19th Annual Emerald Spring Painting Exhibition 2025

Showing May 1st-30th

A National Juried Show

(Entry Deadline was 3/15/25)

Juror, Michael Orwick

is teaching two workshops:

May 1, 2- Painting Dynamic Skies

That Glow -Oil & Acrylics

and May 3- Learn Two Ways to Start

a Painting -Oil & Acrylics

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ONGOING EVENTS

2nd friday art walk design centered

Fruit Flies Haiku comic by David Lasky

Bobbie Schosnick #2

2nd friday art walk design centered

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The Emerald Art Center presents

Haiku Comics

by David Lasky & John Burgess.

Haiku is a three-line poetic form originating in Japan. Comic strips, taking form in American newspapers, are often just three

or four panels long. It turns out that the

two forms blend together very well.

Also showing are Featured

EAC Members: Robert Canaga

and Bobbie Shosnick.

Plus select artwork from the

Springfield Arts & Culture Awards.

And: New work from members

of the Emerald Art Center !

Show dates are April 1st- 25th, 2025.

Enjoy the art.

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Our Vision

To flourish a community engaging in and celebrating the arts, experiencing the joys of creative expression and communication.

Our Mission

To provide an opportunity for all who desire to create art and exhibit their work by cultivating a vibrant art community through education, outreach and partnerships.

Our Activities

The Emerald Art Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the visual arts.
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THE LEGACY OF THE EMERALD ART CENTER

Emerald Art Center is a place where beginning and established artists join together to create and show their art in a historic building in downtown Springfield.

It’s a place for people in the community to view local and national art shows as well as attend classes and other events.