On Saturday, November 4th, 10 to 4pm and Sunday the 5th 12-4pm, the Joplin Regional Artists Coalition is having a Studio Tour. This is a free event.
We will be selling signature cards for our Raffle. You may purchase them for $10. Check out here for the items being donated for the Raffle.
Below is the list of Participating Artists and their biographies.
| Artists | Medium | Biography |
| Andrew Bacheller | Acrylics | Andrew is a a Kansas City native who has called Joplin his home for the last decade, classifies his work as “portraiture” using birds as analogies for the human condition. The emotional quality of his oils evokes thoughtful contemplation of our own human drama. His paintings are a part of national and international collections. |
| Angel Brame | Clay | |
| Brooks-Elizabeth Billings | Mixed Media | As a seasoned veteran art educator, Brook’s current works consist of bright colorful pieces that are inspired by music’s jazz culture. She is a working artist who creates her own Jazzspiration’s and creates custom pieces for clients. |
| Ashley Brown | Stoneware, Porcelain | Ashley does both wheel thrown and sculptural stoneware and porcelain. |
| Ginger Copeland | Acrylics, Glass, Resin | Ginger uses acrylics, glass, and resin to create one-of-a-kind art. |
| April Davis | Oils, Mixed Media | |
| Kristen Girard | Jewelry | Kristen makes jewelry from bits of nature that she preserves forever in electroformed copper. |
| Hayes, Brenda | Mixed Media | Brenda uses many upcycled, recycled, and re-loved materials making art journals, paintings and weavings. |
| Dez Hernandez | Destopia Art | Des Hernandez is a rising 3D artist known for their captivating narratives. Hernandez’s artistic voice shines through their advocacy-driven 3D works. |
| Barb Hicklin | Oil, Watercolor | Barbara is a representational painter in both oil and water and does flowers, birds and still life. |
| Melody Knowles | Clay, Porcelain | Melody creates both sculptural and hand built porcelain pieces. |
| Ann Leach | Mixed Media | Ann introduced the Spirit Dolls and their other art pieces including spirit wands, shrines, and splashes three years ago, after attending a class by her mentor, Lyn Belisle. Each spirit doll includes an intention for creating a life worth loving and it then serves as a visual icon of that intention for the collector. |
| Connie Miller | Acrylics | Connie has colorful compositions of people, animals, birds and flowers |
| Dianne Miller | Glass, Wood Turning | Dianne works with fused glass and is also well versed in stained glass. A retired English teacher, Dianne travels all over the country learning new techniques. |
| Mary Parks | Acrylics, Watercolor, Mixed Media | Mary enjoys experimenting with color, texture, and using different techniques and media to create harmony on canvas or paper |
| Linda Passeri | Acrylics | Original Acrylic paintings on canvas, limited edition Giclee reproductions, also Notecards from original art, hand embellished |
| Mary Passeri | Glass | Glass sculpture and hanging art with wire worked details |
| Neva Rowland | Mixed Media | Neva is a free sprit who follows where the creativity leads and creates what excites them. Their work blend spirituality and art, and their creative process is based on curiosity and experimentation. |
| Brent Skinner | Stoneware, Porcelain | Brent Skinner has been a constant in the clay community for decades. He currently owns Skinner’s Pottery and takes great joy in teaching wheel thrown and hand built pottery to students. His current body of work consists of functional pieces as well as large art pieces. |