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Art Bridges is a new foundation dedicated to expanding access to American art.

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Art Bridges is a foundation that shares outstanding works of American art with those that have limited access to our country’s most meaningful works. Art Bridges organizes exhibitions of American art for display at public and academic art museums of all sizes. These exhibitions draw from Art Bridges’ growing collection and partner institutions. The exhibitions supported by Art Bridges are engaging, content-rich, and include in-depth educational and interpretive materials. They range from single-object loans to fully developed thematic exhibitions, and include support for programming, audience engagement, and meaningful evaluation. Art Bridges is deeply interested in furthering work that is innovative and experimental; multi-disciplinary; and audience-building.

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Applications are open for our Internship Program! Join us as a summer or academic year intern to receive hands-on training and individualized mentorship across our departments in addition to attending museum trips, guest lectures, professional development workshops, and more. Our 2025 summer internships are 35 hours per week for 8 weeks (June 2-July 25, 2025) in-person in Bentonville, Arkansas with all travel and housing costs covered. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply. Applications are due by January 10, 2025! Our 2025-26 academic year internships are 10-15 hours per week for 24 weeks (September 2-November 21, 2025; January 12-April 3, 2026), hybrid, and open to students and recent graduates in the Northwest Arkansas region. Applications are due by February 28, 2025! Visit the Art Bridges Internship Program page to learn more and apply! https://bit.ly/3USvZof
Recently, our Cohorts Manager Camille Kulig joined representatives from nine Pennsylvania museums at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Cohort’s final convening, and we can’t get over this lovely group photo in front of the new Palmer Museum of Art! The Palmer hosted the convening in its state-of-the-art, 73,000-square-foot building located within The Arboretum at Penn State University. The inspiring space, which opened last June and seamlessly integrates art, architecture, and nature, was a perfect location to gather, discuss exhibitions, share Learning & Engagement insights, and explore potential future collaborations. The Philadelphia Museum of Art Cohort, one of the first in our Cohort Program, launched in 2018 to share American art from the museum’s holdings across the state via its eight cohort members — which in addition to the Palmer, includes the Allentown Art Museum, The Demuth Museum, the Erie Art Museum, the James A. Michener Art Museum, the The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the Reading Public Museum, and The Trout Gallery at Dickinson College. To date, the cohort has produced 25 art sharing projects, featuring textiles, paintings, time-based media, photography, and more. We are so proud of how these museums have worked together to engage their communities in meaningful art experiences, and we look forward to seeing what else they have up their sleeves!
As we approach the opening of “Julie Green: The Last Supper” at the Boise Art Museum on November 30, we invite you to reflect on a powerful exhibition that explores the final meal requests of individuals on death row in the United States through approximately 1,000 hand-painted ceramic plates. The monumental installation—the largest showing of Green’s artwork to date—emphasizes our universal need for food and the societal rituals associated with it, sparking a human connection to deepen empathy for imprisoned people and encourage discussion on capital punishment. This exhibition, which will span the museum’s three central gallery spaces, is the first stop on a nationwide tour of the artwork, made possible with support from our Partner Loan Network. Melanie Fales, Executive Director of the Boise Art Museum, says, “We hope this artwork encourages thoughtful dialogue in our community and provides opportunities to consider the ways artists make visible our societal beliefs and values.” And we couldn’t agree more! Image credit: Julie Green (1961-2021), "The Last Supper," 1999-2021, paint on found ceramic plates, overall dimensions vary with installation. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, gift of The Last Supper Irrevocable Trust, 2023.6. Image courtesy of College Art Association.
We are thrilled to announce a meaningful new partnership with the Housatonic Museum of Art at Connecticut State Community College Housatonic that marks a pioneering effort to integrate student-led programming with professional, community-based art education! In honor of Native American Heritage Month and as part of a collaborative project with our Learning & Engagement team, the museum will present “Storytelling through the Art of Julie Buffalohead,” a free community event centered around Buffalohead’s “Resurrection.” The allegorical painting is currently on loan from our collection and on view at the community college. The event will feature an artmaking workshop led by Darlene Kascak, Educational Outreach Ambassador at the Institute for American Indian Studies and a Schaghticoke Tribal Nation storyteller, who will guide participants in creating memory bead necklaces. Meanwhile, Dr. Royce K. Young Wolf (Hiraacá, Nu’eta, and Sosore, ancestral Apsáalooke and Nʉmʉnʉʉ)—the inaugural Assistant Curator of Native American Art at Yale University Art Gallery and the Collection Manager of the Native North American and Indigenous Collection at the Yale Peabody Museum—will facilitate a discussion on the cultural significance of Buffalohead’s artwork and her broader impact as an Indigenous artist and member of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma. Read the press release here:https://brnw.ch/21wOj0eImage credit: Students view Julie Buffalohead’s Resurrection on display at the Housatonic Museum of Art at CT State Housatonic in Bridgeport, Connecticut in October 2024. Julie Buffalohead (b. 1972), Resurrection, 2023, oil on canvas, 52 x 124 x 3 in. Art Bridges. Photography by Brandon Smith, Whiskey & Oxfords.
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Join us for an interdisciplinary conversation as guest curator, Amanda Cachia, moderates a virtual roundtable discussion with current Zimmerli special exhibition SMOKE & MIRRORS artists Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Carmen Papalia, Liza Sylvestre, and Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gURrqeaJ… Smoke & Mirrors is made possible by the leadership support of the Ford Foundation. Additional grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners (Middlesex County, NJ - County Government) through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. Generous support for bilingual text was provided by Art Bridges Foundation Access for All program. Video description: Social media post pops up on gray background. A photo of the Smoke and Mirrors exhibition shows up and text bubbles appear that read “Artist Roundtable Tuesday November 5, Hosted by Amanda Cachia, featuring Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Carmen Papalia, Liza Sylvestre, and Syrus Marcus Ware.
Introducing… our new Learning & Engagement Idea Center! The searchable repository consolidates transformative projects developed and presented by our museum partners. With Learning & Engagement support, these events and programs reached new and diverse audiences, connected with repeat visitors in innovative ways, and integrated multiple disciplines, such as the performing arts, science, and technology. This new resource offers plenty for you to explore—a community quilting circle at the Columbia Museum of Art, a jingle dress performance at the William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, a mindful experience at the High Museum of Art, a pop-up exhibition at the Binghamton University Art Museum, an intergenerational storytelling series at the Hunter Museum of American Art, and more. The best part is that we are consistently adding to the Idea Center, so stay tuned! We hope these projects will inspire you, as they have inspired us, to consider new and innovative ways to increase accessibility to art and expand your impact within your community. Access the Idea Center and explore these projects using the link below! https://brnw.ch/artbridges
Art Bridges Foundation Learning & Engagement Idea Center artbridgesfoundation.org
We’d like to congratulate our colleagues at Alice L. Walton School of Medicine for reaching this historic milestone. We’re excited to collaborate with AWSOM as they enhance traditional medical education with the arts, humanities, and whole health principles!

