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Yasuo Kuniyoshi and the Importance of Advocating for Artists (AAA Series)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi and the Importance of Advocating for Artists (AAA Series)

Art & Collection
In this blog series, the Crystal Bridges Curatorial team explores stories of American art paired with archival photographs courtesy of the Archives of American Art (AAA), Smithsonian Institution. In this…
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A Teen Council Leader Looks Back on Her Time at the Museum

A Teen Council Leader Looks Back on Her Time at the Museum

Teens
Finding Mentors Until this November, we had been led by Holly York, who I appreciate greatly and who I am sure is thriving in her new position. Following her departure,…
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Bringing Art to Youth with My Museum Kit

Bringing Art to Youth with My Museum Kit

Activities & Education

Earlier this summer, as classes and camps were canceled to stop the spread of coronavirus, Crystal Bridges’ Education and Community Engagement departments sprung into action to develop a project that…

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Charlie Chaplin: Laughing at Modernism

Charlie Chaplin: Laughing at Modernism

Art & Collection At the Museum

In our newly remodeled Modern Art Gallery, a clip of Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times plays next to artworks depicting changes in technology, industry, and society in the twentieth…

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State of the Art 2020 Update: Crystal Bridges Acquires Artworks and a New VR Experience

State of the Art 2020 Update: Crystal Bridges Acquires Artworks and a New VR Experience

Art & Collection Exhibitions

In his paintings, video installations, assemblage works, sculptures, and performances, Paul Stephen Benjamin explores the questions, “What is the color black?” and “If the color black had a sound, what…

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After The Last Supper Returns to the Galleries This Saturday

After The Last Supper Returns to the Galleries This Saturday

Exhibitions
Putting the spotlight on a single work from the Crystal Bridges permanent collection, a new focus exhibition opening this Saturday, July 11 features After The Last Supper (2005) by Devorah…
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Crystal Bridges Acquires Native American Art from Bruce Hartman Collection

Crystal Bridges Acquires Native American Art from Bruce Hartman Collection

Art & Collection

Crystal Bridges is excited to announce the acquisition of 31 modern and contemporary artworks by 25 Native American artists from the Bruce Hartman collection in Kansas City, Missouri. The collection…

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Shine This Summer with New Museum Store Products

Shine This Summer with New Museum Store Products

Museum Store
Get into the spirit of summer with these new products from the Museum Store! We have one-of-a-kind items in fashion, home decor, and gardening to make you feel bright, colorful,…
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¿Qué hay de nuevo en las galerías de arte moderno? (en Español)

¿Qué hay de nuevo en las galerías de arte moderno? (en Español)

Art & Collection
No te pierdas un clip de Tiempos modernos, un largometraje de 1936, escrito y dirigido por Charlie Chaplin. La película, protagoniza a Chaplin como un trabajador de línea de ensamblaje…
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What's New in the Modern Art Galleries?

What's New in the Modern Art Galleries?

Art & Collection
Don’t miss a short clip of Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film. Modern Times stars Chaplin as an assembly line worker struggling to survive the modern, industrialized world. Radical changes in technology,…
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Remembering Juneteenth at Crystal Bridges

Remembering Juneteenth at Crystal Bridges

Art & Collection

Effective in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a presidential proclamation and executive order, known as the Emancipation Proclamation, stating that all slaves in the United States were now free. However,…

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Serving the Community with Meals and Art Kits

Serving the Community with Meals and Art Kits

People & Community

Working on-site at Crystal Bridges with proper safety protocols in place, staff volunteered 1,678 hours to pack approximately 6,600 boxes of food for the Food Bank and over 25,000 meals…

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Postcard Power! Bringing Art to the Community with the Social Connecting Campaign

Postcard Power! Bringing Art to the Community with the Social Connecting Campaign

People & Community

Once the designs were made, we then called upon our local community to give life to the postcards by coloring in the artists’ drawings and writing messages of hope to…

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Celebrating Queer Artists in the Crystal Bridges Collection

Celebrating Queer Artists in the Crystal Bridges Collection

Art & Collection

Here, we examine the storied histories of a few artists and artworks in the Crystal Bridges collection that identify as LGBTQ+.

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The Museum’s Lobby and Courtyard Will Undergo Updates to Create More Space and a Better Visitor Experience

The Museum’s Lobby and Courtyard Will Undergo Updates to Create More Space and a Better Visitor Experience

Architecture At the Museum

When you come to the museum, you might notice that Maman, the 30-foot spider sculpture by artist Louise Bourgeois that has greeted visitors to the museum for the past few…

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House: A Peek Into the Second Floor

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House: A Peek Into the Second Floor

Architecture
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A Message for Our Community from the Directors of Crystal Bridges and the Momentary

A Message for Our Community from the Directors of Crystal Bridges and the Momentary

People & Community

Friends and Colleagues of the NWA Community and Beyond –  At Crystal Bridges and the Momentary, we value diversity, creativity, education, innovation, and art discovery. We listen actively, speak honestly,…

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#CBfromHome Activity: Fairy Homes and Mud Painting

#CBfromHome Activity: Fairy Homes and Mud Painting

Activities & Education
Summer is coming! And with that comes the opportunity to go outside and enjoy the warm weather and blooming nature. This week's #CBfromHome activities encourage you to discover art within…
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Crystal Bridges Coloring Pages

Crystal Bridges Coloring Pages

Activities & Education

Color your own American masterwork! We’ve taken several artworks from the Crystal Bridges collection and turned them into coloring pages for you to enjoy. Click on each coloring page below…

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7 Book / Artwork Pairings to Add to Your List

7 Book / Artwork Pairings to Add to Your List

Art & Collection
The 40 essays collected in Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, including one written by collection artist Brian Tolle, are written in the artists’ own voices. Although each different and…
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