For Your Consideration: A Lien and Conclave
2025-02-21 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
The nominees are in! The Arkansas Cinema Society’s For Your Consideration Series returns to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts to ensure you are ready for Hollywood’s biggest night, bringing you screenings of the most talked-about Oscar-nominated films of the year.
This event features A Lien and Conclave.
About A Lien
On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.
Running Time: 15 minutesNomination: Best Live Action Short Film

About Conclave

When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

Running Time: 2 hoursRating: PGNominations: Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Production Design, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Original Score

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Art For Two: Pottery on the Wheel (SOLD OUT)
2025-02-21 18:00 - 21:00
Art For Two is the perfect one-night class experience for two where you each take home a finished piece! Class materials, a charcuterie board, and refreshments are included, no skills required – just come ready to create, unwind, and add some artistic spark to your evening.
In this session, learn how to throw a pot on the wheel. No clay experience necessary! Just wear comfortable shoes and clothing that is washable.
Your creations will be fired and ready for pick up approximately three weeks after the class.

Art for Two: Portrait Drawings (SOLD OUT)
2025-02-21 18:00 - 21:00
Art For Two is the perfect one-night class experience for two where you each take home a finished piece. Class materials, a charcuterie board, and refreshments are included, no skills are required – just come ready to create, unwind, and add some artistic spark to your evening.
In this session, explore the artwork on view in AMFA’s exhibition Rivera’s Paris and create a drawn portrait inspired by what you see. After a visit to the Galleries, the instructor will show you the step-by-step process of drawing a portrait using proportion, line, and value to create the basic shapes and artistic rules needed to complete your work.
Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing that is washable.

Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Creative Saturdays
2025-02-22 10:00 - 13:00
Start your weekend with free art-making fun for all ages and skill levels in AMFA’s Windgate Art School!
This Creative Saturdays activity hosted by SoMa 501 invites you to prepare for SoMardi Gras on March 1 by designing and creating your own masquerade mask using a variety of materials and colors.
About SoMardi Gras
Inspired by the vibrant spirit of New Orleans, SoMardi Gras celebrates creativity and diversity in Little Rock’s SoMa district. This year’s event turns up the fun with an unforgettable disco-themed parade and street festival.

Creative Saturdays are supported by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
The Windgate Art School is generously supported by the Windgate Foundation with additional support from Sherry Worthen in memory of George Worthen.
Windgate Art School’s Reduced Tuition Program is supported in part by Michael Laughter. Reduced tuition is automatically applied on all classes through 2025.

Gallery Tour
2025-02-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-01 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.

Photo by Jason Masters.

For Your Consideration: Flow
2025-02-23 14:30 - 16:00
The nominees are in! The Arkansas Cinema Society’s For Your Consideration Series returns to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts to ensure you are ready for Hollywood’s biggest night, bringing you screenings of the most talked-about Oscar-nominated films of the year.
This event features Flow.
About Flow
Cat is a solitary animal. But as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species and will have to team up with them despite their differences.

Running Time: 1 hour, 25 minutesRating: PGNominations: Best Animated Feature Film, Best International Feature Film

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For Your Consideration: The Last Ranger and Anora
2025-02-23 17:30 - 20:30
The nominees are in! The Arkansas Cinema Society’s For Your Consideration Series returns to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts to ensure you are ready for Hollywood’s biggest night, bringing you screenings of the most talked-about Oscar-nominated films of the year.
This event features The Last Ranger and Anora.
About The Last Ranger
When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.
Running Time: 27 minutesNomination: Best Live Action Short Film

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About Anora

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

Running Time: 2 hours, 19 minutesRating: RNominations: Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Original Screenplay, Best Achievement in Film Editing

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Art Start
2025-02-26 10:30 - 11:30
Art Start is an early reader program that pairs children’s books with art activities, inviting toddlers and preschool students to learn through reading, imaginative play, and art-making.
This free program welcomes parents, grandparents, caregivers, and our youngest patrons to drop in and explore with us – no reservations required!
In this session, we are reading Diego and using pastels to create art like Diego does in the story.

Art Start is supported by the Alice L. Walton Foundation and Walmart Spark Good.

Drop-in Printmaking
2025-02-26 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-05 18:00 - 21:00
Experiment with printmaking during this three-hour drop-in experience at the Windgate Art School. Open to beginner and experienced artists alike, it’s a great way to learn a new art form or work independently on your own projects.
An instructor will moderate the session and be available for critiques and questions upon request.
Students are encouraged to bring their own materials or purchase materials from the AMFA Museum Store. Recommended materials are a carving block, five-piece cutters and stamp carving tool, and high-quality paper. Basic printmaking materials will also be available.

