Walton Arts Center will showcase the creative talents of artists from communities across the region in the sixth annual exhibition of Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, on display in Alexander Gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse Friday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Dec. 20.
The exhibition includes 102 pieces by 86 artists representing 22 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 371 artists submitting 659 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 working in our region and the works they create.
The free opening reception for the exhibition will be 6-8 pm Friday, Sept. 25. While the reception is free, space is limited. Reserve your timed entry spot at waltonartscenter.org/visual-arts/exhibitions/our-art-2026/.
Hours for the gallery are Monday through Saturday 11 am – 2 pm and 5 – 8 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Artists and Works Selected for Our Art, Our Region, Our Time 2026
Bella Vista
Gabriel Allred, Wet Paint (Names)
Michelle Bazis, Winter Cowboy
David Foss, Obits
Joshua Alan Gragg, Shelf Life
Keith Harrop, Rat Couple (Anicurio Collection #46)
Joshua Hicks, MANLY-MANifest destiny
Alan Simmons, Forgotten
Mike Skiba, Within the Curve
Daniel Sorensen, Marcus; Ben
Bentonville
Rainy Bray-Hopwood, Tile Quilt No. 1; Tile Quilt No. 2
Avery Clinton, Fragile
Natalia Franco, Happy To Be Here - As The World Slips Through My Fingers;
The Leaping Lady
Maya Perez-Lugones, Kitchen Table; Vacation Study
Joe Stewart, trutch.1
Lourdes Valverde, "Through the Window;" We are not criminals
Anumi Wickramasinghe, I Feel Everything; Drip
Dylan Yarter, All Cooped Up
Centerton
Elizabeth Autrey, Fata Silvestris exhumata
Conway
Hal Hardin, KitchenAid
Elkins
Elaine Eckert, Beautiful Sadness: a passing gift
Mim Wynne, Common Light; Common Air over Richland Creek
Eureka Springs
Zeek Taylor, Lunabella Over the Moon
Farmington
Stacy Ericson, After the Ball
Miller Laffoon, Big Sky; Small Man
Fayetteville
Caitlin Adams, Grassy Flowers
Dillon Bryant, horseplay
Daniel Byrd, Drifting in the Ozarks
Ben Buonaiuto, Octopus
Elsa Carenbauer, Implant
Leslie Coston, The Gaps between Us
Pat Hennon, Sing
Gaby Hernandez, Bust
Joëlle Storet Holt, Self-Portrait
Susan Idlet, First Feathered Fellowship of the Sainted Crow
Mark Jackson, Accomplishing Everything
Makayla Lilkendey, All Ears
Chelsea Lin, Calladita te ves mas bonita
Bolu Lkuemonisan, Mirror Mirror on the Wall II
Molly Martin, Sky Bursting Green
Erin Morrison, The Last Word; Soft Palate
Keeley C. Morgan, Shellephone
Cheryl McBride-Morrison, The Principal
Doc McGuire, Illusor
Alice Newman, The Groaning
Kaden Nguyen, Leaving Home
Megan Noel, Devotion
Chrystal O'Boyle, zzz.. somewhere in between a thought and
i slept so well.. wait what was that dream something strange something soft… was there a monkey in it why cant i hold onto it what time is it
Ray Allen Parker, Sunflower
Brittany Phillips, Inventory
Elizabeth Quinn, For Years
Laura Ramirez, Dancing With Fireflies
Yair Romero, ball & 2 vases
Martin Schapiro, Tile Array (Wall Composite)
Déa Self, still life with shallots and garlic
Evelyn Shults, Please don’t tell anyone about this, Please.
Bridget Starnes, Can't Spell Country Without; Overgrown Couture
Beth A. Stockdell, The Dictionary of Lost Words
Alan Vinson, Sunset on 17th
Fort Smith
Amy Holmes Scoggins, Hold Me
Holiday Island
Denise Marta-Burch, Storm Clouds Rising; Ozark Thunder Moon
Huntsville
Robert Lemming, Fucoid Arrangement No. 12
Jeff and Judy Goodwin, Hair Barrette
Lincoln
Eugene Sargent, Half scale Iris
Lowell
Michael Pantzer, Greenway 2
Scott Litzman, Bison
North Little Rock
Cailey Faucett, Where Summer Stayed
Ozark
Stephen Driver, Frog Salamander Ozark Moon Jar
Prairie Grove
Mark Nunez, Halloween Morning
Jenny Dowd, The old mushroom swing; Mushroom picnic
Rogers
Castor Choate, Summertime In A California Suburb
Mo McCleary, Liberty and Justice for all?
Daniel J Swaim, Blue Flower RWB Flower
Chuck Davis, Never Try Never Win, Dogtown Commons—Cape Ann, MA;
Keep Out of Debt, Dogtown Commons—Cape Ann, MA
Russellville
Tammy Harrington, At a Glance
David Mudrinich, Bottomland Pergola
Shady Point, Okla.
Brent A. Cherry, Choctaw No More
Siloam Springs
Kyle Blair, Holy War
Babette Blume, A Lesson From The Ferret
Tram Colwin, She is Resilient; Majidi & Rehema’s Kawa - Democratic Republic of The Congo and Kenya
Tyson Banks, Sam (They/Them) Sitting
Springdale
Anna Guyton, In Context
Isaac Cummings, Within
DeQuan Whitley, From LR With Love
July Souter, Cyanerpes cyaneus
West Fork
Victoria McKinney, Indian Time
Laura M. Terry, HORIZON (Georgia O.)
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.
