for The Royal Family. His most recent commission was The Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen at Westminster Abbey in 2023. He also designed the flowers for their marriage at Windsor Castle in 2005 and for the wedding of The Prince and Princess of Wales in 2011. \n\n\n\nHe has been awarded the Royal Warrants of Appointment to both His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen in 2024 and a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to sustainable floristry in 2025. He has written five books and teaches his approach to flower design all over the world\, with its roots and ethos firmly in sustainability. \n\n\n\nFrom the Woods and Gardens of Arkansas: A Conversation and Demonstration is supported in part by Barbara Rogers Hoover\, Belinda Shults\, and Hadidi Rug Gallery. This programming is provided in partnership with P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm and the Little Rock Garden Club. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/from-the-woods-and-gardens-of-arkansas-a-conversation-and-demonstration-with-shane-connolly/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks & Lectures
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T113000
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SUMMARY:Monumental: Architects of Being Art Talk
DESCRIPTION:Explore how self-definition\, structure\, and materials shaped the lives and legacies of Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina whose works are on view at AMFA in the landmark exhibition Architects of Being. \nFeaturing the Founder and Director of the Louise Nevelson Foundation\, Maria Nevelson; the President of the Slobodkina Foundation\, Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer; and the Jackye and Curtis Finch\, Jr. Curator of Drawings at AMFA\, Dr. Catherine Walworth\, this discussion offers rare personal and historical insights into two groundbreaking artists. \nAfter the conversation\, enjoy lunch at AMFA’s Park Grill. Call 501.396.0390 or email parkgrill@arkmfa.org for reservations. \n\nAbout Maria Nevelson\n\n\n\n\n\nNon-profit founder\, executive director\, researcher\, designer\, and writer\, Maria Isak Nevelson has committed her life to working and volunteering in the Arts. She graduated with a BA in art history from George Washington University and an internship at the Museum of Temporary Art. \n\n\n\nMaria chaired the board for Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art\, then established the Louise Nevelson Foundation in 2005 to educate the public and celebrate the art and life of Maria’s Grandmother. Maria initiated the Oral History program recording first-hand accounts of Louise Nevelson’s associates and donated “The Welders of Lippincott” project to the Archives of American Art. The Catalogue Raisonne Database meticulously records every artwork providing an invaluable resource for collectors\, museums\, galleries and auction houses. \n\n\n\nThe Foundation partners with organizations finding innovative ways to tell Louise’s story and inspire new audiences with fresh insights. Maria provides art consulting services drawing on experience as a commercial interior designer\, real estate sales\, jewelry designer\, and sculptor handling every aspect from procuring contracts\, designing\, marketing\, and sales negotiations through her company Nevelson LLC. A Louise Nevelson expert\, Maria works with major auction houses\, e.g. Christie’s and Sotheby’s\, providing provenance research substantiating the artwork’s value. \n\n\n\nShe has written essays for Fondazione Roma\, Amon Carter Museum of Art\, and Centre Pompidou-Metz exhibition catalogues and appeared in CNN’s Style with Elsa Klensch for a yacht’s interior design\, films by Dale Schierholt and Raymond Telles\, and most recently\, an interview with Faith Salie for CBS Sunday Morning. \n\n\n\nAbout Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnn Marie Mulhearn Sayer is an accomplished artist\, composer\, and arts administrator\, serving as President of the Slobodkina Foundation since its establishment in 2000. Under her leadership\, the Foundation has preserved\, catalogued\, and exhibited the extensive body of work by Russian-American artist and author Esphyr Slobodkina\, including fine art\, children’s literature\, textiles\, and archival materials. \n\n\n\n\nSayer began her artistic career as a musician and performer\, later earning a B.F.A. in Music Theater with a concentration in Composition from the University of Hartford’s Hartt School. In October 1991\, her composition I Am a Good Child was selected as Song of the Year by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements\, leading to a performance of this and other original works at a World Habitat Day concert \n\n\n\nIn 1995\, she began working with Slobodkina\, initially as a composer creating musical interpretations of her children’s books. Their close collaboration continued until Slobodkina’s death in 2002\, during which time Sayer became both her creative partner and personal assistant. \n\n\n\nAs president of the Foundation\, Sayer has directed multiple large-scale initiatives\, including a national three-year museum exhibition (2007–2010) and the creation of Caps for Sale & Other Great Tales\, a major traveling retrospective launched in 2016. She has also authored official sequels to Caps for Sale\, incorporating Slobodkina’s original illustrations and notes to continue the legacy in both literary and visual form. \n\n\n\nThrough her stewardship\, Sayer has ensured that Slobodkina’s contributions to modern art and children’s literature remain accessible to scholars\, educators\, and the public. Her work continues to bridge historical preservation with contemporary education and performance. \n\n\n\nAbout Dr. Catherine Walworth\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Walworth is a modern art specialist whose curatorial work fuses political history\, fashion\, dance\, and early film. Since joining the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in 2022\, she has organized exhibitions such as Path to Abstraction: Picasso\, Braque\, and Cubism’s Impact on Modern Art and Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970s\, while stewarding acquisitions for the AMFA Foundation Collection. Her upcoming national touring exhibition Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina (2025–2026) will be accompanied by a catalog featuring original scholarship. \n\n\n\nBefore AMFA\, Walworth curated major modern and contemporary shows at Columbia Museum of Art\, including Jackson Pollock: Mural and The Ironic Curtain: Art from the Soviet Underground. Her earlier work supported landmark traveling exhibitions at institutions such as Carnegie Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art. \n\n\n\nShe holds a PhD in art history from The Ohio State University\, and her book Soviet Salvage was short-listed for the Modernist Studies Association’s First Book Prize. Her recent writing explores fashion and visual culture in classic film\, including a 2024 chapter on MGM’s Ninotchka. \n\n\n\nMonumental: Architects of Being Art Talk is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nArchitects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina is supported in part by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, Alan Dubois Fund for Contemporary Craft\, Ellsworth Kelly Foundation\, Anita Davis\, and the Jewish Federation of Arkansas. \nThe catalog for Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina is supported in part by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art. \n \nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \nARTWORK (left): Esphyr Slobodkina (Chelyabinsk\, Russia\, 1908 – 2002\, Glen Head\, New York)\, Abstraction with Red Circle (detail)\, 1938\, oil on canvas\, 29 x 13 x 1 1/4 in.\, On loan from the New Britain Museum of American Art: Olga H. Knoepke Fund. 1994.02. \nARTWORK (right): Louise Nevelson (Pereiaslav\, Ukraine (formerly Russian Empire)\, 1899 – 1988\, New York\, New York)\, Dawn’s Presence\, 1972 – 1975\, painted wood\, 93 x 32 x 32 in.\, 3 x 32 x 32 in. (base)\, On loan from the Chrysler Museum of Art\, Norfolk\, Virginia: Gift of Walter P. Chrysler\, Jr. 77.1241. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Dual Perspectives on Art and Healing
