News & Updates

Are you an artist needing a project?  A designer seeking to be creative?   Or maybe you have a good eye for advertising?  Mineral Area Council on the Arts needs your artistic skills to create a new logo! MACOA Logo Contest Entry Form MACOA Logo Contest Official Rules MACOA will be celebrating 30 years of supporting local...

As you are being released from quarantine and driving around Farmington, be sure to look up!  All 100 of this year’s banners are on display!  Parents, students, family members, friends – find your student’s banner on the map.  Just click below. Art Blooms Banner Map 2020

The following information is from a webinar on 4/22/20 by Tim Mooney of the Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA).  These new unemployment assistance programs are a result of the federal CARES Act.  State agencies are working very quickly to create and activate processes by which to get this assistance...

When is a good time to write?  Anytime!  So why not now? Mineral Area Council on the Arts announces its First Annual Creative Writing Contest.  MACOA has been making plans for this new event for several months, and now is the time to get the word out! The theme for the Creative Writing Contest is “The Journey”.  All...

The 2020 ART Blooms Banners will be going up in the city of Farmington soon!  Although the COVID-19 virus has slowed things up a bit, it will NOT bring a halt to the artwork displayed downtown. See the slideshows below for a preview.  When you get a chance to drive around Farmington, don’t forget to keep looking...

The beautiful towns in the Arcadia Valley – Arcadia, Ironton, and Pilot Knob, will soon have new student artwork to view throughout the summer.  Mineral Area Council on the Arts is pleased to announce that the Ironton branch of First State Community Bank (FSCB) is sponsoring the creation of 30 light pole banners...

The Mineral Area Council on the Arts sponsored event, St. Louis Irish Arts performance on April 4, 2020 at Central High School Auditorium has been cancelled.  Every effort will be made for this event to be rescheduled; however, the date is unknown at this time. Tickets purchased for the April 4th event will be honored...

CANCELLED Coming off the heels of March – Irish Heritage month, Mineral Area Council on the Arts will bring St. Louis Irish Arts to Park Hills on Saturday, April 4th, at 7:00 p.m. at the Central High School Auditorium. The event will feature Irish dancers and live traditional music with narration that will lead...

Congratulations to the 2020 ART Blooms Banner Contest Winners! We had an overwhelming response to the 2020 ART Blooms Banner Contest sponsored by the City of Farmington and the Mineral Area Council on the Arts.  The committee, made up of representatives from the Farmington Public Library and the Arts Council had a tough...

To view the Mineral Area Council on the Arts database of local artists click on a category below. Visual Artists 10.30.20 Musicians 02.20.20 Thespians 02.20.20 Dancers and Instructors 02.20.20   Help spread the word!  If you know a local artist, ask them to complete the simple form!  This database will be updated...

The 21st Annual K-12 Art Show information is here!   We can’t wait to see what your students create this year for the 21st Annual Art Show at Mineral Area College.  The show is open to K-12 students from public, private, and home schools within the service region of Mineral Area College. For more information...

It’s time for the 6th annual Downtown Farmington Banner Design Contest sponsored by the City of Farmington and Mineral Area Council on the Arts (MACOA)!  For the first time, one hundred winners will be chosen!  The winning artwork will be displayed from late March into November of 2020 as a lightpole banner and will...