News & Updates

Who do you admire for their strength, their ability to rise above hardship, their perseverance in adversity, their uniqueness, their service to others?  Each one has a different idea of what it means to be strong and brave.  Mineral Area Council on the Arts (MACOA) is collaborating with Brandon Scheldt of highlightpics...

It’s time for the 8th annual Light Pole Banner Design Contest.  The theme for the 2022 artwork is “Paws, Fins, Wings & Things” with the emphasis being on pets and wildlife. This year’s event has spread throughout the region to your hometown and is made possible by the generous sponsorship of First State...

The Messiah concert has a new date! Please join the MAC Singers and Community Singers on Monday, December 20th, at 7 pm in the Mineral Area College Fine Arts Theater. You won’t want to miss this beautiful choral music accompanied by the Mineral Area Fine Arts Academy Orchestra! What a treat and great way to kick...

Due to the forecast for inclement weather this evening, the Messiah Concert is being postponed. A reschedule date will be announced as soon as possible.

MAC Singers and Community Singers to Perform Messiah December 10th at Mineral Area College Mineral Area Council on the Arts (MACOA) is happy to be a sponsoring partner with Mineral Area College and the Mineral Area Fine Arts Academy (MAFAA) for the second choir concert in the 2021-2022 performance series. The MAC Singers...

Together with the City of Farmington, Mineral Area Council on the Arts is swooning over the opportunity to host Kris Berg and Wayne Pope performing with the Mineral Area Kicks Band on Saturday, November 20, at 7:00 p.m. at the Centene Center in Farmington.  You know them from the Baby Boomer Reunion Concerts, but did...

Congratulations to the winners of the Second Annual Creative Writing Contest sponsored by Mineral Area Council on the Arts (MACOA). 2021 Winners Are: High School Essay – Lily Fahnestock High School Poetry – Faith Jarvis High School Short Story – Reese Sartori Adult Essay – Kimberly Ramos Adult...

The Mineral Area Fine Arts Academy (MAFAA) presents Meredith Willson’s The Music Man November 11 – 13 at 7:00 p.m. nightly in the Mineral Area College Fine Arts Theater.  The Music Man has a long history as a music theater fan favorite.  It was last performed by the Mineral Area College Little Theater Guild in...

Midwestern Author & Photographer Justin Hamm Comes to Park Hills The Mineral Area Council on the Arts (MACOA) Second Annual Creative Writing Contest will conclude with a public reading of the winning entries following a brief Creative Writing Workshop featuring Missouri author Justin Hamm.  Winners will be announced...

Mineral Area Council on the Arts is proud to partner with Mineral Area College and Mineral Area Fine Arts Academy in sponsoring the 2021-2022 Choir Concert Series. The first concert is scheduled for Friday, October 8, at 7 p.m. in the Mineral Area College Fine Art Theater and will feature the MAC Singers and the Mineral...

The term “music history” usually brings to mind Beethoven, Bach, or Mozart.  Nonetheless, the Midwest has a musical history of its own intertwined with those who settled along the Mississippi River.  Dennis Stroughmatt discovered the unique French Midwest Creole music of those living in the Illinois Country, comprised...