DESCRIPTION:Learn how art practices intersect with the process of healing from trauma. Presented in conjunction with Death of Kings at AMFA and War Toys: Ukraine at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History\, this discussion brings together two compelling bodies of work that confront the emotional toll of war. \nJoin artists Ben Grimes and Brian McCarty for this powerful conversation that will explore artmaking as a form of healing through theatrical and photographic lenses. \nBen Grimes is a playwright and actor\, and the founder of Riverside Actors Theatre\, a theatre ensemble centered on elevating veterans’ stories. Brian McCarty is a photographer and the founder and executive director of War Toys® – a non-profit organization devoted to gathering and disseminating children’s firsthand accounts of war through art-therapy-based collaborations around the world. \n\nDual Perspectives on Art and Healing is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nDeath of Kings is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield\, and Cardinal Counseling. Mental health support provided in collaboration with Dr. Jason Williams at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Cardinal Counseling. \nChildren’s Theatre and Performing Arts programs are supported in part by the Shubert Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nPhotos courtesy of the artists. \n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/dual-perspectives-on-art-and-healing/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Children's Theatre,Talks & Lectures,Youth & Families
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SUMMARY:In Focus: A Conversation on Photography
DESCRIPTION:Reframe your understanding of photography with photographers Jason Masters and Kat Wilson as they share behind-the-scenes stories from a career’s worth of images. This engaging conversation explores each artist’s distinctive style\, the ideas and creativity that shape their work\, and the moments that define their practices. \nPresented in connection with Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970s\, this event invites guests to consider how photographers develop narratives and perspectives through their unique lenses. \nAfter the conversation\, enjoy dinner at AMFA’s Park Grill. Call 501.396.0390 or email parkgrill@arkmfa.org for reservations. \n\n\nAbout Jason Masters\nJason Masters is a Little Rock based photographer specializing in fashion\, conceptual portraiture\, lifestyle\, and advertising. Jason was born in Dallas and grew up in a small town in Texas. He built a home and lived in the jungles of Costa Rica during his early 20s. Shortly after moving back to the states\, he met his future wife in Austin\, which ultimately brought him to Little Rock. \n\n\n\nJason’s almost 30 year career began in Austin working for a film production company that specialized in feature films and commercials. After relocating to Arkansas\, getting married and starting a family\, Jason’s career transitioned from film to photography. He remembers the exact day when he fell in love with fashion photography and tells the story often. \n\n\n\nJason’s favorite work is usually inspired by classic films\, storybooks\, vintage fashion\, or simply a unique or beautiful location. His photography has a tendency for simple\, clean-lined portraits captured from a formal perspective. \n\n\n\nAlthough Jason’s name is usually credited as a publishing tradition\, he will always remind you that his world of photography is a collaboration of hair/make-up artists\, stylists\, art directors\, photo assistants\, magazine editors\, clients\, snake handlers\, etc\, etc.  \n\n\n\n\nAbout Kat Wilson\nKat Wilson is an experimental artist based in Northwest Arkansas\, where she received her MFA. Wilson’s work is theatrical\, participatory\, and humanistic and often involves collaboration with others\, including\, in many photography projects\, the subjects of the photos themselves. \n\n\n\nEarly in her career\, Wilson gained national success with her Habitats series of digital photographs\, which\, like her current #SelfieThrones and Warrior Women series\, uses centuries-old compositional devices to create a sense of transcendence. \n\n\n\nWilson’s work has been published in Communication Arts\, the Los Angeles Times\, and The Washington Post\, displayed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, and projected at the Louvre\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn Focus: A Conversation on Photography is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nKwame Brathwaite: The 1970s is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \nPhotos courtesy of Jason Masters and Kat Wilson.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/in-focus-a-conversation-on-photography/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:A Legacy of Images: Art Talk with Kwame Brathwaite Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Examine the work and legacy of famed photographer Kwame Brathwaite through the unique\, personal perspective of his son\, Kwame Brathwaite Jr. \nLearn about Brathwaite’s powerful photography\, its lasting impact on Black identity and culture\, and the ongoing discovery of previously unseen works featured in Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970s\, on view at AMFA through October 12\, 2025. \nAbout Kwame Brathwaite Jr.\nKwame Samori Brathwaite\, son of photographer Kwame Brathwaite\, is the Director of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive. He manages the archive as well as collaborative projects that are concordant with the themes in his father’s work\, namely activism\, politics\, fashion and music. \nKwame Samori authored a chapter entitled “Fashion and Consciousness” in the book Mod New York: Fashion takes a Trip and an article entitled “A Look At Life Through My Father’s Lens” for National Geographic. \nHe has lectured at numerous institutions including Harvard Art Museum\, The Courtauld Institute\, USC\, Christie’s and Google among others. He co-curated Celebrity and the Everyday at Philip Martin Gallery (2018)\, curated Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite\, a touring exhibition in partnership with Aperture Foundation (2019-2023)\, The Struggle Continues\, Victory is Certain (2020)\, Changing Times (2021) and My Village | New York (2022). \nKwame Samori\, also a real estate professional\, graduated from Amherst College in 1996 with a B.A. in Law\, Jurisprudence and Social Thought and received his MBA from USC’s Marshall School of Business in 2018. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Aperture Foundation in New York and Polytechnic School in Pasadena\, CA. \nHe is originally from New York City and currently lives in San Marino\, CA\, with his wife and three children. \n\n\n\nA Legacy of Images: Art Talk with Kwame Brathwaite Jr. is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nKwame Brathwaite: The 1970s is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/a-legacy-of-images-art-talk-with-kwame-brathwaite-jr/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:Night Flowers: Artist Talk with Aurora Robson
DESCRIPTION:Discover how New York-based artist Aurora Robson transforms found and recycled materials into striking sculptures and installations that reflect themes of sustainability and the environment. Learn how she uses this meditative process not only to address personal and social struggles\, but also to search for hope through her practice and materials. \nAs a leading voice in the intersection of contemporary art and ecological awareness\, Robson’s work and story offer an inspiring example of how creativity can drive change\, encourage reflection\, and transform the way we see the world around us. \nHer work is currently featured in The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection\, on view at AMFA from June 13 to August 31\, 2025. \nAbout Aurora Robson\nAurora Robson is known predominantly for her innovative\, meditative work intercepting the plastic waste stream. Born in Canada\, Robson grew up in Hawaii and then lived in New York City\, where she studied metal welding at Apex Technical School and earned her New York State metal welding certification. Robson then completed a double major in art history and visual art at Columbia University. \nSince then\, Robson has exhibited internationally while developing numerous techniques for sculpting with post-industrial and post-consumer plastic\, including fastening\, weaving\, sewing\, threading\, ultrasonic and injection welding\, and most recently 3-D printing. \nA recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant\, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture\, a TED/Lincoln Re-Imagine Prize\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Grant\, Robson is also the founding artist of Project Vortex\, an international collective of artists\, designers and architects innovating with plastic debris. \nShe currently lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband\, two daughters\, and a very expressive dog. \n\nNight Flowers: Artist Talk with Aurora Robson is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nThe Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection is presented by Bank of America. \n \nAdditional support is provided by Anne and Merritt Dyke. \nThis exhibition has been loaned through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program. \n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/night-flowers-artist-talk-with-aurora-robson/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:Everyday Magic: Puppetry and Breaking Boundaries with Josh Rice
DESCRIPTION:Discover the transformative power of puppetry with Jim Henson Foundation Award winner and SHAKE Producing Artistic Director Josh Rice. Along with his talented team\, he will reveal how puppetry illuminates text\, ignites creativity\, and forges new pathways for self-expression beyond societal and linguistic boundaries. \nThis interactive discussion features industry experts\, culminating in a hands-on exploration of how everyday objects can be used as tools for puppetry\, storytelling\, and cross-cultural communication\, perfect for audiences aged 12 and up. \nAMFA Members are invited to enjoy a complimentary drink before the program begins during Member Mingle in the Cultural Living Room. \nAbout Josh Rice\nRice is the co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of Shake Productions\, as well as the founder of the New York State Puppet Festival. He is also a recipient of a 2024 Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant. \nHis current production Kayfabe\, a puppet wrestling entertainment spectacular\, explores the crossroads of traditional forms of puppetry and popular culture. \n\nEveryday Magic: Puppetry and Breaking Boundaries with Josh Rice is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nChildren’s Theatre and Performing Arts programs are supported in part by the Shubert Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/everyday-magic-puppetry-and-breaking-boundaries-with-josh-rice/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Children's Theatre,Special Events,Talks & Lectures,Youth & Families
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SUMMARY:Delta Voices Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the art and artists of the Mid-South region during this exciting talk in partnership with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. \nGain insight into the inspirations\, creative processes\, and cultural perspectives of this year’s invited Delta Voices artists: \n\nDavid Andree (Fayetteville\, Arkansas)\, whose work explores the natural environment through process-driven landscapes\nMona Cliff (Kansas City\, Missouri)\, a multidisciplinary artist whose beadwork and textiles celebrate Indigenous identity and cultural resilience\nGreta Kresse (Little Rock\, Arkansas)\, whose intimate paintings reflect on human connection and everyday moments\n\nAlongside curators from each museum\, hear directly from the artists in an engaging conversation that explores the powerful connections between art\, place\, and diverse perspectives. \n\nAbout David Andree\n\n David Andree is an artist whose work explores landscape as a subject of flux through painting\, drawing\, sculpture\, and sound. Attracted to moments of tension between what was\, what is\, and what will be\, David’s work strives to create meaningful abstractions through perpetually chasing the qualities of the fleeting present.  \n\n\n\nA Minnesota native\, David maintains tribal affiliation with the Red Lake Nation of Ojibwe. David holds a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York (SUNY)\, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)\, and currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at the School of Art in Fayetteville\, AR where he resides in the Ozarks.  \n\n\n\nHe has had work exhibited at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center\, Gallery MC and BWAC Gallery in New York City\, Rochester Contemporary Art Center\, Hallwalls\, the Big Orbit Gallery\, Exhibit-A and the Burchfield Nature and Art Center in upstate New York\, The Masur Museum of Art (Monroe\, LA)\, Plains Art Museum (Fargo\, ND)\, Manifest Creative Research Gallery (Cincinnati\, OH)\, in addition to numerous venues around Minneapolis\, Minnesota including the Anderson Center\, SooVac\, Rochester Art Center\, Minnesota Museum of American Art\, and the Weisman Art Museum.  \n\n\n\nHis work has been included in publications from Friend of the Artist\, Manifest Creative Research Gallery (USA)\, with published works from Sunshine LTD (USA)\, Dauw (Belgium)\, Eilean Rec. (France)\, Herhalen (Scotland) and Touched Music (UK).  \n\n\n\nDavid has been invited as Artist in Residence at MacDowell (Peterborough\, NH)\, the Studios at MASS MoCA (North Adams\, MA)\, UCross Foundation (Ucross\, WY)\, Wassaic Project (Wassaic\, NY)\, Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (Joshua Tree\, CA)\, Works on Water / Underwater New York (New York\, NY)\, I-Park (East Haddam\, CT)\, Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap\, GA)\, Grand Marais Art Colony (Grand Marais\, MN)\, Anderson Center (Red Wing\, MN)\, amongst others.  \n\n\n\nHe is the recipient of an Artist 360 Project Grant from the Mid-America Arts Alliance\, an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board\, a Creative Climate Award from the Human Impacts Institute\, a Juror Award from Ylinka Barotto\, Assistant Curator\, Guggenheim Museum\, and his work is collected by Target Corporation\, including private collections throughout Minneapolis\, Chicago\, New York\, and the United Kingdom.  \n\n\n\nAbout Mona Cliff\n\nMona Cliff (Aniiih) b.1977 is a multidisciplinary visual artist. Seedbead beadwork & sewing appliqué have been a primary foundation of her artist practice. Her art practice focuses on how traditional arts are passed down between generations of women\, thus influencing culture. Mona pursues the concepts of generational knowledge while exploring other topics such as native futurism and contemporary indigenous identity.  \n\n\n\nShe recently concluded a commissioned work for the newly built Kansas City International Airport. A beaded piece that spans 17 feet. Her work can also be seen at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles included in the Future Imaginaries exhibition\, which will be on display until 2026. She is preparing for several solo exhibits in 2025 and 2026.  \n\n\n\nMona is married and has three children. She currently resides in Lawrence\, Kansas. Mona Cliff is an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre tribe (A’aninin/Nakota Nations). \n\n\n\nAbout Greta Kresse\n\nGreta Kresse (b. 1999\, Little Rock\, AR) is a plein-air painter based in Fayetteville\, AR. She received her BA from Hendrix College and is pursuing an MFA at the University of Arkansas\, supplementing her education through programs at the New York Studio School and The Mount Gretna School of Art. Kresse teaches workshops at the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas. \n\n\n\nWorking primarily in oils\, she creates vibrant narrative paintings that explore human connection within the Southern landscape\, particularly focusing on intimate scenes along Arkansas rivers. Her documentary-style approach captures moments of profound connection between community members\, investigating themes of isolation\, beauty\, and love in the American South. Drawing inspiration from regional poetry and direct observation\, Kresse’s work proposes comfort and connection as forms of resistance\, presenting authentic representations of her community. \n\n\n\nDelta Voices Artist Talk is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nPhoto of Mona Cliff by Jason Dailey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:The Art of the Abolitionist Movement with Aston Gonzalez\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:The Clinton Presidential Library\, the Clinton Foundation\, and the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts welcome Aston Gonzalez\, Ph.D.\, for a discussion of his book\, Visualizing Equality: African American Rights and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century. \n\n\n\nIn a conversation moderated by AMFA’s Director of Community Engagement\, Chris Revelle\, Gonzalez will detail how daguerreotypes\, lithographs\, cartes de visite\, and steam printing presses enabled artists to advocate for social reform\, including the Abolitionist movement. Gonzalez will highlight the work of understudied artists such as Robert Douglass Jr.\, Patrick Henry Reason\, James Presley Ball\, and Augustus Washington. \n\n\n\nThis event is one of two public programs being held in conjunction with the Arkansas Civic Education Institute\, an annual week-long professional development opportunity for 4th-12th-grade teachers. \n\n\n\nThe program will be available on the Clinton Presidential Center YouTube channel the following day. \n\n\n\nThese programs are the first in the Clinton Presidential Center Commemorates America 250 — a series dedicated to exploring the history of the United States in the year leading up to the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence on July 4\, 2026. \n\n\n\n“The Art of the Abolitionist Movement” is presented in partnership with the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. \n\n\n\nASL interpretation is available during this event. \n\n\n\nAbout the Participants\n\n\n\nAston Gonzalez\nAston Gonzalez is a historian of African American culture and politics during the long nineteenth century. He is an associate professor of History at Salisbury University where he is the Director of History Graduate Program. \n\n\n\nThe University of North Carolina Press published his first book\, Visualizing Equality: African American Rights and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century\, in 2020. His journal articles and book chapters have focused on the intersection of visual culture and African American history. They have analyzed African American portraiture during the Early Republic\, the visual production of free Black abolitionists\, picturing Black citizenship during the Civil War\, the creation of African American archives\, representations of Black freedom seekers\, and the visual culture of the Emancipation Proclamation. \n\n\n\nHis scholarship has been supported by postdoctoral fellowships from the Ford Foundation and the Library Company of Philadelphia\, as well as numerous short-term fellowships. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan after he graduated from Williams College. \n\n\n\n\nChris Revelle\nChris Revelle joined the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts as the Director of Community Engagement in 2021. Revelle is focused on dynamic programming that connects all audiences to art and its educational potential. Along with the Department of Community Engagement\, he develops programs that reimagine traditional approaches\, activate the Museum in innovative ways\, and provide multisensory experiences and teaching methods with the overarching goal of expanding partnerships within Arkansas and beyond while representing and welcoming our diverse community. \n\n\n\nRevelle is also an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Within his studio practice\, Revelle is focused on socially engaged work. Through the examination of history\, language\, and visual culture\, Revelle’s work confronts the failures and abuses of social\, political\, and economic systems. The goal of his practice is to challenge public memory/engagement while inspiring discourse and empathy. His solo exhibition Swing Low was named Best Virtual Exhibit for 2020 by Phoenix New Time. He was selected for the Idea Capital Grant in 2018 and a finalist for the 2017 Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize. Revelle has exhibited in the United States\, Hong Kong\, the United Kingdom\, Europe\, South Korea\, the United Arab Emirates\, and India\, and has created artwork for United Nations organizations.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/the-art-of-the-abolitionist-movement-with-aston-gonzalez-ph-d/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:Pine Bluff Through the Lens: Artist Talk with Michael Grice
