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. Taking the Next Risk: The Art of Crowdfunding with Sean Fitzgibbon
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. “Sing Down The Barriers”: On Risk and American Music
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. DivaDance NWA: Community, Choreography and Leaving It All On the Floor
1:30 p.m. –2:45 p.m. Women Taking Risks in Civil War Benton County, Arkansas
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. On Risk and the Fractured Body: Artist Talk w/ Cory Perry
3:00 p.m. –5:00 p.m. Reception: “RISK”: A Collection of Works by NWACC Art Faculty
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. True Crime Investigation: Snake Eyes - Murder in a Southern Town.
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
