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 includes 89 pieces by 75 artists representing 19 cities and the diverse communities that make up our region. A complete list of the artists and their hometowns are included below.
The regional art exhibition continues to grow in popularity among local artists with 235 artists submitting 450 pieces of art this year, both are record responses to the annual call for submissions. Walton Arts Center’s visual arts committee reviews each piece with the goal of curating an exhibition that showcases the wide variety of artists who are working in our region and the works that they create.
The public is invited to a ribbon cutting for the new gallery and opening reception for the exhibition at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The free exhibition in the new Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse will on display through Saturday, Nov. 15.
Hours for the new gallery are Monday through Saturday 11 am – 2 pm and 5 pm – 8 pm on Thursday Friday and Saturday.
Artists Selected for Our Art, Our Region, Our Time 2025
Bella Vista
Roxy Erickson, Red
Anne Fletcher, In Our Nature
David Foss, Bone House and Reliquary
Nadene Kranz, A Little Sugar
Amy Long, Pop! A Wheely
Alan Simmons, Springtime at Coler
Bentonville
Jesse Daniel, Unfurl the Very Light
Serina Faist, Balance - Time, place and good fortune and Create - Bring into existence
Vamsi Krishna Korabathina, Steel Creek Milky Way & Cosmic Beauty
Michael LeBlanc, Okra/ Shed Aesthetics
Derek Scott, Antique & Fragrance II
Elkins
Mim Wynne, Open Windows, Open Doors and Meadow Sweet and Strawberry Moons
Eureka Springs
John Rankine, Ready To Hatch
Suzanne Reed, Architectural Pause
Zeek Taylor, Well Hello Dali
Jackie Wolven, Over the Little Golden Gate
Fayetteville
Myria Allen, Camino de Santiago pilgrims shoes
Sage Billig, My Heart Is An Island
Aaron Bleidt, Kitchen Incident a.k.a. Carrots and Bandaids
Kimly Brownback, In Formation
Ben Buonaiuto, Satyress
Terese Conway, Across the Meadow
Terry Dushan, ROOM FOR EXPANSION
Erika Fredricks, Oh Deer
Duane Gardner, Despartido Cada Vez
Shannon Green, Audrey
Shawn Greenwood, Praying Mantis
Pat Hennon, This Way
Jason Hudson, Eyes On You
Susan Idlet, Savor Every Bite
Emma Irwin, Black Squares on Grey and Composition on Blue
Maurice Konkle, Earth, Sky, Mortals, Divinities (hat tip Heidegger)
Holly Kranker, fold
Greta Kresse, The Party's Edge
Kate McCoy, Gingko Leaf and Gingko Branch
Emily Miller, Lamp No. 207
Patricia Moline, Easter
Heather Moore, remains
Shelley Mouber, Young Girl Musing
Ray Allen Parker, Thinker
Kimberly Powers, Quarter Inch Scale White Model for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Paint Rendering for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Minahil Qazi, The Silent Flight of Consumption (Cardboard Panel)
Denise Sagan, Summer Hydrangeas
Sara Schellenberg, UFO
Shannon P. Smith, Turn back the hands of time
Bethany Springer, Impossible Object // Regenerating Hive
Robin Starr, Beacon
Joelle Storet, 'Place du Cardinal Luçon, Reims' and Jolie
Stacy Suvino, Once Upon a Time on Hollywood Boulevard and Eight Seconds
Laura Ramirez, Floating in the clouds
Fort Smith
Benjamin Dobbs, Bougainvillea & Bee
Amy Scoggins, Revision
Hindsville
Joy Noir Phillips, Extinction of the Rural Entrepreneur | No. 035
Huntsville
Leon Niehues, Basket #4 "Large Pot with Wraparound"
Little Rock
Evan Gilliard, To Acknowledge (The mask series)
Susan Taylor, Jolene
Lincoln
Eugene Sargent, Always
London
Brent J. Rowley, Between Mouths There Are Counties of Tongues
Lowell
Michael Pantzer, Complexity
Ozark
Louise Halsey, Swan Dive and Emergence
Prairie Grove
Jenny Dowd, Twilight Tea Party
Rogers
Chuck Davis, Frontierland – Magic Kingdom
Tom Flynn and Michael Pantzer, Tornado Town
Dani Ives, Enchanted They Rise
Russellville
David Mudrinich, Three Hives
Siloam Springs
Tyson Banks, The Dancer and Carena
Kyle Blair, Stay Floating
Mark Jackson, Take Me With
Ian McCloud, Locks
Springdale
Lauren Carson, Totally Sane Cat Lady and Pretty isn’t Pretty
Larry Copas, Danish Cord Stool
Shay Holloway, Synergetic Currents and Inner Cartography
Milan Jilka, Ostinata
Winslow
Amber Imrie, their thirst and Surrender in the Undertow
Columbia, South Carolina / NWA
Tristan McLawler, Our LaRue Post Office
Support for Walton Arts Center is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Walton Arts Center is Arkansas’ largest and busiest performing arts presenter. Each year more than 215,000 people from Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma and beyond attend more than 300 public events at Walton Arts Center, including performances, rehearsals, community gatherings, receptions, weddings and more. Approximately 35,000 students and teachers participate annually in arts learning programs at Walton Arts Center, and almost 250 volunteers donate 28,000 hours of time each year to its operations. Walton Arts Center presents entertainers and artists from around the world including Broadway musicals, renowned dance companies, international artists, up-and-coming jazz musicians and more. As a non-profit organization, Walton Arts Center enjoys the generous support of public sector funding, corporate sponsorship and private donors, allowing audience members to enjoy world-class performances at a great price. To learn more about Walton Arts Center, visit www.waltonartscenter.org.