DESCRIPTION:Experience the compelling photography of Geleve Grice as his son\, Michael Grice\, delves into his father’s legacy of documenting Pine Bluff\, Arkansas. \nMichael will reflect on how his father’s career shaped his own journey as an 1980s East Coast fashion photographer and explore connections to Kwame Brathwaite: The 1970s\, currently on view at AMFA\, in partnership with the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center’s Juneteenth in the Rock celebration. \n\n\nAbout Michael Grice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn in Pine Bluff\, Arkansas\, Michael Grice was raised in New York state. During the sixties\, however\, he returned to spend every summer in Pine Bluff. He would vanish into the cool depths of his father Geleve Grice’s photography studio on Main Street when\, as he says\, “downtown was a thing.” \n\n\n\nGrice began his own photography career in Washington\, D.C. covering news events\, political intrigue\, and human drama. During the early 1970s\, Michael hung out in emerging hair braiding salons. \n\n\n\nIn the 1980s\, he captured contemporary elegance and style\, shooting photos for New York modeling agencies and fashion magazines such as Vogue\, Butterick\, and Essence. \n\n\n\nToday\, Michael Grice is a storyteller living in Maumelle\, Arkansas. \n\n\n\n\nPine Bluff Through the Lens: Artist Talk with Michael Grice is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nThis is an official Juneteenth in Da Rock Affiliate event. \n \nKwame Brathwaite: The 1970s is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \nPhotography courtesy of Michael Grice.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/pine-bluff-through-the-lens-artist-talk-with-michael-grice/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Rest: Artist Talk with Yashua Klos
DESCRIPTION:Join multimedia artist Yashua Klos as he explores themes of identity\, memory\, and African Americans’ complex relationship to the American labor economy through his artwork. \nKnown for his woodblock printing and monotype techniques\, Klos creates unique collage materials to build fragmented yet dimensional portraits. Reflecting on his own family’s history\, Klos reimagines acts of resistance against exploitative labor systems\, portraying figures in restful poses and the resilient beauty of wildflowers—symbols of strength and renewal. \nDiscover how his work sheds light on personal and collective histories\, offering powerful visual meditations on identity and resilience. \n\nResilience and Rest: Artist Talk with Yashua Klos is supported in part by the John and Robyn Horn Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/resilience-and-rest-artist-talk-with-yashua-klos/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T113000
DTSTAMP:20260412T215358
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SUMMARY:A Transformative Gift: The Rockefeller Legacy and the Arts in Arkansas
DESCRIPTION:In 1955\, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé—daughter of John D. Rockefeller\, Jr.\, sister of future Governor Winthrop Rockefeller\, and sister-in-law of future Arkansas First Lady Jeannette Edris Rockefeller (pictured above)—made a significant gift to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts\, then called the Museum of Fine Arts: the monumental painting Dos Mujeres (Two Women) by Diego Rivera. When the painting entered the collection\, it marked the beginning of a new era for the museum. \n\n\n\nGovernor Rockefeller\, a visionary dedicated to advancing art and culture as a foundation for Arkansas industry and education\, encouraged his sister to give this transformational gift\, which inspired generations of Rockefeller and other family donations to follow. \n\n\n\nAs part of Rivera’s Paris\, please join Dr. John A. Kirk\, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock\, to explore this history\, the impact of Dos Mujeres on art in Arkansas\, and the enduring legacy of the Rockefellers’ philanthropic efforts in the state. \n\n\n\nLive open captioning is provided during this event. \n\n\n\nAfter the lecture\, enjoy lunch at AMFA’s Park Grill. Space is limited. To make reservations\, contact: 501-396-0390 or parkgrill@arkmfa.org. \n\n\n\nAbout John Kirk\n\nJohn A. Kirk is the George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has authored\, edited\, or co-edited ten books including\, most recently\, Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer\, 1912-1956 (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press\, 2022)\, which won the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System and the 2024 John G. Ragsdale Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association. \n\n\n\nKirk has published numerous book chapters\, articles\, and media pieces that have appeared in The Guardian\, The Atlantic\, The Huffington Post\, PBS\, CNN\, The History Channel\, and BBC Radio. His research has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships including at the Roosevelt Study Centre (Middleburg\, The Netherlands)\, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library (Boston)\, and the Rockefeller Archive Center (New York). \n\n\n\nRivera’s Paris is supported in part by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation with additional support from the Robert Lehman Foundation. \nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/the-rockefeller-legacy-and-the-arts-in-arkansas/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250319T190000
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SUMMARY:Bridging Worlds: The Influence of Diego Rivera and Latin Artists on European Art Movements
DESCRIPTION:Discover the vibrant exchange of artistic styles and cultural influences of Diego Rivera and Latin artists who journeyed across Europe in the early 20th century. \nThis insightful lecture explores how artists like Diego Rivera engaged with and transformed European art movements\, creating a rich tapestry of innovation and cross-cultural dialogue that shaped both Latin American and European art. \nLearn how their travels and interactions fostered a unique fusion of traditions\, techniques\, and visions\, reshaping the global art landscape in a presentation by Professor of Modern Latin American Art History at George Mason University and author of Transatlantic Encounters\, Dr. Michele Greet. \nGreet brings her expertise to this compelling exploration of artistic transformation and collaboration. This lecture is offered in conjunction with AMFA’s exhibition Rivera’s Paris\, which highlights the crucial period in Rivera’s artistic journey\, offering insight into his evolution as a modernist and the global context of his work. \nLive open captioning is provided during this event. \nAfter the lecture\, enjoy dinner at AMFA’s Park Grill. Space is limited. To make reservations\, contact: 501-396-0390 or parkgrill@arkmfa.org. \n\n\nAbout Dr. Michele Greet\nDr. Michele Greet is Professor of modern Latin American art history at George Mason University. She is author of Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris between the Wars\, 1918-1939 (Yale University Press: 2018) and Beyond National Identity: Pictorial Indigenism as a Modernist Strategy in Andean Art\, 1920-1960 (Penn State University Press: 2009). She is co-editor\, with Gina McDaniel Tarver\, of the anthology Art Museums of Latin America: Structuring Representation (Routledge: 2018). \n\n\n\nShe has written exhibition catalogue essays on modern Latin American art for MoMA (New York)\, Fundación Juan March (Madrid)\, Museu de Arte de São Paulo\, El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City)\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, and El Museo del Barrio (New York). \n\n\n\nShe is currently an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow at the National Gallery of Art where she is working on a book entitled Abstraction in the Andes\, 1950-1970. \n\n\n\n\n\nBridging Worlds: The Influence of Diego Rivera and Latin Artists on European Art Movements is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nRivera’s Paris is supported in part by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation with additional support from the Robert Lehman Foundation. \nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \nARTWORK: Diego Rivera (Guanajuato\, Mexico\, 1886 – 1957\, Mexico City\, Mexico)\, Still Life with Bread Knife\, 1915\, oil on canvas\, 27 3/4 x 31 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.