Photo by Rachel Cobler.
The Windgate Art School is generously supported by the Windgate Foundation with additional support from Sherry Worthen in memory of George Worthen.

Fridays in Rivera's Paris
2025-02-28 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-07 17:00 - 20:00
Immerse yourself in the world of Rivera’s Paris! Experience a taste of Rivera’s life during the early 1900s with French dinner specials at Park Grill, live jazz performers, and more special surprises across the museum – perfect for a night out.
Park Grill reservations are available at parkgrillatamfa.com. If you cannot snag a reservation, grab a drink and relax in the Cultural Living Room.

Rivera’s Paris is supported in part by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation with additional support from the Robert Lehman Foundation.
This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

Drop-in Critique: Ceramic Handbuilding
2025-02-28 18:00 - 20:00
Ready to better your understanding of ceramic-making techniques and deepen your knowledge of materials? Bring your questions and ceramic work to discuss in a group setting.
Windgate Art School faculty will lead participants through a thoughtful and respectful critique of artwork and ceramic processes.

Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Creative Saturdays
2025-03-01 10:00 - 13:00
Start your weekend with free art-making fun for all ages and skill levels in AMFA’s Windgate Art School!
This Creative Saturdays activity celebrates the captivating landscape paintings on view in Rivera’s Paris, inviting you to explore nature through texture, color, and depth.
Using watercolor techniques, focus on painting a foreground, middle ground, and background to create a dynamic landscape that captures the beauty of natural scenes like Rivera’s masterful compositions.

Creative Saturdays are supported by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
The Windgate Art School is generously supported by the Windgate Foundation with additional support from Sherry Worthen in memory of George Worthen.
Windgate Art School’s Reduced Tuition Program is supported in part by Michael Laughter. Reduced tuition is automatically applied on all classes through 2025.
Rivera’s Paris is supported in part by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation and the Robert Lehman Foundation.
This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

Faces of Rivera's Paris: Portrait Drawing Workshop for Teens
2025-03-01 10:00 - 16:00
Students will visit the Rivera’s Paris exhibition and study the portraits of artists by artists. They will then return to the studio and learn to draw portraits working from a live model while exploring the areas of facial anatomy, model positioning, lighting, and expression.
The instructor will lead students through lessons and critiques that will help the students build on existing skills.

Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Raku and Glaze Workshop (SOLD OUT)
2025-03-01 10:00 - 14:00
Decorate pottery with colorful glaze and a simple sharpie pen! Learn all about the basics of Raku firing.
Two pieces of pottery will be provided for students to decorate, glaze, and fire. Experienced students can bring two hand-sized wheel thrown or handbuilt bisqueware to glaze and fire.
The instructor will demonstrate proper safety, glazing techniques, and preparing materials.

Pottery by Kelly Edwards.

Cubist Jewelry Workshop
2025-03-01 10:00 - 14:00
Make a Cubist-inspired pendant and earrings with polymer clay. Learn how to create designs and patterns inspired by the cubist artworks in AMFA’s exhibition Rivera’s Paris.
This workshop includes an hour lunch break while the work is fired. All materials are provided and all skill levels are welcome.

Jewelry by Danya Golden.

Block Printmaking Workshop
2025-03-01 13:00 - 16:00
Learn how to create printed compositions on paper with rubber block stamping. This workshop will provide instruction on how to carve, ink, and print using water soluble inks.
Participants will leave this workshop with a colorful completed print and several carved block stamps.

Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Art Start
2025-03-04 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-12 10:30 - 11:30
Art Start is an early reader program that pairs children’s books with art activities, inviting toddlers and preschool students to learn through reading, imaginative play, and art-making.
This free program welcomes parents, grandparents, caregivers, and our youngest patrons to drop in and explore with us – no reservations required!
In this session, we are reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish and creating tissue paper fish bowl collages.

Art Start is supported by the Alice L. Walton Foundation and Walmart Spark Good.

Drop-in Figure Drawing
2025-03-05 18:00 - 21:00
Immerse yourself in a three-hour drawing session set in an untutored environment at the Windgate Art School. This dynamic experience will feature a variety of timed poses with draped and undraped models, providing an excellent opportunity for first-time students and experienced artists alike to hone their skills.
Students must be 18+ to attend, as the session may use the undraped model. An instructor will moderate the session and be available for critiques and questions upon request.
Students are encouraged to bring their own materials or purchase materials from the AMFA Museum Store. Recommended materials are graphite drawing pencils, charcoals, and a kneaded eraser. Basic drawing materials will also be available.

