Storytelling: Native Americans and the Eclipse

In honor of the exhibition Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s to 1970s, AMFA takes this extraordinary opportunity to explore the 2024 total solar eclipse through Indigenous knowledge and storytelling. Join Erin Fehr, Assistant Director & Archivist from the Sequoyah National Research Center, for this vibrant talk. Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s to 1970s […]

Event Series Creative Saturdays

Creative Saturdays: Eclipse Edition

In anticipation of the total solar eclipse making its way to AMFA on April 8, guests are invited to decorate and personalize a pair of solar eclipse glasses during this special edition of Creative Saturdays. Stop by the Windgate Art School to access a range of creative materials – like markers, paint pens, feathers, stickers, […]

Gallery Engagement

AMFA’s welcoming and enthusiastic docents are available throughout the galleries to answer questions and help guests connect with art in a deeper, more meaningful manner. We invite you to drop by, say hello to a docent, and discover new details, insights, and stories about your favorite art and artists while exploring the galleries at your […]

Eclipse Jewelry Workshop (SOLD OUT)

Celebrate the 2024 total solar eclipse by creating a pair of sun and moon-themed earrings or pendants! Learn how to texture metal and create a design, then memorialize this unique event by initialing or dating your work. Instructor: Myriam Saavedra

Event Series Museum Tours

Museum Tour

Drop in and discover AMFA with a 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.

Teen Takeover: Eclipse Edition

Teen Takeover is a free event where teens welcome fellow teens to the Museum for art activities organized and led by AMFA’s Teen Advisory Board. For this edition of Teen Takeover, the Teen Advisory Board is commanding center stage in the Performing Arts Theater with an eclipse-themed dance party featuring beats by DJ Jelly Bean! […]

Gallery Engagement

AMFA’s welcoming and enthusiastic docents are available throughout the galleries to answer questions and help guests connect with art in a deeper, more meaningful manner. We invite you to drop by, say hello to a docent, and discover new details, insights, and stories about your favorite art and artists while exploring the galleries at your […]

Eclipse Film Screening: Fantasia (1940)

For Walt Disney Studios’ third full-length animated feature, Walt Disney partnered with the brilliant composer Leopold Stokowski to produce a new groundbreaking film in which classical music was the star. Stokowski arranged this renowned collection of celebrated musical scores, which in turn inspired Disney animators to create a series of dreamlike vignettes that have since […]

Eclipse Film Screening: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

In 2001: A Space Odyssey, director Stanley Kubrick redefined the limits of filmmaking. To begin his voyage into the future, Kubrick visits our prehistoric ape-ancestry past, then leaps millennia into colonized space, and ultimately whisks astronaut Bowman into unchartered realms of space, perhaps even into immortality. Set in a future that is already in the […]

Eclipse Viewing Party

Celebrate the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2024 on AMFA’s Crescent Lawn and have uninterrupted views of the total solar eclipse! While waiting for the special moment to arrive, enjoy music mixed by a live DJ, grab a bite to eat, and party the day away in style. Ballet Arkansas hits the stage at 11:00 […]

Event Series Art Start

ArtStart

ArtStart 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 The […]

Event Series Happy Hour & Moore

Happy Hour & Moore

Due to weather, this event will be held inside the Cultural Living Room. Enjoy the beauty of AMFA’s Courtyard during a relaxed hangout session by Henry Moore’s iconic sculpture Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge. If inspiration calls, sit and sketch during a free instructor-guided drawing session or pop into the galleries to learn more about […]