The glass artwork presented to our 2020 Missouri Arts Awards honorees, by Tyler Kimball, Monarch Glass Studio, Kansas City.  Meet the honorees here on our website!

The Missouri Arts Council supports the arts that strengthen the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of our state.

“Behind the Bars” exhibition

Arts Rolla

Through February 25

Ink drawing of vintage covered bridge

“A street fighter for poetry”
David Clewell

1955-2020
Missouri Poet Laureate 2010-12

Poet David Clewell in his office with books

Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin gives thousands of third-graders an interactive adventure with “pretty cool” art

Neon-colored sculpture made from hanging household objects like spoons and pans

Meet our 2020 Missouri Arts Awards honorees

Awards ceremony was February 5 in Jefferson City

Poet Maryfrances Wagner with shelves of books

Kirksville Arts remembers the 2016 fire, looks to the future

554

Organizations Funded in FY19

$4.4 million

Grants for FY19

158

Communities Served