Two art exhibits to open at Spiva Center for the Arts

JOPLIN, MO – George A. Spiva Center for the Arts is proud to announce two upcoming exhibits:

They are Rob Mango: Civilization, Surrealism & Humanity and Local Color: Reflections of Joplin. The exhibits will be the final ones in the historic Cosgrove building prior to Spiva’s move to the Harry M. Cornell Arts and Entertainment Complex in the fall.

Mango is a New York painter-sculptor who has shown extensively throughout the U.S., New York, and Europe. He has kept an active studio in New York City since 1977. His three-dimensional paintings are a unique invention held in private and corporate collections throughout the world.

Rob’s artworks have been reviewed in the Art in America, Art Forum, ARTS magazines, the Huffington Post, and the New York Times. His artistic subject matter includes allegorical paintings of cities, male and female figures, portraits, and three-dimensional paintings. In 2015, a monograph book entitled: “100 Paintings; an Artist Life in New York City” was published by No Room for Doubt Inc.

The Local Color exhibit celebrates Joplin’s 150 years of colorful history. Local Color Art Gallery artists and their students (ages 6 to adult) will be exhibiting art in glass, oil, acrylic, watercolor, collage and mixed media. See over 90 pieces of art each telling a pictorial history of Joplin’s sesquicentennial. The exhibit will feature interpretations of historic architecture, famous Joplin natives and the lead and zinc mining that made Joplin a boomtown.

• The opening reception for both exhibits is July 29, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The exhibits run July 30 – October 29, 2022. 
• Mango will host an Artist Talk on Saturday, July 30 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public.