Ragtag Film Society, Columbia, 2018 Arts Organization | Key programs:  Ragtag Cinema and  True/False Film Fest MISSOURI ARTS AWARDS 2018 Since 1983, the Missouri Arts Council and the State of Missouri have been honoring our state’s arts heroes—the people who make the arts happen. The annual Missouri Arts Awards celebrate people, organizations, and communities that have […]

Circus Harmony, St. Louis, 2019 Arts Education | photos, Jessica Hentoff MISSOURI ARTS AWARDS 2019 Since 1983, the Missouri Arts Council and the State of Missouri have been honoring our state’s arts heroes—the people who make the arts happen. The annual Missouri Arts Awards celebrate people, organizations, and communities that have made profound and lasting […]

Quin Gresham, 2020 honoree for Leadership in the Arts, producing artistic director of  Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, with the theatre’s annual production of A Christmas Carol  that he adapted and directs MISSOURI ARTS AWARDS 2020 Since 1983, the Missouri Arts Council and the State of Missouri have been honoring our state’s arts heroes – the people […]

Photographs by 2021 Individual Artist honoree Priya Kambli from her project  “Buttons for Eyes”: Soha (Muma’s Pictures), 2019; Eye (Muma and Maushi), 2019; India (Aajooba), 2019; Studio Portrait (Aajooba, Neela Atya, Sona, Mona, and Me), 2017 MISSOURI ARTS AWARDS 2021 Since 1983, the Missouri Arts Council and the State of Missouri have been honoring our […]

Anita Jackson |  Peter Martin, photo by Brian Callahan | Rhonda Vincent , photo by Amy Miller | Howard Marshall, photo by Shane Epping, KSMU “SHOW ME THE MUSIC” MISSOURI BICENTENNIAL PBS SPECIAL Enjoy for free at any time online! Experience a kaleidoscope of many of Missouri’s musical genres, played by musicians from around our state, in our […]

2026 Poetry Out Missouri State Champion Salvador Gonzalez | photo, Lloyd Grotjan POETRY OUT LOUD   Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation competition for high school students. It nurtures creative expression, builds mastery of language, and enhances presentation skills of participants in all 50 states and five territories. Beginning at the school level, […]

Fish gig being crafted by blacksmith  Bernard Tappel of Osage Bluff, master artist in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program 2013 and 2022 Our Missouri Folk Arts Program builds cross-cultural understanding by documenting, sustaining, promoting, and presenting Missouri’s living folk arts and folklife in collaboration with Missouri’s citizens. The  Missouri Folk Arts Program (MFAP) is a partnership between the […]

Performing at our Arts and Aging  convening: Deb Swanegan of Columbia, storyteller and Master in our Missouri Folk Arts Program’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program | photo, Marianne Kilroy ARTS AND AGING IN MISSOURI Resources from our statewide convening We put the power of the arts in support of older adults at our statewide convening, Arts and Aging […]

Students from all over Missouri perform at the Capitol on Fine Arts Education Day by  Missouri Alliance for Arts Education | photo, Ron Jennings ADVOCACY FOR THE ARTS IN MISSOURI “The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim to the encouragement of […]

St. Louis ArtWorks | in-depth art instruction, employment training, and 21st-century life skills We strengthen Missouri education through the arts:by direct funding, partnering with others, and programming. The Missouri Arts Council has long recognized the value of a strong arts education and the corresponding impact on the state: better educated students, more effective workforce, and economically […]