Crystal Bridges

Dr. David Mazyck has been appointed the inaugural president of a new STEM-focused university planned by the Walton family for Bentonville. The university was first announced last year. Mazyck most recently served as professor and head of the School of …

The Alice L. Walton Foundation announced that global design firm CannonDesign and global planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm EDSA have been selected to design its future Bentonville Health Care Campus. In February 2025, the foundation announced that the campus …

Megan Davenport has been named chief resource officer for Girl Scouts – Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Davenport will lead fundraising initiatives, communications strategy and property management to support the council’s mission of “building girls of courage, confidence and …

Parking garages are rarely designed to be looked at, let alone seen. They serve a simple purpose: to store cars and vanish into the background. But in Bentonville, Arkansas, just beyond the walls of the Momentary, something different has taken …

Feature image: Alice L. Walton School of Medicine’s Inaugural Class at White Coat Ceremony. Image by Krescent Studios. Courtesy of Alice. L Walton School of Medicine.   The inaugural class of 48 students at the Alice L. Walton School of …

Heartland Whole Health Institute celebrated the opening of its new facility with a ribbon cutting and remarks from founder Alice Walton, President Claude Pirtle and architect Marlon Blackwell. The 85,000-square-foot building is located on the 134-acre Crystal Bridges campus and …

The Compton, a new 142-room independent lifestyle hotel, is set to open in Bentonville this fall. Situated on Bentonville’s historic square, adjacent to Dave Peel Park and a new pedestrian promenade that connects to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, …

Northwest Arkansas has been recognized as one of the world’s top go-to destinations for remote workers, according to Airbnb Newsroom. In light of this, Airbnb has announced the launch of the northwest Arkansas remote working hub, a one-stop shop for …

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art recently welcomed Annemarie Dillard Jazic as the newest member of its board of directors. Jazic brings over two decades of retail marketing experience and an impressive philanthropy and board service background.   As the …

Brandon Watts found an early fascination with photographs. He credited part of this early interest to the sorts of landscape and architectural photos commonly used as computer backgrounds and screensavers, but more importantly to photographs of people. “I never got …