Past Exhibitions

Summer 2023 at the Brick City Gallery and Carolla Arts Exhibition Center

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Summer 2023 at the University Galleries featured nationally recognized and reviewed exhibitions.

Brick City Gallery

Unfolding the Map, work by Sharon Harper
July 5 – August 4

Part of the ongoing emeritus series, Unfolding the Map features work in painting, drawing, ceramics, and crochet that use visual metaphors and self-portraits to create a personal narrative of Harper’s own life experiences.

“My process of working has not changed much over the years: I respond to my current thoughts, surroundings, and materials to find my way. Not sure of what will come next, my map unfolds as the journey continues.”

Unfolding the Map was featured in SECAC’s 2023 Online Exhibition Reviews.

Summer Exhibits on July 19, 2023. Russ Bray/Missouri State University
Summer Exhibits on July 19, 2023. Russ Bray/Missouri State University

Carolla Arts Exhibition Center

Missouri Fine Arts Academy Final Showcase
June 17

The Carolla Arts Exhibition Center annually hosts the fine arts final showcase for the Missouri Fine Arts Academy every June. The Missouri Fine Arts Academy (MFAA) is a two-week summer residential program for highly motivated student artists in visual arts, theatre, dance, creative writing, and music. The Academy offers an intensive schedule of classes in interdisciplinary and discipline-specific arts, and a wide range of co-curricular activities. MFAA is conducted with the support and cooperation of Missouri State University, and is funded through program fees, grants, endowments, scholarships, and private donations.

The Figure, Reclaimed
A Renaissance of the body in visual culture, co-curated by Jodi McCoy and Mara Cressey
July 5 – August 4

The Figure, Reclaimed, seeks to celebrate and explore the Renaissance of the female body and the female figurative painter in visual culture. Through the work of Aneka Ingold and Livia Xandersmith, this exhibition explores how female figurative painters have combined the traditional art of figurative painting with contemporary, stylized approaches to redefine and expand upon what it means to be a figurative painter, ruminate on the female experience, and how representations of the female body are consumed.

The Figure, Reclaimed was a featured CAA Committee on Women in the Arts Summer Pick and also reviewed by Greta Cross for the Springfield News-leader.

Carolla Arts Exhibition Center- Spring 2023 Exhibitions

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Spring 2023 at the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center explored various themes in contemporary art from our recent alumni to artists who have lived and/or worked in Texas. We closed out the semester with a talented group of graduating seniors showing in our annual BFA in Design, The Professional Design Practicum exhibit.

Contemporaries
January 23 – February 17

Featuring Madeline Brice, Zoe Hawk, Cortney Metzger, and Dryden Wells, Contemporaries explores work from recent alumni navigating a range of topical themes in the art community.

Carolla Art Gallery hosted a contemporaries exhibit on February 6, 2023. Jesse Scheve/Missouri State University
Carolla Art Gallery hosted a contemporaries exhibit on February 6, 2023. Taylor Cribbs/for Missouri State University

Tex-US: Five Encounters from the Lone Star State
March 3 – April 14

Curated by Associate Professor Sarah Williams, Tex-US features work from Annie Arnold, Bryce Lafferty, Robert Milnes, Ryder Richards, and Loring Taoka, and is accompanied by a gallery talk from Judy Tedford Deaton. Tex-US focuses on contemporary trends in art from artists living and working in Texas.

202303 Carolla Arts Center Exhibition on March 6, 2023. Mindy Welland/Missouri State University

BFA in Design: The Professional Design Practicum Exhibition
May 5-19

Every semester, the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center is pleased to host an exhibition of work by graduating students from the Department of Art and Design. The spring exhibition showcases the talent and skill of students who have spent years developing a design practice that will carry them into their professional careers.

Student exhibiting this spring: Sydney Arlt, Cole Baker, Kurtis Bertel, Paige Cawein, Morgan Collins, Alexandra Curry, Stephanie Dejeu, Chloe Frazier, Sloane Galindo, Katelyn Homer, Timothy Keeling, Steeler Lawrence, Julia Mason, Colby Morrone, Tabitha Mumford, Angelina Navarro, Lena Nguyen, Hannah Noles, Bennett Outman, Tyler Porras, Emily Reed, Everett Schoenke, Samuel Stillie, and Amanda Winters.

