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SMAC Art Center hosts ‘We’ve Been Here The Whole Time’
SUBMITTED BY GALA KELLER The Southern Missouri Arts Connection (SMAC) will host a solo exhibit featuring the work of glass artist Kat Weltha, entitled “We’ve Been Here The Whole Time.” The show will run November 7-29 at the SMAC Art Center, 7 Downing Street, in historic Hollister, MO. A collection of fragile and intricate artworks will fill the gallery with an intriguing interplay of light and glass. The exhibit seeks to “display the spectrum of identity that has been a part

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SMAC Art Center hosts annual ‘Post-it Note’ art show
This novel event is an important fundraiser for SMAC, helping to cover operating expenses of the Art Center. The show runs October 3-31.

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SMAC Art Center to host ‘Chroma’ with opening reception September 5
The opening reception will be on Friday evening, September 5, from 6-9 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

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SMAC Art Center hosts ‘I Am Not A Bug’
Colorful and lively, in bright pinks and orange hues, the artworks carry a darker meaning to be interpreted by the viewer.

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SMAC Art Center hosts ‘7Days’
Closing of the show will feature a free screening of the 1927 “futuristic” film, “Metropolis,” on Saturday, July 26 at 6 p.m. at the SMAC Art Center.

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SMAC: Mary Arneson’s, ‘A Symphony of Color’ open
This exhibit of beautiful acrylics on canvas reflects the artist’s love of nature. “My home is surrounded by forest...

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SMAC Art Center hosts ‘A Symphony of Color’
The opening reception will be on Friday evening, June 6, from 6-9 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

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SMAC: Cherie Peters,’ ‘Adrift and Flow’ open
The show will run through May 31 at the SMAC Center on historic Downing Street in Hollister.

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SMAC Art Center hosts ‘Land and Sea’
Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public. The opening reception will be held Friday, April 4, from 6-9 p.m. ...

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SMAC Art Center hosts ‘Looking Closely’
Visitors to the art center are invited to look closely at iridescent moth wings, spiky grasshopper legs, tiny bee tongues, and other...

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Sunshine Ridinger, ‘The Pieces and Parts’ exhibit, open at SMAC
“My work is a collection of moments—a reflection of the little parts that make up the whole,” she explains. “Each piece I create is a thread

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Southern Missouri Arts Council's 'Members Show' opens
With art that ranges from landscapes to abstracts and more, the 28 participating local artists create an engaging gallery experience...

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SMAC workshop set for January 14 and 15
A two-part workshop, the Winter Cardinal event will allow you to work with stained glass and beads on the first session, then paint...

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Livia Xandersmith's 'Reaping Havoc' open at SMAC
Her solo exhibit, Reaping Havoc, will run through December 28 at the SMAC Art Center gallery on historic Downing Street in Hollister.

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SMAC will host new exhibit 'Reaping Havoc'
An opening night reception will be held Friday, December 6, from 6-9 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

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Southern Missouri Arts Connection project night: Ceramic ornaments with Julie Zetina
During the workshop you will roll out clay and design the surface of a two-dimensional ornament. Julie will then take your work to her kiln

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Southern Missouri Arts Connection will host new exhibit 'Divius Figura"
An opening night reception will be held Friday, November 1, from 6-9 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

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Post-It Note Art Show returns to SMAC with opening reception Oct. 4
The opening reception will be Friday, October 4, from 6-9 p.m. in conjunction with State of the Ozarks (SOTO) First Friday Art Walk.

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SMAC Art Center to host 'Of Wind and Sea' exhibition, opening night Sept. 6
During the opening reception, visitors may view the exhibit, enjoy free refreshments and tour the rest of the center’s private studios.

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Let's talk SMAC!
Our artist-in-residence Valerie Clark is winding up her year with a show "Searching for Conviviality" through August 31.

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