Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts & Humanities Councils & Agencies

Mission: Columbia art league provides the community with a stimulating environment for experiencing the visual arts through exhibitions, education, appreciation, promotion, and creation.

Programs: Art education: the columbia art league offers a variety of educational activities and experiences designed to foster creativity and encourage artistic awareness. High quality classes are offered to children, teens, & adults. The classes are taught by experienced instructors and professional artists.

in the main gallery, a changing schedule of 6 shows a year allow both members and non-members to display and sell their artwork. In the smaller side gallery, cal members artwork is displayed and sold. Artwork in the gallery reflects the artistic voice of the community. Both the themed and un-themed shows feature work by high school students, amateurs, beginners alongside university professors, experienced and professional artists. For many aspiring artists, cal's walls are the first place their work is displayed publicly. Additionally, cal frequently includes work by elementary school children from its partner in education school.

art in the park is the oldest & largest fine arts festival in mid-missouri. The festival features 110 local, regional and national visual artists displaying a variety of media including painting, photography, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, and glass. There is no entrance charge to the festival, which is held in a disability-accessible public park and is thus open to all socio-economic groups. As well as the artist village, the festival features free art-making activities for children, a venue for displaying local high school artists' artworks, roving entertainment, and a music stage.

the art league occupies a gallery in downtown columbia, missouri. The space includes a public sales & exhibition area and a classroom area.