In Conversation on the AMFA Exhibition Together The inaugural Artist Talk not only brings together artists featured in AMFA's Together exhibition, but illustrates the Museum's Grand Opening goal of bringing our community back together in celebration. The talk invites three artists to demonstrate the importance of their voices and their work, while also highlighting the diversity in […]
Delta Voices 2023 brings curators and artists together for a lively discussion on contemporary art in our region. This year’s edition will feature curators from the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Philbrook Museum of Art, and AMFA in conversation with artists from the Mid-South region. AMFA Members are invited to enjoy cocktails and mingling before the event […]
Join Curator Theresa Bembnister for an in-depth look at AMFA's site-specific installations, Anne Lindberg: passage and Natasha Bowdoin: Spring Song. Following the tour, you are welcome to extend your visit by exploring the galleries on your own or taking in the views of MacArthur Park over lunch at Park Grill. Anne Lindberg: passage is presented […]
Join Curator Theresa Bembnister for an in-depth look at AMFA's site-specific installations, Anne Lindberg: passage and Natasha Bowdoin: Spring Song. Following the tour, you are welcome to extend your visit by exploring the galleries on your own or taking in the views of MacArthur Park over drinks in the Cultural Living Room. Anne Lindberg: passage […]
Get creative with your weekends and spend Saturday mornings at AMFA! Kids, adults, and families of all ages can discover something fun to see and do: Spark your creativity with free make-and-take activities in the Windgate Art School Flex Studio Grab a family-friendly Treasure Map and take an adventure across the Museum Enjoy a coffee […]
The mission of the Architecture and Design Network (ADN) is to educate the public about architecture, design and related disciplines and the ways in which their practice shapes communities and affects people’s lives. In this free lecture, you are invited to hear from Primo Orpilla, Principal and Co-Founder of Studio O+A. The lecture begins at […]
AMFA Circle Society Donors and Corporate Partners are invited to enjoy an exclusive first look at Whitfield Lovell: Passages before the Member Preview Party on October 26 and the public exhibition opening on October 27. Not a Circle Society Donor? Join today for access to tickets for this event. Want more Whitfield Lovell? Get tickets […]
Whitfield Lovell is one of the most significant conceptual artists working today. Comprising works from over three decades of his career, Whitfield Lovell: Passages features masterful conté crayon drawings, assemblages, and multi-sensory installations focusing on aspects of African American history while raising universal questions about identity, memory, and America’s collective heritage. In celebration of the exhibition opening […]
AMFA Members and Social Pass holders are invited to explore AMFA’s immersive new exhibition Whitfield Lovell: Passages during an intimate reception before it opens to the public on October 27. After taking your time to experience the exhibition, enjoy complimentary refreshments in the Cultural Living Room. Not a Member? Join today for access to tickets […]
Whitfield Lovell: Passages, on view through January 14, 2024, focuses on African American history and raises questions about identity, memory, and our country’s heritage. Lovell (b. 1959, Bronx, New York) makes drawings inspired by photographs of unidentified African Americans taken between the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and […]
Drop into the Windgate Art School to watch UCA artist-in-residence Ben Dombey demonstrate the art of glassblowing. Ben and his wife Allyson operate Dombey Design, a collaborative New Orleans glassblowing, metalworking, woodwork, costume, 3D-printing, and CNC machining multimedia design team. They specialize in creating fine art glass and metal sculptures, custom glass barware for patrons […]
Wangechi Mutu and Firelei Báez, two internationally recognized artists, will sit down for a once-in-a-lifetime conversation as they delve deep into unexplored territories within their artistic practices. AMFA’s Undivided series redefines the traditional conventions of an Artist Talk by pairing contemporary artists together to interview each other, creating nothing less than an unforgettable dialogue. Mutu […]
