Location: Fayetteville
Organization Type: Arts Education & Support, Community & Cultural, Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Mission: Walton Arts Center and Walmart AMP bring great performing artists and entertainers from around the world to Northwest Arkansas, connecting and engaging people through inspiring arts experiences.
Walton Arts Center
Location: Fayetteville
Organization Type: Arts Education & Support, Community & Cultural, Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Events
Events
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This Wheel’s Still On Fire: The Legacy of Levon Helm
Walton Arts Center 495 W Dickson St., Fayetteville, AR, United StatesA visual arts exhibition honoring the legacy of Levon Helm. This Wheel’s Still On Fire is a celebration of a life well-lived, a connected community and Levon Helm’s artistic legacy. From his earliest years growing up in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, Levon Helm was surrounded by music and community. He began his music career in high school...
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35th Anniversary Season Preview & Open House
Walton Arts Center 495 W Dickson St., Fayetteville, AR, United StatesHaving a hard time picking which shows to see? The center’s programming team will give a season overview at 5 and 6 pm. Guests can also learn about programs and services offered including the Classroom Series, the Friends program and accessibility services, get tech help with the ticket wallet, learn...
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The Outsiders
Walton Arts Center 495 W Dickson St., Fayetteville, AR, United StatesThe winner of four 2024 Tony Awards®, including best musical, is The Outsiders. This classic coming-of-age story takes you to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1967, where Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade and their family of Greaser “outsiders” dream about who they want to become in a world that will never...
Mission
Walton Arts Center and Walmart AMP bring great performing artists and entertainers from around the world to Northwest Arkansas, connecting and engaging people through inspiring arts experiences.
About
Walton Arts Center began when the public and private sectors in Northwest Arkansas rallied around a vision and worked collaboratively for the good of the community. Through negotiations, compromise and persistence these founding visionaries created a facility and an organization that has enriched the cultural vibrancy of the region, driven the resurgence of Fayetteville’s Entertainment District, and fostered emerging artists for more than a quarter of a century.
In the late 1980s the Walton family, the University of Arkansas and the City of Fayetteville each individually realized the need for venue that could accommodate major touring shows, local and regional performing acts and even corporate meetings. As each group explored its options, the potential to work together became more apparent and exciting. In the end, the University of Arkansas and the City of Fayetteville formed an Interlocal Agreement and proceeded with plans for the arts center focusing on a 1,200-seat hall located on Dickson Street.
Today, Walton Arts Center has become Arkansas’ largest and busiest arts presenter, bringing to the region great performing artists and entertainers from around the world. The organization has grown significantly over the last quarter of a century and now operates three facilities – the original Walton Arts Center, the neighboring Nadine Baum Studios and the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers.