June 14 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Experience nature’s wonders through interactive artmaking, outdoor adventures, and hands-on activities across AMFA’s building and grounds as we celebrate the opening weekend of The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection.
OUTSIDE
Visit the Event Lawn to meet fascinating animals from the Little Rock Zoo, create nature-inspired leaf prints with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, enjoy fly fishing games with Arkansas Fly Fishers, join interactive demonstrations on hiking and biking with Pinnacle Mountain State Park, and pose with the Pebbles van from the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Stop by the concession stand and water station for snacks and refreshments!
INSIDE
Make textured nature drawings in the Atrium, fish prints in the Flex Studio, and animal sketches in the Drawing Studio. Head to the 1937 Lobby at 10:30 a.m. to start a guided tour of The Long View exhibition or explore AMFA’s outdoor sculptures and landscaping. At 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., catch a free performance of Flurffy’s Secret Garden in the Performing Arts Theater.
Need a break from the action? AMFA Members are invited to relax and enjoy complimentary snacks in an exclusive lounge area.
Family Fest: Into the Wild is supported in part by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection is presented by Bank of America.
Additional support is provided by Anne and Merritt Dyke.
This exhibition has been loaned through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program.
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 by Michael Laughter. Reduced tuition is automatically applied to all classes through 2025.
ARTWORK: John James Audubon (Les Cayes, Haiti, 1785 – 1851, New York, New York), Printed by John T. Brown (England, 1801 – 1856, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), American Bison from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1845 – 1848, hand-colored lithograph on paper, 35 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. On loan from the Bank of America Collection.
