An artist draws a double caricature of a couple who visited the Art in the Park festival on the Stephens College campus in September. The annual event is sponsored by the Columbia Art League. Enhanced knowledge of and appreciation for our community through public art is the desired outcome. The project fits within the mission of the OCA because it promotes the arts and lifelong learning. More public art has arrived in Columbia thanks to the Percent for Art program approved by the city council in 1997.
Theater companies abound in Columbia.
There's the Rhynsburger Theater on the MU campus, the Macklanburg Playhouse and the Warehouse Theater at Stephens College. New to Columbia is the Office of Cultural Affairs Artists' Registry Web site. The Web site is beautiful, and the response has been great.