Art OverView June: A Month of Visual Art Events

June 1

Members' Last Look -- "Van Gogh to Rothko: Masterworks from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery," 9-11 a.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Free with registration at crystalbridges.org or by calling the Member Priority Line at 418-5728.

June 2

"Beginnings" -- A show focused on spring renewal with artists F. Lee Green, Shelley Duchesne, Marlene Samuel, Julie Brandt, M.A. Long & Karl Killian, through June, White Lotus in Fayetteville. 582-4806.

Tuesday 'Til 8 -- Open until 8 p.m. every Tuesday in June, Rogers Historical Museum. Free. 621-1154.

June 3

Architecture Speaker Series -- "A Conversation With Fallingwater Director Lynda Waggoner," 7 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $10 nonmembers. Register at crystalbridges.org or 657-2335.

June 4

Opening Reception -- For "Selections From the Permanent Collection," 5-7 p.m., Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. $5 for nonmembers. Exhibit on show through Sept. 6. 784-2787.

First Thursday Reception -- For "Evocation: Nature, Art and the Muse" with artists Rebecca Ratliff, David Brigman, Steven Schneider, Natalie Brown, Kate Baer & more, 5-9 p.m., Fayetteville Underground. Free. Email samantha@fayettevilleunderground.com.

June 5

2015 Awards and Scholarship Exhibition -- Showcasing each area within the University of Arkansas art department, through July 31, Fine Arts Center Gallery on campus. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday & 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Free. 575-7987.

June 6

County Fair Family Day -- With a petting zoo, pony rides and more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Rogers Historical Museum. Free. 621-1154.

June 7

Artists' Reception -- For M.M. Kent's "Figures Near & Far," in the main gallery; "Painting Past to Present" by Sanniemarie Slabbert; and "Tuesday Painters" by Jeanette Foreman & Debbie Sisson, 1-4 p.m., Center for Art & Education in Van Buren. Exhibits open through June 26. 474-7767.

June 10

Wednesday Over Water -- "The Simple Pleasures of Still Life," 6 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $30. Register at crystalbridges.org or 657-2335.

Summer Family Time -- Drum Safari with Kansas City musicians Brandon and Teryn Draper, 7 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. No registration required.

June 11

Artists' Reception -- For David Holcomb's "Looking Into the Sun" and Sasha Rayevskiy's "Tigersasha," 6-8 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. Exhibit through July 3. Free. 751-5441.

Skyspace Talk -- Poetry Lift Off! with Houston Hughes, 8 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. No registration required.

June 12

Artist's Reception -- For photographer Cynthia Post Hunt and 3-D artist Nicole Howard, 6-8 p.m., Two25 Gallery in Bentonville. Curated by the Fayetteville Underground. Free. 464-9463.

June 13

Live Paint -- With Jane Garrison Davidian, 1-3 p.m., Two25 Gallery in Bentonville. Free. 464-9463.

Exhibit Debut -- Of an Eastern wood human head effigy, Spiro Phase, Caddoan Culture, Mississippian Period, plus the release of a new book, "The Museum of Native American History: A Pictorial Journey," and Tipi Talks with John Two-Hawks, 1-5 p.m., Museum of Native American History in Bentonville. Museum admission free. 273-2456.

June 14

Live Paint -- With Mark Vanslyke, 1-3 p.m., Two25 Gallery in Bentonville. Free. 464-9463.

Spotlight Lecture -- "Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake" with University of Arkansas professor Daniel Sutherland, 4 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. Register at crystalbridges.org or 657-2335.

June 17

Boundless Book Club -- "Selected Stories: 1968-1994" by Alice Munro, 6 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. Register at crystalbridges.org or 657-2335

June 19

Opening Reception -- For CSA Fayetteville, 6-8 p.m., Fayetteville Underground. Free. Email samantha@fayettevilleunderground.com.

Opening Reception -- For macrophotographer and Arkansas native Kathy Collier, 7-9 p.m., Ozark Folkways in Winslow. 634-3791.

June 20

Opening Reception -- For CSA Fayetteville, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Fayetteville Underground. Free. Email samantha@fayettevilleunderground.com.

June 21

Family Sunday -- Trail Mix, part of the Walton Arts Center's Artosphere festival, noon-5 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. No registration required.

June 22

Art Talk -- "Art and the National Parks" with curator Mindy Besaw, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. No registration required.

June 24

Art Hangout Day -- With "Helios Circuit" artist Eric Piper, Backspace in Fayetteville. Facebook/backspacearts.

Live from Crystal Bridges: The Artosphere Festival Orchestra presents "Transfigured Night," 8 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $40 at tickets.waltonartscenter.org.

June 27

"Fun & Games" -- A new exhibit on the history of golf, rollerskating, bowling, tennis and swimming through objects from the museum's collection and on loan, Rogers Historical Museum. Free. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. except 1-5 p.m. Sundays. 621-1154.

Community Paint -- Bring your talent and Two25 Gallery will provide the paint, canvas and instruction, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Two25 Gallery in Bentonville. Free. 464-9463.

Art Talk -- "The Outsider in American Art" with school and community program manager Zev Slurzberg, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. No registration required.

June 28

Walker Landing Arts -- With Farmer and the Markets, 1-3 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. No registration required.

Meet the Potters -- Showcasing Margery Shore, Duncan Martin, Janet Greeson, Jerry Faulkner, Mary Curtis, Peter Lippincott & Rae Dunn, 1-4 p.m., Heartwood Gallery in Fayetteville. Free. 444-0888.

CR(EAT)E Food Series -- Brews and Fish of the Ozarks, 6:30-9 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $100 nonmembers. Register at crystalbridges.org or 657-2335.

ALL MONTH

"Through the Eyes of a Child" -- Works from the Montessori School of Fort Smith, through Aug. 31, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Free. 784-2787.

"Silver Screen Memories" -- An exhibit featuring memorabilia and photos of movie theaters and filmmaking in Northwest Arkansas, through June, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Free. 750-8165.

"American Encounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life" -- Shown as part of a collaboration among the High Museum, the Terra Foundation for American Art & the Musee du Louvre, through Sept. 14, Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. crystalbridges.org.

"Fish Stories: Early Images of American Game Fish" -- One of the largest and most spectacular of American sporting books, "Game Fishes of the United States" was printed in 1879-1880 at the zenith of late 19th-century American chromolithography. The work, which is included in the Crystal Bridges Library collection, features 20 color plates based on watercolor paintings by Samuel Kilbourne, on show through Sept. 21, Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. crystalbridges.org.

If you wish to submit an art event for July's Art OverView calendar, email it to Kelly Barnett at kbarnett@nwadg.com no later than June 15. Any submitted art images need to be in high resolution, please.

-- Becca Martin-Brown

bmartin@nwadg.com

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