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Create bold abstract art using guided drip techniques. Beginner-friendly, all materials included. Leave with a finished piece.

Create something bold, without overthinking it.

Controlled Chaos is a guided drip painting workshop where you’ll learn modern techniques and create your own abstract artwork on wood panels. This class is designed for all skill levels, no experience needed.

You’ll start with a practice piece to explore the process, then move into creating a final artwork that will be ready to hang once dry.

What You’ll Do:
• Learn step-by-step drip and movement painting techniques
• Create one practice piece to explore the process
• Design a final abstract artwork on a wood panel
• Work in a relaxed, low-pressure environment

What It Feels Like:
Creative. Freeing. Unstructured in the best way.

What’s Included:
• All painting materials
• Two wood panels (one practice, one final)
• A contained workstation for a clean, controlled experience

What to Bring:
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting paint on

Important Notes:
• This is an adult workshop (18+)
• Artwork will remain on-site to dry
• Finished pieces will be available for pickup at a later date

Who It’s For:
Open to all skill levels. Perfect for beginners, creatives, and anyone looking to try something new without pressure.

Create bold abstract art using guided drip techniques. Beginner-friendly, all materials included. Leave with a finished piece.

Create something bold, without overthinking it.

Controlled Chaos is a guided drip painting workshop where you’ll learn modern techniques and create your own abstract artwork on wood panels. This class is designed for all skill levels, no experience needed.

You’ll start with a practice piece to explore the process, then move into creating a final artwork that will be ready to hang once dry.

What You’ll Do:
• Learn step-by-step drip and movement painting techniques
• Create one practice piece to explore the process
• Design a final abstract artwork on a wood panel
• Work in a relaxed, low-pressure environment

What It Feels Like:
Creative. Freeing. Unstructured in the best way.

What’s Included:
• All painting materials
• Two wood panels (one practice, one final)
• A contained workstation for a clean, controlled experience

What to Bring:
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting paint on

Important Notes:
• This is an adult workshop (18+)
• Artwork will remain on-site to dry
• Finished pieces will be available for pickup at a later date

Who It’s For:
Open to all skill levels. Perfect for beginners, creatives, and anyone looking to try something new without pressure.

The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press is one of JR’s most extensive immersive and experiential works to date. After taking portraits in one of three individual photo booths, visitors enter the interior of an oversized, whirring printing press – turning their image into a tangible work of art while offering a glimpse into the creative process of JR. After the experience, visitors leave with their own, one-of-a-kind print.

Member Perk: Momentary members receive two free prints per visit. Just reserve your timed ticket online or with the Box Office, and your discount will be applied at checkout!

Timed portrait tickets are $20 (Free for members), reserve your timeslot online or with the Box Office at (479) 657-2335.
Timed portrait tickets include one oversized photo portrait and admission for up to three people. Digital copies of your photo will be available after your visit.
If you do not plan on taking a portrait during your visit, no purchase is required to attend The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press.

Keith Haring in 3D is the first exhibition to highlight Keith Haring’s work in three dimensions, inviting visitors to move through, around, and within his art like never before. In the course of his short life, Keith Haring transmitted across a dizzying range of creative channels: painting, sculpture, installation, video, murals, performance, printmaking, early digital art, and more. While Haring helped define the look and mood of the 1980s, he also saw clearly a future that has become our present.

Haring is typically thought of as primarily a two-dimensional artist, but Keith Haring in 3D focuses on a lesser-known and highly compelling aspect of Haring’s practice as a sculptor. He created hundreds of three-dimensional artworks, beginning with painting objects he found in the street. Eventually, Haring made monumental sculptures in wood and metal, and even a whole store for his art.

Haring was, above all, a master of line, with an instinctive ability to compose on multiple scales. Haring’s work in three dimensions has never been the focus of a major exhibition and has rarely been shown. Keith Haring in 3D will fill this gap in public understanding by showcasing a wide range of Haring’s works, including sculpture, totems and masks, skateboards, clothing, boomboxes, paintings, drawings, and even a 1963 Buick Special. The exhibition will be accompanied by a major book published by Phaidon/Monacelli.

Best Friends brings the tail wags to The Momentary! This special meetup invites everyone—from those currently fostering a dog through Best Friends, to proud adopters, potential adopters, and anyone who simply enjoys spending time with adorable pups. It’s a warm and relaxed gathering where dog lovers can connect, share stories, sip coffee, and enjoy the company of a cheerful canine crew in a friendly community space.

Free, no tickets required.
For everyone’s comfort and safety, all dogs are asked to remain on leashes while mingling.

This event is part of our Community Meet Up series. Throughout the year, local community partners gather in various spaces across the Momentary, holding space and creating space for their communities to come together in a casual, welcoming way. Interested in hosting a Community Meetup at The Momentary? Reach out to our team to learn more.

