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not only national and international artists, but it includes regional artists, too. To be able to show art to people that was made in your region, in your country and in the world, side by side, creates an interesting and unique experience.”

AMFA’s Windgate Art School will offer classes in drawing, painting, ceramics, woodworking, glass and metalwork; new performance space will include a “glass box” along with its Children’s Theater. “We really want the new museum to sort of take everything that we’ve done before and amplify it,” Ramirez said.

Ramirez said AMFA will remain free to the public (as is Crystal Bridges) for its first years of operation.

In another interview with the Arkansas Times , Ramirez said it was her “sincere hope” that “the community sees our values reflected in the programming we offer,” and that the museum is a place that is “welcoming, engaging, inspiring and enlightening.”

The 11 acres surrounding AMFA are also undergoing a transformation, thanks to Kate Orff and SCAPE, which is overseeing the planting of native trees, flowers and grasses and designing gardens and new trails and paths.

The city of Little Rock contributed $31.2 million to AMFA’s construction with dollars generated from hotel taxes. Lead nonprofit donors include the Windgate Foundation and the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust. Lead private donors are Harriet and Warren Stephens and Terri and Chuck Erwin. n

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