The artists include Kevin Demery, Christian Dinh, Anita Fields, Coulter Fussell, Letitia Huckaby, Jerry Phillips (who lives and works in Little Rock) and Andrew Scott Ross.
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‘Delta Triennial’: A first look at AFMA’s newest excavation of the Mid-South
“Delta Triennial” is remarkably diverse in terms of proportion, subject material and medium, but thanks to an intentional layout design by AMFA curators that prioritizes associative groupings over simply organizing by geography, the viewing experience is one of surprising resonances.
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AMFA reports over 155,000 visitors during inaugural year
Coupled with the annual report is the announcement that “Rivera’s Paris,” a new Diego Rivera exhibition curated and organized by AMFA, is coming to the museum in 2025.
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AMFA’s 2024-2025 concert series to feature Booker T. Jones, S.G. Goodman and more
Like last year, all of the concerts will take place in AMFA’s 350-seat Performing Arts Theater, starting on Sept. 11 with Booker T. Jones, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient whose iconic organ and piano work with Booker T. & the M.G.’s left an indelible mark on the trajectory of soul music.
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Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts announces artists for ‘Delta Triennial’ exhibition
Among the 39 artists chosen for the exhibition, 19 have a connection to Arkansas and six either currently live in or were born in Little Rock.
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Native artists Doug Hyde and Frank Buffalo Hyde at AMFA on Wednesday
The father and son pair will speak about the significance of the museum’s newest exhibition, “Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s to 1970s.”
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‘Action/Abstraction Redefined’: A first look at AMFA’s new exhibition of modern Native American art
“Action/Abstraction Redefined” features 36 artists and over 50 works of art from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ permanent collection across the movements of abstract expressionism, color field and hard-edge painting, showing how Native artists culled inspiration from traditional designs while co-creating and responding to new waves of artistic expression.
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AMFA to exhibit work from Picasso, Braque and Whitfield Lovell
Many of the exhibitions that accompanied the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ reopening are already approaching their expiration date. As “Together,” the museum’s premiere exploration of diversity and connectedness, leaves on Sunday, Sept. 10, and three other exhibitions trickle away by the end of the year, what will succeed them?
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Filmland: Arkansas gets an early screening this weekend
If there weren’t already enough film events happening in Little Rock this weekend (Kaleidoscope LGBT+ Film Festival as well as a visit from Memphis director Craig Brewer), Arkansas Cinema Society will be showing a selection of movies from their Filmland: Arkansas program on Saturday, Aug. 1 and Sunday, Aug. 2 at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
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AMFA unveils fall season of programming, events and performances
Artist talks and workshops from Chakaia Booker, Justin Sanz, Raven Halfmoon, Wangechi Mutu and Firelei Báez are just the start of what to expect at the AMFA this fall.