Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Exhibition Tour: Architects of Being
2025-10-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-13 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-10 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Take a docent-led tour of AMFA’s groundbreaking exhibition, Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, where the works of these two midcentury American artists are brought together in dialogue for the first time.
Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to the exhibition, and leave with a new understanding of Nevelson and Slobodkina’s creative lives.

Exhibition Tour: Architects of Being is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Architects 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.
The catalog for Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina is supported in part by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.

This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Exhibition Tour: Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art
2025-10-25 10:30 - 11:30
Take a docent-led tour of AMFA’s new exhibition Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art, a showcase of work from the AMFA Foundation Collection by contemporary artists who sew or incorporate fibers into their drawings, photographs, and sculptures.
Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to the exhibition, and leave with a new understanding of the Museum’s fiber art collection.

Exhibition Tour: Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art is supported in part by the Alan DuBois Fund for Contemporary Craft.Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art is supported in part by the Alan DuBois Fund for Contemporary Craft.
This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
ARTWORK: Howardena Pindell (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1943 – ), Untitled #15 (detail), 2003, etching, punched papers, spray adhesive, and thread, 9 x 7 x 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Fletcher Dishongh Charitable Trust. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Gallery Tour
2025-11-01 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-15 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-06 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-20 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-27 10:30 - 11:30
Drop in and discover AMFA with a free docent-led tour through the galleries!
With this fun, engaging, and memorable experience, guests of all ages are invited to explore the art on view while learning how to interpret and appreciate works of art in various media.

Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Spotlight Tour: America 250
2025-11-08 10:30 - 11:30
Take a docent-led tour to discover the diverse contributions of American artists throughout the AMFA galleries.
Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to our nation’s art history, and leave with a new understanding of the AMFA Foundation Collection.

Docents are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts extends its gratitude to The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust for grant awards supporting stewardship and conservation of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Art Together for Guests with Dementia and Their Caregivers
2025-11-11 14:00 - 15:30
Drop in and discover AMFA with a docent-led tour through the galleries!
Led by trained docents and specialists, this tour welcomes guests living with dementia or Alzheimer’s – along with their caregivers and family members – to connect and use art to build cognitive skills. The afternoon concludes with a studio workshop with art educators who lead art-making activities that build creativity and encourage play.
For ease of accessibility, guests are encouraged to arrive early, park on Crescent Drive off Ninth Street on the north side of the Museum, and enter through the Courtyard Entrance.
Availability is limited, so please register yourself and your loved one as soon as possible.

Art Together: Guests with Dementia and their Caregivers is a collaboration with Alzheimer’s Arkansas and is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler, Judy C Thompson Rev. Trust, and Riggs Cat.

Art Together for Guests with Low Vision or Who Are Blind
2025-11-13 14:00 - 15:30
Drop in and discover AMFA with a docent-led tour through the galleries and a studio art activity with our instructors!
Led by trained docents, this program starts with a tour that offers an opportunity for guests with visual impairments to engage with the artwork through rich visual descriptions and in-depth discussions. Participants then create artwork based on themes observed during the tour.

Art Together for Guests with Low Vision or Who are Blind is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler, Judy C Thompson Rev. Trust, and Riggs Cat.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Exhibition Tour: A Paradox of Plenty
2025-11-29 10:30 - 11:30
Take a docent-led tour of AMFA’s exhibition Lori Larusso: A Paradox of Plenty – the artist’s first solo exhibition of her playful painting installations taking over the Robyn and John Horn Gallery.
Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to the exhibition, and leave with a new understanding of Larusso’s artistic practice.

Exhibition Tour: A Paradox of Plenty is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Lori Larusso: A Paradox of Plenty is supported in part by The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston.
This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
ARTWORK: Lori Larusso (Massillon, Ohio, 1980 – ), Flotsam & Jetsam (detail), 2025, acrylic paint on cut-out acrylic panels, 28 x 110 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Art Together with ASL Interpretation
2025-12-13 10:30 - 11:30
For guests who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, drop in and discover the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts with a docent-led gallery tour accompanied by an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.
This fun, engaging, and memorable tour provides all guests the opportunity to explore the art on view while learning how to appreciate works of art.

Art Together with ASL Interpretation is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler, Judy C Thompson Rev. Trust, and Riggs Cat.
Photo: Iwan Baan

Gallery Tour
2026-01-03 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-31 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-14 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-28 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-04-11 10:30 - 11:30
Drop in and discover AMFA with a free docent-led tour through the galleries!
With this fun, engaging, and memorable experience, guests of all ages are invited to explore the art on view while learning how to interpret and appreciate works of art in various media.

