Missouri Featured Artists Program Julia López , History in All the Walls, photograph | Kevin Dwight Richardson , Summer . . . as a hat! mixed media | Kayla Fisher, Quiet Watcher, acrylic on stretched canvas | Becky Stevens, Body Armor, fiber

The Missouri Arts Council supports the arts that strengthen

the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of our state.


Express Grants | We accept applications for these project-based grants on a rolling basis throughout the year | photo, Fly North Theatricals, St. Louis

Poetry Out Loud 2026 | Missouri State Champion Salvador Gonzalez of Stockton High School went on to the national finals of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest in Washington, D.C., on April 27-29

Missouri Arts Awards 2026Get to know the arts heroes of our 44th annual Missouri Arts Awards | photo, City of West Plains, Creative Community honoree, performance in the downtown square at the Ozark Heritage Festival

Missouri Poet Laureate Justin Hamm | Meet him on his website and experience his poetry and photography