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A. The museum is scheduled to in 2010.
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A. Crystal Bridges takes its name from a natural spring called Crystal Spring located on the museum’s wooded site as well as the unique glass-and-wood building design created by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie. The 100-acre site of the museum complex is located within walking distance of the Bentonville town square.
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A. Crystal Bridges will house a permanent collection of signature works from American artists along with galleries dedicated to regional art and artists including Native American art. The growing permanent collection is composed of paintings and sculptures from the Colonial period through the modern era. The museum has announced several major works, most of which are currently on loan to other institutions.
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A. Collaborating with other institutions will be an important focus of Crystal Bridges, even before the museum opens. Several institutions around the country have been or currently are displaying works loaned from the Crystal Bridges permanent collection.
- The National Gallery in Washington, D.C. - Hudson River School masterwork Kindred Spirits was loaned to The National Gallery for public viewing from 2005 - 2007.
- The Brooklyn Museum in New York - Kindred Spirits is currently on loan for the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition by the same name featuring the works of Asher B. Durand. The exhibition will also travel to Washington D.C. and San Diego.
- The Jewish Museum - The most extensive surviving group of Colonial American portraiture, the Levy-Franks family paintings, is currently on loan to The Jewish Museum in New York City.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art - Thomas Eakins' Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand is currently on loan through May 2008 to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston - The distinctive painting George Washington (The Constable-Hamilton Portrait) by the American painter Gilbert Stuart is currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Through these partnerships, we are able to make important works of art more accessible to the public throughout the country.
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A. Crystal Bridges will be a vibrant, engaging place that offers a variety of activities for visitors. When completed, the museum complex will encompass approximately 100,000 square feet of gallery, library, meeting, and office space, a 250-seat indoor auditorium, areas for outdoor concerts and public events, as well as sculpture gardens and walking trails. In addition to the permanent collection, additional gallery space will be dedicated to regional art and artists including Native American art. Sculpture will also figure prominently in the permanent collection, on view in interior galleries and outdoor gardens. A dynamic temporary exhibitions program will complement the holdings of the permanent collection.
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A. It isn’t. Crystal Bridges is a non-profit organization focused solely on creating a world class museum and cultural center for the benefit of the public. Because of Alice Walton’s extraordinary vision for Crystal Bridges and the museum’s emphasis on education and culture, the Walton Family Foundation has provided significant funding to help make the dream of Crystal Bridges a reality. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is in no way connected to the development, construction or planning of the museum or the development and ownership of the permanent collection.
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A. The new facility will feature two exhibit spaces and a large meeting room.
- One exhibit space will present updated information about the construction of Crystal Bridges. With models, renderings and photographs, visitors will be able to follow the progress of this major and complicated building project.
- A second exhibit space will incorporate a gallery of approximately 900 square feet exhibits will be displayed that feature aspects of anticipated educational programs and the permanent collection of Crystal Bridges. According to Workman, some exhibits may result from local school collaborations, while others may take a work in the collection of the museum and place it in its historical or art historical context. Planned exhibits will be announced at the opening of the space in June.
- In addition, the new facility will feature a large meeting room for more formal educational activities such as workshops for students, teacher in-service programs, public talks and other programs.
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A. One of the museum’s primary goals is to encourage art and art history education for students of all ages by:
- Providing excellent and accessible learning programs and resources;
- Developing programs for parents and their children;
- Establishing school partnership programs; and
- Providing specific facilities and educational personnel for school tour groups, art demonstrations and art-making activities.
Much of our educational programming is still in the early stages, but educational facilities in the museum will include:
- A family learning area computer workstations and family-oriented activities;
- A significant library of American art and other notable resources accessible to museum professionals, art scholars and university-level students;
- An art reference library supporting a wide range of audiences from fine arts and art history students to the general public;
- A distance-learning studio to bring art and history education program into the schools of rural Arkansas and neighboring states;
- An on-site teacher resource center; and
- A volunteer docent program to support its education offerings.
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A. Applications can be submitted via the Careers link.
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