Visual Arts Gallery
Mission
The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) Visual Arts Gallery is a public-facing program that features exhibitions, artist engagements, and ancillary events. Our mission is to provide access to contemporary art, to foster a greater understanding of trends and topics that are at the forefront of visual art, and to strongly support the vision and message of the artists that we work with.
Access Gallery
About the Access Gallery
The Access Gallery is run by the UIS Art Students League. The UIS ASL is a student organization developed to provide social, educational, and supportive programming and advocacy for all facets of art for the University of Illinois at Springfield and the surrounding community. Their mission is to cultivate and develop awareness of art through each individual difference to enrich our campus environment and surrounding community.
The Access Gallery gives students the opportunity to exhibit their art work.
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies and the Visual Arts program are seeking applicants for “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln‘s Legacy," a remote artist-in-residency program focusing on the legacies of Abraham Lincoln.
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies (CLS) and Visual Arts Program is seeking applicants for an innovative remote artist-in-residency program focusing on the legacies of Abraham Lincoln.
The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) is pleased to present “Flash Point || Liminal Lost,” two exhibitions showcasing works of art created by graduating seniors in the UIS Visual Arts Program. The exhibitions will open on April 26 and run through May 12, 2021. A closing remote exhibition reception will be held via Zoom from 6-7 p.m. May 13. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Face masks are required on campus.
“Flash Point || Liminal Lost” will be hosted in two locations:
The University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery Silent Auction and Benefit is moving online for 2020. The Silent Auction and Benefit, featuring original works of art donated by local and regional artists, will launch on Monday, Nov. 16 and will remain active until final bidding at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3.
Artwork up for auction can be viewed and bids can be placed online at 32auctions.com/uisvisualartsgallery.
The University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery is pleased to present a “Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition” in conjunction with programs that celebrate UIS’ 50th anniversary. The exhibition will open on Monday, March 8, and will run through Thursday, April 15. There will be no public reception for this exhibition.
The University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery is pleased to present “Duet,” a mixed-media exhibit by Chicago-based artists Shir Ende and Max Guy. “Duet” will open on Tuesday, Jan. 19 and will run through Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. There will be no public reception for this exhibition.
"Untied" Gallery Exhibition
Untied is an experimental exhibition that takes shape through the gradual contributions of five artists over a ten-week period. Anything that is untied is freed, loosened, or unfastened from something that was restricting it. This frames an exhibition in which recognizable boundaries are intentionally abandoned, and in which artists can pursue any direction with ot without consideration to what comes before or after their contribution.