• Karen Craigo by a lake in winter, her image flanked by the front covers of her two books

Karen Craigo of Springfield, Missouri Poet Laureate 2019-2021

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

“Randy Bacon: The Road I Call Home”

Springfield Art Museum

Through February 23

Dramatic black-and-white photo of man and woman tenderly embracing

As new head of Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Tom Ridgely is shaking things up

Tom Ridgely of Shakespeare Festival in suit and fedora playing an organ

The art of fashion meets women’s suffrage at Stephens College show in Columbia

1920s dresses at fashion + women's suffrage show

Our free Grant Information Workshops throughout the state through December 3

Kirksville Arts remembers the 2016 fire, looks to the future

483

Organizations Funded Through Grants in FY18

$4.4 million

Grants for FY18

97%

Missouri House Districts Served