SMAC Art Center hosts ‘The Fabled Innocence’

The Southern Missouri Arts Connection (SMAC) will host a solo exhibit featuring the work of artist Alex Tabor, entitled “The Fabled Innocence.” The show will run until December 29 at the SMAC Art Center, 7 Downing Street, in historic Hollister, MO.

The exhibit is an illustrated short story, told through a narrative collection of twenty-nine digitally produced artworks of various sizes, culminating in the final poster sized image. “The show is an introspection of the internal dialogue that we all seem to have when we recall our past,” says Tabor. “It conveys the nostalgic longing for a ‘simpler’ time in life, but does that time actually hold the comfort we’re hoping to feel again?”

Reminiscent of classic newspaper style comics, Tabor’s work uses a limited color palette of blacks and greys, accentuated with pops of bright color. The exhibit will appeal to all ages with its charming childlike characters in contrast with its message of innocence lost to time.

Each month during their exhibits, SMAC highlights one of the many local nonprofit organizations that serve the area. This month SMAC is drawing attention to the Skaggs Foundation, committed to improving the health and wellness of residents in Stone and Taney counties by funding patient care programs, supporting improvement projects at the Branson hospital, providing scholarships to local students, and through community grantmaking.

Southern Missouri Arts Connection (SMAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit local center of creativity, art education, innovation and community partnership, strives to improve the quality of life in southern Missouri by connecting individuals with the arts, for the benefit of all.