Carolla Arts Exhibition Center- Fall 2022 Exhibitions

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The fall 2022 semester at the University Galleries was filled with timely, invigorating, and thought-provoking exhibitions.

Stand with Ukraine
August 22– September 7

In partnership with the 4th Block Graphic Designers Association and PosterTerritory initiative, Stand with Ukraine features work from socially responsible designers responding to and expressing their views on an undeclared war in Ukraine.

MO-KY Mud 2: A Collaborative Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics
September 19 – October 7

A multi-state duology of exhibitions featuring a collaborative display of contemporary ceramics, the first iteration was held in fall 2019 at the Fine Arts Center Gallery at Western Kentucky University. Delayed by the pandemic but not forgotten, the concluding exhibit will be held at the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center during the fall 2022 semester.

Biennial Faculty Exhibition
October 20 – November 11

The Biennial Faculty Exhibition showcases the creative work of our department’s faculty who exhibit nationally and internationally and represents work from all studio areas within the department.

Faculty Exhibition at the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center on November 1, 2022. Chelsea Isackson/Missouri State University
Faculty Exhibition at the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center on November 1, 2022. Chelsea Isackson/Missouri State University

BFA in Design: The Professional Design Practicum Exhibition
December 2 – 16

Every semester, the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center is pleased to host an exhibition of work by graduating students from the Department of Art and Design. The fall exhibition showcases the talent and skill of students who have spent years developing an design and illustration practice that will carry them into their professional careers.

Matt Brown
Karly Byers
Abigail Fahnestock
Alex Gaebler
Koramadou Heng
Emi Juchems
Alexa Langelier
Duc Le
Bao Nguyen
Hannah O’Neil
Andrew Stinnett
Jenny Thompson

Summer 2021 and 2022 at the Brick City Gallery and Carolla Arts Exhibition Center

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In 2021 the University Galleries expanded exhibition programming into the summer months. These additional exhibits provide space in the exhibitions program to honor emeritus faculty as well as give our MFA students the opportunity to gain professional curatorial experience.

Summer 2021 at the Brick City Gallery

Socially Distanced, co-curated by Graduate Assistants Shauna Le Ann Smith and Nadia Issa
May 24-June 24, 2021

The term “social distance” is incredibly prevalent in our current day-to-day, and has a long, complicated history. In the nineteenth century, “social distance” was a euphemism used by the British to talk about class and by Americans to talk about race. In today’s time, it most commonly refers to the six feet distance that must be maintained to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The aim of this exhibition is to refer, criticize, interpret, or reinterpret “socially distanced”. Exhibiting artists addressed the theme of “socially distanced” in a multitude of explorative ways.


Installation view of Reza Gholipour’s “We Will Win”


Peter Bankov’s work “Keep Your Distance” is shown in the foreground

Summer 2022 at the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center

Mapping Awareness: Social Objects and Detritus, co-curated by Director of Exhibitions, Jodi McCoy and Graduate Assistant, Shauna Smith
June 20 – August 5, 2022

Rooted in our connection to place, Mapping Awareness: Social Objects and Detritus explores the cartographical nature of marking cultural detritus with social objects. Featuring work from Catherine Reinhart and Giovanni Valderas, this exhibition showcases social practice-based works of art that document the detritus of cultural domesticity and neighborhoods. Each artist uses interdisciplinary practices to raise awareness about their locale, from the intimate scale of caregiving within a home to community-wide housing issues.

22434 Summer Exhibitions on July 18, 2022. Erin Hillery/Missouri State University
22434 Summer Exhibitions on July 18, 2022. Erin Hillery/Missouri State University

Summer 2022 at the Brick City Gallery

Explorations in Egg Tempera & Silverpoint Drawing
A Retrospective: Drawings and Prints from the Fowler Archives
June 21–August 5, 2022

Featuring recent egg tempera and silverpoint drawings along with work pulled from the Fowler archives, this dual exhibition celebrated the artistic and teaching legacy of Professor Emeritus Judith Fowler.

