JRAC Presents: What Lies Beneath

November 4 - December 19, 2025

Jo Mueller Reserve Gallery

Peel back the surface. Dig deeper. In this Joplin Regional Artists Coalition show, artists are invited to explore the unseen, the overlooked, and the hidden forces that shape both the world around us and our inner lives.

Works might draw from personal experience, memory, or materiality and can be interpreted literally or metaphorically. Think layers beneath the landscape, masked emotions, buried truths, or the beauty revealed through excavation and deeper investigation.

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Awards:

Best Adherence to Theme – Melody Knowles – “(Rights) Slipped Under the Rug”

2D First Place – Debbie Reed – “Mystic Rabbit”

2D Second Place – Mary Parks – “Above and Beyond”

2D Third Place – Jennifer O’Donnell – “The Weight of it All”

3D First Place – Chadon Cole – “Form of Nu”

3D Second Place – Ashley Brown – “Mica Cap on Oak”

3D Third Place – Des Hernandez – “procRAsTination RACE”

Honorable Mention – Shawn Riley – “The Marquee”

Honorable Mention – Brenna Jones – “Wildlife”

Honorable Mention – Curt Penland – “Motherboard of Color”