2 pm, Sunday, May 12 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | We’re thrilled to host autoharp + angelic vocalist Stephanie Smittle to kick off this year’s series in the galleries of Crystal Bridges that will take place the 2nd Sunday of each month from May through October! Smittle’s self-titled debut solo album is a collection of ten songs for voice and electric autoharp, which the Arkansas Democrat Gazette called “stunning” and “incandescent … a skilled and observant lyricist unafraid to express vulnerability and wonder and rage.” A native of Cave Springs, Arkansas, Smittle's history of engagements includes howling in front of roaring amplifiers as a member of southern sludge rock group Iron Tongue, taking the stage as a guest vocalist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, singing ancient chant as a cantor in a 200-year-old Episcopal church, and slinking around the set in an avant-garde Kurt Weill opera. {{ FREE + open to the public }}
Incandescent Explorations