\, On loan from the Columbus Museum of Art: Gift of Ferdinand Howald. 1931.089.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/bridging-worlds-the-influence-of-diego-rivera-and-latin-artists-on-european-art-movements/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250306T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T215358
CREATED:20251001T221249Z
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SUMMARY:Engaging Space and Color: Artist Talk with Anne Lindberg (CANCELED)
DESCRIPTION:In this insightful talk\, multi-disciplinary artist Anne Lindberg describes her process of blurring the lines between drawing\, sculpture\, and textiles. \nResponding to architecture\, nature\, and light\, Lindberg is known for her installations of taut threads that create immersive and unexpected environments in response to the architecture of the surrounding space. \nIn 2023\, AMFA commissioned Lindberg to create passage – a stunning installation artwork on view now that transforms a corridor in the Harriet and Warren Stephens Galleries into a vibrant cloud of color. \n\n\nAbout Anne Lindberg\nAnne Lindberg (b. 1962\, Iowa City\, IA) is multi-disciplinary artist who works within expanded definitions of drawing\, sculpture\, and textile in two and three dimensions. \n\n\n\nLindberg just opened a solo exhibition Of all Colors at SECRIST | BEACH in Chicago. Her recent exhibitions include: Anne Lindberg: what is the color of divine light? at The Textile Museum at George Washington University Museums (2024)\, Impossible Red in group exhibition imaginary i at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (2024)\, Seizing the Sun at Hangar Y in Paris (2024)\, and Of Waves at September Gallery in Kinderhook\, NY (2024). \n\n\n\nLindberg is preparing for a solo exhibition\, waves within\, at Haw Contemporary in Kansas City (2025)\, Unsaying Lightness at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers\, NY (2025)\, a solo presentation at the Academy Art Museum in Easton\, MD (2025) and a collaborative exhibition at T Space in Rhinebeck\, NY (2026). \n\n\n\nFourteen of Lindberg’s drawings were recently purchased by the U.S. Consulate in Dhahran\, Saudi Arabia through the Art-in-Embassies program. A five-story mirrored glass wall drawing was commissioned for NYU Langone Health’s new women’s health center at the Citicorp Building in New York\, NY\, completed in 2023. Lindberg completed a commission by the GSA Art-in-Architecture program at the Richard Bolling Federal Office Building in Kansas City (2013). \n\n\n\nLindberg is currently working on a large-scale public commission\, titled viridis\, for the Des Moines International Airport\, completion late 2026. \n\n\n\nLindberg’s work is also held in the collections of the Nevada Museum of Art\, Everson Museum of Art\, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts\, Akron Art Museum\, Detroit Institute of Art\, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art\, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art\, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art\, The Rachofsky Collection\, Collection of Christy and Bill Gautreaux\, Spencer Museum of Art\, NYSE Chicago\, Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City\, Niwako Kimono Company\, among many others. \n\n\n\nLindberg’s first monograph was released in late 2022 by Durer Editions (Dublin\, Ireland). \n\n\n\nLindberg is recipient of awards including a 2011 Painters & Sculptors Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant\, Charlotte Street Foundation Fellowship\, two ArtsKC Fund Inspiration Grants\, Lighton International Artists Exchange grant\, Art Omi International Artists Residency\, American Institute of Architects Allied Arts and Crafts award\, and Mid-America National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She holds a BFA from Miami University and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. \n\n\n\nHer studio is in Ancramdale\, New York. \n\n\n\n\n\nAMFA’s passage: Engaging Space and Color with Anne Lindberg is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nAnne Lindberg: passage is presented by Terri and Chuck Erwin with additional support from the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation.
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/engaging-space-and-color-artist-talk-with-anne-lindberg/
CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250219T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250219T113000
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SUMMARY:A Transformative Gift: The Rockefeller Legacy and the Arts in Arkansas
DESCRIPTION:In 1955\, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé—daughter of John D. Rockefeller\, Jr.\, and sister of future Governor Winthrop Rockefeller—made a significant gift to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts\, then called the Museum of Fine Arts: the monumental painting Dos Mujeres (Two Women) by Diego Rivera. When the painting entered the collection\, it marked the beginning of a new era for the museum. \nGovernor Rockefeller\, a visionary dedicated to advancing art and culture as a foundation for Arkansas industry and education\, encouraged his sister to give this transformational gift\, which inspired generations of Rockefeller and other family donations to follow. \nAs part of Rivera’s Paris\, please join Dr. John A. Kirk\, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock\, to explore this history\, the impact of Dos Mujeres on art in Arkansas\, and the enduring legacy of the Rockefellers’ philanthropic efforts in the state. \nAfter the lecture\, enjoy brunch at AMFA’s Park Grill. Space is limited. To make reservations\, contact: 501-396-0390 or parkgrill@arkmfa.org. \n\nAbout John Kirk\n\nJohn A. Kirk is the George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has authored\, edited\, or co-edited ten books including\, most recently\, Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer\, 1912-1956 (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press\, 2022)\, which won the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System and the 2024 John G. Ragsdale Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association. \n\n\n\nKirk has published numerous book chapters\, articles\, and media pieces that have appeared in The Guardian\, The Atlantic\, The Huffington Post\, PBS\, CNN\, The History Channel\, and BBC Radio. His research has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships including at the Roosevelt Study Centre (Middleburg\, The Netherlands)\, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library (Boston)\, and the Rockefeller Archive Center (New York). \n\n\n\nRivera’s Paris is partially funded by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation with additional support from the Robert Lehman Foundation. \nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/a-transformative-gift-the-rockefeller-legacy-and-the-arts-in-arkansas-feb-19/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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SUMMARY:A Transformative Gift: The Rockefeller Legacy and the Arts in Arkansas
