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Visual Art | Thursday, December 22,2011
Upbeat arts in a down economy
From ceramics to hip-hop, dedication and enthusiasm trump economic adversity in Springfield
“I’m glad they’re here, kicking the arts in the butt,” smiles Betsy Dollar, executive director of the Springfield Art Association. She is referring to the organizers and partic
Visual Art | Thursday, November 17,2011
Crunch time for the Hoogland
Arts center takes on $1.2 million fundraising challenge
“I had a person recently ask me what I do here,” recalls Fred Jarosz, executive director of the Hoogland Center for the Arts. “And I told them, ‘I’m the beggar. I’m
Visual Art | Thursday, November 10,2011
The Pharmacy offers a unique prescription for local art
Springfield collective debuts new work this Friday
“We want this to be a nice opening like you’d find in New York or up in Chicago,” enthuses local artist Andrew Woolbright, describing the debut exhibit this Friday (11.11.11) of The
Visual Art | Thursday, August 4,2011
Photography of friendship over fear
Temple B’rith Sholom exhibit features Muslims who saved Jews
From time to time world events force people of faith to choose between bending to the will of a despotic ruler or living out the core values of their faith. Some choose the risky path of faith.In the
Visual Art | Thursday, July 28,2011
The Third Thursday artists
How Springfield unknowns created a vibrant arts scene
Paris, Florence, Berlin, Rome, New York, Athens – when famed art-related cities of the world come up in conversation, Springfield, Ill., is not generally on the list. That’s not likely to
Visual Art | Wednesday, December 22,2010
The starving arts
Springfield arts scene struggles, but survives
Fred Jarosz is a talker. To meet him, the executive director of the Hoogland Center for the Arts, and ask him about the health of the arts in Springfield is to be taken on a whirlwind aural tour of bo
Visual Art | Thursday, September 30,2010
Renaissance at the Art Association
Betsy Dollar’s fresh ideas for Springfield’s oldest arts organization
During the Middle Ages, the church used art in its cathedrals to draw the eyes of worshippers toward the heavens. Today, art is at the center of an effort to resurrect a blighted urban area once known
Visual Art | Thursday, August 12,2010
Artist to paint a five-story mural in pursuit of ArtPrize
Mike Mayosky needs a little help from his friends
Springfield artist and mural painter Mike Mayosky is always working on and promoting something. Our colorful local artist has something very big that he is promoting right now. He has entered the ArtP
Visual Art | Thursday, June 24,2010
The blacksmith as artist
See ‘L. Brent Kington: Mythical Metalsmith’ at the Illinois State Museum till Sept. 6
L. Brent Kington, professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, is widely regarded as the father of blacksmithing as an art form. The Illinois State Museum is hosting a retrospecti
Visual Art | Thursday, May 13,2010
ObamaComics
A prescient presidential pastiche
“I’ve caught a lot of flak for it,” says Springfield resident Chris Ward, author of the nonfiction comic book Barack Obama. “It’s just divisive by nature. I get people sa
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