77th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition

Aug 5 – Oct 15, 2023

Returning for its 77th year in 2023, the Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition celebrates our community and region’s creative spirit. Featuring more than 100 member artists, this year’s exhibition includes 134 works juried by Ramona Bronkar Bannayan, former Senior Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Opening Reception: Celebrate the opening with food trucks, live music, awards, and a cash bar on Saturday, Aug 5 from 6-7:30pm. Members free; non-members $5.

 

About the Juror

Ramona Bronkar Bannayan was the Senior Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Museum of Modern Art retiring in 2021 after 31 years. During her time there, Ms. Bannayan participated in two major museum expansions. As a member of the senior management team, she oversaw the planning of MoMA’s exhibition calendar each year which included more than 50 annual on-site exhibitions as well as developing collaborative exhibitions at venues worldwide. In addition, she managed MoMA’s collection of over 200,000 works of art. In the past, she has been the subject of a BBC podcast, In the Studio with Paul Kobrak, profiled in Frame magazine, and interviewed on NPR’s All of It with Alison Stewart.

Ms. Bannayan is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University, Museum Studies, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. She also serves on the Columbia University School of the Arts (SOA) Dean’s Council. An artist herself, she holds a BFA from Wright State University and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University, where she graduated with honors. Since graduation, Ms. Bannayan has maintained her studio practice. Her work has been included in exhibitions with Wolf Kahn, Lois Dodd, Emily Nelligan and Eric Aho among others.

Wright in Ohio

Thomas R. Schiff
Jun 16, 2023 - May 19, 2024

Featuring Frank Lloyd Wright homes of Ohio, this exhibition of panoramic photographs by Cincinnati photographer Thomas R. Schiff captures the spatial depth, undulating curves, and incomparable beauty of Wright’s designs.

Join us for an opening reception on Thursday, Jun 15th from 5:30-7pm. Light refreshments and drinks provided.

No Such Thing As Strangers

Lelia Byron
May 6, 2023 – Jan 2024

Based on in-person interviews with Springfield residents, this exhibition explores how individuals create and define the meaning of “home” in both a local sense and when considering the world as a broader, global place to live. Lelia Byron’s large scale paintings and outdoor sculpture delve into a wide range of topics including memories, personal narratives, social issues, and how a city experiences change over time.

Lelia Byron is an interdisciplinary artist who makes paintings, murals, installations, sculptures, and public art projects. Lelia’s projects often include an investigative component and frequently begin with interviewing diverse groups of people around different topics related to human rights, environmental rights, the complexity of communication between individuals, and the creative process. Lelia has a Bachelor’s of Fine Art from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master’s in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts (University of the Arts London).

Opening reception: Saturday, May 6, 1-3pm

Debris

Rachel Eng
Mar 11 – Nov 12 , 2023

Rachel Eng depicts geology’s change, decay, and regeneration over time in Debris, a new, unfired clay installation. Commenting on life cycles and the impact natural elements and humans have on the environment, Eng demonstrates how we can understand our future by studying the planet’s past.

Eng grew up exploring the deciduous forests of Rochester, New York. This inspired her work which grapples with environmental concepts such as climate change, land use, and development, and how each can be connected to memory. Eng received her B.F.A. from the Pennsylvania State University and her M.F.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has completed several artist residencies, both national and international, and was selected as the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Emerging Artist in 2017. She currently works and lives in Carlisle, PA with her family and teaches in the studio art program at Dickinson College.

Celebrating Women: Female Artists from the Permanent Collection (Quinlan & Bosca Galleries)

Jul 15, 2020 – Aug 6, 2023

Historically, female artists have been underrepresented in museum collections and are shown at significantly lower rates than their male counterparts. During the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Museum is highlighting female artists whose works are in the permanent collection. These works of art showcase the wide range of media, subject, and technique with which female artists have traditionally worked and demonstrate how women continue to conceptually advance the art world today. Featuring work by well-known and lesser known artists alike, this show explores artistic contributions of female artists, not only regionally, but nationally and internationally as well. Artists in the show include Davira Fisher, Frances Hynes, Helen Bosart Morgan, Aminah Robinson, Alice Schille, Kara Walker, and Stella Waitzkin, to name a few.

In addition to new art on display, the Museum has been awarded a grant from Smithsonian Affiliations. Funding for this project allows us to host a Smithsonian speaker in support of their American Women’s History Initiative taking place this year.