Giving Back to the Community

What It Means to be a Nonprofit Arts Center

Giving Back to the Community That Supports Us

Having a world-class arts center in our community makes a significant impact on our quality of life. While every ticket purchased to a show at Walton Arts Center or the Walmart AMP helps bring national and international performing artists to our region, ticket sales alone are not enough to support our mission .

Walton Arts Center relies on the generous support of our community – from individuals, corporate sponsors and grantors to funds gathered at annual events like Art of Wine and Masquerade Ball – to subsidize these shows that we all love . Walton Arts Center also provides free and reduced-cost programming to students, teachers and low-income community members to ensure that we provide access to the arts for everyone in our community .

When you support Walton Arts Center, you are helping us bring these memorable arts experiences to Northwest Arkansas and giving back to your community by contributing to programs including:

Masterclasses and Workshops

Walton Arts Center hosts events with visiting artists that are open to the community – and are often free to attend . These classes offer an opportunity to learn a new skill or talent, or to refine an existing talent, under the direction of professional experts .

Take A Seat

Take A Seat is designed to create engaging, inspiring arts partnerships with underserved audiences . The program invites area non-profits that serve students, seniors, children and families to experience the arts during a Walton Arts Center performance at no cost . Partners include Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Single Parent Scholarship Fund and LifeSource International among others . Since the program began in 2006, more than 18,600 free tickets have been distributed to 138 nonprofit organizations for 253 performances at Walton Arts Center .

Student Programs

Through the Classroom Series and our advocacy efforts, Walton Arts Center works to provide every student in Northwest Arkansas free access to arts field trips.

Teacher Programs

Arts With Education (AWE) Institute prepares teachers to use the arts to make teaching across the curriculum more engaging and effective. Most recently, the program has focused on literacy, social studies and classroom management . AWE engages teachers in handson, interactive workshops presented by John F . Kennedy Center teaching artists . Each year Walton Arts Center trains approximately 40 teachers and teaching artists at AWE . The SmART residency is a yearlong professional development residency, funded in part by the Arkansas Arts Council, supporting teachers to include the arts across the curriculum and to help students excel in their literacy skills and ability to collaborate .

Teaching Arkansas History Through the Arts

Students learn to love Arkansas history when they see Digging Up Arkansas, and teachers appreciate the performance for the way that it engages students and makes learning fun . More than 42,000 Arkansas students have experienced the history through the arts, and that number is still growing .

10x10 Arts Series

It is essential to our mission that we bring accessible, unique and under-represented arts experiences to Northwest Arkansas . Our 10X10 Arts Series offers $10 tickets for world class touring shows, making the arts more accessible to all . If you love the work we do and want to support us, you can learn more about how to do that at waltonartscenter.org/support .

SCAN HERE

All contributions to Walton Arts Center Council, LLC, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.