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Our America Programs
Member Preview Film Series Late Nights Visiting Artists
Feed Your Mind Fridays For Students For Families Special Tours
FREE drop in tours
Drop in and get inspired by Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art with a free docent-led tour!
Saturdays
1 p.m.
Sundays
1 p.m.
October 15, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
Featuring a lecture by E. Carmen Ramos, Curator of Latino Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Members are invited to attend a lecture by E. Carmen Ramos, Curator of Latino Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and to get a first look at Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.
Lower Lobby & Alice Pratt Brown Atrium.
Free for members, $15 for non-members
Call 501-372-4000 or click here for tickets.
Sunday Film Series: Latino Americans
In collaboration with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the AAC is hosting a free film series in six parts. Latino Americans: 500 Years of History is a landmark documentary produced by the NEH and ALA, featuring interviews with nearly 100 Latinos and exploring more than 500 years of history.
Episode 1: “Foreigners in their Own Land, 1567 – 1880”
Sunday, October 18, 2 – 3 p.m.
Featuring a community discussion with Dr. Kristin Dutcher Mann, UALR associate professor of history and social studies.
Episode 2: “Empire of Dreams, 1880 – 1942”
Sunday, October 25, 2 – 3 p.m.
Episode 3: “War and Peace, 1942 – 1954”
Sunday, November 1, 2 – 3 p.m.
Episode 4: “The New Latinos, 1946 – 1965”
Sunday, November 8, 2 – 3 p.m.
Episode 5: “Prejudice and Pride, 1965 – 1980”
Sunday, November 15, 2 – 3 p.m.
Featuring a community discussion with Edma Delgado-Solórzano, UALR.
Episode 6: “Peril and Promise, 1980 – 2000”
Sunday, November 22, 2 – 3 p.m.
Lower Lobby Lecture Hall
Free
Assembly Required
October 24, 7 - 10:30 p.m.
Adults can get creative with printmaking and mosaics while enjoying drinks and music. For ages 21 and up.
Lower Lobby, Courtyard, Museum School Studios
Free for members, $15 for non-members
Call 501-372-4000 or click here for tickets.
Lecture & Late Night with Einar and Jamex de la Torre
December 10, 6 p.m.
Learn about the influences in the glass sculptures of the de la Torre brothers. Following the lecture, tour the museum galleries or enjoy a delicious dinner in Best Impressions. Plus, members get 20% off in the Museum Shop!
Lower Lobby Lecture Hall
Free for members, $10 for non-members
Glass-Blowing Demonstration with Einar and Jamex de la Torre
December 11, 2 - 4 p.m.
December 12, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Workshops will be located at James Hayes Art Glass Company, Pine Bluff, AR. Call 501-396-0353 for pricing and to register.
Friends of Contemporary Craft Conversation Series with Einar and Jamex de la Torre
December 13, 5 p.m.
Learn about the various processes used by the de la Torre brothers in creating their visually compelling and technically complex glass sculptures.
Lower Lobby Lecture Hall
$5 for FOCC members, $10 for non-members, free for students with a valid I.D.
“Arkansas Voices in the Gallery” Series
Select Fridays, 12 p.m.
Hear from a different artists each Friday about Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.
- October 23 - X3Mex
- November 6 - Virmarie DePoyster
- December 11 - Bryan Clifton*
*Will lead a discussion on his exhibition, Life in Light: Photographic Travels Through Latin America By Bryan Clifton, in the Museum School Gallery - January 8 - Lilia Hernandez
Meet at the Stephens Inc. Visitors Center
Free
The Gathering: “Tertulia”
October 23, 6 - 9 p.m.
Created by teens for teens, aspiring poets, painters, and performers will gather together to explore the Our America exhibition through live art making. For more information visit arkansasartscenter.org/the-gathering.
Alice Pratt Brown Atrium, Galleries, Large Courtyard
Free for 9th – 12th graders
Click here to RSVP.
Super Sunday Free Family Fundays
Second Sunday of the Month, 12 - 3 p.m.
Take part in free interactive art making experiences inspired by the exhibition.
- November 8 - Mural Project
- December 13 - Screen Printing
- January 10 - ”A Box About You”
Alice Pratt Brown Atrium
Free
“Art Together”
Third Mondays of the month, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
This gallery experience for those with dementia spectrum illnesses and their care partners will focus on Our America.
Meet at the Stephens Inc. Visitors Center
Free with a reservation
Call 501-372-4000 for reservations.