Crowder College Fine Arts

04/01/2026

SO proud of this small, yet mighty, Debate Team!

Crowder College debaters made a strong showing at the Pan Pacific Debate Championship. The story is on Inside Joplin. The link is in the comments.

02/02/2024

Exciting things happening!! Come watch “The Diviners” with us as we debut our renovated space!

We had a fantastic day in the Elsie Plaster Theatre today as we focused our new lights! Our whole department is grateful to the college for all the effort put into the theatre renovations.

Want to see how wonderful it is?
Come see "The Diviners" March 7-9 at 7:00 p.m. nightly.

02/23/2023

We’re proud of our Crowder College Theatre students!

“Hamilton” & “Pride and Prejudice” 😀‼️

Crowder College Theatre students have been busy this week! We believe that the best learning is rooted in practical application. Several of our students have been selected for crew positions on two touring productions.

Congrats to the graduates and current students who are making industry connections and building resumes!

01/13/2023

12/15/2022

Students in Art 104 - Introduction to 3D Design used the skills they've developed to create these incredible cookie cutters! If you're interested in learning a new skill or pursuing a career in art or design, visit crowder.edu and learn more about our class offerings!

11/30/2022

Check out Crowder students Langely Miller and Isabelle Bryson on Living Well, and be sure to come see "Little Women", running December 1-3 and December 8-10, 7:30 each night, with a 2:00 pm Saturday Matinee. Tickets can be purchased online through the bookstore.

“Little Women” is coming to Crowder College’s stage this weekend! Watch here for all the details:

11/23/2022

Be sure to reserve your tickets for Crowder Theatre’s next production.

We had visitors from the cast of Crowder College's "Little Women" theatrical production this afternoon. You can see the play (and our tree!) December 1-3, and December 8-10.

11/17/2022

Crowder College fine arts instructor Josh Novak was featured on Good Morning Four States where he talked about his work for the Watered Gardens Empty Bowls fundraiser!

Bubba was out live this morning at the Joplin Empire Market for the Watered Gardens 10th Annual Empty Bowls event! A Fundraiser that benefits local charities in helping feed those in need. While at…

10/20/2022

Congrats to the theatre students! Happy opening night!

10/20/2022

Proud to have work by Ian Bassett, this month’s cover photo Ceramics Monthly in the Artaxis Invitational at Crowder College.

The November 2022 issue is here! In this issue, we feature several artists that discovered they wanted to make clay central to their career after starting out in another field. On the cover, we have Ian Bassett’s moon jar, stoneware, slip, wood fired. To read more, click here: https://bit.ly/3ErJZhe.

10/20/2022

Meet Kwok-Pong (Bobby) Tso, one of the artists being displayed at the Artaxis Invitational exhibit in the Longwell Museum. You'll have the opportunity to meet him and ask questions during a panel later today from 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm in Elsie Plaster Auditorium.

Kwok-Pong, born and raised in Hong Kong, moved to the US to continue his education and explore the cultural differences between his home country and the United States. In 2009 he completed his BFA at Northwest Missouri State University and in 2013 earned his MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. Named as Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist in 2014, NCECA Emerging Artist in 2016, and awarded a summer residency at the Archie Bray Foundation, he has exhibited and published nationally and internationally. Kwok-Pong is currently an Assistant Professor at Washburn University Topeka, KS.

Kwok Pong’s current works investigate the status as an immigrant in the United States through travel, documentation and re-creation of objects. From the path of Asian immigrants, he hopes to address the contemporary concern of ownership in cultural influence and enlighten the curiosity that is deep within, both for his viewer and himself, and allow them to experience what migrants had to endure, while answering their own sense of belonging.