Upcoming and Previous Exhibitions

Fall 2024

ART 740
August 31 – September 28 | Reception September 6

Personal and professional artistic development includes procedural, aesthetical, critical, historical, and cultural components. An exploration of the evolution and translation of visual and textual research into personal, thematic imagery will be the essential component. The artists investigated many visual components of a theme-based exhibition which is germane to the personal thematic development of imagery.

Reagan Lux
September 29 – October 26 | Reception October 4

I find value in understanding the whole picture. Sacrifice, hard work, and dedication are the backbone of creating fiber arts. This body of work shows what comes before a work of art. Fibers look like early morning alarms and running out in the thunderstorm to close the barn door.  It looks like shots, vet bills, hay, and sometimes graves dug. It looks like an adventure and a chore. This body of work shows the realities of working naturally and diligently to create works from the beginning.

Rosanne Harrott
October 28 - November 16 | Reception November 1

My collection throughout my study has used specific themes to reflect my approach to creativity, artistry, and metaphors. I want to show people that the power of good exists. As I studied, I tried to create specific themes mostly on functional pottery. As a teacher, I continually remind my students to be confident when they make art. When students create, they learn how to have fun, and adults should also remember to have fun when they create.

Students of Students
Novemnber 18  – December 13 | Reception December 6

This exhibition comes after student teaching where pre-service art teachers exhibit images made by their students during the semester of student teaching. The exhibition is designed to allow the pre-service teacher maximum freedom of choice of which student images to include. In conjunction with their students, the pre-service teacher is expected to exhibit their artwork that demonstrates their highest achievement in studio practices. The community and students, parents, teachers, and administrators from the school are invited. This exhibition is open and free to the public.

Textile Cartograpy: An International Exhibition
December 2024 - January 2025

The word map is derived from the Latin “mappa”, which means piece of fabric or cloth. To realize climate justice, men and women’s voices must be heard. Textile cartography is a way to tell stories, express ideas; draw attention; talk about eARTh with maps reinvented with fabrics and threads. The creators of textile maps observe the places, inquire about their history, and search for signs, meanings, and alternatives. And they represent the stories using fabrics, threads, ropes, wool, and more with sewing or weaving techniques.

Spring 2025

Willard High School
February 3 – 17 | Reception 7, 5-7pm

This exhibition is curated by Willard High School art teachers Teressa Duncan and Chloe Lee. Images selected for this exhibition represent the range of students’ investigative and exploratory processes, media, and techniques employed to articulate the concepts of idea to image. These students demonstrate artistic, creative, and intuitive art-making processes inherent to the investigative and exploratory nature of art-making. This exhibition is open and free to the public.

Springfield Art Museum All-School History
February 28 – April 6

A celebratory history of the All School Exhibition to accompany the current the All School exhibit at the Brick City Gallery.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

March 24- April 24

This exhibition is coordinated by Central’s Art Teachers in Springfield Public Schools. In this exhibition, images are created by students to demonstrate their artistic, creative, and intuitive art-making processes. These processes are inherent to the investigative and exploratory nature of art making, which is particularly important in the International Baccalaureate Programme. The works show a personal approach to art-making for each of the students and are the culminating event in their two years of artistic study. This exhibition is open and free to the public.

Students of Students
April – May

This exhibition comes after student teaching where pre-service art teachers exhibit images made by their students during the semester of student teaching. The exhibition is designed to allow the pre-service teacher maximum freedom of choice of which student images to include. In conjunction with their students, the pre-service teacher is expected to exhibit their artwork that demonstrates their highest achievement in studio practices. The community and students, parents, teachers, and administrators from the school are invited. This exhibition is open and free to the public.