Celebrate our Visual Arts Cooperative Artists during the May First Friday with the Arts opening reception! These artists will have work in their gallery as well as the AC SEMO Gallery. This dual gallery exhibition showcases our wonderful resident artists.

Exhibition runs May 3rd - 25th, 2024

The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri and South Side Farms, in collaboration with Afrocentric Arts LLC, would like to extend an invitation to the opening reception of Reflections. This exhibition includes artists from the 5-state region expressing the black experience through the eyes of the artist. From the cosmological origins of ancient Africa to the transcendence of black expression in the 21st century, this show asked artists to mine the interior landscape of their black experience in personal, cultural, and universal contexts.  This will also mark a return of visual arts experiences to the neighborhood, which boasts a history rich in the African American tradition. The show will take place at a former school, May Greene,  which was the educational foundation of many residents of the area, and has since been reclaimed by the South Side Farms non-profit foundation.

Come celebrate the Everyone Belongs Under the Sun exhibition opening reception! This exhibition will feature artwork that considers how cosmic events impact cultural change, and our place in the universe in personal, regional, national, and international regards. This exhibition will be a part of eclipse events taking place across the City of Cape Girardeau, under the direction of the Arts Council. Its intent is to use the power of this cosmic event to create cultural advancement in rural communities along the path.

The Visual Arts Cooperative Gallery will have all new artwork on display.

We will be celebrating Autism Awareness Month in the Micro Galleries. Work by students from the Blue Sky Community Services art classes will be on display.

These exhibitions run from April 5th - 27th, 2024

Old Matter, New Myths Opening Reception
Stephen Signa-Aviles is an artist and educator living in Urbana, IL where he is Assistant Professor of 3D Practice at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His practice is rooted in object-oriented collage; signaling the critical power inherent in hybridization. See his work in the AC SEMO Gallery!

All new works will be displayed in the Visual Arts Cooperative Gallery.
Award winning artwork from the Children’s Arts Festival will be on extended display in our Micro Galleries.

These exhibitions run from March 1st - 30th, 2024

The most colorful exhibition of the year has finally arrived! Join us during First Friday with the Arts as we celebrate local art educators and student artists.

Fiona Phillips currently resides in California, so having her send her work to the gallery is a tremendous opportunity for patrons of the arts in SEMO. Fiona is a contemporary artist whose studio practice includes painting, photography, installation, fibers, and drawing.

"I am concerned with the stresses of contemporary society on the individual, especially women. I am interested in how today’s “enlightened” culture is still shaped by the past. II embrace the yoking of concept with mark-making; the covering and uncovering of surfaces. I believe in the power of paint".

Please join us during the opening reception to welcome Fiona! She will be giving an artist talk at 6:00 PM that evening.

Light refreshments and wine will be served. The Visual Arts Cooperative Gallery will have new works available for purchase and the Micro Galleries will feature work by Mollie Bartlett and Emma Dace.

Friday, March 5th, from 5 to 8 p.m., the Southeast Missouri Arts Council invites you to attend a reception for the Missouri Arts Now traveling exhibition. Celebrating talent from across the state of Missouri, this exhibition features work from artists across the state. Regional selections were made by The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, and will travel to exhibitions across Missouri during 2021. For more information about future exhibitions visit: www.spivaarts.org/missouri-art-now/

 The VAC is proud to display artworks by VAC members. Works are visible from outside of the gallery and viewers are invited to stop by the gallery at any time to view the work from the sidewalk, or to stop in during business hours to get a closer look.

Join other arts patrons and supporters in viewing these exhibitions at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, located at 16B North Spanish Street in Cape Girardeau, MO. The gallery is also open Tuesday- Saturday, from 10am to 4pm.

 The exhibition will be on display March 5-27, 2021

The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri is excited to present the annual 2020-2021 Regional Juried Exhibition. The Regional Juried Exhibition is open to all area artists, 18 years and older living within the five state region of Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The exhibition was developed to provide a forum to demonstrate the diversity of this five-state region and the artists who live here. Artists are encouraged to submit works that interpret any aspect of the Southeast Missouri region as well as its bordering states. This year's juror was Jim Serrett. Jim holds degrees from Southern Illinois University and Vincennes University in painting and drawing. He has been an instructor at the college level and worked professionally as a commercial and fine artist, enjoying a career as a pictorial artist producing advertising art, murals, and illustration.

The exhibition will be on display December 4, 2020 - January 30, 2021

The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri invites you to the opening reception of "Orange" a solo exhibition of works by artist Kory Twaddle. This show will be a collection of art types using this particular art medium.

The exhibition will be on display November 6-28, 2020