OUR FEATURED ARTISTS FROM THE BEGINNING THROUGH OCTOber 2023
Lillian Gardner
visual artist, poet, musician, dancer, mentor
St. Louis
Laurie Van Mondfrans
artist/designer/metalsmith
Dardenne Prairie
David Borrok
professor and photographer
Rolla
Luke “Skippy” Harbur
creative producer and entertainer
Kansas City
Nicole Hanna
glass fusing artist
Billings
Ray Harvey
muralist
New Haven
Ruben Castillo
artist and educator
Kansas City
Amy S. Miller
painter, illustrator, designer
St. Louis
Dan Woodward
artist
Rolla
John Fennell
painter
Columbia
Steenz
cartoonist, editor, professor
St. Louis
Jana Dunn
paper artist, creative entrepreneus
Kansas City
Marilynne Bradley
watercolorist
Webster Groves
Aimee Fresia
visual artist, teacher, chicken-wrangler
Lee’s Summit
Lew Aytes
sculptor, curator, teacher
Aurora
Essex Garner
painter
Jefferson City
Travis Bond
artist: graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, pastel
Columbia
Rick Wright
painter
Kansas City
Jane Ballard
photographer
Shell Knob
Hayveyah McGowan
multidisciplinary artist and designer
St. Louis
Garrett SixOne Jackson
painter/muralist
Osage Beach
Jenny Molberg
poet, professor, editor
Kansas City
Gonz Jove
muralist/fine artist/sculptor
St. Louis
Michelle D. Harvey
scenic designer and visual storyteller
Springfield
Nela Navarrine
visual artist and media mixer
Joplin
Angel Brame
ceramic artist
Joplin
William Fields
nature photographer, writer, teacher, philosopher
Hermann
Cesar Lopez
artist and arts organizer
Kansas City
Lynnette Horn
painter
Branson
Douglas Dale
sculptor and fiber artist
St. Louis
Lanjiabao Ge
pianist, pedagogue
Kirksville
Steve Paul
writer etc.
Kansas City
Eddie Moore
keyboardist/producer
Kansas City
nature and wildlife photographer
Joplin
painter, muralist, interior designer
Hollister
dancer/movement scientist
St. Louis
color pencil artist
Cameron
painter
Willow Springs
portrait photographer
Springfield
visual artist and art educator
St. Louis
novelist/railroad historian
Cape Girardeau
painter
Columbia
(not your typical) singer/songwriter
St. Louis
surrealist, cement artist, innovator, career starter for other artists
Kansas City
Joshua Newth
painter
Cape Girardeau
Teri Moore
artist who draws
Augusta/Washington
Clarissa Knighten
jewelry artist/sculptor
Kansas City
Daniel Biegelson
writer, teacher, transparent eyeball
Liberty
Laurel DeFreece
painter, collage artist, photographer, encaustic artist, papermaker, printmaker, designer
Plattsburg
Paige Alyssa
singer, songwriter, producer
St. Louis
Butch Murphy
metal sculptor
Bellair & Kansas City
Steve Wiegenstein
author, speaker, teacher
Columbia
Alicia Farris
painter of life, workshop instructor
Springfield
Kirk Decker
photographer
Lawson
Kendall Hart
sculptor, illustrator
Farmington
Kim Bouldin-Jones
mixed media artist and photographer
St. Charles
JT Daniels
artist/muralist
Kansas City
Lisa Franko
print and collage artist
Columbia
Jodie Sutton
encaustic artist
Ozark
W. Mark Akin
classical guitarist
St. Louis
Benjamin Parks
artist, painter
Kansas City
Mick Byrd
original songwriter, musician
Vienna
Yolanda (YORO) Newson
jewelry designer, fashion artist, wardrobe stylist, set creator
St. Louis
Jo Stealey
fiber and mixed media artist
Columbia
BT in America
musician, instrumental solo guitarist, music arranger
Stockton Lake Area
Michael Bauermeister
sculptor
Augusta
Kelley Carman
painter
St. Louis & Paris
Sheri Purpose Hall
author, spoken word artist
Kansas City
Karen E. Griffin, Art by .E Lewis
textile and performing artist, educator, tour manager, storyteller, speaker, co-author, radio co-host
Kansas City
Kaitlyn McConnell
Ozarks story sharer
Springfield
Ken Konchel
photographer
St. Louis
Ken Nichols
painter
Columbia
Joseph Puleo
filmmaker
St. Louis
Joha Bisone
painter
Kansas City
Linda Hoover
