Events

Nurture your early learner’s creativity through art, music, movement, and play! Art Start invites toddlers and preschoolers to explore in a welcoming environment that encourages curiosity, imagination, and growth. Each session features a story, song, and art-making activity, plus a special letter or instrument of the day to spark hands-on discovery for families and caregivers...

Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian Kaia Kater's jazz-fueled voice and deft songcraft have garnered acclaim from NPR's Tiny Desk, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and No Depression. Through her artful banjo playing and lush songwriting, Kaia draws on influences rooted in Quebec, the Caribbean, and Appalachia, all of which reflect the diversity of her background. Her new album, Strange Medicine (May 2024), celebrates the...

Create a festive miniature garland by combining paper stars with colorful fabric materials. This hands-on activity is hosted in partnership with the MidSouth Make-A-Wish Foundation. At Creative Saturdays, guests of all ages and abilities are welcome. Just drop in and enjoy a free, family-friendly art-making activity in AMFA's Windgate Art School – no registration required!...

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...

Explore meditation, reflection, and creative awareness inside AMFA's exhibition A Month of Sundays: Art and the Persistence of Time, where art becomes a guide for slowing down, calming the mind, and reconnecting to the present. Led in collaboration with specialists from the UAMS Mindfulness Program, Meditative Sundays offers a guided experience, from meditation and slow...