Arts On Tour

The Arts on Tour roster lists a broad spectrum of Arkansas’s finest solo and ensemble performers, individual visual artists and prepared art exhibitions ready for touring within Arkansas. The online AOT listing facilitates the booking process for arts organizations, festival and event planners, schools, civic organizations and government entities interested in contracting with the artists.

The AOT program is designed to reimburse presenters who showcase Arkansas artists listed on the roster. When an AOT artist negotiates a contract with the presenter, the Arkansas Arts Council typically will subsidize 40 percent of the cost of the event as long as funds are available.

New AOT artists are selected each year through a panel process. 

Apply For The Arts On Tour Artist Roster

Applications to join the roster open Sept. 22, 2025.

To be eligible for the Arts on Tour Program, a performing or visual artist must: 

  • Maintain a primary residency in Arkansas, or must have an Arkansas based contact.
  • Have presented concerts, exhibitions, programs or lecture-demonstrations in locations away from their home location at least twice in the previous year. Exhibitions must have been presented in a formal gallery space.

The Arkansas Arts Council reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of the scope or nature of the presentation proposed by a selected Arts on Tour artist and retains the right to determine the suitability of an AOT artist to remain on the roster once they have been selected.

Arts on Tour Artist Roster application forms should be submitted online by completing the form linked below. You will receive an email confirmation when we have received your online submission.

 

 

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Gary and Lisa Gazaway
Tags
Music: Jazz/Big Band Northeast
Arkansas Arts Council
Featured by
AAC
Location
Pocahontas, 72455
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Trumpeter Gary Gazaway is originally from Northeast Arkansas, and in 1977 he began working and performing in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Nashville, and Hawaii. He has recorded or performed with a long list of diverse maor Latin and American artists including Airto & Flora Purim, Jaco Pastorius, Herb Alpert, Steve Winwood, Joe Cocker, The Memphis Horns, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Delbert McClinton, George Jones, Victor Wooten, Derek Trucks, and Phish; and has recording credits on more than 30 albums, 5 multi-platinum.

 Native Hawaiian vocalist Lisa Ahia is from Maui and began singing at the age of 8 with her father Sam Ahia, one of Hawaii’s most important guitarists and musicians. In the 1990s, she began performing traditional Hawaiian Folk Music and is an accomplished performer on Ukulele. She has been featured as a musician, vocalist, and MC for many hotels, resorts, and Polynesian shows.  Lisa also has a deep love for for Jazz standards from The Great American Songbook and has her own original style in that genre. With her beautiful velvet voice, she sings the melody and lyrics of the songs with her own unique interpretation and phrasing. Lisa has recorded and performed with artists including Victor Wooten, Hugo Fattoruso, Toninho Horta, Charles Thomas, and many others.

Requirements
Sound, lights typically provided by the presenter, but can be provided for a fee
Fee
$2,500, plus and travel expenses.
Time Availability
Year-round

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