Cult of Beauty: Little Miss Sunshine

Thursday, Feb 19, 2026
6:30 PM
$8 - $16

What To Expect

6:30 PM 
Ages 18+ 
$8 members, $16 nonmembers  


Inspired by the exhibition, The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce, this thought-provoking film series that examines society’s complex relationship with beauty and aesthetics. Whether through explorations of contemporary culture’s obsession with appearance or via playful, uplifting stories celebrating the everyday ways beauty reveals itself, this series invites you to reflect on, question, and find joy in the many faces of beauty. 

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 
Rated R, 101 minutes 

The eccentric Hoover family piles into a bus to support young Olive’s dream of winning the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Along the way, their dysfunction and devotion collide in hilarious and heartfelt ways.   

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