Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville AK(pt 2)

Rosie the Riveter, Norman Rockwell, 1943; this iconic image appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1943 and became a beacon of patriotism

We the People, Nari Ward, 2015; one of my favorite pieces, this huge work is made from old shoelaces and was shown at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston last year

Memory of Water; my favorite of the outdoor installations as you are surrounded in light and sound, as a simulated stream brings water back to this dry creek bed

The Bachman-Winston House, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1953; this house was built in NJ but was threatened by frequent floods so it was sold to Crystal Bridges and meticulously taken apart and reassembled

The Hearth; this bonfire-like installation is one of the five primary pieces seen as you walk along paths through the forest surrounding the museum

Summer Day, Frank Weston Benson, 1911; influenced by the French Impressionists, Benson captures the effects of warmth, light and air in this portrait of his two elegantly dressed daughters

After the Last Supper, Devorah Sperber, 2005; an incredible piece made from 20,000+ spools of thread

Monolith-The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, Ansel Adams, 1950; this majestic view was one of Adams' most important and groundbreaking early photographs

The Steel Mill, Thomas Hart Benton, 1930; Benton visited the Bethlehem Steel plant in Sparrow's Point, MD to get inspiration for his many steel-themed works

The Reader, Mary Cassatt, 1877; Cassatt spent most of her life in France, where she became the only American to exhibit with the Impressionists

Dolly Parton, Andy Warhol, 1985; apparently Marilyn Monroe wasn't the only blonde bombshell Warhol painted; this piece was painted just 2 years before Warhol died at 58 following gallbladder surgery

Freeway Interchange, Los Angeles, Ansel Adams, 1967; I pondered where Adams could have taken this photo from; the collection of 100+ Adams photographs is a temporary exhibit and cost $12

Pecos Escarpment, Alexandre Hogue, 1937; a Realist, Hogue believed the destroyed state of the land in the Southwest was the fault of the human inhabitants

Maman, Louise Bourgeois, 1999; this piece normally graces the entry to the museum but has been moved outdoors while a new atrium is designed to house the spider

Buckyball, Leo Villareal, 2012; there are 180 LED tubes containing thousands of individual pixels that can display 16 million different colors (much better at night!)

Monochrome II, Nancy Rubins, 2018; the artist taught at UCLA from 1982-2004 where she became known for her huge installations made from metal industrial parts later morphing into airplanes and boats

The Whispering Tree; you talk into a microphone to learn about the color of your own voice and see it represented in the tree (my voice was golden)

Sole d'Oro, Dale Chihuly, 2011; this work contains more than 1,300 hand-blown pieces of glass and weighs over 5,000 pounds and was designed specifically for the museum

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Mary Morez, 1975; the artist was stricken with both polio and rheumatic fever as a girl and depicted her Navajo roots in a contemporary, abstract style