OUR ART 2026
Sixth Annual Exhibition Celebrating Northwest Arkansas Visual Artists
EXHIBITION DATES: Sept. 25-Dec. 20
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This exhibition showcases the creative talents of artists from communities across the region. It 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 who are working in our region and the works that they create.
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
Conway
Elkins
- Elaine Eckert, Beautiful Sadness: a passing gift
- Mim Wynne, Common Light, Common Air over Richland Creek
Eureka Springs
Farmington
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
Holiday Island
Huntsville
Lincoln
Lowell
North Little Rock
Ozark
Prairie Grove
Rogers
- Castor Choate, Summertime In A California Suburb
- Mo McCleary, Liberty and Justice for all?
- Daniel J Swaim, Blue FlowerRWB Flower
- Chuck Davis, Never Try Never Win, Dogtown Commons—Cape Ann, MA and Keep Out of Debt, Dogtown Commons—Cape Ann, MA
Russellville
Shady Point, Okla.
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