22434 Summer Exhibitions on July 18, 2022. Erin Hillery/Missouri State University
22434 Summer Exhibitions on July 18, 2022. Erin Hillery/Missouri State University

Carolla Arts Exhibition Center- Spring 2022 Exhibitions

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Spring 2022 was another full and fruitful semester of exhibitions at the University Galleries.

Annual Juried Student Exhibition
January 18 – February 11

The Annual Juried Student Exhibition was juried by Christie Snelson, Exhibitions Manager at Springfield Regional Arts Council and First Friday Art Walk Communications Director.

Students with work accepted into the exhibition: Aaron Bell, Adana Garrote, Adrian Fruge, Ambrose Graham, Andrew Stinnett, Ashley Rolewicz, Bri Bias, Catherine Guerra, Cherokee Knight, Cheyanne Griffin, Chloe Gramelspacher, Elisa Peters, Emi Juchems, Erin Hainline, Erin Hillery, Erin Sedra, Hanna Henroid, Jadie Arnett, Jaylen Early, Jean Paul Vivas, Joe Duggar, Joni R. Neal, Julia Kidwell, Julia McKlin, Kassidy Watts, Madalyn Adams, Mara Cressey, Max Koeppe, Meidi Karampour, Melissa Hendrickson, Nadia Issa, Paige Lenahan, Peter Harmon, Rick Briggenhorst, Shauna Le Ann Smith, Sarah E. Johnston, Siera Richardson, Sinjin Delmore, Sophie Stefka, Teddy Osei, and Versaviya Pavlova.

Award Winners

Mark J. Hall Best in Show: Rick Briggenhorst & Shauna Smith – Our Tears
Best Grad: Rick Briggenhorst & Shauna Smith – Our Tears
Best Undergrad: Joni R. Neal – Self Portrait
Best Freshman: Elisa Peters – Conversation with Maddie
Best 3D: Joe Duggar – My Pet Rock
Best Painting: Mara Cressey – Reminiscing in Dead Dreams
Best Drawing: Joni R. Neal – Self Portrait
Best Photography: Erin Hillery – Avant Gardener
Best Metals & Jewelry: Max Koeppe – Button
Best Animation: Aaron Bell – Street Kitchen
Best New Media: Rick Briggenhorst – Touch Grass (Together) 
Best from Illustration: Emi Juchems – Self Portrait
Best from Graphic Design: Melissa Hendrickson – Golden Child
Best from Art Education:  Julia McKlin – Hidden Messages
Best from Art History/Museum Studies: Hanna Henroid – Cabo


Collected Memories and Rooted Objects
February 28 – April 1

Collected Memories and Rooted Objects is a three-part exhibition spanning three gallery spaces. In the Brick City Gallery, East, Kerry Phillips will create a site-specific sculptural installation utilizing locally sourced objects. In the Carolla Arts Exhibition Center, Leticia Bajuyo will be exhibiting cast iron sculptures surrounded by drawings on wood and on player piano rolls. The third part of Collected Memories and Rooted Objects will feature a juried body of work from Haelim Allen, Ahmed Ozsever, and Jesse Ring. Juried by Leticia and Kerry, this group juried show will be on exhibit in the Brick City Gallery, West.

22325 Exhibition Documentation on March 25, 2022. Erin Hillery/Missouri State University
22325 Exhibition Documentation on March 25, 2022. Erin Hillery/Missouri State University

BFA in Design Exhibition
May 6 – 20

The Spring 2022 BFA in Design Exhibition featured work from:

Jadie Arnett, Hannah Cox, Patrick Cunningham, Daniella Gonzalez, Carlyn Henson, Alicia Herman, Patty Hilton, Alayna Johannsen, Lauren Johns, Kai Johnson, Zjane Johnson, Anna Keiser, Yijia Lei, Curtis Lenssen, Cailey Lochert, Bryon Lovelady, Cam Luther, Nicholas Miller, Renee Newkirk, Claudia O’Steen, Zach Pierce, Powell, Julie Rakhuba, Savannah Randall, Amanda Schilling, Kortney Smart, Gabriella Southworth, Leigh Stracener, Isabella Strang