Missouri Featured Artists Program: Dawn Weber,
trumpeter, vocalist, songwriter, composer, educator | Aaron Dougherty, Incidental #60
(top) and Incidental #259, photographs
marino g cano, Yucca Dream (foreground), paper pulp clay, found vessel, recycled scrap threads, at her HONOR THY MAKER solo exhibition, 2024, University of Missouri-Columbia
| Kelly Eddington, Becoming Eve, watercolor
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
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program 2026 | Highlights of the teams in our Missouri Folk Arts Program’s 2026 TAAP, as master artists and their apprentices sustain our state’s artistic traditions and cultural heritage | photo, master Smitra Dorairajan (standing), apprentice Laya Anand, Bharatanatyam classical Indian dance
Missouri Arts Awards 2026 |
Get 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