Steve Kelsey

Call Us: 501-324-9150
Visit Us: 1100 North Street, Little Rock, AR 72201

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.

The Arts On Tour Artist Roster opens Oct. 15, 2026.

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.

Steve Kelsey

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Music: Solo Singers/Songwriters Northwest

Featured by: AAC

Location: P.O. Box 10259, Fayetteville, AR, 72703

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(479) 466-9552 Email Website

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Arkansas Heritage and History programs have been Steve Kelsey's specialty since 1989. Known as a seasoned interpreter of local and international tales and ballads he brings passion and pizzazz to festivals and community concerts. Do you need “frameworks” appropriate programs for schools from kindergarten to college audiences? Steve has provided “In-Service” programs for school districts, museums and service coops in Arkansas and the surrounding states. He plays over 25 folk instruments and magically transforms spectators into participants with his “instant jug band' from campfires to concert halls.