Mural honoring Thomas Hart Benton to get official welcome to Neosho

A mural honoring artist Thomas Hart Benton to get official welcome to Neosho.

The Neosho Arts Council, Neosho Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Neosho will hold an official ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Neosho City Hall.

The mural is titled “A Social History of Thomas Hart Benton. The artist, Jard Jennings, will be at the ribbon cutting and can talk about the mural.

Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho in 1889 and became famous as part of the Regionalist Art Movement.

The mural is getting a descriptive audio guide created and is being added to the “Murals of Neosho Guide and Descriptive Audio Tour” which will make this new work accessible to more members of the community.

Details on the event can be found at neoshoarts.net