Community Calendar

Explore the foundations of handbuilt ceramics through pinch, coil, and slab techniques in a supportive studio environment where curiosity leads the way and process matters as much as product.

25 pounds of clay included
Access to studio glazes

Leave with a collection of fired works that reflect your creative journey

Each session includes demonstrations, hands-on studio time, and space for individual projects.
Classes meet Thursdays, 6:00 to 8:00 PM:
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10

Clay Studio | Creative Spaces NWA at Mount Sequoyah

Beginners welcome. Space is limited.

Making moves and clearing paths for the future; pushing against borders and birthing space. Meadow Makers is a melodic and vocal driven folk duo from Northwest Arkansas Comprised of Dana Louise and Noah Richmond. Their diverse musical backgrounds and shared love of songwriting have brought them together to create a fresh and unique twist on the traditional folk sound. Through their songwriting, arrangements, and musicianship, Meadow Makers strives to create a deeper connection with their listeners. In changing times Meadow Makers hopes their music gives the listener some time to think, reflect, and create positive change in themselves. They hope you walk away, into life, feeling refreshed and hopeful for the future.

Tickets $10 in advance online or $15 in person at the door.

The Bella Vista Historical Museum is hosting the Bella Vista Animal Shelter's 21st annual charity sale as a fundraiser for the Animal Shelter. Merchandise is added to the selection every day so repeat visits are encouraged. Donations of merchandise are welcome by calling Anita at 479-366-2265.

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.

British artist Lucy Sparrow is internationally renowned for her unique and immersive installations filled with thousands of items, all meticulously handcrafted from felt. Through her work, Sparrow transforms everyday retail environments into playful, nostalgic, and tactile worlds that are both familiar and entirely new. Lucy Sparrow: The Beginning of Convenience, Sparrow’s first museum exhibition in the United States, will take visitors back in time through an immersive “time capsule” installation of a 1980s-90s Walmart-inspired supermarket.

Expanding on her extensive archival research practice, The Beginning of Convenience includes more than 20,000 individually hand-crafted and exquisitely detailed felt replicas of supermarket products, ranging from food and beverage items to beauty products and household goods typical of a not-so-distant past. Throughout the exhibition, Sparrow will explore a particular moment in history that she refers to as the “beginning of convenience,” a time when the rise of dual-income households in the 1980s necessitated consumer goods that prioritized speed and convenience over effort and taste. Changing roles within the household led to the development and proliferation of quick and easy consumer goods, such as microwave dinners, frozen foods, and out-of-the-box meals.

In addition to the supermarket experience, The Beginning of Convenience will feature a built replica of Sparrow’s studio – known as the Felt Cave – and a new self-made documentary that follows Sparrow’s work in the months leading up to the exhibition at the Momentary.

Free, no tickets required.

Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010) was a San Antonio-based artist with a reverence for material culture. For many years, his day job was as a graphic designer and art director for the Texas grocery chain H-E-B. In his commercial work, he helped sell products that lined store shelves and filled home pantries. Ramirez’s photographs will prompt viewers to consider that the goods people buy, consume, discard, or treasure are more than just things; they are evidence of life. In the photographs, the artist positioned material culture as reflections of humanity, community, memory, and loss.

In his artwork, Ramirez often recast commercial products as windows onto the people who consumed them. Ramirez’s affinity for everyday “stuff” was a continuous thread throughout his practice. The artist’s ability to find wonder in the ordinary takes center stage in this exhibition.

Free, no tickets required.

Visit us at the Museum Store for a regional artist showcase with Pen Brady as she paints and talks about her artwork.

Pen Brady began developing her unique style of painting around 1997, inspired by her love of nature and its creations. Her use of precise shapes, lines, and colors captures the spirit and beauty of her subjects, presenting them in a minimally realistic form. Pen’s signature technique, which combines acrylic paint and India ink, allows her to achieve a smooth, almost brushless appearance in her works, highlighting her visual interpretation of the natural world.

Over the past 25 years, Pen’s paintings have evolved into a distinctive style characterized by a focus on precision lines and a limited color palette. Her work explores the essence of her subjects by emphasizing their most characteristic elements and eliminating non-essential features. As a result, Pen introduces her creatures—both great and small—to viewers, encouraging them to observe the world around them and feel a deeper connection with it.

This event is free, no tickets required.

Drop by the Best Friends Pet Resource Center for Pet & Play Sunday! Each week, we're diving into a fun and creative activity that's purr-fect for the whole family.

The craft schedule for August is:

August 2: Dog Ear Headbands
August 9: Origami Pet Bookmarks
August 16: Cat Wands
August 23: School Bus Popsicle Buddy
August 30: Felt Flags

This event is free. All supplies are provided and participants of all ages are welcome.
Please contact eventsnwa@bestfriends.org for more information.

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