What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 1, 2018 WHAT'S UP! 9 "ART FOR A NEW UNDERSTANDING" — "Native Voices: 1950s to Now," with some 80 artworks from the 1950s to today, including paintings, photography, video, textiles, sculptures, perfor- mance art & more, through Jan. 7, Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Free. 657-2335. GRAND REOPENING — Rogers Historical Museum, 11 a.m. Dec. 13, 313 S. Second St. in Rogers. Free. 621-1154. "DEP(ART)ING PASSENGERS" — Paintings by Charles K. Steiner, UAFS adjunct instruc- tor, through Jan. 7, Fort Smith Regional Airport. Email John.Post@uafs.edu. "AN AMERICAN VERNACULAR" — Artworks by John Randall Nelson, through Jan. 1, Windgate Art and Design Main Gallery, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Free. Email Colin.McLain@uafs.edu. "FRIDA KAHLO'S GARDEN" — Iconic photographs of the artist and her home and garden, in addition to reproductions of several of her paintings, information about native Mexican plants that were grown in her garden, a dress from the Mexican state of Oaxaca where Kahlo sourced much of her attire, and examples of folk art collected by Kahlo, through Jan. 7, Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. Free. Email eve@ acozarks.org. muralist and Art Ventures artist Bran- don Bullette, 6:30-8 p.m., Black Apple Crossing in Springdale. $20. Register by Dec. 17 at 871-2722. Dec. 22 WINTER BREAK WONDERS — Join in special activities each afternoon, including artmaking, creative play, puppets, dance, and more, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Daily through Jan. 4. Free. 657-2335. Dec. 31 NOON YEAR'S EVE — Ring in the New Year (without staying up past bedtime) at the fourth annual family celebration with art projects, perfor- mances, a Coca-Cola toast at noon, and a family dance party, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335. NEW 365 — Music, dance, art and performance to ring in the new year, 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $75. 657-2335. All Month "INFLUENCES" — A show of muses and other sources of impact, through Dec. 1, Fenix Fayetteville at 16 W. Center St. in Fayetteville. Free. Email fenixfay- ettevilleart@gmail.com. ART AT THE BANK — Works by Mary Springer, Ruth Lawlor, Tom Ryan and Zeek Taylor, through Dec. 8, First National Bank Of NWA in Bentonville. Free. Curated by Zeek Taylor at zeek. taylor@cox.net. "OUTSIDE THE PALE" — The architec- ture of Fay Jones, 1-5 p.m. Wednes- day-Sunday through December, Bella Vista Historical Museum. Free. 855-5816. ARKANSAS FIBER ARTS EXHIBITION — Featuring work by NWA artists Danny R.W. Baskin, Tina Oppenheimer, Jane Hartfield, Michael Rowland and Teresa Schlabach, through December, William F. Laman Library in North Little Rock. Free. www.racheltrusty. com/arfiberartexhibition. VETERANS DAY EXHIBIT — With an oil painting of General William O. Darby by Judy Ware; the suitcase used by Nic Wintory to flee Nazi Germany in 1939; artifacts of Larry Reed, Fort Smith High graduate, Vietnam veteran, Green Beret and Purple Heart recipient; a painting and journal by Emery "Swede" Lundquist, Pearl Harbor survivor; a uniform of Admiral Edward Walter Eberle, one of Fort Smith's famed admirals; and military commissions of General Benjamin Bonneville, early solider at Fort Smith and a famous resident, through December, Fort Smith Museum of History. 783-7841. "AN AMERICAN VERNACULAR" — Artworks by John Randall Nelson, through Jan. 1, Windgate Art and Design Main Gallery, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Free. Email Colin.McLain@uafs.edu. "FIRST PERSON PLURAL" — An exhibit exploring life stories of 30 Arkan- sas women who came of age in the 20th century, through Jan. 5, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in down- town Springdale. Free. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org. 50TH COLLECTORS SHOW AND SALE — Artworks carefully curated from New York's finest galleries, through Jan. 6, Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. 501-372-4000. "FRIDA KAHLO'S GARDEN" — Through Jan. 7, Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. Free. Email eve@acozarks. org. "ART FOR A NEW UNDERSTANDING" — "Native Voices: 1950s to Now," with some 80 artworks from the 1950s to today, including paintings, photog- raphy, video, textiles, sculptures, performance art and more, through Jan. 7, Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Free. 657-2335. "DEP(ART)ING PASSENGERS" — Paintings by Charles K. Steiner, UAFS adjunct instructor, through Jan. 7, Fort Smith Regional Airport. Email John. Post@uafs.edu. "UNIVERSAL GLORY" — Artwork by Shawna C. Elliott, through Jan. 31, Reynolds Room Lobby, Smith-Pend- ergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. 788-7300. Call For Collectors The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale is looking for collectors to display items from their collections during the museum's annual "Cabin Fever Reliever" open house, set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 12. 750-8165 or email shiloh@springdalear.gov. — BECCA MARTIN-BROWN BMARTIN@NWADG.COM