The Arkansas Gallery
The Arkansas Gallery, located adjacent to Gate 6, is a showcase for the arts as well as other cultural and educational opportunities our city and state have to offer.
The exhibits reflect the rich cultural heritage found in both the city and state and provides a sampling of the world-class exhibits available at galleries, museums and other venues.
One of the major goals at Little Rock National has been to better link the airport to the city and state it serves and The Arkansas Gallery is one major component in meeting that goal.
The gallery was made possible through the generous, community-minded sponsorship of St. Vincent Health System. The sponsorship made it possible to finish and equip the 1,740 square-foot space. St. Vincent was the recipient of an Arts and Humanities Award presented in 2001 by the Little Rock Arts and Humanities Promotion Commission for its sponsorship of The Arkansas Gallery. Learn more about the sponsor by clicking on St. Vincent Hospital.
 The diversity, quality and extent of the collections available in the various galleries and museums represented at the airport is readily apparent from the small sample visitors can view in the Arkansas Gallery.
Drawings, painting, sculpture, historic artifacts … you can see it all at The Arkansas Gallery.
Current exhibitors include the Arkansas Aerospace Center, Arkansas Arts Council/Arkansas Artist Registry, Arkansas Arts Center/Decorative Arts Museum, Central Arkansas Library System, Central High Museum, Clinton Presidential Center, Historic Arkansas Museum, Kramer Arts Cooperative, Military Museum of Arkansas, Museum of Discovery and the Old State House Museum, and others are in the offing.
There is no charge for visiting The Arkansas Gallery. It is open from 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. daily.
In addition to the gallery, the airport has brought other art into the terminal as part of a new program to enhance the total customer experience. Located in the soaring, dramatic Atrium Entrance is a mobile entitled "Clouds" that was done for the airport by Memphis artist, Carroll Todd. In the new Grand Entrance, whimsical "paper airplanes" done in burnished aluminum by Bruce Gray, a Los Angeles artist, are displayed.
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