Arts & Economic Prosperity
Arts and culture is a growing industry in Northwest Arkansas. Walton Arts Center worked with Americans for the Arts on a 2010 study that found the non-profit arts and culture sector is a significant economic driver in Northwest Arkansas that generates $46 million in total economic impact. The Arts & Economic Prosperity Study IV also found that Northwest Arkansas’ non-profit arts and culture organizations support 1,488 local full-time equivalent jobs, generate $4 million in government revenue and are a cornerstone of tourism. This is good news for Northwest Arkansas!
Special thanks to Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce and the Northwest Arkansas Council, who along with Walton Arts Center funded this study.
We want to thank the 25 arts and cultural organizations represented in this study, who each bore a significant responsibility for collecting and submitting data:
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> Arkansas Air Museum
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> Arkansas Country Doctor Museum
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> Arend Arts Center
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> Art Amiss
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> Arts Center of the Ozarks
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> Arts Live Theatre
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> Benton County School of the Arts
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> Clinton House Museum
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> Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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> Downtown Bentonville, Inc.
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> Live on Stage in NWA
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> North Arkansas Jazz Society
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> Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center
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> The Peel Compton Foundation
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> Rogers Historical Museum / Hawkins House
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> Rogers Little Theater
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> Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
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> Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
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> Sugar Creek Model Railroad and Historical Society
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> Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
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> TheatreSquared
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> Tricycle Theater for Youth (Trike Theater)
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> UA Boston Mountain Brassworks
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> UA Fine Arts Center Gallery
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> University Theatre, UA Department of Drama
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> Walton Arts Center
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