Visual art is featured as the official Festival poster each year. As the central visual image of the Festival, the poster communicates the vitality of the event, the beauty of mid Missouri and the significance of the arts. Artists selected for this honor include Melissa Mudd, 2008; Frank Stack, 2007; Steve Wright, 2006; Scott Myers, 2005; Joel Sager, 2004; Mark Langeneckert, 2003; Terry Martin, 2002; Kelly Coalier, 2001; Paul Jackson, 2000; Beth Darling, 1999; Jean Forrester, 1998; Peter Jackson, 1997; Greg Launhardt, 1996; Richard Helmick, 1995; Notley Hawkins, 1994; Brian Mahieu, 1993; and Keith Crown, 1992.

Posters are sold at the Festival each year and are available year round at the OCA, 1 S. 7th Street, or at Deck the Walls in the Columbia Mall and at 1305 Grindstone Parkway.