DESCRIPTION:In 1955\, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé—daughter of John D. Rockefeller\, Jr.\, and sister of future Governor Winthrop Rockefeller—made a significant gift to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts\, then called the Museum of Fine Arts: the monumental painting Dos Mujeres (Two Women) by Diego Rivera. When the painting entered the collection\, it marked the beginning of a new era for the museum. \nGovernor Rockefeller\, a visionary dedicated to advancing art and culture as a foundation for Arkansas industry and education\, encouraged his sister to give this transformational gift\, which inspired generations of Rockefeller and other family donations to follow. \nAs part of Rivera’s Paris\, please join Dr. John A. Kirk\, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock\, to explore this history\, the impact of Dos Mujeres on art in Arkansas\, and the enduring legacy of the Rockefellers’ philanthropic efforts in the state. \nAfter the lecture\, enjoy brunch at AMFA’s Park Grill. Space is limited. To make reservations\, contact: 501-396-0390 or parkgrill@arkmfa.org. \n\nAbout John Kirk\n\nJohn A. Kirk is the George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has authored\, edited\, or co-edited ten books including\, most recently\, Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer\, 1912-1956 (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press\, 2022)\, which won the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System and the 2024 John G. Ragsdale Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association. \n\n\n\nKirk has published numerous book chapters\, articles\, and media pieces that have appeared in The Guardian\, The Atlantic\, The Huffington Post\, PBS\, CNN\, The History Channel\, and BBC Radio. His research has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships including at the Roosevelt Study Centre (Middleburg\, The Netherlands)\, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library (Boston)\, and the Rockefeller Archive Center (New York). \n\n\n\nRivera’s Paris is partially funded by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation with additional support from the Robert Lehman Foundation. \nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/a-transformative-gift-the-rockefeller-legacy-and-the-arts-in-arkansas/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250122T193000
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SUMMARY:The Cézanne Effect: Art Talk with George Shackelford
DESCRIPTION:Though he had a long career\, Paul Cézanne rarely exhibited in Paris before a retrospective brought him out of near obscurity in 1895. From that point on\, Cézanne’s art exerted a profound influence on a young generation of painters and spurred the development of many artistic movements in the 20th century. \nJoin George Shackelford\, Deputy Director at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth\, Texas\, as he bridges the eras of Impressionism\, Post-Impressionism\, and Art Nouveau and sets the stage for the arrival of AMFA’s exhibition\, Rivera’s Paris\, opening on February 7\, 2025. \nLive open captioning is provided during this event. \nAfter the lecture\, enjoy dinner at AMFA’s Park Grill. Space is limited. To make reservations\, contact: 501-396-0390 or parkgrill@arkmfa.org. \n\nAbout George Shackelford\n\nGeorge Shackelford is deputy director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth\, Texas. Before joining the Kimbell in 2012\, he was chair of the department of the Art of Europe at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston and Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. \n\n\n\nAmong his exhibitions are Degas: The Dancers\, for the National Gallery of Art and Degas Landscapes and A Gift to America: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection for the MFA\, Houston. In Boston his projects included Monet in the 20th Century\, Van Gogh: Face to Face\, Impressionist Still Life\, Gauguin Tahiti\, and Degas and the Nude. \n\n\n\nAfter graduating from Dartmouth College\, he received the Ph.D. from Yale University. A former fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts of the National Gallery of Art\, he was a founding trustee of the Association of Art Museum Curators\, serving as president 2006-10\, and has been named an Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Republic of France. \n\n\n\nHis first exhibition at the Kimbell was Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from the Musée d’Orsay\, followed by Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye\, by two exhibitions devoted to the early and late works of Claude Monet\, and by Renoir: The Body\, The Senses. His exhibition Bonnard’s Worlds was shown at the Kimbell and at The Phillips Collection in 2023-24. \n\n\n\nRivera’s Paris is partially funded by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation with additional support from the Robert Lehman Foundation. \nThis exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/the-cezanne-effect-art-talk-with-george-shackelford/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250115T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250115T193000
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SUMMARY:Behind the Curtain with Fergie Philippe
DESCRIPTION:Join Broadway star Fergie L. Philippe for an engaging discussion about his journey from summer stock intern to main stage performer! \n\n\n\nPhilippe comes to AMFA as an Artist-in-Residence to direct An Unlikely Hero having recently trod Broadway’s biggest stages for his roles in Hamilton and Camelot. \n\n\n\nHear backstage stories of Philippe’s recent collaborations with showbiz luminaries like Aaron Sorkin\, Jason Robert Brown\, and puppet master John Tartaglia. Enjoy brief musical selections from his recent projects and join the conversation – best for ages 16+. \n\n\n\nBehind the Curtain with Fergie Philippe is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nAn Unlikely Hero is supported by the Rebsamen Fund. \nChildren’s Theatre and Performing Arts programs are supported by The Shubert Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/behind-the-curtain-with-fergie-philippe/
CATEGORIES:Children's Theatre,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241121T190000
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SUMMARY:Art Talk: The Triumph of Nature