Gallery Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Exhibition Tour: A Paradox of Plenty (CANCELED)
2026-01-24 10:30 - 11:30
Take a docent-led tour of AMFA’s exhibition Lori Larusso: A Paradox of Plenty – the artist’s first solo museum exhibition of her playful painting installations taking over the Robyn and John Horn Gallery.
Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to the exhibition, and leave with a new understanding of Larusso’s artistic practice.

Exhibition Tour: A Paradox of Plenty is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Lori Larusso: A Paradox of Plenty is supported in part by The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston.
This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
ARTWORK: Lori Larusso (Massillon, Ohio, 1980 – ), Flotsam & Jetsam (detail), 2025, acrylic paint on cut-out acrylic panels, 28 x 110 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Spotlight Tour: African American Artists
2026-02-07 10:30 - 11:30
Drop in and discover art on view by African American artists at AMFA with a free docent-led tour through the galleries!
With this fun, engaging, and memorable experience, guests of all ages are invited to explore the art on view while learning how to interpret and appreciate works of art in various media.

Spotlight Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Exhibition Tour: A Month of Sundays
2026-02-21 10:30 - 11:30
Take a docent-led tour of AMFA’s new exhibition, A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time, which explores the concept of time through modern and contemporary works of art.
Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to the exhibition, and leave with a new understanding of the exhibition’s themes.

Exhibition Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
The 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.

ARTWORK: Mimi Smith (Brookline, Massachusetts, 1942 – ), December 14, 1978, The Eleven O’Clock News (detail), 1979, colored pencil and ink on black rag paper, 30 x 40 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Collectors Group Fund. Photography by Jason Masters.

Spotlight Tour: Women Artists
2026-03-07 10:30 - 11:30
Drop in and discover art on view by women artists at AMFA with a free docent-led tour through the Galleries!
With this fun, engaging, and memorable experience, guests of all ages are invited to explore the art on view while learning how to interpret and appreciate works of art in various media.

Spotlight Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Art Together with ASL Interpretation
2026-03-14 10:30 - 11:30
For guests who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, drop in and discover the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts with a docent-led gallery tour accompanied by an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.
This fun, engaging, and memorable tour provides all guests the opportunity to explore the art on view while learning how to appreciate works of art.

Art Together with ASL Interpretation is supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler and Riggs Cat.
Photo: Iwan Baan

Exhibition Tour: A Month of Sundays with Dr. Jennifer Jankauskas
2026-03-21 10:30 - 11:30
Take a closer look at A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time with AMFA Curator Dr. Jennifer Jankauskas in this free drop-in tour.
Get an insider’s look at the exhibition’s themes with insights from Dr. Jankauskas, then speak with artist Tim Youd as he retypes Charles Portis’s novel True Grit one word at a time as part of his 100 Novels Project.
Through engaging questions and conversations, explore how artists consider slow time, duration, aging, endurance, and mindfulness.

Exhibition Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
The 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.

ARTWORK: Mimi Smith (Brookline, Massachusetts, 1942 – ), December 14, 1978, The Eleven O’Clock News (detail), 1979, colored pencil and ink on black rag paper, 30 x 40 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Collectors Group Fund. Photography by Jason Masters.

Exhibition Tour: A Month of Sundays
2026-03-28 10:30 - 11:30
Take a docent-led tour of AMFA’s new exhibition, A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time, which explores the concept of time through modern and contemporary works of art.
Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to the exhibition, and leave with a new understanding of the exhibition’s themes.
While in the exhibition, watch artist Tim Youd retype Charles Portis’s novel True Grit one word at a time as part of his 100 Novels Project.

Exhibition Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
The 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.

ARTWORK: Mimi Smith (Brookline, Massachusetts, 1942 – ), December 14, 1978, The Eleven O’Clock News (detail), 1979, colored pencil and ink on black rag paper, 30 x 40 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Collectors Group Fund. Photography by Jason Masters.

Spotlight Tour: Under A Restless Sky
2026-04-04 10:30 - 11:30
Take a docent-led tour of Nathalie Miebach: Under A Restless Sky – a site-specific art installation commissioned by AMFA for the Art Perch in the Jackson T. Stephens Gallery.
Learn more about the symbology present in Miebach’s work, gain a richer connection to the installation’s theme, and leave with a new understanding of Miebach’s artistic practice.

Spotlight Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler.
Nathalie Miebach: Under A Restless Sky is supported in part by The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston and Bank of America.
This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.
