The Starr Foundation and the Starr family gave $500,000 to the Walton Arts Center for "Investing in our Future: The Expansion of Walton Arts Center," the $23 million campaign to add 30,000 SF of space. read more >
General Mills has donated $500,000 to the Walton Arts Center for "Investing in our Future: The Expansion of Walton Arts Center," a $23 million campaign to add 30,000 SF to the performing arts venue. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Thursday donated $500,000 to the Walton Arts Center expansion campaign. read more >
Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville said Wednesday that Marti and Kelly Sudduth of Bentonville have donated $1 million to the center's expansion efforts. read more >
The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville said Tuesday that it has received a $1.5 million donation from the Walmart Foundation. read more >
The Walton Family Foundation has awarded a $5 million challenge grant in support of a capital campaign to add 30,000-SF of space to the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. read more >
As VP of operations for the Walton Arts Center, a new position, Wendy Riggs will manage and maintain practices and policies for all facilities, according to Peter B. Lane, president and CEO of the Walton Arts Center. read more >
Walton Arts Center named Wendy Riggs as its vice president of operations. Riggs' management will include the oversight of a $20 million renovation of the Walton Arts Center and the newly opened Wal-Mart AMP in Rogers. read more >
Terri Trotter, the chief operating officer at Walton Arts Center, said she is stepping down from her position to become executive director and chief executive officer at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Sun Valley, Idaho. Trotter's resignation is effective Aug. 22. read more >
Under Peter Lane's leadership, the Walton Arts Center is scheduled to undergo a massive 30,000-SF expansion and renovation of its signature building on Dickson Street. The Walton Arts Center also owns the Arkansas Music Pavilion, which is getting a new venue, an $11 million outdoor amphitheater that will open this summer in Rogers. read more >
Walton Arts Center officials say the planned renovation and expansion of its theater complex and headquarters on Dickson Street may cost as much as $23 million. read more >
The Walton Arts Center will have to use the city of Fayetteville’s selection process to hire a contractor for the center’s $20 million renovation and expansion. read more >
Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan went door to door in an attempt to persuade voters to approve a $6.9 million bond issue to help pay for the expansion of the Walton Arts Center. Now the $20 million expansion project has moved into the next phase. Center COO Terri Trotter said officials are accepting applications from contractors to do the work and expect to start interviewing prospects early this month. read more >
The Walton Arts Center this week showed plans for the $20 million renovation of its Dickson Street theater complex, which would be funded through a bond issue that's up for a vote on Nov. 12. read more >
The movement to provide more arts and entertainment options in northwest Arkansas continues to gain momentum, specifically in Bentonville. Home to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and a proposed Walton Arts Center campus, the city is also the planned location of a children’s museum. read more >
Scalpers are bad for consumers, artists and the organizations that are in the business of presenting arts and entertainment in our state. We want to provide every patron a great experience, including allowing patrons to get a ticket at a reasonably advertised price. read more >
Walton Arts Center officials are working to follow through with a proposal for a $20.6 million expansion in downtown Fayetteville. If things go according to plan, they’ll open an additional 30,000 SF by 2015. read more >
An evaluation of funding options for an expansion of the Walton Arts Center has grown into a proposal that includes plans for a regional park and permanent location for an outdoor concert venue in Fayetteville. read more >
Wal-Mart made a number of Arkansans very rich, and that wealth has been manifested in billions of dollars worth of gifts to educational, medical and cultural institutions in the state. read more >