muralist, watercolorist, portrait artist, caricaturist
Houstonia
Limmie Pulliam
opera singer, arts activist
Kennett
Lee Copen
artist, teacher
Mountain View
Melissa Donoho
mix media artist
Kansas City
Vince Martin
musician
St. Louis
Dave Walker
fiber artist
Columbia
Joachim Knill
installation artist
Hannibal
Cheryl Eve Acosta
metalsmith, sculptor, jeweler
Kansas City
Andrew Batcheller
installation artist
Kansas City
Sukanya Mani
interdisciplinary artist
Ballwin
Dana Forrester
watercolor painter
Independence
Marco Rosichelli
conceptual artist
Kansas City
Candice Ivory
musician, vocalist, composer, visual artist
St. Louis
Janey Seamans Hale
painter
West Plains
Poet t.l. sanders
language artist, author, actor, educator, consultant, filmmaker
Kansas City
Priscilla Block
visual artist
St. Louis
Andy Thomas
painter
Carthage
Brie Duey
painter, magical realist
Bucklin
Denise Thimes
songstress, motivational speaker
St. Louis
Malcolm “Airbrush Assassin” McCrae
artist, author, speaker, entrepreneur
Southeast Missouri
Genevieve Flynn
silversmith, artist, educator
Kansas City
David Spear
muralist, illustrator, graphic/exhibit designer
Columbia
Mollie Chounard
painter
St. Ann
Eric Ordway
ceramic artist, potter, teacher
Columbia
Russell Nelson
designer, illustrator, watercolor artist, educator
Kirksville
Glyneisha Johnson
poly disciplinary artist, educator, community care taker
Kansas City
Allison L. Norfleet Bruenger
mixed media jewelry and assemblage artist
St. Louis
Kyle Selley
firework artist, visual artist, art educator
Kansas City
Lisa Bartlett
mixed media artist, painter
Columbia
Ray Cardwell
singer songwriter from the Ozarks
Jefferson City
Azaria Rianne Hogans
choreographer, dancer, educator
Springfield
Greg Holden
artist, photographer, inquisitive observer, thankful human being
Eureka
Patrick Rafferty
guitarist, teacher
Affton
Barb Byrne
fused glass artist
Pleasant Hill
Gary Cadwallader
painter of acrylics and watercolor
Warrensburg
Byron von Rosenberg
poet, illustrator, storyteller
Byrnes Mill
Regina Willard
contemporary impressionist
West Plains
Hyejin Cho
concert pianist, educator
Kirksville
Grant Kniffen
painter
Dardenne Prairie
Laura Bigger
artist, printmaker
Kirksville
Ralph Hepola
musician
Springfield
Jen Everett
interdisciplinary artist
St. Louis
James Douglas Cox
metal artist
Republic
Natalie Wiseman
visual artist
Joplin
Kevin Umaña
painter, ceramics sculptor
Kansas City
Nartana Premachandra
dancer, writer, storyteller
St. Louis
Wanda K. Tyner
glass artist
Lee’s Summit
F.C. Shultz
author, poet, reader
Webb City
Lindsey Dunnagan
visual artist
Kirksville
Brian Owens
soul musician/vocalist
St. Louis
Anand Prahlad
literary author, musician/songwriter, filmmaker, teaching artist
Columbia
Brenda Beck Fisher
painter, watercolorist, interpreter of the beauty in the world
Hannibal
Anne Garney
landscape painter, fauve, expressionist
Kansas City
Jeffrey Noonan
musician: performer, teacher, scholar
St. Louis
Whitney Manney
fashion and textile designer
Kansas City
Justin Hamm
poet, photographer, citizen of the American Middle West
Mexico
Robin Van Hoozer
artist, painter, maker of unusual things
St. Joseph
Bobby Norfolk
storyteller, author, teaching artist
St. Louis
FEATURED ARTISTS PROGRAM
Our new Missouri Featured Artists for November
Each month we bring you a new group of four creative people from all around the state. Sample their works here! Find even more on their own websites—just follow the links that we’ve set on their artwork and profiles.
Plus, still highlighted and linked on this page you’ll find more than 130 other artists, everyone we’ve featured since we began this program in December 2020. From Joplin to Kirksville, Cape Girardeau to Kansas City—jazz to jewelry, sculpture to dance—enjoy Missourians’ limitless creativity!