Gearing Up For Summer Arts Festivals in 2020?! Be sure to mark your calendars for the Joplin Arts Fest. The dates for 2020 have just been released and we cannot be more thrilled to have another year of providing incredible art, food, performers, and musicians to the...

Missouri Bicentennial Paint For A Cause is a way for Missourians to celebrate Missouri’s 200th birthday A 12 feet X by 30 feet mural is being painted by the people of the great state of Missouri. The mural depicts 18 of our state symbols with the state flag in the...

The summer art show season is upon us again. Each summer, tens of thousands of artists have the opportunity to show and sell their creations to the art-loving public. Participating in these shows can be exhilarating, terrifying and exhausting, all at the same time....

Are you looking for the best summer arts festival in the Joplin and Springfield, MO area? Mark your calendars for Joplin Arts Fest on September 20-21, 2019. There will be over forty area artists, beer and wine, live folk, rock, and acoustic music, face painting, and...

As the Joplin Arts Fest committee gears up for our September arts festival, we love to educate our Joplin and surrounding communities on the importance of supporting local area artists. Below are 10 incredible, fact-based reasons to support local art efforts. 1. Arts...

When we think of an arts festival, we think of mingling with friends around artists, music, and food. From the artists’ perspective, attending an arts festival is a business decision. For festival artists, participating in an outdoor show represents an opportunity for...

Public art is an essential and revealing component of a community’s personality and culture. Below, we've gathered our favorite art and cultural activities to do this summer in Joplin MO. Joplin Arts Fest Joplin Arts Fest is an annual summer art festival hosted by The...

The Kiwanis Club of Joplin – in collaboration with Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Connect2Culture, and Spiva Center for the Arts – will be hosting its fifth annual Joplin Arts Fest on Friday, September 20th (6:00–10:00pm) and Saturday, September 21st...

How Does a Patron Help an Arts Festival? When we think of an arts festival, we think of mingling with friends around artists, music, and food. From the artists’ perspective, attending an arts festival is a business decision. For festival artists, participating in an...