The Springfield Art Museum celebrates 96 years of service to our community in 2024 with a schedule of 13 new and ongoing exhibitions that are packed with local, regional, and international interest. Presenting sponsorship of the Museum’s 2024 exhibition season is generously provided by the Friends of the Springfield Art…
Author: Joshua Best, Springfield Art Museum, for SGFNN
Effective Sept. 11, the Springfield Art Museum is shifting hours to remain open later on weekdays to provide more options for visitors and better serve the community. “Later hours during the week will allow the museum to build its presence in the ‘nightlife’ of the community, attracting people who might…
The Springfield Art Museum announced March 3 that it has received a $5 million lead gift to its 2028 campaign from the Sunderland Foundation of Overland Park, Kansas. In 2018, during the museum’s 90th anniversary year, a master plan was unveiled that would expand the museum’s education, exhibition, lobby, administrative, and…
The Springfield Art Museum celebrates its 94th year of service to our community with a special exhibition calendar packed with local, regional, and international interest during 2022. On Oct. 28, 1994, Mayor N.L. “Mac” McCartney proclaimed Oct. 28 as Springfield Art Museum Day. Twenty-seven years later, Mayor Ken McClure issued…
Since the end of Stay-At-Home orders issued by the state of Missouri and the City of Springfield and Greene County, the Museum has developed rigorous re-entry protocols that include heightened facility maintenance and sanitization, maximum gallery occupancy monitoring, mask, glove, and sanitizer procurement for staff and patrons, and changes to…
Lawn Art With Neighbors (L.A.W.N.) invites the community of Springfield to create a work of art in your front lawn for a city-wide public art exhibition that can be experienced while safely practicing physical distancing. L.A.W.N. is a grassroots project in response to the recent changes that we are all…
The Springfield Art Museum celebrates its 92nd year of service to the community with a special exhibition calendar packed with local, regional and international interest. New in 2020 Framed: The Art of the Picture Frame (March 21-June 21) – This special exhibition features over 40 works from the museum’s permanent collection,…
Randy Bacon’s The Road I Call Home photography exhibit opened Sept. 21 at the Springfield Art Museum. Bacon is a contemporary American photographer based in Springfield. He has an extensive history in portrait, commercial, and documentary photography. At the core of his work is the ability to present emotive visual stories…
The Springfield Art Museum is pleased to announce an expansive outdoor sculpture installation with Kansas City artist Shawn Bitters, in collaboration with the Springfield-Greene County Park Board. Burn Out, which was recently featured in Open Spaces Kansas City, was installed on the Museum’s grounds and throughout nearby Phelps Grove Park on…
The Springfield Art Museum unveiled a new 30-year master plan to City Council Oct. 9. The master plan is the culmination of a nearly nine-month process by BNIM, a nationally recognized architecture firm with offices in Kansas City, Des Moines and San Diego. The museum announced that it had hired…