Week of Events
Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture
The roar of the stadium. The green of the field. A held breath erupting into victory—or defeat. Is it any wonder that sports inspire artists? With our latest exhibition, Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, experience how today’s artists and designers respond to the drive, passion, culture, and systems surrounding...
Inverse Performance Art Festival 2025
INVERSE 2025 is a four-day performance art festival in Bentonville, Arkansas. Employing liveness, experimentation, and radical approaches to the important issues of our moment, the festival seeks artists and projects who are in constant interrogation of material, form, and gesture to offer new ideas and perspectives to how we experience...
Monday, December 8, 2025
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December 8, 2025 -Our Art 2025 Exhibition
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December 8, 2025 -The Light Show NWA
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December 8, 2025 -Watercolor After The Masters
Our Art 2025 Exhibition
Walton Arts Center will showcase the creative talents of Arkansas artists from communities across the region in the fifth annual exhibition of Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, on display in the new Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse on Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The exhibition...
The Light Show NWA
Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...
Watercolor After The Masters
Using principles learned from the Fundamentals, Figure/Head, and Painting classes, we’ll apply our knowledge and skills to Great Master artworks. We’ll learn watercolor basics (wet on wet,wet on dry, color mixing). Each week we’ll look at various artists such as Rubens, Rembrandt, Winslow Homer and more. From each, we’ll cover...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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December 9, 2025 -Our Art 2025 Exhibition
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December 9, 2025 -Public Art 101 – Walking tour, Presentation and Panel Discussion ft. regional art and culture leaders
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December 9, 2025 -The Light Show NWA
Our Art 2025 Exhibition
Walton Arts Center will showcase the creative talents of Arkansas artists from communities across the region in the fifth annual exhibition of Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, on display in the new Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse on Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The exhibition...
Public Art 101 – Walking tour, Presentation and Panel Discussion ft. regional art and culture leaders
Public Art 101: From Concept to Installation How do you get your art into public spaces? Ever wondered how artists collaborate with organizations, institutions, or city governments to create larger-than-life public artworks? Join us for Public Art 101: From Concept to Installation, a FREE community event designed to demystify the public...
The Light Show NWA
Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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December 10, 2025 -Our Art 2025 Exhibition
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December 10, 2025 -Mindful Messes
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December 10, 2025 -The Light Show NWA
Our Art 2025 Exhibition
Walton Arts Center will showcase the creative talents of Arkansas artists from communities across the region in the fifth annual exhibition of Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, on display in the new Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse on Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The exhibition...
Mindful Messes
Mindful Messes is a creative art class for all ages, where mindfulness meets making. Each session begins with a simple breathing, movement, or gratitude practice to help students feel calm and centered. Then we dive into fun, messy art projects like painting, collaging, coloring, and clay. No experience needed...just a...
The Light Show NWA
Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...
Thursday, December 11, 2025
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December 11, 2025 -Our Art 2025 Exhibition
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December 11, 2025 -December ANA Membership Show and the 6×6 Silent Auction
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December 11, 2025 -The Light Show NWA
Our Art 2025 Exhibition
Walton Arts Center will showcase the creative talents of Arkansas artists from communities across the region in the fifth annual exhibition of Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, on display in the new Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse on Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The exhibition...
December ANA Membership Show and the 6×6 Silent Auction
The Artists of Northwest Arkansas (ANA) are holding their fifth annual 6x6 Silent Auction on December 11, 2025, just in time for Christmas gift shopping. The 6” x 6” show is a silent auction that has become an ANA tradition to raise money for education programs and events for NWA...
The Light Show NWA
Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...
Friday, December 12, 2025
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December 12, 2025 -The Prison Concerts: Folsom And San Quentin (Jim Marshall’s Photographs Of Johnny Cash)
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December 12, 2025 -The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press
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December 12, 2025 -Our Art 2025 Exhibition
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December 12, 2025 -The Light Show NWA
The Prison Concerts: Folsom And San Quentin (Jim Marshall’s Photographs Of Johnny Cash)
Widely known as the godfather of music photography, the late Jim Marshall maintained a 50-year career that resulted in more than 500 album covers, an abundance of magazine covers, and some of the most celebrated images in blues, jazz, country, and rock and roll, including those from Johnny Cash’s notable...
The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press
The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press is one of JR’s most extensive immersive and experiential works to date. After taking portraits in one of three individual photo booths, visitors enter the interior of an oversized, whirring printing press – turning their image into a tangible work of art...
Our Art 2025 Exhibition
Walton Arts Center will showcase the creative talents of Arkansas artists from communities across the region in the fifth annual exhibition of Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, on display in the new Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse on Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The exhibition...
The Light Show NWA
Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...
Saturday, December 13, 2025
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December 13, 2025 -Our Art 2025 Exhibition
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December 13, 2025 -The Light Show NWA
Our Art 2025 Exhibition
Walton Arts Center will showcase the creative talents of Arkansas artists from communities across the region in the fifth annual exhibition of Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, on display in the new Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse on Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The exhibition...
The Light Show NWA
Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...
Sunday, December 14, 2025
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December 14, 2025 -Studio Art for the Soul
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December 14, 2025 -The Light Show NWA
Studio Art for the Soul
In Studio Art for the Soul, members will cultivate confidence in their unique creative voice while exploring projects that connect art to self-discovery. Working with media such as drawing, painting, collage, and mixed media, participants will take on both guided and open-ended projects designed to spark curiosity and personal growth....
The Light Show NWA
Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...
