Melissa Milton

Melissa Milton creates one of a kind sculptures out of upcycled cardboard. She also paints
with alcohol inks and acrylic paint on canvas.

Melissa’s art pieces have been exhibited in several Northwest Arkansas curated galleries,
including the Walton Arts Center, the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, the University of
Arkansas’ Faulkner Performing Arts Center, Terra Studios, Fenix Arts, Art Ventures, Local
Color Studio Gallery, The ANA Gallery, and The Art Gallery at NWA Mall. Her artwork has also
exhibited at the Fayetteville Public Library, the Bentonville Public Library (Solo show), the
Boone County Public Library (Solo show), the Rogers’ Chamber of Commerce’s Experimental
House, and the lobby of the Rogers, AR Aloft Hotel.

Melissa’s art has been published in British Vogue, British GQ, Studio Visit, At Home in
Arkansas, and American Mensa magazines. Her artwork has also illustrated poetry in the book
“Living Large”, was chosen as the cover of the 2022 Dairy Hollow Echo Writer’s Anthology,
and illustrated the 2019 Holiday Card for The Dysautonomia Support Network charity.

Melissa won a 2023 City of Fayetteville, AR Public Art competition resulting in her artwork
being one in a series of of six art pieces projected upon the side of a seven story City building
for the holidays. She won First Place for Mixed Media category in the 2021 Art of Possibilities
Exhibit, sponsored by the Courage Kenny Foundation. She was also awarded a 2018 Rare
Artist Award in Washington, DC, sponsored by the Every Life Foundation.