501c3 community arts organization in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Low Key Arts connects people and inspires creativity by providing tools, education, and opportunities to experience musical, cinematic, and artistic innovators from around the world. With the support of sponsors and a great community of volunteers, Low Key Arts has been producing independent music, cinema and art events in the town of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas since 2005. Booking: missil
Support for Low Key Arts is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.
02/15/2026
🍽️🎸 It’s a BUFFET of BANDS, next weekend! Join us for the Rock N' Roll Buffet on Saturday, February 21, a fundraiser for the 22nd Annual Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival!
5 bands will set up on the floor in a circle along the walls of The Club House with the crowd standing in the middle. Each band gets a 25 minute set. As soon as one band strikes their last note, the next band begins. This goes on for 125 minutes!
This years menu features 🍴 Ghost Bones, Chainsaw Lassy, King Laugh, Bulla, and Galosh In Mud
📍 The Club House, 118 Arbor Street - Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM.
Please note, no food will be served at this show. 😋
It's a BUFFET OF BANDS! $10 & All ages!
Poster art by Elise Sanders will be for sale at the door!
02/06/2026
🎉 Save the date, grab your passes at valleyofthevapors.com, and listen to all the performers headed to Hot Springs, Arkansas for VOV March 13 - 15!
⚡️ VOV LINEUP! ⚡️ We're excited to announce the lineup for the 2026 Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival! Check out all the amazing performers that will be traveling from all over the world to Hot Springs, Arkansas, March 13 - 15.
Get your passes now at valleyofthevapors.com! 🎟️
🎧 Take a listen to all the artists here: tinyurl.com/2p6zcu56
02/05/2026
Valley of the Vapors (VOV) Independent Music Festival returns to Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas March 13 - 15! ✨ Incredible art for this year's poster by Erin Baber - baberflavor.com!
⚡️ Low Key Arts presents the 22nd Annual Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival, March 13 - 15, at Whittington Place! Stay tuned, lineup announcements begin THIS FRIDAY!
This year's poster art was created by artist Erin Baber. 🎉 Check out her website for all things graphic design & marketing at baberflavor.com!
01/15/2026
📣 Call to Artists!
Low Key Arts is seeking 22 artist to be a part of the Valley of the Vapors silent art auction March 13-15 in Hot Springs, Arkansas!
🎨 The Creation
Selected artists will create a 20x20" painting inspired by the theme "Dreams"
✒️ Submissions!
Interested artists can email a photo of their art to [email protected] by Feb 13. Previous VOV artists & new artists are encouraged to submit! We will respond after Feb 13 to let you know if it's time to start crafting your dream themed VOV painting!
✨️ Compensation
Paintings will be available for silent auction bids during the music festival. The winning bid value will be split 50/50 between the artist and Low Key Arts.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your art! Don't forget to share or tag any artists who may be interested. ✨
01/12/2026
🏆✨ POV FESTIVAL WINNERS ✨🏆
Still coming back to Earth after that weekend. Thank you to every filmmaker who trusted us with your work — and to our audiences who showed up, stayed curious, and let your reactions be heard. That’s the magic.
Here are our award winners:
🎬 FGR Script to Screen Award (includes a gear rental package from Film Gear Rentals worth $6000 and an invitation for the completed project to screen at POV 2027)
Rhae’s Boquets — Joseph Pelegreen
🌎 Best Short Outside of Arkansas
Punter — Jason Adam Maselle
✍️ Best Screenwriting
JJ — Mark Theideman
🎥 Best Directing
Raccoon Soup — Janie Gentry
📷 Best Cinematography
JJ — Chris Churchill
🎭 Best Actor
Jake Partain — Three-Ball
🎭 Best Actress
Ashley Shelton — Scratch Off
🧡 Best Arkansas Short
Leonard Heck — Michael Murray
(Sponsored by Content Titan— includes a $500 cash prize.)
👏 Audience Choice Award
Raccoon Soup — Janie Gentry
(Sponsored by Brad Burleson & Dylan Hamby — includes a $500 cash prize.)
And a special shout-out to the films that earned the most audience votes within their individual shorts blocks:
✨ Magic the Magician — John F. Clorus
✨ Angel — Benjamin Aaron
✨ Raccoon Soup — Janie Gentry
✨ DoomScroller — Wyndham Wyeth
✨ Brighter Days Ahead — Deb Fuller
✨ Control — Avery Tyler Della Rosa
Congrats to every winner — and to every filmmaker who screened. You made this festival what it is. 🚀🛰️
Arkansas FilmFestival
01/11/2026
It’s Closing Day at POV Fest — and we’re making it count. 🚀✨
🎬 Re-Screening: “All’s Fair in Love & War” (Shorts Block – last half)
Sometimes the universe throws a curveball… and sometimes that curveball is a projector. We’re re-screening the last half of this morning’s shorts block so you can catch what got interrupted.
🌊 Shorts Block: “Beyond the Surface”
A midday lineup built to pull you in and keep you leaning forward — expect big range, bold swings, and stories that stick.
