Arts And The Park - Arts Festival

Arts & The Park: Celebrate Imagination will be held at indoor, outdoor, in-person, and virtual offerings. The theme for the festival, "Celebrate Imagination", will focus on on cleverness, originality, ingenuity, and the limitlessness of the mind. Celebrate Imagination hopes to highlight how the imagination supports and benefits not just the artistic process, but other areas of life such as technology.

Arts & The Park is hosted each year by the Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance as part of the organization's mission to celebrate the arts and culture of the Hot Springs area. Arts & The Park 2024 will include live performances, workshops, children’s events, and art exhibitions.

All Arts & The Park events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. All events are "family friendly."

Highlights of the Festival

Take a Hike with Gene
Beloved local legend and iconic woodturning artist, Gene Sparling will lead participants through the beautiful hiking trails on his land nestled at the foot of the Ouchitas. Hikers will see out at 10 am and stay together for the first portion, then the group will split in two with one group headed on to a medium difficulty trail, and the other group to remain on a low difficulty trail and head back to the entrance. Hikers will need to pack their own supplies and are encouraged to focus on how getting back to nature helps spark imagination.