VenueConnect 2019

Wendy Riggs
Vice President of Operations
Walton Arts Center/Walmart AMP


Wendy Riggs has 40 years of arts and venue management, marketing, consulting and teaching experience from arts and cultural institutions including the Fabulous Fox Theatre, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, True Colors Theater Company, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and Walt Disney World. She is currently serving as Vice President of Operations at the Walton Arts Center and Walmart Amp where she oversees all renovation/construction projects and all operational departments including production, front of house and events, maintenance and housekeeping, Prior to her current job, Riggs served as the Director of Arts and Entertainment for the City of Tuscaloosa where she oversaw daily operations for the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, the Tuscaloosa River Market and the Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum. She has a BFA in Theatre Technology and Design from Auburn University and a MFA in Theatre Management and Arts Administration from the University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival. She has also served as a professor at the University of Alabama where she taught Arts Venue Management and developed the Master’s program in Arts Administration for Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD) in Atlanta.

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