Photo: Iwan Baan.
The Windgate Art School is generously supported by the Windgate Foundation with additional support from Sherry Worthen in memory of George Worthen.

Engaging Space and Color: Artist Talk with Anne Lindberg (CANCELED)
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:00
In this insightful talk, multi-disciplinary artist Anne Lindberg describes her process of blurring the lines between drawing, sculpture, and textiles.
Responding 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.
In 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.

About Anne Lindberg
Anne 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.

Lindberg 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).

Lindberg 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).

Fourteen 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).

Lindberg is currently working on a large-scale public commission, titled viridis, for the Des Moines International Airport, completion late 2026.

Lindberg’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.

Lindberg’s first monograph was released in late 2022 by Durer Editions (Dublin, Ireland).

Lindberg 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.

Her studio is in Ancramdale, New York.

AMFA’s passage: Engaging Space and Color with Anne Lindberg is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
Anne Lindberg: passage is presented by Terri and Chuck Erwin with additional support from the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation.

Art for Two: Stained Glass Suncatchers (SOLD OUT)
2025-03-07 18:00 - 21:00
Art For Two is the perfect one-night class experience for two where you each take home a finished piece. Class materials, a charcuterie board, and refreshments are included, no skills are required – just come ready to create, unwind, and add some artistic spark to your evening.
In this session, create a vibrant suncatcher perfect for adorning your wall or window! Learn the step-by-step process of stained glass while diving into the fundamentals as you craft this beautiful piece.
Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing that is washable.

Suncatcher by Jennie Cooper.

Art for Two: Coin Rings (SOLD OUT)
2025-03-07 18:00 - 21:00
Art For Two is the perfect one-night class experience for two where you each take home a finished piece. Class materials, a charcuterie board, and refreshments are included, no skills are required – just come ready to create, unwind, and add some artistic spark to your evening.
In this session, learn how to shape metal as you make a custom-sized ring from a vintage silver coin.
Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing that is washable.

Rings by Jann Greenland.

Studio Saturday
2025-03-08 10:00 - 13:00
Stop by AMFA’s Windgate Art School where every studio will be open for you to explore and experience!
Whether you are a skilled artist or a first-time maker, this opportunity welcomes guests of all ages to experience a variety of artistic disciplines through free, hands-on activities and exciting demonstrations.
Instructors will be on hand to answer questions about upcoming art classes and help you pick out the perfect programs for you and your family.
Here are the free art-making activities happening across each studio:

Ceramics Studio – Try out the potter’s wheel or experiment with handbuilding
Drawing Studio – Sketch a draped model using charcoals, pencils, and pastels
Metals Studio – Create custom wearables and jewelry
Flex Studio – Make colorful string art inspired by Anne Lindberg’s installation passage

Studio Saturdays are supported in part by the Windgate Foundation.
The Windgate Art School is generously supported in part by the Windgate Foundation with additional support from Sherry Worthen in memory of George Worthen.
Windgate Art School’s Reduced Tuition Program is supported in part by Michael Laughter. Reduced tuition is automatically applied on all classes through 2025.
Anne Lindberg: passage is presented by Terri and Chuck Erwin with additional support from the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation.

Family Fest: Artists in Action
2025-03-08 10:00 - 13:00
Inspired by AMFA’s multi-colored thread installation passage by Anne Lindberg, this special family festival invites you to unleash your imagination and create your own passage-inspired art – alongside the artist herself.
Find inspiration by experiencing the installation in person and learning more about Lindberg’s approach to color, line, and composition. Families can also explore some incredible works already created by over 100 schools and organizations this year as part of AMFA’s Community Created program.

Family Fest: Artists in Action is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
Anne Lindberg: passage is presented by Terri and Chuck Erwin with additional support from the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation.
Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Art Together with ASL Interpretation
2025-03-08 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 Judy C Thompson Rev. Trust.
Photo: Iwan Baan

Spotlight Tour: Anne Lindberg's "passage"
2025-03-08 10:30 - 11:30
Experience Anne Lindberg’s site-specific installation passage on a docent-led tour!
Get an up-close look and take in every detail to walk away with a deeper understanding of the artist’s process and unique point of view.

Anne Lindberg: passage is presented by Terri and Chuck Erwin with additional support from the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation.
Photo by Derek Porter.

Cubism Painting Workshop
2025-03-08 13:00 - 16:00
Explore artwork featured in AMFA’s exhibition Rivera’s Paris and learn how to create a Cubist painting.
Students will work with acrylic paint on canvas and construct a composition with line, shape, and color.

Image courtesy of Jason Masters.
