The British Arrows Awards Return to the Walker Art Center for the 2026 Holiday Season
The Walker’s Most Popular Event Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The Walker Art Center is proud to announce the return of the annual British Arrows Awards screenings, running from November 27, 2026 through January 2, 2027. Marking four decades since the collaboration first bridged audiences of Minnesota and the UK, this highly anticipated event remains the Walker’s most popular public showcase. Since the 1986 inception of this Walker program, over 595,000 people have attended screenings.
The British Arrows Awards combines short-form filmmaking with the best of creative advertising. From fast-paced montages to atmospheric slow burns, the annual film event showcases the emotional and stylistic breadth of moving image advertising.
As a time capsule, the British Arrows reflects the cultural trends of our current moment. This year, A$AP Rocky appears in a love-story-turned-Chanel-ad directed by Michel Gondry, while Stanley Tucci stars in a mockumentary-style interview for San Pellegrino. Winning ads span surrealist comedy, quirky Claymation, poignant PSAs, and everything in between. By blurring the line between reality and fantasy, the program prompts us to consider how advertising can change the way we think, feel, and behave.
Taking place over the holiday season, the Walker’s annual moving image program provides a curated selection of short-form stories that are sure to provoke as much as they delight.
Lisa Lavender, Managing Director, British Arrows, comments, “Bringing the British Arrows to Walker Art Center is always incredibly special, but this year has particular significance as we celebrate an extraordinary 40 years of collaboration with Walker, alongside the 50th anniversary of the British Arrows. It’s a relationship we’re enormously proud of, built on a shared belief in creativity, craft and the power of brilliant moving-image storytelling. As we begin an exciting new chapter for the Arrows with our new Co-Chairs, Charlie Gatsky, President of Brands and Entertainment at Uncommon Creative Studio and Dom Thomas, Founder and Managing Partner at Object & Animal, we couldn’t think of a better place to celebrate both our history and our future than with the wonderfully enthusiastic audiences at Walker.”
TICKETS
Walker Member Presale: Tickets open early for members on September 23. Members save 20% on tickets.
General Public Sale: Tickets go on sale to the public on September 30.Tickets start at $20.
How to Purchase: Due to high demand, advance online booking is strongly encouraged through the Walker Art Center Box Office.
ACCESSIBILITY
For more information about accessibility, visit our accessibility page. For questions on accessibility or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.
About the British Arrows
The British Arrows is a nonprofit organization started by the creative industry for the creative industry, and every year it celebrates the best in moving image advertising in one of the oldest awards shows in the United Kingdom. The Walker Art Center’s involvement with the British Arrows started in 1986. After a screening of the British Arrows award-winning ad reels at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Walker’s curator at the time wanted to bring the show to Minneapolis. The involvement between the two organizations became a long-standing collaboration, which continues to run proudly today.
About the Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a renowned multidisciplinary arts institution that presents, collects, and supports the creation of groundbreaking work across the visual and performing arts, moving image, and design. Guided by the belief that art has the power to bring joy and solace and the ability to unite people through dialogue and shared experiences, the Walker engages communities through a dynamic array of exhibitions, performances, events, and initiatives. Its multiacre campus includes 65,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space, the state-of-the-art McGuire Theater and Walker Cinema, and ample green space that connects with the adjoining Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The Garden, a partnership with the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, is one of the first urban sculpture parks of its kind in the United States and home to the beloved Twin Cities landmark Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Recognized for its ambitious program and growing collection of more than 16,000 works, the Walker embraces emerging art forms and amplifies the work of artists from the Twin Cities and from across the country and the globe. Its broad spectrum of offerings makes it a lively and welcoming hub for artistic expression, creative innovation, and community connection.