West Plains Council on the Arts

Sharing from Missouri Folk Arts Program If you missed this performance yesterday, via Mid-America Arts Alliance, by our Kansas City friends Ensemble Ibérica, you can catch it at your leisure at this link.

Tonight's production moved to the Civic Center Theater!

News from Harlin Museum of West Plains

From Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

Around here, it all comes down to cows.

Attention Missouri artists, the deadline for Missouri Art Now, A Bicentennial Celebration have been extended. This juried, traveling exhibition that will featur...e sixty works from artists throughout the state, demonstrating Missouri’s vibrant visual arts culture. This partner project is coordinated by the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, the Hannibal Arts Council, Post Art Library, and the Spiva Center for the Arts. Now through December 1, 2020, artists ages 18 and older who currently reside in the State of Missouri may enter here - https://bit.ly/3hUCh0G. A nonrefundable $30 fee applies. Artists will be notified of selection by January 1, 2021. The chosen submissions will make stops across Missouri including in Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Joplin, Hannibal, and Saint Joseph, dates and locations will be announced soon.

From the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri NEW Online Exhibition: https://maa.missouri.edu/exhibit/moche-and-nazca-pottery

From West Plains Daily Quill About a dozen artists will offer paintings, drawings and sculptures described as "Art from the Heart," sold to raise money for more art supplies with no reasonable offer turned down. "We hope everybody is there," artist Jacob W. said, and Matt W. invited all to "come and enjoy our art and enjoy refreshments."

Save the date! Zizzer Theatre Presents Little Women, The Broadway Musical - November 12-15

For our educators from the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis For decades, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has enjoyed long-standing partnerships with schools and educational groups throughout our region. Your commitment to our theatre has always encouraged us to develop programming that best serves the young artists and creative minds in our area. Although our programs may look different this year, we are still here as a resource and partner for you and your students. In orde...r to best serve our community, we need to hear from you! By clicking this link, you can fill out a very short survey (6 questions) about what sort of arts-integrated learning would be most beneficial to you during this time of virtual learning and connection. Your response will inform where we should direct our own resources, so that we can continue to be a vital organization to our community. https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSfIkD39AbvMxNqt2/viewform We look forward to hearing from you, and can’t wait to see you soon!

Shared from Missouri Folk Arts Program Tradition AND innovation. Mid-Missouri Traditional Dancers is having a virtual dance with STEAM! this Friday, October 23. Information at the link.

We're excited! We've uploaded a virtual tour of Nanci Harlin's work currently on display at OzSBI - Ozarks Small Business Incubator. Here's the link: http://westplainsarts.org//Nanci-Harlin-Exhibit-OzSBI-2020