Don't miss Lunchtime movie @ the Massey!
Friday, June 26
Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Next Friday, we will present the documentary, Jean Draper, which is a fascinating glimpse into an embroidery artist’s studio practice.  In the film Ms. Draper shares the various phases of experimentation and labor that go into a work, from those germinating bits of inspiration that start the process to the technical experiments in surface manipulation that make the work complete.  Art lovers and artists of all sorts will be interested in this film!

Jean Draper is immediate past national Chairman of the Embroiderers' Guild (in the UK).  She regards serving the Guild and helping to promote the subject of embroidery to Members and to wider aud...

Experience Art is a small area just inside the front doors of Crystal Bridges at the Massey.  The space is full of creative activities that correspond with each exhibition and are geared toward the young and young at heart!

Relating to our current exhibition, Through the Needle's Eye, we have two fun activities involving fibers and stitching Read Entire Post

^{Sue Ann Pekel, left, (with Kate Loague, Crystal Bridges' Head of Community Programs) reads to children during
Let's Read A Picture at the Bentonville Public Library.}

Sue Ann Pekel, Children's Librarian at the Bentonville Public Library has been a great supporter of Learning Experiences at Crystal Bridges. She is dedicated to teaching children through stories, but she also thinks art plays an important role.  Sue Ann shares her thoughts in her own words:

"As a children&rsquo...

EGA member, Barbi McPhee

Members of the Bella Vista chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (Barbi McPhee, Denyce Merkel, Jenny Coleman, Bonnie Anderson, Donna Hagaman) and Crystal Bridges' Head of Communities Programs Kate Loague spent Saturday at the CBMAA offices preparing stitching kits for the upcoming Girl Scout project Stitched Together: Individually and Collectively. The project is a response to an EGA collaborative five pan...