CACHE - Creative Arkansas Community Hub and Exchange

06/09/2025

🎨 Calling all arts professionals!🎨

A free professional development workshop hosted by CACHE - Creative Arkansas Community Hub and Exchange is set for June 11 in Springdale.

This session will explore how data can drive fundraising success and help evaluate programs and grantees. Hear insights from panelists, including Annetta Tirey, program director at the Community Foundation.

🍽 Lunch will be provided
✅ Registration is required

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and connect with others in the arts community.
Click here to learn more: https://talkbusiness.net/2025/06/cache-to-offer-workshop-for-arts-professionals/
Click here to register: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cache/1684014

04/09/2025

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We're partnering with CACHE - Creative Arkansas Community Hub and Exchange to bring Artist INC Express to Springdale, AR!

June 7–8 participants will join professional artist-facilitators in discussions, activities, and hands-on exercises, to pursue their creative career growth.

Register at https://www.maaa.org/event/artist-inc-express-springdale-ar-in-person/

01/16/2025

🤩 Thank you, Good Day NWA

11/14/2024

09/23/2024

Stay in the know with our weekly round-up!

Here's what is happening next week that you'll want to add to your calendar --

💫 Sept 25th: NWA Arts Crafts N Drafts at Six-Twelve Coffeehouse & Bar (6-8 PM)

💫 Sept 26th: Tootsie at The Medium (tickets are available the 26th-29th)

💫 Plein Air Painting at the Community Creative Center (4:30-7 PM)

💫 Glass on Glass Mosaic at Ozark Folkways (12-3 PM)

There are even MORE events taking place across NWA, so check out our calendar on the CACHE website to see what you want to be a part of this week!!

09/13/2024

We've had a fantastic first few days touring the RedBall Project through Northwest Arkansas.

Thank you, Dayton Castleman(Verdant Studio) for coordinating all the details and logistics required to bring the project to life in each city.

Thank you to our Municipal Arts Alliance cohort: The City of Bentonville, Arkansas Government The City of Rogers City of Springdale, AR - Mayor's Office City of Fayetteville Arkansas Government, and City of Siloam Springs for the two years of collaboration and partnership that led to RedBall coming to NWA.

And finally thank you to 21c Museum Hotels and MIXD Gallery for kicking off the project!

RedBall's tour of NWA is NOT slowing down any time soon!

➕ View the RedBall Project today—Friday, September 13—in Fayetteville at ArtCourt (Experience Fayetteville)
➕ Saturday, September 14 at Shiloh Square in Downtown Springdale
➕ Sunday, September 15 in Bentonville at 130 W. Central Ave. (Downtown Bentonville Incorporated)
➕ See the special RedBall Project exhibition—including the artworks used reproduced for the RedBall Project's collectible postcards at MIXD Gallery through Sunday at 4 pm

📸 Artist Shelley Mouber

09/06/2024

SURPRISE!!! The RedBall is coming to .gallery this week!

As we gear up for the RedBall Project's debut in Northwest Arkansas, here's a complete schedule of the RedBall's journey and how you can fully immerse yourself in the RedBall experience!

Please note: The ball will be on view between 11 am and 6 pm at all locations except Rogers.

📍September 10: Rogers
MIXD Gallery Artist Reception, 6 pm
Note: The RedBall will be on view at MIXD Gallery

📍September 11: Bentonville
Red Ball Location: Alleyway at 112 W. Central Ave
Artist Talk: 21c Museum Hotel Artist Talk, 6 pm (The RedBall will not be on view at 21c)

📍September 12: Siloam Springs
RedBall Location: The Crown Hotel Apartments, 119 W. University St

📍September 13: Fayetteville
RedBall Location: Art Court, 227 W. Dickson St

📍September 14: Springdale
RedBal Location: Shiloh Square, 106 W. Emma Ave

📍September 15: Bentonville
RedBall Location: Alleyway at 130 W. Central Ave.

Follow along as we capture the RedBall's journey this next week!

09/04/2024

📢 Calling all creatives, arts, and cultures nonprofits!! CommsCon starts NEXT week and you won't want to miss it!

Join us for two days of community building and communications skill development hosted at the Fayetteville Public Library on September 10th and 11th. Focuses will include branding, social media strategy, and storytelling -- all led by Northwest Arkansas' top creatives!

Here are some key details to know:

✨ CommsCon kicks off at 10:00 AM on the 10th with a hands-on workshop on "The Basics of Canva"
✨ Social Hours (happy hour) will be hosted Tuesday, September 10: 4:45pm - 6:00pm (professionals) and Wednesday, September 11: 4:15pm - 5:30pm (media)
✨ Registration is free!

We look forward to connecting at CommsCon!!

09/03/2024

Can you believe September is already here?!

Before your calendar fills up for the month, add some CACHE key dates to stay connected to what’s going on in Northwest Arkansas in September!

💫 CommsCon (Sept 10-11)
💫 Red Ball (Sept 10-15)

YOLO and Social Hour will be canceled for September. Remember to check our calendar for more information and resource guides. We can’t wait to connect!

08/27/2024

08/19/2024

The RedBall Project is rolling into Northwest Arkansas!

Between September 11 and 15, this 250-pound, 15-foot inflatable mobile sculpture will move to a different NWA city.

Considered the longest-running street art work, the RedBall Project will be in Bentonville on September 15, from 11 am until 6 pm.

The RedBall Project is made possible by the Municipal Arts Alliance, a project of CACHE.

Between 2021 and 2023, the Municipal Arts Alliance convened municipal leaders from the Cities of Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Siloam Springs, and Springdale to foster an inclusive creative ecosystem.

Through the lens of arts and creativity, the program integrated cross-disciplinary connections to pressing issues including creative workforce development, placemaking, active public realm, and diversity and belonging.

Learn about the RedBall Project and the artist behind the project, Kurt Perschke here:

City of Springdale, AR - Mayor's Office
Downtown Springdale
The City of Bentonville, Arkansas Government
Downtown Bentonville Incorporated
The City of Rogers
City of Siloam Springs
Main Street Siloam Springs
City of Fayetteville Arkansas Government
Experience Fayetteville
21c Museum Hotel Bentonville

Red Ball is a surprisingly easy artwork to move, said artist Kurt Perschke. He simply deflates it and ships it in a red crate or flies it as cargo. Perschke likes that people interact with the work by bouncing off of it. (Courtesy Photo) It's 15 feet tall, 250 pounds, red all over and therefore alwa...

07/29/2024

Thank you .decentrale for hosting us, for sharing your art and heart, and and for bringing artists together. Beautiful night! 🕯️🎨🎶🫶🏼