Jasmine Owens: Vain Pretension (Beach Gallery)

Aug 1- Sep 2, 2018

Jasmine Owens’ photography explores the complex subject of self-identity and its nature by capturing uniquely intimate moments of scrutiny and isolation. She uses household items and staged lighting as an attempt to exemplify a new and personal perspective for the viewer.

Vain Pretension features a series of eight photographs that examine the struggle that often accompanies finding yourself, as well as Owens’ personal collection of antique photographs ranging from the Victorian Era to the early 1930s. Though the antique photographs and Owens’ own work appear very different, both collections examine a different side of self-identification.

Owens is a rising senior at Springfield High School, and is currently the Curatorial Intern for the Springfield Museum of Art.

Closing Reception: Friday, Aug 31, 5:30-7pm

Spirits, Illusions & Discoveries: Scanographs by Doug McLarty (Chakeres Gallery)

Sep 22, 2018 – Jan 27, 2019

Doug McLarty’s photos employ eye-catching botanical designs, unusual floral combinations and whimsical creations to help us examine and enjoy the rich diversity of nature. He makes use of digital scanning technology to reveal unique patterns and perspectives for the viewer.

For the past 40 years Doug McLarty has photographed landscape and botanical images throughout Europe, the Caribbean, Florida and the western United States. Much of his extensive portfolio was created using traditional black and white film capture and darkroom processing techniques. McLarty gradually moved into digital photography and now makes digital images exclusively. Doug credits British sculptor, environmentalist and photographer Andy Goldsworthy, glass artist Dale Chihuly and architect Frank Gehry for inspiring his current botanical photo series. Doug McLarty resides in Xenia, Ohio.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 22, 5:30-7 pm

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Ohio Plein Air Society – The Farm (Klein & Halley Galleries)

Dec 8, 2018 – Mar 9, 2019

The Ohio Plein Air Society artists focus on painting, drawing, and other art forms completed on site, from direct observation, and outdoors. Their admiration for the outdoor world leads them to explore the diversity and uniqueness of Ohio’s landscapes, cityscapes, lakes, rivers, and streams through art. The Farm will include recent works inspired by Ohio’s varied farm lands – from vast expanses of crop fields to feisty urban gardens.

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Exhibition Sponsors: Hugh Barnett, The Shawnee Farm, and The Harmony Family Farms

Mind Matters: Confronting Stigma of Mental Illness (Beach Gallery)

Dec 1, 2018-Jan 11, 2019

For this traveling exhibition, students from Health and Art classes at Yellow Springs High School collaborated to create an educational exhibit that informs viewers about mental illness.  Students worked to change mindsets, confront stereotypes, build empathy, and reduce stigma through their presentation and physical display.

They were empowered with knowledge through first person accounts of those directly impacted by mental illness. This included insights from community experts in the mental health field and courageous individuals diagnosed with a mental illness willing to share their stories. With this information students formulated investigation questions that worked to communicate a message of empathy, support, or stereotype reduction.

SMoA is the second institution to host the exhibition as it was previously installed at the TEJAS K-12 Gallery in Dayton, Ohio.  The exhibit is intended to travel to other local establishments working to convey a message of support, while reducing stigma commonly associated with mental illness.

Curious by Nature: Works by Charley and Edie Harper (Halley & Klein Galleries)

Jun 23 – Nov 25, 2018

Featuring more than 80 prints, as well as original paintings, this exhibition provides a comprehensive look into the quirky, whimsical world of artists Charley and Edie Harper. Charley Harper is world famous for his signature style of ‘minimal realism,’ capturing the spirit of his subjects with elegantly spare visual elements. His work is nature-based, and over his career he created pieces for many environmental organizations, including the National Park Service, Everglades National Park, and the Cincinnati Zoo as well as a groundbreaking series of illustrations for Ford Times. Edie Harper worked in several mediums, including photography, sculpture, textiles, and jewelry. This exhibition includes examples of her prints, which also focus on natural subjects, particularly cats, as well as scenes from Biblical stories and childhood memories. This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view both of the Harpers’ works together, providing a truly immersive, curiosity provoking experience.

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72nd Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition

Jul 1 – Sep 2, 2018

Now in its 72nd year, Springfield Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition continues to grow – not only in the number of participants, but in the quality, diversity, and breadth of mediums represented. While the works vary greatly, all embody the artistic spirit of experimentation, freedom of expression, and exploration of medium- and the use of color this year, across the board, is phenomenal.

Opening reception: Sunday, Jul 1, 4-5:30pm

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Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home

Jan 26 – Jun 1, 2019, McGregor Gallery

Shelter is universally identified as a basic human right, yet refuge and protection are out of reach for millions of people worldwide. How does lack of safety and security, from the physical elements as well as unseen external dangers, affect our psyche and ability to live and flourish? Shelter provides a forum for craft artists’ responses to issues of shelter – global and local, public and private.

Shelter aims to create awareness and open dialogue around an urgent social issue.  The exhibition will validate the human experience by showcasing art infused with personal stories and perspectives, and will demonstrate that art-making is a vehicle for open communication, healing, and compassion.

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Art Connect: High School Art Exhibit (Beach Gallery)

Apr 22-May 6, 2018

Featuring the work of students from Shawnee High School, Global Impact STEM Academy, and Springfield Clark Career Technology Center.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, Apr 25, 4:30-6pm

International Baccalauréat Visual Art Exhibition (Beach Gallery)

Mar 30-Apr 18, 2018

Featuring a group of young up-and-coming artists in a free exhibition that pushes contemporary ideas through conceptually contrived works.

The Boomer List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Apr 22-Jun 17, 2018

In partnership with AARP, the Newseum presents “The Boomer List: Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders,” an exhibition of 19 large-format portraits of some of the most fascinating members of the influential baby boom generation — one born each year of the baby boom, from 1946 to 1964 — taken by renowned American photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

Visitors will gain insight into the boomer generation through interviews and portraits that focus on exceptional achievement, struggle and identity, telling the story of extraordinary Americans and the history they lived through and often created.

In addition to the 19 portraits, a three-panel timeline features some of the top news events and pop culture moments that defined the baby boom generation, with images of memorable newsmagazines and photos of iconic objects from the period. Visitors can add their own memories at a comment station.

The exhibition also includes an original Newseum-produced film featuring the photographer’s stories about the project. A large touch-screen monitor allows visitors to explore dozens of candid behind-the-scenes images and videos of the photo shoots and a scent station offers memorable aromas familiar to the baby boom generation.

Opening Reception: Sunday, Apr 22, 4-5:30pm