Stop by The Pharmacy Gallery and Art Space for a peek at their current gallery show, Neo-Surrealism: Third Eye Exhibit. The show features a variety of work from Pharmacy member artists including Wendy Allen, Bill Crook, Jim Edgecomb, Felicia Olin, Diane Schleyhahn, Jeff Williams and more, plus a contemporary installation by Peoria-based installation artist Jessica […]
Felicia Olin
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Own it
PHOTO OF ART BY ERIN HAYDEN COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD VISUAL ARTS GALLERY University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery will hold its annual Silent Auction Benefit Dec. 2-12. This is a great opportunity to support art programming at UIS while acquiring extraordinary art for a steal of a price. Local, regional and […]
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Poets and painters gone wild
May 11-12, 2013 turned out to be a gorgeous weekend! It did not rain the Saturday before Mother’s Day as weather forecasters had predicted. Dr. Dolittle Day at Henson Robinson Zoo was sunny and warm (with just the right touch of wind, notice the flag above) — a perfect day for folks in central Illinois […]
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Winning spaces
Installation Wars is a competition between Prairie Art Alliance artists at Gallery II to create the best three-dimensional work within a space in the gallery given to each artist. PAA Gallery II manager and participating artist in the show, Jennifer Snopko continues to come up with innovative programs at the gallery that Springfield has never […]
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The Stories Behind the Faces
The Springfield Art Association has an interesting new exhibit planned to open Friday, Jan. 4, that includes images and stories of local people. The Stories Behind the Faces, features a combination of local and international guest artists with some of the SAA permanent collection portraits, all with accompanying stories about the person and the artist. […]
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People portraits
The Springfield Art Association has an interesting new exhibit planned to open Friday, Jan. 4 that includes images and stories of local people. “The Stories Behind the Faces,” features a combination of guest artists and SAA permanent collection portraits, all with accompanying stories about the person. Some of the local work includes Wendy Allen and […]
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Creative cluster
Ask anyone with a creative neuron in their noodle or an appreciation for spectacular art and the place to be Saturday night is The Pharmacy, at its second location, 1022 S. Pasfield, two blocks north of The Pharmacy studio. The March 10 warehouse exhibit features the work of fourteen members of this hip art colony, […]
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Top-notch visuals
For almost a quarter century the Springfield Art Association has hosted a fine art fair the third weekend in September on the Edwards Place Historic Home lawn. This year it promises to be just as enchanting as in previous years. Meet 75 artists from Illinois and the nation. See and buy their work. Listen to […]
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Tapped into technology
On this First Friday downtown, June 3, visit Gallery II for its opening of a new exhibit based on the Internet and hypercontemporary art. The name of the exhibit is an Internet term derived from missing the caps lock key when typing “omg” and instead hitting the “z” key. Four artists: Melanie Edmonson, Chris Martin, […]
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Springfield Picassos
What makes this month-long installment of three artists impressive is the individual power of each artist’s work and the combination of their unique presentations — each, to use a musical metaphor, sung in a different key. Springfield’s illustrious canvas-sage, Felicia Olin’s pieces are stunning as always, situated on the beautiful sides between haunting and whimsical. […]
