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6 WHAT'S UP! AUGUST 23-29, 2020 FYI Crystal Bridges Museum 2021 Temporary Exhibition Schedule "Crafting America" — Feb. 6- May 31 "Crystal Bridges: The First Decade" — July 10-Sept. 27 "In American Waters" — Nov. 6- Jan. 31, 2022. INFO — 657-2335, crystal bridges.org COVER STORY Expanding Narrative Crystal Bridges exhibitions create new context for American art JOCELYN MURPHY NWA Democrat-Gazette C rystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville released the temporary exhibition schedule for 2021 only a few weeks ago in early July and already, a few modifications have been made. As with the 2020 schedule, the 2021 timetable has been impacted by covid-19, and the museum continues to flex with the adjustments. "Due to covid-19-related challenges, several changes have been made to our exhibition lineup including moving the Diego Rivera show to 2023 and adding a Crystal Bridges-organized exhibition in its place," reveals Beth Bobbitt, public relations director. "As we approach our 10-year anniversary, there is no better time to reflect on the decade behind us and dream about what's ahead." The exhibition in question, "Diego Rivera's America," was developed by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and will "expand how we think about national boundaries," associate curator Jen Padgett says of the Mexican muralist's work. The exhibition, which will bring many works "we don't often have the opportunity to experience" from institutions and private collections in Mexico to Bentonville, will now debut at Crystal Bridges in March of 2023. The updated exhibition lineup sees the internally curated "Crafting America" open on Feb. 6; the celebratory "Crystal Bridges: The First "Along the Shore" by William Trost Richards is a Crystal Bridges fan-favorite and is included in the "In American Waters" exhibition, co-organized with the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., and opening Nov. 6, 2021. (Courtesy Image/Crystal Bridges Museum, Photo by Steven Watson)