Windgate Foundation
Windgate Studio + Design Center
The Windgate Art and Design District will feature several buildings for art and design classrooms, labs, studios and a public gallery space. It brings together art, design and education, while serving as the central hub for the student and faculty artists and designers at the University of Arkansas and beyond.
The 154,000-square-foot-state-of-the-art Windgate Studio + Design Center opened and began hosting classes in Spring 2023. The center houses the studio art program areas in ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and their M.F.A. and B.F.A. studios, as well as the graphic design program and their new graduate M.Des. degree.
An additional $30 million partial challenge grant will further expand the Windgate Art and Design District by creating more community space and bring together art, design and education in Northwest Arkansas.