Thursday, November 6th | 2:30PM | Performance Hall
Northwest Arkansas is now a welcoming home to diverse, world-class international creators. As the Walton Art Center’s first CEO, Bill Mitchell, recalls, “The artistic life of the region prior to the Walton Arts Center (WAC) primarily consisted of a few community theatre and university projects and a combined community/university orchestra. That was about it.” Arriving in Fayetteville in 1987, after being recruited from the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Bill met a determined Helen Walton, who was tired of taking her family to the orchestra at the University of Arkansas’ old men’s gym. Hear Mitch describe how the WAC came to fruition to serve the region with artistic vigor and variety.
