The NorthWest Arkansas Community College Spring Arts and Culture Festival is a multi-day, interdisciplinary event series that brings together artists, academics, intellectuals, and the community to reflect on an annual theme. This year, NWACC's Spring Arts and Culture Festival.
All events are free and open to the public. Events include live performances, guest speakers, generative artmaking, dance, music, film, art exhibits, and more!
2025 Theme - Risk
It's often said that the best learning happens on the edge of our comfort zone. As artists, community members, and scholars, how do we negotiate the line between stability and calculated risk? What risks have shaped history and will shape our future as a collective or within a given field? How does risk shape art, culture, and innovation?
Schedule of Events:
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Panel: Risk and Organizing in NorthWest Arkansas
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Opening Keynote: Alice Driver and The Life And Death of the American Worker
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Night and Fog: The Nazi Concentration Camps
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Personal Narratives through Zinemaking in the South
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Risking Play In A World Of Work: Putting Fun Back In Your Toolbox
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. “Risk” Readings and Open Mic
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. ខ្លែងឯក - Singing Kites: Khmer-American Public Art in Bentonville.
Location:
Risky Writers, NWACC Library
Risk Room, Student Center
RISK: A Collection of Works by NWACC Art Faculty, Integrated Design Lab
March Mammal Madness, NWACC Library
