Springfield’s newest contemporary art gallery, DEMO Project, presents Vortex and Blooms from artist Travis Janssen, visiting assistant professor of 2D Foundations and Printmaking at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. An opening reception is Friday, May 9. The vortex portion of Janssen’s work will feature an installation of fluorescent tape and white light strobes with black lighting […]
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Spiritual perspectives
Springfield Art Association’s part in the Liturgical Arts Festival of Springfield kicks off Saturday, May 3, 4:30-6:30 p.m., with an opening reception of its month-long exhibit titled, Come Creative Spirit. Thirty-five artists from 12 states had works chosen by a jury of artists to participate in the exhibit that explores spirituality and faith from diverse […]
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Contemporary media
The latest exhibition at Springfield Art Association is the new work of University of Illinois Springfield faculty. An opening reception is Friday, April 4, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Featured faculty artists include Brytton Bjorngaard, Shane Harris, Tim Kowalczyk, Allison Lacher, Mike Miller, Michael Prault, Megan Rigoni-McCormic, Jeff Robinson and Clay Stalter. The event is in conjunction […]
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Outdoor studio
Springfield Art Association celebrates its 25th year of the Edwards Place Fine Art Fair, Sept. 21-22, on the grounds of SAA. They hope you’ll join them this year during these milestones in their existence – SAA also turned 100. More than 70 artists will show and sell their wares. Springfield Clinic Pediatrics Team has once […]
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Opening new doors
Springfield’s newest contemporary and experimental art gallery, DEMO Project, debuts with an exhibit by Chicago sculptor Betsy Odom. The opening reception is Friday, Sept. 13. Odom’s exhibit, Bulldog, consists of three-dimensional objects made from leather, fabric, paint, wood and silver using a vast array of techniques such as tooling, sewing, airbrushing, woodworking and metalworking. The […]
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Having substance
The Springfield Art Association’s latest exhibit, up through Oct. 5, explores the architecture, archaeology, fine arts and decorative arts of Springfield from the 1820s-1850s. Highlights include photos of local antebellum houses, daguerreotypes, 1830 Edwards Place privy ewer and door, 1830s sofa and piano from Lincoln’s wedding ceremony and more. An opening reception is Aug. 31 […]
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Pavement Picassos
Presenting a new celebration of the arts – Springfield Art Association’s Paint the Street Fest sponsored by Zara’s Collision Center and Horace Mann. On Saturday, July 20, groups, businesses and individuals will literally paint logos and pictures on 200 squares of Washington Street, between Fourth and Seventh in downtown. The public is invited to participate […]
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Unique perceptive
Springfield Art Association opens a new exhibit featuring the interesting and intricate work of Jean Poklop. An opening reception is Saturday, May 25. Poklop was a Chicago housewife in the 1950s and 60s who had studied at the Chicago Art Institute and University of Illinois, but never catapulted into the work-world until after her husband […]
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Celebrity soiree
Springfield Art Association’s Personalities Paint, April 20 from 6-9 p.m., is a fun party for a good cause. Art exhibit openings are always a blast, but at this one you can rub elbows with some of the most well-known local personalities and perhaps take home their work. Their paintings, on 10-inch by 10-inch canvases in […]
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Out-of-sight superstar
The Springfield Art Association’s Molly Schlich Film Series continues with three screenings of the much talked about documentary Searching for Sugarman. The film, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul and highlighted on the television series 60 Minutes, tells the story of two fans who go in search of 70s South African pop music icon Sixto […]
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Foreign Flick Fix
It has been a long winter, perhaps even more so for Springfield’s fans of independent, foreign and other ‘art house’ cinema. Outside of the ongoing noble efforts of the Springfield Art Association’s Molly Schlich Film Series – acclaimed Japanese drama I Wish screens this Sunday and Tuesday – AMC’s always minimal booking of non-blockbuster titles […]
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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. […]
