Arts Rolla

Founded in 1985, Arts Rolla provides a pathway for the arts to thrive and flourish in the Rolla region by providing community art opportunities.Arts Rolla provides a solid foundation to showcase a broad spectrum of art opportunities through visual, literary and performing arts.

We are beginning our 25^th year and know that our mission is to bring art and the community together.Communities become vibrant when arts and cultural opportunities are available to everyone.We achieve our mission by reaching out to the community through a variety of programs:

• Visual Art
  • Artist of the month exhibits
  • Revolving art exhibit at our City Hall
  • Juried Art Competition
  • Juried Photography Competition
  • Open Art Exhibit
  • Children's Art Exhibit
  • Support for Student Jewelry Design Competition

• Literary Arts
  • PoetSpeak
  • Writing Competition

• Performing Arts
  • Peaceful Bend Concert
  • Visiting Musician

• Art for Everyone
  • Summerfest -Art on the Streets
  • Warriors in Transition – Art for our service people returning from active military duty and their families.
  • Breakfast with the Easter Bunny – Art for Children

Arts Rolla continues to build strong relationships in the community, which helps us continue to offer a diverse portfolio of art opportunities.The relationships allow us to acquire additional resources and build momentum for greater awareness of the arts.

The Missouri University of Science and Technology, public radio KMSU, Results Radio

KTTR, Kent Jewelry, Peaceful Bend Vineyards, Brewer Science, Phelps County Bank, Dan Collier State Farm Insurance,Panera Bread, andFlew! as well as our members offer support and serve as ambassadors for art in our region.

Our Administrative Assistant is Reba Fryer.Reba is in the Arts Rolla office

on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday between the hours of8:30 AM and12:30 PM.

Arts Rolla

POBox 721

1008 Holloway St

Rolla, MO 65401-2734

573-364 5539

The Arts Rolla Board

Carol Bennett

JerryCohen, Ph.D – Vice President

Jerry Greenway

Marilyn Greenway

Colleen Kelley – Secretary

Andrew Layton

Leah Pagel

Barbara Pearcy

Jan Roberts

FJ Taylor - Treasurer

Loretta Wallis – President

We are delighted to be featured on the MACAA website and are pleased to have the support of the Missouri Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, our membership and the community.We look forward to many more years of bringing

arts and communities together.

We invite you to visit us at www.artsrolla.org.