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6 WHAT'S UP! MAY 3-9, 2020 Three Minutes, Three Questions Shane Richey On Virtual Reality "This and several of the other things that we do in the gallery and online are to entertain or to really intrigue people into giving us enough of their time to communicate something more," Shane Richey, the museum's creative director of experimentation and development says of the museum's expanding virtual reality offerings, like the newest venture into Suzy Frelinghuysen's "Glass and Bottle" painting. (Courtesy Image/Crystal Bridges Museum) 3X3 JOCELYN MURPHY NWA Democrat-Gazette W e here at What's Up! are certainly just as bummed as you, dear reader, at the extended closure of one of our favorite museums, announced last week. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville — and sister space the Momentary — have extended their closures through May 15 and canceled all on-site programming through the end of the month. Luckily, however, we don't have to be on site to enjoy exciting new art encounters. Crystal Bridges already has virtual reality video experiences for fan favorite pieces Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits," Kerry James Marshall's "Our Town," and virtual tours of R. Buckminster Fuller's "Fly's Eye Dome" and the Frank Lloyd Wright Bachman-Wilson House on the property. Next, the museum will release another installment in its virtual series, Suzy Frelinghuysen's "Glass and Bottle" painting. Crystal Bridges' Creative Director of Experimentation and Development Shane Richey answered these questions for What's Up! ahead of the new video's debut. On creating a virtual experience with a painting: Richey: All three of these were projects we had been working on since well before the museum closed. In a way, they're all about access to these works — both for people who can't be at the museum, but also for people who are at the museum but just want to look at them in slightly different ways. The first one we did, we published in 2018, was our "Kindred Spirits" painting. We did that at that time because the painting was going on loan; it was leaving the See CBM Page 40 GO ONLINE! Explore all Crystal Bridges' virtual offerings at crystal bridges.org/vr