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Founded on March 21, 1989 by Helen Walton and Ed Dell Wortz, the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts is an all-volunteer organization celebrating 35 years of support for women artists.

The committee has provided free art displays to thousands of Arkansans, organized more than 20 professionally produced traveling exhibitions since 1996, and displayed work from over 150 artists across 20 Arkansas cities.

The organization has supported over 800 women artists by providing opportunities to have their work reviewed by professional curators, museum directors, art critics, and professors, with selected works displayed statewide.

The committee has created educational materials including publications distributed to school districts and 2,000 Girl Scout troops, and launched a website (2005) and Facebook page (2010) with approximately 2,000 followers.

Direct financial support includes $15,000 for the Arkansas Artist Registry (1993), 25 cash awards to individual women artists for studio practice and summer study (beginning 1995), and funding for female college students to attend summer internship programs (beginning 1999).