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 |
2018 Exhibition Schedule
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Shapes of Influence
Juried by Simon Levin August 3 - September 1, 2018 Reception: Friday, August 3, 5:30 - 7:30 PM Awards and gallery talk at 6:45 PM Image: Shapes of Influence 2016 installation view Image Credit: RL Boston |
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Vachel Lindsay: Poet, Artist, Visionary
September 7 - 29, 2018 Reception: Friday, September 7, 5:30 - 7:30 PM This is a collaborative exhibit between the Springfield Art Association, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the Vachel Lindsay Association, the Sangamon Valley Collection of the Lincoln Library, the Illinois State Museum, and the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site Image: "Dragons, Dragons" by Lillian Scalzo (detail view) Image credit: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum |
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Sangamon Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
October 3 - 27, 2018 Reception: Friday, October 12, 5:30 - 7:30 PM Image: Aneita Gates - The Dock Worker (detail) |
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Fragmented Remains
Works by Nichole Maury and Corrin Smithson McWhirter November 2 - 24, 2018 Reception: Friday, November 2, 5:30 - 7:30 PM |