RISK: 2025 Spring Arts & Culture Festival

About SACF 2025

The NorthWest Arkansas Community College Spring Arts & 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 & Culture Festival will take place Monday, March 3rd to Thursday, March 6th, 2025.

Opening Keynote: Alice Driver, Monday, 10:30am at NWACC in Bentonville

All events are free & open to the public. Events include live performances, guest speakers, generative artmaking, dance, music, film, art exhibits, and more! Register via eventbrite to receive zoom link access for our livestreamed event options.

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?

Join us for Spring Arts & Culture Festival 2025 to reflect on RISK across academic division, artistic field, and community experience.
Monday's Livestreamed Event
4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. ខ្លែងឯក - Singing Kites: Khmer-American Public Art in Bentonville

Tuesday's Livestreamed Event
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. “Sing Down The Barriers”: On Risk & American Music
Wednesday's Livestreamed Event
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Book Discussion: Sissy by Canese Jarboe

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