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Arts
Art Organizations
- City of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs
Look for a free bi-monthly newsletter of cultural events, take a self-guided tour of publicly accessible art, learn about “Percent for Art” – a program which allows for one percent of the cost of new city construction or renovation projects to be used for site specific art, and more. - Artist’s Registry
Browse by medium, artist or organization/business. - Columbia Art League
Provides schedules of art exhibitions and art classes, as well as information for artists and sponsors. - Online Artists’ Village
Displays art works and gives information about the artists. - The Best of Missouri Hands (Missouri Artisans Association)
Represents artists from throughout the state of Missouri. Events information and artists’ web sites are included. - Missouri Arts Council
Provides funding to nonprofit organizations through grants to encourage the growth, development, and appreciation of the arts in Missouri. - Mid-America Arts Alliance
Manages regional, multi-regional, national, and international programs, including traveling exhibitions and performing arts touring. - Americans for the Arts
The nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. - National Endowments for the Arts
A public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts which provides leadership in art education as well as funding for new and established arts.
Art Festivals
- Art in the Park – Columbia Art League
The oldest fine arts festival in mid-Missouri; takes place in June at Stephens Lake Park, Columbia, MO. - Columbia Festival of the Arts -- City of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs
Annual celebration of visual, performing and literary arts; takes place on the last full weekend in September in downtown Columbia, MO. - Heritage Festival & Craft Show – City of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs
An annual fall event featuring many 19th century artisans and tradesmen demonstrating and selling traditional and contemporary crafts; takes place at Historic Nifong Park. - The Downtown Kansas City Art Fair
- Kansas City Plaza Art Fair
- St. Louis African Arts Festival
- St. Louis Art Fair
Art Galleries
- Columbia Galleries
- Champ Art Gallery – Westminster College, Fulton, MO
- Jefferson City Galleries
- Missouri Art Galleries
- Art Galleries Guide
Lists art galleries by state.
Learning Opportunities
- Access Arts – School of Service
A teaching program offering classes in pottery, weaving, drawing, sculpture, music, photography and mixed media. - Columbia Art League
Information about art classes, summer art camps and Columbia Young Artists’ Club. - Columbia Area Career Center
Offers Art and Craft classes for adults during the school year. - Leisure Times – Columbia’s Parks and Recreation
Publishes schedules of Art and Craft classes for children and adults. - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Classes for 50+; may include art classes.
Art Museums
- Boone County Historical Museum
- Davis Art Gallery-Stephens College
- George Caleb Bingham Gallery - UMC
- Museum of Anthropology - UMC
- Museum of Art and Archaeology - UMC
- State Historical Society of Missouri
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
- Daum Museum of Contemporary Art – State Fair Community College, Sedalia
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art – Kansas City
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Kansas City
- St. Louis Art Museum
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago
- Missouri Art Museums
Directory of art museums, non-profit art organizations and art centers in Missouri. - Art-collecting.com
Directory of art museums, non-profit art organizations and art centers by state.
Public Art
- Columbia Art Tour
Columbia’s Public Sculpture - Thomas Hart Benton at the Missouri Capitol Building
- Kansas City Sculpture Park
At the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. - Laumeier Sculpture Park – St. Louis
Selected News Articles on the Topic of Public Art
- Time is Key
Columbia Daily Tribune, April 10, 2008 - Keyhole Art
Columbia Daily Tribune, March 5, 2008 - City Hall Art
Columbia Daily Tribune, February 13, 2008 - Keys to the City?
Columbia Daily Tribune, February 7, 2008 - Public Art Proposal on View
City of Columbia, MO, February 4, 2008
Art Appraisal
- PS Gallery -- Columbia
- Thompson Fine Art and Antiques -- Columbia
Greig Evans Thompson
Deborah Slade Thompson
1-573-875-1009 - Christopherson International -- Rocheport
Kristin McDermott - Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art -- Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO
Available when school is in session. - Kansas State Historical Society List of Appraisers
Covers Kansas, Missouri and other nearby states. - Kodner Gallery – St. Louis
- Art-Collecting.com
Learn about art appraisal and find a professional appraiser by state. - AskArt.com
Art marketplace as well as a directory of artists, museums, auction houses, associations and appraisers.