Crystal Bridges visit

Over the holiday break Eric and I went up to Crystal Bridges, a new museum of American art in Bentonville, AR. This museum is kind of a big deal - especially for Arkansas - and it is legit. Serious artwork, incredible architecture, a world-class experience in Northwest Arkansas. Believe it. It was amazing. Eric and I are not art enthusiasts by any means. We went through the museum at a leisurely pace and it took about 2 hours to see all of the exhibits. The highlight was the Wonder World exhibit, where as Eric put it, you can come up with a completely random object and then increase its size by about 1,000 percent and you are a contemporary artist. It's hard to resist, I'll admit. The draw was so strong that we went back a second time with Emmett, Sara and Kenni to check out the walking trails around the museum. We had a great view of the museum, walked a beautiful series of trails and it was a terrific day. What could be better? How about spending it with some of our favorite people?! Enjoy some pictures...

The entrance to the museum, featuring a familiar sculpture for those who downloaded the January desktop calendar.

OK.  This was seriously incredible.  What you see here are spools of thread (!!) hung up on wires to form a mosaic that is upside down.  Then, you look through this small glass orb and it appears right-side up as the Last Supper. Wow.

Anyone want to visit the Museum of Eric?

Emmett and Aunt Sara with a sculpture on the grounds.

Our family by the giant tree sculpture out front.

Walkin' some trails.

A panoramic view of the museum from a lookout on a higher trail.

Fenced in.

They called this exhibit "Uncle and Curious Toddler."  Fascinating.

The hip-carry: Emmett doesn't seem impressed, but what does he know?

Definitely one of my favorite pictures I've ever taken. 

You can see all of the museum photos in the December photo album.