About Us

Mission Statement 

The mission of ArtWalk is to encourage and promote art and culture in the Rio Grande Valley. Acting as a stage for various mediums of artwork, these free-to-the-public venues hope to help increase interest, passion, awareness and appreciation for all art and everything that art encompasses. “It is a creative effort to make life better.”

What is the McAllen ArtWalk?

The McAllen ArtWalk is a self-guided tour of art galleries and art hosts in one of the oldest areas of McAllen. Guests can start their tour at any location and proceed at their own pace. The McAllen ArtWalk begins the first Friday of each month starting September through May. The evening exhibits begin at 6 p.m. and last until 10 p.m.

This is all free and open to the public in attempt to highlight the culture of our community. It is a wonderful opportunity to mingle, meet a variety of different people and create new neighbors who might share in your passion for art.

The Website: mcallenartwalk.com

Since the creation of the mcallenartwalk.com website we have had some impressive results by way of keeping our guest informed. The last two years we have experienced a dramatic increase of visitors to the website, up to 14,000 hits in one month during the season where 4,000 were unique visits. Our visitors are from top level domains at both the local level and world wide. During the last two years the web hits originate from the following countries other than the USA: Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, Viet Nam, Brazil, Czech Republic, Romania, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Argentina, Austria, Puerto Rico, India, Japan, United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, Taiwan, Australia, Belgium, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Pakistan, Yugoslavia, Benin, Chile, Finland, Ghana, Israel, Lithuania, Morocco, Portugal, Russia Federation, Slovenia, Togolese Republic. Something GOOD is happening here!