Past Exhibitions

1. 

   Into the West

   An exhibit featuring Western and Southwestern art, pulled from the Gertrude Vanderveer Spratlen Collection.

2. 

   About Face: Portraits

   The second in a series of exhibits exploring the Museum's extensive collection of contemporary American watermedia.

3. 

   Glazed Over

   Learn more about the exhibition, Glazed Over, find out where in the museum it's located and how long it will be featured.

4. 

   Four by Four 2014

   A biennial, invitational exhibition recognizing artists working in all media in the four-state region of Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas.

5. 

   Susi Steinitz Ettinger

   A retrospective exhibition on German-born artist Susi Steinitz Ettinger.

6. 

   Kara Walker

   An exhibit of work by Kara Walker including large-scale printmaking, metal sculpture, shadow puppetry and film.

7. 

   British/American Pop

   An exhibit comparing Pop Art in Britain and America

8. 

   Adolf Dehn

   This exhibit explores the work of Adolf Dehn, through both watercolor and lithography.

9. 

   Watercolor NOW

   An invitational exhibit of work submitted by members of the Watercolor USA Honor Society.

10. 

    House of Art(S)

    An outdoor, site specific public art installation constructed of graffiti panels.

11. 

    Warhol Uncanned

    An exhibit of seven photographs by Colorado artist Lindsey Wohlman, inspired by Andy Warhol's "Campbell Soup Cans."

12. 

    Watercolor USA 2016

    The Museum's annual, national juried exhibition recognizing contemporary aqueous media painting.

13. 

    String Theory

    Throughout time and over various cultures, humans have used fibers in similar ways to construct a variety of objects. Utilizing objects from the Museum's permanent collection, this exhibit will explore a number of basic textile construction techniques and highlight the versatility of working in the fiber arts.

14. 

    Donald Holden: Memory Painter

    A selection of small landscape paintings created by artist Donald Holden. Holden works primarily in watercolor and uses broad simple brushstrokes to convey evocative paintings from his travels pulled solely from his memory of place.

15. 

    Four by Four 2016: Midwest Invitational

    The biennial "Four by Four 2016: Midwest Invitational Exhibition" recognizes and encourages artists working in all media who reside in the four-state region of Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas. The exhibit features work by four artists - one from each state - who will each exhibit a body of work.

16. 

    The Wood-Fired Kiln: A Catalyst for Collaboration

    This exhibit will include the work of seven well-known local, regional, national and international ceramicists: Nina Hole, Priscilla Mouritzen, Rick Hirsch, Ken Baskin, Scott Meyer, Keith Ekstam and Jeff Johnston. The exhibit will focus specifically on work that has been created using a wood-fire kiln and will investigate the character and dynamic of the collaborations that have resulted from this very communal and social process.

17. 

    American Impressionism

    This exhibit features over 100 paintings and works on paper from the golden age of American Impressionism including work by William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, Julian Alden Weir and Mary Cassatt

18. 

    Watercolor USA 2017

    Organized in 1962 by the Springfield Art Museum, this event aims to attract the best in contemporary American watermedia and strives to exhibit work by artists who are pushing the boundaries of the medium.

19. 

    Veterans' Views

    This juried exhibition highlights photographs taken by members of our nation's armed services and relating to their military experience. The exhibit is organized by the Springfield Art Museum in collaboration with Drury University.

20. 

    Wonder Rooms: Ozark Collections

    A special exhibition featuring a wide variety of work pulled from ten local and regional private collections.

21. 

    Richard Tuttle: Lines and Edges

    An exhibit featuring three significant portfolios created by artist Richard Tuttle, pulled from the Museum's permanent collection.

22. 

    Grant Wood: Lithographs

    An exhibit featuring all nineteen lithographs produced by Grant Wood.

23. 

    All School Exhibition

    The annual all school exhibition features work by student artists from across our community, in kindergarten through twelfth grades. This exhibit celebrates Youth Art Month and has been a staple of our exhibition schedule for over forty years.

24. 

    Watercolor USA 2018

    The 57th annual presentation of Watercolor USA, a national, juried exhibition recognizing aqueous media painting.

25. 

    Frolic of the Mind

    This exhibition traces the prolific career of artist, illustrator, author, poet, and inventor Rose O'Neill. Perhaps most remembered as the creator of the Kewpie doll, O'Neill was also one of the highest paid illustrators in the early years of the 20th century providing illustrations for Puck Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Collier's, and many others.