University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery will hold its annual Silent Auction Benefit Dec. 2-12. This is a great opportunity to support art programming at UIS while acquiring extrao...

May 11-12, 2013 turned out to be a gorgeous weekend! It did not rain the Saturday before Mother's Day as weather forecasters had predicted. Dr. Dolittle Day at Henson Robinson Zoo was sunny and warm (with just the right touch of wind, notice the flag above) -- a perfect day for folks in central Illinois to be treated to a free day of wildlife at the zoo. Thanks, zoo! This little guy (...

Installation Wars is a competition between Prairie Art Alliance artists at Gallery II to create the best three-dimensional work within a space in the gallery given to each artist. PAA Gallery II manag...

The Springfield Art Association has an interesting new exhibit planned to open Friday, Jan. 4 that includes images and stories of local people. “The Stories Behind the Faces,” features a c...

The Springfield Art Association has an interesting new exhibit planned to open Friday, Jan. 4, that includes images and stories of local people. The Stories Behind the Faces, features a combination of...

Ask anyone with a creative neuron in their noodle or an appreciation for spectacular art and the place to be Saturday night is The Pharmacy, at its second location, 1022 S. Pasfield, two blocks north ...

For almost a quarter century the Springfield Art Association has hosted a fine art fair the third weekend in September on the Edwards Place Historic Home lawn. This year it promises to be just as ench...

On this First Friday downtown, June 3, visit Gallery II for its opening of a new exhibit based on the Internet and hypercontemporary art. The name of the exhibit is an Internet term derived from missi...

What makes this month-long installment of three artists impressive is the individual power of each artist’s work and the combination of their unique presentations -- each, to use a musical metap...