The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri hosted an opening reception for the 2016 Annual Regional Juried Exhibition on Friday, December 2nd from 5 - 9 pm. The show will be displayed until January 28, 2016 and will feature pieces by 27 regional artists.
The exhibition was developed to demonstrate the diversity of the five-state region and the artists who live here. Artists were encouraged to submit works that interpreted any aspect of the Southeast Missouri Region, as well as its bordering states. Accepted artists represent Missouri, Illinois, and Tennessee.
Promotional image above is titled "Cold Night," by artist Sarah Haig.
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Madeleine Marie LeMieux is an artist and
arts administrator. She received her BFA with an emphasis in Art
History, Theory and Criticism from The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago in 2007 and her MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York
University in 2011, receiving the Samuel Eshborn Service Award in
recognition of her superlative and extraordinary service, and for
exhibiting the value of strong leadership in school activities. She has
exhibited her artwork and used art as a tool for community organizing
nationally since 2004.
Highlights of her career include: serving on NYC’s
Department of Cultural Affairs’ Non-Performing Arts Selection Panel of
experts in 2012 and 2013, developing Groundswell’s Youth Media Council, a
program which teaches teens communication tools and empowers them to
create youth driven marketing content, and helping to establish
Brooklyn's first art-jewelry maker space, Brooklyn Metal Works. In 2014,
LeMieux founded Resident Arts a professional development organization
for artists in Mid-Missouri. In 2016, LeMieux was honored as one of the
Columbia Business Times' 20 Under 40 successful business people. She
currently serves as the Treasurer of the Board for the North Village
Arts District and sits on the Columbia Visioning Commission.
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www.madeleine-lemieux.com
www.residentarts.org
It is no wonder the Midwest is known best for it's picturesque scenery. It has beautiful farmlands, rolling hills and plains, lush forests, and so much architectural history...
However, it is often this easy association that turns a blind eye to the other elements of our region's more complex, and oft times most interesting, character. There is a subtlety and richness to our region's culture that encompasses a multi-faceted population, a wide breadth of human experiences, and a depth of intellectual pursuit.
While you will see works that celebrate our idyllic scenery, I hope you will also discover whimsy, melancholy, love, fear, and nostalgia. It was with these concepts in mind that the works for this regional exhibition were chosen.
- Madeleine Marie LeMieux
"Dad" by Randy Simmons
Charcoal & White Conte
"Farm House Along a Gravel Road" by Larry Braun
Photography
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"Thief in the Night"
April Dill
Oil on Canvas
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"Lijun"
Andy Holliday
Woodcut
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"Into the Mist"
Tom Neumeyer
Photography
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Louise Bodenheimer
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Larry Braun
website
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Sarah Capps
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Dave Carter
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Roseanna Chilton
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Roxanna Cummings
website
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Emily Denlinger
website
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April Dill
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Sarah Haig
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Jesse Hazel
website
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Andy Holliday
website
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Tom Neumeyer
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Melissa Newman
website
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Janice Paine-Dawes
website
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Ben Pierce
website
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Mack Ramsey
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William Reed
website
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Robert Ressel
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Larry Rhodes
website
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J Rissover
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Brenda Seyer
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Thomas Shaner
website
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Randy Simmons
website
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E. Suzanne Mortimer Suggs
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Kerra Taylor
website
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Helen Towner
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Juanita Wyman
website
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Read about the 2015 Regional Juried Exhibition>
Read about the 2014 Regional Juried Exhibition>
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