Sparks of creativity are flying in Brick City's sculpture lab, both literally and figuratively. Five students are hard at work bringing their visions to life for this year's installment of Sculpture Walk Springfield. The process of participating in Sculpture Walk involves many hours of hard work, but for the student artists involved, it's also a learning experience unlike any … [Read more...] about The Student Process Behind Creating Public Art
Slow Viewing, created and hosted by artist and MFA student Shauna Smith, heads into its fourth year of art pondering, idea sharing, and finding a more mellow pace in the Missouri State Galleries and Springfield Art Museum. The program began in 2019, and since then numerous groups of students and community members have had the chance to view art through a fresh perspective and … [Read more...] about Slow Viewing Is Back for Spring 2022 and Beyond
The Brick City Galleries and Carolla Arts Exhibition Center are connected as never before for a special multi-gallery exhibition. Collected Memories and Rooted Objects considers the value and personal meaning applied to everyday items and features the artwork of Leticia Bajuyo, Kerry Phillips, and an additional three artists curated by Leticia and Kerry. The exhibition is on … [Read more...] about Collected Memories and Rooted Objects: Reviving Reminders of the Past
The Art + Design department welcomes Kerry Phillips for a visiting artist talk, Collected Experiences and Retold Stories, as she shares her process of finding artistic meaning behind found objects, ordinary surroundings, and stories from the past. Listeners can expect her casual, conversational tone to lead a talk full of personal anecdotes describing her creative process and … [Read more...] about Visiting Artist Talk: Kerry Phillips
Interdisciplinary artist Leticia Bajuyo will give a virtual artist talk, Matter Matters, about her creative work and upcoming Brick City exhibition, Collected Memories and Rooted Objects. Leticia will center the conversation around the ways everyday matter, from planks of wood to CDs, can act as an unexpected canvas and inspire her approach to creating and teaching about the … [Read more...] about Visiting Artist Talk: Leticia Bajuyo