Tales from the South: On the Road

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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.

Tales from the South: On the Road

Paula Morell

(501) 777-7602 Email Paula Website

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“Tales from the South” is a unique, unrehearsed showcase of writers reading their stories that is broadcast locally on KUAR FM 89.1 and syndicated by World Radio Network. Rich in language, detail, and voice, the show’s literary memoires are true stories told by the Southerners who lived them. The traveling version “Tales from the South: on the Road” brings the program to your community or school, with local participants sharing their own true stories. Executive Producer and Host Paula Morell solicits stories, edits them, and gets the material ready for the show. The program from your town can also feature live music by local musicians when available. The host site provides dinner and takes care of ticket sales. An incredible way to share your community’s stories with the world!

Fee: $1,000 / evening. Covers executive producer, sound engineer, 2 musical acts, all post-production and distribution of show Mileage and lodging, as needed. Host site provides dinner and ticket sales, if applicable.