This case study explores the current state and health of the Walton Arts Center, including the mission statement, venue, staffing, programming, and exploration of potential problems and threats. A strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats (SWOT) chart is included, as well as an analysis of WAC The Sound of Music from the organization's Broadway series event. The analysis concludes with lessons learned and an appendix.
Introduction to Walton Arts Center In the late 1980s, the Walton Family, City of Fayetteville, and University of Arkansas recognized the potential for an arts center in the Northwest Arkansas. In 1986, the University of Arkansas and the City of Fayetteville formed a 501(C)(3) and the Walton Arts Center was