DESCRIPTION:Hear inspiring insights into The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art from its organizing curator\, Dr. Lloyd DeWitt. \nDeWitt will discuss the curves\, natural motifs\, and refined elegance of Art Nouveau furniture\, glass\, and works\, and examine the influence of economy\, trade\, and culture in France that led to this brief\, but intense\, artistic movement. \nAbout Lloyd Dewitt\nLloyd DeWitt became the second Janet and Richard and Janet Geary Curator at the Portland Art Museum in February of 2024\, with oversight of the Museum’s works of European and American Art before 1930. He is currently designing the reinstallation of the American and European galleries planned for 2025 as well as the installation of French Moderns: Monet to Matisse\, from the Brooklyn Museum. \nDeWitt was the Irene Leache Curator of European Art and Chief Curator of the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2016-2023 where he installed Eyes of the Storm: Paul McCartney Photographs 1962-1964\, and exhibitions on Munch\, Escher\, P. L. Nervi\, Toulouse-Lautrec\, torah pointers\, Thomas Jefferson\, Henri Farré\, Piranesi and also installed A New Collector’s Cabinet. His exhibition The Triumph of Nature is touring through 11 venues in the US. His upcoming project Farm to Table: Art\, Food and Identity in the Age of Impressionism will tour through four venues\, opening October 2024. \nAt the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto\, DeWitt organized installations of works by Michelangelo\, Rodin\, J. M. W. Turner and Wilhelm Hammershøi. As Johnson Collection Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art his projects included Rembrandt\, van Ruisdael\, Bosch\, Bruegel\, Teniers\, Kalf\, Memling and the Morrison Master. \nDeWitt is a graduate of the University of Guelph (Canada) and UMass-Amherst\, and earned his doctorate at the University of Maryland\, College Park\, with a dissertation on the work of Rembrandt’s early friend and rival Jan Lievens\, which became an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. \n\nArt Talk: The Triumph of Nature is supported by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nThe Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art is presented by Terri and Chuck Erwin. \nThe Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art is organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art\, Norfolk\, Virginia\, and toured by International Arts & Artists\, Washington\, D.C. \n \nIn-kind support provided by Moon Distributors Inc. and O’Connor Distributing. \n 
URL:https://arkmfa.org/event/art-talk-lloyd-dewitt/
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Talks & Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241107T193000
DTSTAMP:20260412T215358
CREATED:20251001T221120Z
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SUMMARY:Undivided: Theaster Gates/Nari Ward
DESCRIPTION:Theaster Gates and Nari Ward\, two internationally recognized artists\, will sit down for a once-in-a-lifetime conversation as they delve deep into unexplored territories within their artistic practices. \nAMFA’s Undivided series redefines the traditional conventions of an Artist Talk by pairing contemporary artists together to interview each other\, creating nothing less than an unforgettable dialogue. \nGates and Ward see art as a tool for social change\, creating work that is familiar but disruptive. Through their innovative approaches to found objects\, these artists reflect their communities while confronting issues ranging from value to spiritualism. \n\n\nAbout Theaster Gates\nTheaster Gates is an artist whose practice finds roots in conceptual formalism\, sculpture\, space theory\, land art\, and performance. Trained in urban planning and within the tradition of Japanese ceramics\, Gates’s artistic philosophy is guided by the concepts of Shintoism\, Buddhism and Animism – most notably honoring the “spirit within things.” \n\n\n\nFoundational to Gates’s practice is his custodianship and critical redeployment of culturally significant Black objects\, archives\, and spaces. Through the expansiveness of his approach as a thinker\, maker\, and builder\, Gates extends the life of disappearing and bygone histories\, places\, traditions\, and loved ones. \n\n\n\nGates has exhibited and performed at the Mori Art Museum\, Tokyo\, Japan (2024); the Contemporary Art Museum Houston\, Houston\, Texas (2024); The LUMA Foundation\, Arles\, France (2024\, 2023); The New Museum\, New York\, (2022); The Aichi Triennial\, Tokoname (2022); The Serpentine Pavilion\, London (2022); The Victoria and Albert Museum\, London\, UK (2021); Whitechapel Gallery\, London\, UK (2013 and 2021); Tate Liverpool\, UK (2020); Haus der Kunst\, Munich (2020); Walker Art Center\, Minneapolis (2019); Palais de Tokyo Paris\, France (2019); Sprengel Museum Hannover\, Germany (2018); Kunstmuseum Basel\, Switzerland (2018); National Gallery of Art\, Washington D.C.\, USA (2017); Art Gallery of Ontario\, Canada (2016); Fondazione Prada\, Milan\, Italy (2016); Kunsthaus Bregenz\, Austria (2016); Punta della Dogana\, Venice\, Italy (2013); and dOCUMENTA (13)\, Kassel\, Germany (2012). \n\n\n\nGates is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including the Isamu Noguchi Award (2023);  National Buildings Museum Vincent Scully Prize (2023); Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts (2022); an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Institute of British Architects (2021); the World Economic Forum Crystal Award (2020); J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development (2018); Nasher Sculpture Prize (2018); Sprengel Museum Kurt Schwitters Prize (2017); and Artes Mundi 6 Prize (2015). \n\n\n\nLearn more about this artist here. \n\n\n\n\nAbout Nari Ward\nNari Ward (b. 1963\, St. Andrew\, Jamaica; lives and works in New York) is known for his sculptural installations composed of discarded material found and collected in his neighborhood. He has repurposed objects such as baby strollers\, shopping carts\, bottles\, doors\, television sets\, cash registers and shoelaces\, among other materials. Ward re-contextualizes these found objects in thought provoking juxtapositions that create complex\, metaphorical meanings to confront social and political issues surrounding race\, poverty\, and consumer culture. He intentionally leaves the meaning of his work open\, allowing the viewer to provide his or her own interpretation. \n\n\n\nOne of his most iconic works\, Amazing Grace\, was produced as part of his 1993 residency at The Studio Museum in Harlem in response to the AIDS crisis and drug epidemic of the early 1990s. For this large-scale installation\, Ward gathered more than 365 discarded baby strollers—commonly used by the homeless population in Harlem to transport their belongings—which he bound with twisted fire hoses in an abandoned fire station in Harlem. Echoing through the space was an audio recording of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson’s Amazing Grace on repeat. The lyrics speak about redemption and change\, generating optimism and a sense of hope. As with most of his work\, this installation explored themes informed by the materials\, community\, and location in which Ward was working. The work has since been recreated at the New Museum Studio in 2019\, the New Museum’s Studio 231 series in 2013\, and in several locations across Europe. With each change of context\, the significance of the work changes as each community associates differently with these found objects. \n\n\n\nLearn more about this artist here. \n\n\n\n\nUndivided: Theaster Gates/Nari Ward is supported by the Alice L. Walton Foundation. \nPhoto of Nari Ward by Axel Dupeux.
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