Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center

What Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center does

The Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center is a 500+ seat (587-patron capacity) performing arts venue located on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The center operates as a university department rather than an independent enterprise and was completed in September 2015 as a renovation of the historic 1937 Field House, a building on the National Register of Historic Places. Its core offering is a state-of-the-art performance venue serving as the home of the University of Arkansas music department's large ensembles and hosting externally booked artists and performances, art exhibits, and university events.

The center's product surface extends beyond the main performance hall to include a box office with online ticketing (via tickets.uark.edu and vbotickets.com) and season ticket packages, rotating art exhibits featuring regional and national artists, the Imagine Art Camp youth arts education program, technical resources for visiting event organizers, and a community and outreach arm that includes the Safe Zone Allies partnership for LGBTQ+ inclusion. Tickets are sold in-person, online, and by phone, with student pricing available for ticketed theatre and music events. The marketing footprint is built on the University of Arkansas's owned channels: the university's website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts, and a Constant Contact email newsletter.

The revenue model is a hybrid of transactional ticket sales and philanthropic donations routed through the University of Arkansas's online giving platform. The venue is named for Jim and Joyce Faulkner, university philanthropists whose major gift funded the renovation. The center serves two primary audiences: the University of Arkansas community (students, faculty, and staff) and the broader Northwest Arkansas regional community, with a hybrid segmentation approach combining persona-based (university community, students) and geographic (regional patrons) segments. The center is operated by a four-named-member management team (plus additional staff) and falls under the ownership of the University of Arkansas as a state university entity.

Name

Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center

Legal name

Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center

Website

https://faulkner.uark.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center is a 587-seat university performing arts venue on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It hosts performances, art exhibits, and youth arts education programs for the university community and Northwest Arkansas regional patrons, funded through ticket sales and philanthropic donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Venue

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

University & Educational Venue Operations (Auditoriums, Campus Arenas) (MPAGALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM), Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB), Concert Halls & Music Venue Operations (Symphony Halls, Recital Venues) (MPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Performing arts venue
• Live music concerts
• Theatrical productions
• Art exhibitions
• Youth arts education

Headquarters

HQ city

Fayetteville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: The center generates revenue through ticket sales for performances and events at the venue, including Faulkner Performing Arts Center events, Department of Music events, and campus events.
2. Donations and Philanthropy: Major gifts and donations support the center, including the naming gift from Jim and Joyce Faulkner and ongoing fundraising through the university giving platform.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center is a 500+ seat state-of-the-art venue located on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. It hosts musical performances, theatrical productions, art exhibits, and community events, and serves as the home performance venue for the university's music department ensembles. The center sells tickets, offers a youth arts education program (Imagine Art Camp), displays rotating art exhibits, and provides technical production resources for event organizers.

Product overview

The Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center is a single, unified performing arts venue at the University of Arkansas, completed in September 2015. The center offers the main 587-seat performance venue for the university's musical organizations, hosts guest performers for the university and Northwest Arkansas community, and provides ancillary services including a Box Office, Art Exhibits program, Imagine Art Camp youth program, Technical Resources for event organizers, and Community & Outreach initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center Venue A 500+ seat performing arts venue on the University of Arkansas campus, hosting acclaimed artists, university music ensembles, and culturally relevant events for the campus and Northwest Arkansas community.
• Box Office Ticketing Services Ticket sales service for Faulkner events, Department of Music performances, theatre productions, and campus events, available both in-person and online with season ticket options.
• Imagine Art Camp A youth arts education program offering creative arts experiences for children during summer months at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center.
• Art Exhibits Program Rotating art exhibitions displayed at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center featuring works by regional and national artists.
• Technical Production Resources Technical support services for event organizers, including stage dimensions, music department information, and event logistics checklists to facilitate productions at the venue.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Safe Zone AlliescommunityStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Faulkner Center has joined the Safe Zone Allies program, which is part of the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education at the University of Arkansas. Safe Zone Allies are members of the campus community who believe all students and people should be treated equally regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. The partnership provides safe spaces and supportive environments for LGBTQ+ students and visitors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• George Eastman Museum: While primarily a museum, it operates a historic dry-gate theatre (Dryden Theatre) for film and performing arts events in a university-adjacent context. Broader incumbent in the cultural-venue space in a comparable mid-sized American metro.

Direct peers

• Walton Arts Center: The largest performing arts venue in Northwest Arkansas, located in Fayetteville. Directly competes for touring acts, regional patrons, and corporate sponsorships with the Faulkner Center, but operates at a much larger scale with multiple performance spaces.
• Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: A university-affiliated performing arts center at the University of Maryland that hosts music, theatre, and dance programming. Comparable as a multi-format university PAC with educational integration and a similar mix of university and external programming.
• Hylton Performing Arts Center: George Mason University's performing arts center. University-presenting PAC that hosts touring acts, university ensembles, and community programming, with a similar donor- and ticket-supported revenue model.
• Moss Arts Center: Virginia Tech's performing arts and visual arts center. Comparable university PAC combining music, theatre, and art exhibition programming with educational and community-outreach missions.
• Texas Performing Arts: The performing arts presenting arm of the University of Texas at Austin. Operates multiple venues with a mix of university ensemble use and touring professional programming, sharing the university-presenting model with the Faulkner Center.
• Touhill Performing Arts Center: University of Missouri-St. Louis's performing arts center. Mid-size university PAC presenting touring professional artists and university ensembles, similar in capacity and multi-format use to the Faulkner Center.
• Lied Center for Performing Arts: University of Nebraska-Lincoln's presenting venue. Comparable mid-size university PAC hosting touring national and international performers alongside university music and theatre programming in a college-town market.
• DeBartolo Performing Arts Center: University of Notre Dame's performing arts center. Multi-format academic PAC with a comparable presenter-venue model, integrating university curricular use with touring professional programming.

Regional players

• Théâtre de Caen / Opéra de Rennes: Regional publicly-supported performing arts venues in France. Comparable as government-supported, presenting-venue organizations with mixed music and theatre programming, though operating in a different geographic and regulatory context.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FaulknerPAC
• Facebookfacebook.com/FaulknerPAC
• Instagraminstagram.com/uafpac
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jim-&-joyce-faulkner-performing-arts-center

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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