MGA has something for everyone!

In this small historic town of 10,000 people the show is well attended. Each year artists, patrons and friends from across the country mark their calendar for this prestigious art gathering.

Entry to the juried show is one piece of original artwork to be auctioned and a percentage of proceeds goes to artists and the Midwest Gathering Show. The auction is the highlight of the evening. The high seller in the MGA history is an original titled, Four of a Kind by western artist, Bob Tommey. It sold for $16,500
in 1992. In 1998, well-known Carthage artist Andy Thomas's auction art titled, Spirit of the MGA sold for $15,000.

If you have a love for fine original art, be it a sculpture of alabaster by Carthage artist Bill Snow or watercolors by Jerry Ellis, NWS/AWS, you will be pleased with the quality of all mediums by local and nationally know artists who attend this show each year. The quality is unsurpassed. Subject matter ranges from still life, western, contemporary, accurately researched historic oil paintings, sculptures of wildlife, to abstract.