💡 Free Workshop: “DIY Lighting — Big Looks on Small Budgets”
Want your next shoot to look expensive without spending expensive? Long-time gaffer Brian Johnson (Film Gear Rentals) breaks down how to shape light, control quality, and create cinematic setups using natural light + tools you probably already own. Practical, hands-on, and instantly useful.
🦴 Shorts Block: “Bad to the Bone”
An afternoon block with some bite — sharp filmmaking, strong voices, and the kind of shorts you’ll be talking about later.
🏆 Free Event: Closing Night Award Ceremony
The final orbit. Come celebrate the filmmakers, the stories, and the moments that made this year unforgettable — and help us send POV Fest into next year with a room full of love, noise, and community.
01/10/2026
Houston, we had a projector problem. 🛸✨
Sometimes things just don’t go right—and our 11:00 AM shorts block got hit with a bulb malfunction making the screen not as “bright”. We’re making it right by re-screening the last half of the block tomorrow at 11:00 AM in Cinema 1.
You can catch:
• Interruptions — Garrett Brenneman
• Debaters — Alex Heller
• Did You Imagine It Different — Maddie Welborn
• JJ — Mark Thiedeman
If you were affected today, we’d love to have you back in the room. Thanks for your patience (and your very kind, very human energy). 💫🎬
01/10/2026
We’re in full festival orbit today at POV — stacked from daytime discoveries to late-night celebrations. Here’s what you’re catching as you float through Saturday:
🌠 Shorts Block – “All’s Fair in Love & War”
A lineup built for big feelings and sharp turns.
🔥 Fireside Chat
A can’t-miss conversation with award-winning filmmaker Tara Sheffer—inside-the-industry insight, the real path, and a Q&A that’s actually worth staying for.
🌎 Feature Documentary
“This Is Pike County,” directed by Laura Paglin—a documentary that sits with a community under pressure and doesn’t look away.
🥊 Workshop: Stunts 101
Hands-on, high-energy, and practical—led by stunt coordinator/performer Chris Gann (yes, that kind of stunt knowledge).
📝 Inception to Projection Screenwriting Showcase
A celebration of new work from the ITP feature screenwriting class—a live reading by actors on stage!
🥂 Filmmaker Happy Hour
A little decompression, a little networking—say hey, make a friend, meet the brains behind what you just watched.
🎬 Tonight’s Feature
“Abigail Before Beatrice,” from Little Rock native Cassie Keet—tense, intimate, and the kind of story that pulls you in and won’t let go.
🎧 Official Afterparty
We close out the day together—sponsored by SQZBX, with award-winning DJ Mike Poe spinning at Whittington Place.
The full schedule is in the graphics — pick your path and meet us out there. 🌌
FilmFestival Filmmakers
01/09/2026
Tonight after the last block of films! 🎬🎉 Don't miss the Women in Film Arkansas After-Party at The Club House with a live performance by Various Blonde from Kansas City.
🥂Join WIFA TONIGHT at the Persistence of Vision Film Festival After Party!
🎟️🎟️Get your tickets to the POV Film Festival in Hot Springs - happening now through Sunday, Jan 9-11 https://www.pov-fest.com/
01/09/2026
🚀 POV Fest launch day is HERE — and we’re going full galactic at the Arlington. ✨ pov-fest.com
Come early, get your bearings, and spend the day bouncing between film blocks, filmmaker moments, and a proper after-party finale.
🎟️ Box Office opens at NOON on the mezzanine.
🪐 Ticket tip: If you bought tickets online and set up an Eventive account, your QR code pass + order tickets live there — and you’ll find the full schedule there too.
🚀 POV Fest kicks off today! 🥳🎬 Still need passes? Visit pov-fest.com to get yours now to experience all the fun happening at The Arlington Resort Hotel, January 9 - 11!
🎟️ Box Office opens at NOON on the mezzanine.
🪐 Ticket tip: If you bought tickets online and set up an Eventive account, your QR code pass + order tickets live there — and you’ll find the full schedule there too.
🎟️ Purchase a VIP Weekend Pass for $75, or a Day Pass for $25 (Sunday Day Passes $18)
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Low Key Arts is a 501(c)3 public charity. With the help of dedicated sponsors and volunteers, Low Key Arts has been presenting original, forward-thinking and independent music and art in the town of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas since 2005. At Low Key Arts, we believe that artistic expression is essential to the growth and development of people of all ages. We seek to offer all individuals opportunities to experience, understand, and engage in artistic expression across a diverse range of media.
We believe that individual artistic development supports a positive community. By offering educational, experiential, and volunteer opportunities, we bring individuals together in support of a common cause and create an environment which nurtures community bonds. Our goal in developing a community is to foster an exponential energy which we feel improves the world around us. Exposure to artistic innovation challenges audiences to see a wider world and promotes further creativity by broadening understanding and possibility. Performances from a wide variety of cultures provide people of all ages within our community encouragement to create and share their unique stories, feelings, and perspectives.
Our volunteers, donors, and sponsors are the foundation of this organization. Community members who generously share their time and resources are the lifeblood of Low Key Arts and the programs we offer.
Low Key Arts provides opportunities for all ages to experience performances and workshops by musical, cinematic and artistic innovators from around the world.
Support for Low Key Arts is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts, and Visit Hot Springs.
