Through the SHOW ME Neighborhood Art Month program, artists can register their work on the SHOW ME Neighborhood Art site. By doing so, it allows them to be placed on the interactive digital map and to be entered in competitions for both regional and best-of-show awards.
“Springfield gets to take the credit for part of the history because this is an expansion of a program that was [launched] in Springfield during 2020 that was called LAWN or Lawn Art with Neighbors,” said David Burton, community development specialist at MU Extension and program representative for southwest Missouri.
Burton, who has worked as a community development specialist for MU for 25 years, was one of the initial organizers of LAWN along with several other community organizations…