Cocktail Tour: Music and Photography

A relaxing evening of art, drinks, and fun—served with a twist.

Join us this evening to explore the Momentary’s new exhibitions Front Row Center: Icons of Rock, Blues, and Soul and The Prison Concerts: Folsom and San Quintin (Jim Marshall’s Photographs of Johnny Cash). Kick off your evening at the Atrium Bar and learn how to make a handcrafted cocktail from our master mixologists and then head on a tour of the exhibitions with Curator of Contemporary Art, Alejo Benedetti.

Tickets are $25 ($20 for members), register online or with Guest Services at 479.657.2335 to reserve your spot today. 

Must be 21+ to attend. Ticket includes one drink (non-alcoholic options available). 

Alejo Bio:

Alejo Benedetti is Curator, Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. In his role he oversees the Contemporary Art Galleries and the outdoor sculpture program at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary. He is the curator of Annie Leibovitz at Work, an exhibition that places new photographs by the photographer in conversation with iconic works from across her storied career, which opened Fall of 2023 and will travel to four additional venues. He is also the curator for Listening Forest by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, a mid-career retrospective of outdoor sculptures on view in Crystal Bridges’ North Forest through the end of 2023.

In 2020, he co-curated State of the Art 2020, bringing together 61 contemporary artists from across the United States in an exhibition that opened at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary. Benedetti also organized the 2019 exhibition, Men of Steel, Women of Wonder, which looked at art-world responses to Superman and Wonder Woman and traveled to multiple venues around the US. He is originally from Texas and earned his master’s degree in art history from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri, Columbia.