April 16, 2026–The Missouri Western State University School of Fine Arts and the MWSU Arts Society present the MoWest Fine Arts Showcase from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 24 in the Potter Hall Theater. The showcase is free and open to the public. The showcase will feature an open house and tours of the [...]
Apr 12, 2026--Missouri Western State University’s annual President’s Concert will feature a performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” by the MoWest Chamber Choir in collaboration with The Choral Experience at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12 at First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. 7th Street in downtown St. Joseph. The concert, presented by the MoWest Arts Society, is [...]
March 27, 2026--The School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will host an opening reception for the Spring Senior Exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 3 at the Drew Brown Art Gallery in Potter Hall. The reception is free and open to the public. This year’s exhibit is a culmination of [...]
Feb. 12, 2026--The University Gallery at Missouri Western State University is hosting an exhibition titled “Horizons” through May 1. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 in the gallery, located in Spratt Hall room 211. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. “Horizons” brings [...]
Feb. 11--The music program in the Missouri Western State University School of Fine Arts will host the 19th Annual Jazz Festival starting at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12. The festival has grown from four bands attending in its first year, 2007, to this year’s 18 school groups performing in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. [...]
Nov. 21, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Cinematic Arts Program presents a clinical talk by Jeremiah Lafleur at 2:30 p.m Thursday, Dec. 4 in the Bebe and Crosby Kemper Recital Hall located in Leah Spratt Hall room 101. Lafleur is the assistant director of marketing and recruitment for community and workforce development at Southern Utah University, [...]
Nov. 14, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Cinematic Arts Program presents a clinical talk by Mark David Christenson at 2:30 p.m Thursday, Nov. 20 in the Bebe and Crosby Kemper Recital Hall located in Leah Spratt Hall room 101. Christenson is an actor, director, podcaster and live improv performer in Los Angeles with appearances on stage [...]
Nov. 12, 2025--The jazz program of the Missouri Western State University School of Fine Arts will present its annual fall jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 18 in the Potter Theater. The concert will feature a performance by the MoWest Jazz Ensemble. The theme of the concert is A Little of This and a [...]
Nov. 12, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s School of Fine Arts will host its Fall 2025 Honor Choir Concert, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Fulkerson Center. More than 300 middle and high school singers from across northwest Missouri and the greater Kansas City region will join voices for the concert featuring two ensembles: [...]
Nov. 7, 2025--Missouri Western State University’s Cinematic Arts Program presents a clinical talk by Kevin Wilmott at 2:30 p.m Thursday, Nov. 13 in the Bebe and Crosby Kemper Recital Hall located in Leah Spratt Hall room 101. Willmott won an Academy Award and the BAFTA the British Academy award for co-writing the feature film “BlacKkKlansman” [...]