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This is AWSOM. Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is reshaping medical education in a new state-of-the-art facility in Bentonville, Arkansas, where the next generation of physician leaders will experience an innovative, four-year MD program that enhances conventional medical education with a whole-person approach to care. The one-of-a-kind facility is designed by Polk Stanley Wilcox with landscape and rooftop park design by OSD and is being brought to life by Crossland Construction Company, Inc.AWSOM is located on the Crystal Bridges campus, home to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Heartland Whole Health Institute, minutes from downtown Bentonville and connected to the cities of Northwest Arkansas via the 40-mile paved Razorback Greenway. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dsnE4WDj #AWSOM has received preliminary accreditation status from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and applications are open on AMCAS for its first class of 48 students, starting July 14, 2025.#MedicalEducation #NorthwestArkansas #BentonvilleAR
We're excited to celebrate a special milestone in our partnership with the Peoria Riverfront Museum—five incredible years of art sharing and community engagement! Since our inaugural 2019 collaboration, “Vantage Points: Contemporary Photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art,” we’ve watched the Peoria Riverfront Museum flourish into a cultural hub where creativity and connection intersect. Our journey together has been full of meaningful moments—most recently, the September opening of “Glenn Ligon: I Am Somebody.” At the heart of this contemporary art exhibition is “Untitled (I Am Somebody),” which is on loan from our very own collection and is part of the artist’s renowned Door Paintings series. The work references a poem that was written by civil rights activist Rev. William Holmes Borders in the 1950s and later popularized by Rev. Jesse Jackson. On November 1, the Peoria Riverfront Museum will present a grouping of artworks from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art through our Partner Loan Network in "Solitude: The Necessity of Art,” marking the eighth exhibition and 15th project in our five-year partnership. We are deeply grateful for the Peoria Riverfront Museum’s unwavering commitment to fostering community engagement and presenting world-class American art. We look forward to many more years of collaboration! Photo caption: Chief Curator Bill Conger and assistant curator Everley Davis discuss the artwork and exhibition title "I Am Somebody," by artist Glenn Ligon, on loan from Art Bridges Foundation.
We are excited to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of two artists in our collection, Mark Bradford and Alex Katz, who are both 2023 National Medal of Arts recipients! This award represents the highest honor bestowed upon artists and arts patrons by the U.S. federal government. President Biden presented medals to the 2022 and 2023 recipients in a private ceremony at the White House earlier this week, recognizing 20 individuals or groups for their contributions to the “excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts” in our country. Among the recipients are other visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, singers, musicians, actresses, producers, and arts leaders—including Carrie Mae Weems, Steven Spielberg, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, Idina Menzel, and Randy Batista—as well as the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The 2022 and 2023 National Humanities Medals were presented at the same ceremony, honoring individuals like social justice philanthropist and Art Bridges board member Darren Walker and the late chef and author Anthony Bourdain, as well as organizations like the Mellon Foundation. Our heartfelt congratulations to all the honorees! https://lnkd.in/g7bKjbZe
Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz, and Mark Bradford Among Recipients of National Medals of Arts http://hyperallergic.com
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Sometimes museums go where their existing donors lead, and sometimes museums can chart a new direction and gain donor support for it. With inspiration from Art Bridges Foundation and others, the Whitney Museum of American Art is showing that donors (including one very generous artist, Julie Mehretu) are willing to support not just new buildings and collections but increased public access. Whitney Director Scott Rothkopf said it just right when he told reporter @Kelly Crow: “In any museum, you’re choosing what to spend money on—be it storage or loans or whatever—but getting more young people in here is the most meaningful thing I can think of to subsidize.”
The Whitney Museum Will Be Free for All Visitors 25 Years Old and Younger wsj.com

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