"""Becoming,"" the second exhibition in its 2026 art series ""Sanctuary: Finding Refuge, Building Community."" The exhibition features the work of Mary Springer, Robbin Robertson, and Megan Kirk—three artists whose diverse practices explore transformation, identity, and the unfolding of authenticity that happens when we feel safe enough to change.
""Becoming"" examines sanctuary not as a static place of arrival, but as a dynamic space of metamorphosis. The exhibition asks: What happens when we find refuge? How do we grow, heal, and discover who we're meant to be when we're finally free to transform?
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Mary Springer brings four decades of artistic evolution to this exploration. A Memphis College of Art graduate (BFA, 1974) who studied with Philip Pearlstein and pursued self-guided studies in Italy and France, Springer's career spans roles as Design Artist for the City of Memphis, appointee to the Arkansas Arts Council under Governor Bill Clinton, and co-founder of Eureka Springs' beloved White Street Walk. Her work has been exhibited from the University of Arkansas to private collections including that of Helen Walton, and is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Eureka Springs Art. Springer's journey—from gallery owner of WilloSpring Gallery of Fine Art to establishing Mary Springer Fine Art in 2014—embodies the exhibition's theme of continuous becoming.
Robbin Robertson, a Texas A&M graduate and fourth-generation folk artist, creates colorful, whimsical multi-media works spanning canvas, wooden and metal collages, and photography. Her vibrant folk art style draws inspiration from travels across Europe, Latin America, South America, Asia, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. Robertson's work, currently represented by galleries from St. Thomas to Corpus Christi, reflects a life spent in constant creative exploration—carrying forward a family legacy while forging her own distinctive vision. Her art celebrates the joy found in transformation and cultural exchange.
Megan Kirk has spent 20 years capturing the essence of Eureka Springs through her lens, documenting the town's evolving identity through yard art, parades, street art, local characters, springs, and her powerful ""Signs & Civil Rights"" collection. What began as a pandemic project five years ago has blossomed into a remarkable body of work, with over 1,000 prints sold and exhibitions in galleries throughout downtown Eureka Springs. Kirk's photography chronicles both personal and communal becoming—the ways a community grows, changes, and finds its voice over time."

In this class we will be sewing a simple apron and using Farmer’s market flowers and block printing ink to print on them. Basic use of a sewing machine highly recommended. Please bring your sewing machine, but all other supplies will be provided. Price $65. Pre-registration required.

"The Patriot Hour" is a lively live audio theater production by Northwest Arkansas Audio Theater, celebrating America’s founding through two dramatic presentations: The Signing of the Declaration of Independence and Washington Crossing the Delaware. Performed in the style of classic radio drama with voice actors, music, and live sound effects, this family-friendly show brings history to life in honor of America 250.

Come early for a patriotic music audience sing-along!

There will be 2 showings for this event. One from 3pm-4:30pm and one from 7pm-8:30pm.

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Joshua Stacy was ten years old when he asked God to let him do the impossible.

God said no.

Ever since he's had one goal. Find the impossible.

Impossible Things is a close-up magic experience for only 10 people at a time. Over the course of an hour and a half, Joshua shares many of the loopholes he has found in the fabric of reality. He will solve problems that shouldn't have solutions, produce patterns that shouldn't exist, and happen upon coincidences that can't be explained. Some come from the techniques he has spent years developing, others seem to happen all on their own, and one was set in motion before anyone stepped in the room.

Ten seats. Ten shows.

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What is close-up magic? This is not a stage show. Joshua works at a table, just a few feet from his audience. Every effect happens in your hands, on the table in front of you, or in plain sight with nowhere to hide.

Run time: 1.5 hours

What to expect: Guests are seated in an intimate semicircle of ten chairs. Participation is encouraged but never required. Out of respect for the experience phones should be put away for the duration of the show.

Age recommendation: This show was intended for a focused audience, 16 or older.

Learn from author and mycologist Jay Justice about local wild summer mushrooms including Amanitas, Boletes, and Chanterelles. Our morning presentation will be followed by a bring-your-own brown bag lunch break and afternoon foray in the Ozark National Forest to observe and collect mushrooms/fungi in their natural habitat. Then we'll gather our finds, head back to Ozark Folkways for a hands on identification workshop followed by one of our ever popular tastings! Jay Justice is a retired epidemiologist who formerly worked at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. He is a co-founder and scientific advisor for the Arkansas Mycological Society (1982) and a scientific advisor to the Cumberland Mycological Society as well as a chief mycologist for the Missouri Mycological Society. As anyone who has attended one of Jay's workshops in the past knows, these informative and delicious events fill up quickly. Tickets are $65 per person and include tastings. Tickets are non refundable. Participants are encouraged to wear seasonally appropriate clothing, bring lunch, a walking stick if needed, sun screen, insect repellent, drinking water and a paper sack for collecting mushrooms.