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Ticketed and Free Artosphere Festival Events

Walton Arts Center is proud to announce the return of Artosphere: Arkansas’ Arts + Nature Festival May 1-18, with dozens of events and performances at locations across Northwest Arkansas.

Artosphere celebrates art, music and nature by spotlighting artists and performers from around the world who are inspired by nature. The festival also provides a creative framework for the community to discuss issues of sustainability and environmental awareness.

The multi-week festival features a mix of free and low-cost events, including some special performances as well as concerts in sacred spaces and special places throughout the region. Several Artosphere favorites are back this year including Trail Mix, Tunes on the Trail, Trout Fishing in America as well as free workshops and interactive art experiences.

New this year is Cocktails in the Garden at Walton Arts Center on Saturday, May 3 at 4 pm. Inspired by local herbal and botanical ingredients, you will learn how to make two nature-themed cocktails while enjoying light snacks. This class will take place outdoors in the beautiful Bradberry Rose Garden. Must be 21 or older to participate.

Another new, interactive experience is Polyglot Theatre’s Bees. Explore a buzzing, humming hive of activity, as three human-sized Bees busy themselves in the creation of a community alongside children who transform into bees as they play. The bees are fascinating, strange and beautiful, traversing invisible pathways and mapping delicate patterns across the performance space. Inspired by the mysterious life and work of bees, this re-imagining of public space involves the slow uncovering of an intricate unseen world. Children are immersed in the sounds, shapes and scents of the bee world, from their familiar buzz to honeycomb houses. Bees uses ritual, non-verbal communication and the secret world of bee movement to provide a range of access points for children to participate.

Except where noted below, additional information, tickets or reservations for these events are available now at artospherefestival.org, by calling 479.443.5600 weekdays 10 am-5 pm or in person at the Walton Arts Center Box Office weekdays 10 am-2 pm.

Ticketed Performances

Cocktails in the Garden

4 pm | Saturday, May 3 | Walton Arts Center

Tickets: $45

Trout Fishing in America

6:30 pm | Tuesday, May 6 | Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks

Free but ticketed

Chapel Concert: SoNA Beyond

6 pm | Thursday, May 8 | Hunt Chapel at Pinnacle Memorial Gardens

Tickets: $10

Nimbus Dance

8 pm | Friday, May 9 | Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center

Tickets: $10

Havana Hop

7 pm | Monday, May 12 | Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center

Tickets: $10

Chapel Concert: March to August

6 pm | Tuesday, May 13 | Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel

Tickets: $10

Jazz on the Mountain

Eli Dranow Trio

6 pm | Thursday, May 15 | Vesper Point at Mount Sequoyah

Free but ticketed

Yoga on the Mountain

7:15 pm | Thursday, May 15 | Vesper Point at Mount Sequoyah

Free but ticketed

Taking Flight: Restorative Mindfulness String Quartet and Bird Watching

5 and 6 pm | Friday, May 16 | The Arboretum at The Smokehouse

Free but ticketed – Tickets available soon!

Dover Quartet with Edgar Meyer

8 pm | Saturday, May 17 | Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center

Tickets: $10

Free Events and Performances

Sundays on the Square