Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place annually from September 15 to October 15, is a time to honor the diverse cultures, histories, traditions, and contributions of people in the United States of Hispanic heritage.

The observance began in 1968 as a week-long celebration and was later extended to a month in 1988. September 15 is celebrated as independence day in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days right after, on September 16 and September 18, respectively.

In Bentonville, we’re glad to have so many talented individuals of Hispanic heritage, and we’re grateful for all the wonderful things they bring as part of our community. We love to celebrate Hispanic heritage in September and October and throughout the whole year!

Year-Round Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage

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Explore Art by Hispanic Artists in Bentonville

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Crystal Bridges at Night
^{Explore Hispanic art at Crystal Bridges, featuring bilingual plaques and works by Carmen Herrera, Martine Gutierrez, José Clemente Orozco, and Patrick Martinez.}

Explore art by Hispanic artists in the galleries and through Crystal Bridges’ online collection. Plus they have bilingual art plaques with English and Spanish! Here are some artists you can look out for in the collection:

Carmen Herrera
Martine Gutierrez
José Clemente Orozco
Patrick Martinez

The Momentary

Collection of FriendsWithYou
^{FooFoo by FriendsWithYou.}

Find FooFoo at the Momentary now through December 1. FooFoo is a character that represents nature and plants as seen in the flower atop their head. As part of the FriendsWithYou collective’s new OCEAN universe, FooFoo is a sentient Al from the future, sent to aid humanity towards its best version yet, and invites viewers to consider their relationship to themselves and the wonders of our world and all its elements.

OZ Art NWA Collection

Collection Courtesy of Oz Art Nwa.
^{Context Shift by Carlos Rosales-Silva. Collection of Oz Art NWA.}

A 11,000-square-foot mural by artist Carlos Rosales-Silva on the exterior walls of the Momentary’s parking garage. The composition highlights a core pillar of Rosales-Silva’s work: how individuals interpret color as contextual. The vibrant colors on the mural are inverted to represent how context shifts; colors in the background on one side are in the foreground on the other side of the mural. The mirroring design of the mural is meant to shift perspectives on how the design elements blend together.

The shapes Rosales-Silva draws are abstract combinations of architecture and landscape, two forms that are often categorized in an oppositional binary. Rosales-Silva says that binary does not exist.

Find public art by other Hispanic artists by browsing the OZ Art collection. Here are some additional artworks to look for:

Nicolás Bacal, La arquitectura de la soledad, 2015–inside Thaden Field House/Louise
Eamon Ore-Giron, Infinite Regress CXXXVIII, 2020—at Preacher’s Son
Clare Rojas, Horses Two, 2013— in Motto Hotel lobby
Spidertag, Interactive Neon Mural #16, 2023–neon installation on the parking garage in downtown
Jennifer Torres, Garden Boats for Osage Park, 2020–in Osage Park

21c Museum Hotel

^{Fragile Figures on at 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville.}

What to look for:

Resting Scrolling, after Francois Boucher's "Mada,a de Pompadour," 1756, 2022 by Yvette Mayorga
soletthemeatasylumpink, 2016 by David Antonio Cruz
La Mariposa en Jalisco, 2021 by Nicolas V. Sanchez
Space Between Us, 2022 by Ana Teresa Fernandez
Todo tiene su cuento [Everything Has its Story], 2021 by Christian Curiel