“True Blue: Art for Advocacy” Opening Reception
The SRAC is excited to collaborate with the Child Advocacy Center again for “True Blue – Art for Advocacy.” Blue symbolizes trust, strength, and healing—values at the core of the Child Advocacy Center’s mission to support children through the challenges of abuse and recovery. This exhibition aims to bring awareness to this vital cause while […]
“Art in Focus” Opening Reception
Join the Springfield Regional Arts Council for the opening reception of“Art in Focus” as we celebrate the powerful medium of photography. This medium is utilized to create and tell stories – whether that be through landscapes that capture the environment we live in, portraits that offer looks into different perspectives, abstract photography that captures a […]
Call for Artists: True Blue – Art for Advocacy
You matter – share your artistic voice and use your art to help build a more compassionate community. The SRAC is excited to collaborate with the Child Advocacy Center again for “True Blue – Art for Advocacy.” Blue symbolizes trust, strength, and healing—values at the core of the Child Advocacy Center’s mission to support children […]
Movie Matinee: El Dorado
The Historic Gillioz Theatre Presents: Movie Matinee: El Dorado Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 Doors: 1:00PM Show: 2:00PM __________________________ This is a showing of the 1966 film El Dorado. Heartless tycoon Bart Jason (Edward Asner) hires a group of thugs to force the MacDonald family out of El Dorado so he can claim their land. J.P. […]
Movie Matinee: Fried Green Tomatoes
Doors: 1:00PM Trivia: 1:50PM Show: 2:00PM __________________________ This is a showing of the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes. On one of trapped housewife Evelyn Couch’s (Kathy Bates) Wednesday nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a colorful old woman who brightens Evelyn’s outlook by sharing tales from her past. As Ninny recounts the […]
Call for Artists: Art in Focus
Join the Springfield Regional Arts Council for “Art in Focus” as we celebrate the powerful medium of photography. This medium is utilized to create and tell stories – whether that be through landscapes that capture the environment we live in, portraits that offer looks into different perspectives, abstract photography that captures a feeling and more […]
Make Stuff Monday
Make Stuff Monday is a monthly group for crafters and artists, sponsored by Arrow Creative Reuse. Artists bring their own supplies or use ours to work on their own projects while building community with fellow crafters. We meet at GLO on the third Monday each month from 2-6 p.m.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Watercolor USA 2026
Watercolor USA is a prestigious national competitive exhibition celebrating excellence in water media painting. Now in its second year at the Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, Missouri, the exhibition continues a remarkable legacy that began at the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, Missouri, where it was hosted from 1962 through 2023. Spiva is […]
“You Should Know” Exhibition Opening
“You Should Know” is an exhibition dedicated to spotlighting local and regional artists selected by the Springfield Regional Arts Council’s Visual Arts Committee. Rather than centering a single theme, this exhibition focuses on the artists themselves—their voices, processes, and ideas. It’s an invitation to slow down, look closer, and get to know the people behind the work. Join us […]
Firebird Children’s Workshop
Boys and girls (ages 3-8) will be immersed in this classic ballet story during this afternoon of fun and dance that includes learning roles from the ballet, crafts, games, a synopsis of the story and a surprise guest performance. No prior dance experience required.