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M.G. Nelson Family Gallery

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Located on the main SAA Campus, the M.G. Nelson Family Gallery brings a variety of high-quality visual arts from the traditional to the most contemporary, from a cross the country to Springfield's front door . The gallery is free and open to the public. An average of twelve exhibitions rotate through the gallery each year. These exhibitions represent art from as close as the elementary school across the street and as far away as Russia.
Gallery Hours:
​Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM 

Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM​
Past Exhibitions


​2022 Exhibition Schedule

The Liturgical and Sacred Art Exhibit
April 20 - May 28
Reception:  Saturday, May 7, 4:30 - 6:30 PM

The Liturgical and Sacred Art Exhibit at Springfield Art Association is part of the biennial interfaith Liturgical Arts Festival of Springfield. It is a nationwide juried art exhibition. Liturgical arts are all the ways people connect with the Divine through creativity and beauty in the visual arts, in all mediums. The festival is inspired by the beautiful diversity of faith traditions within our own community. LAFS programs are accessible to those of any faith or none. ​
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Corazon Rosa Rossado con Hortizales. Flores y Fruitas​

Dissonant Harmony:  A Life in Art featuring Sally Elliott
June 3 - July 9
Reception:  Friday, June 3, 5:30 - 7:30 PM

Elliott is a Boulder-based painter with an illustrious career spanning over 4 decades.  She was a founding member of the Front Range Women in the Visual Arts in 1987.  She has been a visiting artist and lecturer at several colleges and universities across the Unites States.  From 1999 to 2011 Elliott was on the Drawing and Painting faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and received professor of the year in 2006.

Sally Elliott Watercolor and Gouache Workshop - June 2- 3, 1-4 PM
Click here for more information and to register for the workshop!
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 SAA Collective Gallery

105 N. 5th Street 
Springfield, IL 62701


Wednesday - Saturday 11 AM - 5 PM
​217-544-2787
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SAA Main Campus

School of Art (Studios),
Michael Victor II Art Library,
M.G. Nelson Family
Gallery, and Edwards Place
​ 700 North 4th Street
​Springfield, IL 62702
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Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM
217-523-2631
office@springfieldart.org