OUR ART 2026

Sixth Annual Exhibition Celebrating Northwest Arkansas Visual Artists

EXHIBITION DATES: Sept. 25-Dec. 20

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, Sept. 25, 6-8 pm. While the reception is free, space is limited. Reserve your timed entry spot HERE.

ABOUT:

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

• 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 FlowerRWB Flower
• Chuck Davis, Never Try Never Win, Dogtown Commons—Cape Ann, MA and 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.)