Arts, Culture & History
501 Garrison Avenue
D*FACE is one of most prolific contemporary urban artists of his generation and was at the forefront of the urban art movement its rise into pop-culture. Known for his subversive images, which involve a family of dysfunctional characters whose roles…
Pendergraft Park
479-783-8888
A 25-foot work of art honors the illustrious lawman, believed to be the first black U.S. deputy marshal west of the Mississippi. Reeves, born into slavery, served for 32 years under Federal Judge Isaac C. Parker. This larger-than-life monument is fit…
709 North B Street
In 2015, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) faculty and students installed this colorful artwork as part of The Unexpected urban contemporary art project, which brings renowned international artists to the streets of historic downtown Fort S…
Belle Grove Historic District
479-783-8888
Comprising a 22-square block area bounded by North Fifth Street, North H Street, North Eighth Street and North C Street, the beautiful Belle Grove area was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1973. Since then, a large nu…
522 S 6th St
479-783-5345
Fort Smith National Cemetery, located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was established as a national cemetery in 1867. The cemetery grew around a small post cemetery that dates to about 1819. Fort Smith National Cemetery traces its beginning to the foundin…
15 North 2 Street
The skilled faculty and students worked together to transform this vintage bus located inside the gates of the unique pocket park known as The Park at West End during The Unexpected project in 2017.
15 South 9th St
Franco Fasoli, aka Jaz, is one of Argentina’s best known and most talented street artists. Jaz studied scenography at the Instituto del Teatro Colón and studied painting, drawing and ceramics at Instituto Universitario Naciónal de Arte (IUNA) which h…
North 11th Street and Grand Avenue
Camille Walala transformed this vintage 1950’s car station into a colorful convergence in the middle of an intersection in downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Curated by creative house Just Kids in collaboration with The Unexpected Urban Contemporary Art…
1401 South Greenwood Avenue
479-784-1006
Oak Cemetery is recognized as a National Historic Landmark based on over 152 years of documented history.The oldest monument, dated 1842, the same year Fort Smith was incorporated, marks the grave of Captain Gookin.
The cemetery continues to capture…
812 Garrison Avenue
Belgium artist ROA is known for painting monochrome animals, typically painting rodents native to the area he is painting. His second and final peace, ROA installed "The Otter" in his trademark black and white style during The Unexpected's inaugural…