What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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8 WHAT'S UP! JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 1, 2020 Art OverView 'State of the Art 2020' opening with Momentary on Feb. 22 BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette Now NORTH FOREST LIGHTS — After sunset through Feb. 16, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. $7-$22. 657-2335. "THE DIVERSE HISTORY OF MUSIC IN NWA" — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Sat- urday through Feb. 23, Rogers Histori- cal Museum. Free. 621-1154. COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT — George David Walker Collection, featuring the story of one man from Helena who, in 1942, was drafted into the U.S. Army, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, Rogers Historical Museum. Free. 621-1154. "SMALL TALK" — A focus exhibition that considers how contemporary artists employ language and text through themes of pop culture and word play, and techniques of assem- blage and collage, regular museum hours through March 3, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Free. 657-2335. "WE ARE THE MUSIC MAKERS" — "Preserving the Soul of America's Music," regular museum hours through March 8, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Free. 784-2787. "A WALK IN THE WOODS" — In this focus exhibition, the artists reveal various ways to interact with a forest, based on season or purpose for enter- ing, regular museum hours through March 10, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Free. 657-2335. "TO DO THE LAUNDRY" — Come learn about the time-honored tradition of doing laundry on Monday and how those chores changed with the inven- tion of the electric washer and dryer, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday through March 28, Rogers Historical Museum. Free. 621-1154. "EXPRESSIONS OF A CREATIVE" — Artwork by Nadia Lougin, through April 2, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Free. 784-2787. "MAXIMUM EXPOSURE" — A group photography exhibit, through April 19, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Free. 784-2787. "THOMAS & FRIENDS: EXPLORE THE RAILS" — Through May 10, Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville. Free with $9.50 general admission to the museum. 289-8411. "WORKING ON THE RAILROAD" — A photographic history of railroading in the region, from the arrival of trains in 1881 to present-day tourist excur- sions, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Satur- day through June 20, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. Free. 750-8165. Feb. 1 DOGWOOD LACE GUILD — 10 a.m., Shiloh Meeting Hall in downtown Springdale. Free. 750-8165. RAM SATURDAY — A casual make-and- take for all ages, noon-4 p.m. every Saturday, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Free. 784-2787. NIGHT ON THE TOWN — Pottery Wheel, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Community Creative Center in Fayetteville. $40 per person. 571-2706. Feb. 3 B'CREATIVE STITCHERS — A group for any and all handwork such as cross stitching, embroidery, quilting, knit- ting, weaving, and crocheting, 10 a.m., Bella Vista Public Library. Free. 855-1753. "RIBBON & ROSES," — An original painting by Alice L. Schaller, will be one of the featured works at the February art show at White Lotus in Fayetteville. The show also offers art by Nancy Sanders, Jammie Hayes, Marlene Samuel, Molly Trieschmann, Red Starr, Ed Laningham, Karl Killian, Ruthie Graen and Diane Gaynor. 582-4806. (Courtesy Photo) "SETTING FREE THE GEISHAS" — The reimaginings of a stash of cheap, motel-art geishas probably dating to the 1950s or '60s by various Eureka Springs artists, through February, Brews, 2 Pine St. in Eureka Springs. (Courtesy Photo) "TENT MAMA," — 2019, an oil on canvas by Karen Seapker, is among artworks in "State of the Art 2020," a new exhibition that continues the journey launched in "State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now," shown in 2014 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. "State of the Art 2020" includes more than 100 artworks by 61 artists and is on show through May 24, Crystal Bridges Museum & The Momentary in Bentonville. Free. 657-2335. (Courtesy Photo/Zeitgeist Gallery) FEATURE