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Sense of Self
January 12 - February 20, 2010
Juror: Don Luper, artist & instructor of Fine Art at State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO
Artwork submission: Friday and Saturday, January 8 and 9
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 14, 6 - 8pm
Reception slideshow
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First Place: Mark Langeneckert, “The Limner”
Second Place: Thom Smith, “The Artist’s Brain as Workbench”
Third Place: Anatasia Pottinger, “What Time Creates”
Honorable mentions:
Susan Taylor Glasgow, “Spiritual Growth”
Jerry Berneche, “Autobiographical Images”
Brooke Cameron, “Is blood thicker than water”
Katy Ross, “Katy”
Eric Seat, “Self portrait/Directions”
Amber Chapin, “Clash”
CAL Student Award: Ian Reid, “Self portrait”
The first show of 2010 is entitled 'Sense of Self' and invites artists to explore their own sense of identity through their chosen medium. Artwork may be self-portraiture but may also be the artist's own interpretation of how they would portray their sense of self through their work.
'Sense of Self' is a juried show and artists are invited to submit up to two works for the show. Artwork submission dates are Friday and Saturday, January 8 and 9. The work will be physically juried on Sunday January 10; any work not included should be picked up on Monday or Tuesday, January 11 or 12. Entry fees are $15 for CAL members, $25 for non-members.
The winning entry will receive an award of $350, 2nd place $250 and 3rd place $100.
Students strive for perfection at CAL show (Columbia Daily Tribune)
A myriad of masterpieces (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Give a Gift of Art CAL Members' Show
November 24 - January 9, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 10, 6 - 8pm
Reception slideshow
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Good showing (Columbia Daily Tribune)
The annual CAL members' show is a chance to see some of the fabulous fine art produced every year by Columbia artists. Like the annual Boone County Art Show, Give a Gift of Art has something for everyone and is a showcase for local artistice talent. Please join us to celebrate the holiday season and raise a toast to art.
With thanks to the shows' sponsors:
 
First place: Emily Nickel "The Queen"
Second place: William Helvey "Bryce Canyon"
Third place: Eric Seat "Urban Solitude"
Santo Foundation Special Recognition Emerging Artist Award:
Lauren Orsheln "Self-Portrait"
Honorable mentions:
Mary Clohessy "The Gift"
Dola Haessig "South Woods"
Tony Irons "Swing it Two"
Tom Stauder "Cherry Platter"
Holly Stitt "Lemons"
Carrie Yonley "Winter Lit Tree"
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Emily Nickel: The Queen |
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William Helvey: Bryce Canyon |
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Eric Seat: Urban Solitude |
Retrospective: 50 years of CAL
October 20 - November 21, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 22, 6 - 8pm
Founded in 1959 by Betty and Art Robins, Jim Turner, Colonel Troxell, Jimmy Hourigan and Margaret Plowman, CAL has been exhibiting work by local and regional artists for half a century. The Retrospective offers a trip down memory lane and a chance to revist art produced over the last 5 decades by local artists who, through their volunteerism and passion for art, have helped to sustain and shape the Columbia Art League.
50 years of inspiration (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Following creative footsteps (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Art History (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Presenting Sponsor: 
with thanks to the shows' sponsors:
Missouri Watercolor Society Members' Invitational
August 22 - October 11, 2009
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 13, 1:30 - 4:00pm
One of the most anticipated and largest shows of the year returns to CAL, offering a chance to see works by some of the region's finest, award-winning watercolor artists. Last year's winner, Paul Jackson, returns as the awards judge for this year's show.
Boone County Art Show
October 10 - 11, 2009
part of ArtRageous Weekend
Short Stories: Narratives from the Kiln
June 20 - August 15, 2009 (extended from August 1)
An international glass show curated by Susan Taylor Glasgow.
For details, please see Short Stories: Narratives from the Kiln.
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 20, 6 - 8pm
FATE Fiber Show: Seven
May 12 - June 13, 2009
Seven artists explore the metaphoric potential that 'medium' can imbue into artworks. Clay, handmade paper, and cloth are used to create works where meaning is revealed through layers of materials and narrative. Featuring work by Eric Carlson, Jenny Dowd, Jessica Forys-Cameron, Joleen Goff, Nicole Ottwell, Betsy Roe, and Patti Shanks.
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 14, 6 - 8pm
Image, Imagination & Intuition
March 31 - May 9, 2009
Following Altered Realities, the CAL Spring Members' Show is a journey into the imagination, open to as much (or as little!) interpretation as you want to put into it. All media are welcome. Submission dates for work are Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28.
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 2, 6 - 8pm
Awards judges
Philomene Bennett - Co-Founder of the Kansas City Artists Coalition; Educator and Studio Artist
Lou Marak - Painter, Illustrator, Cartoonist
CAL spring show awaits intuition of two KC jurors (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Sponsored by Miller's Professional Imaging/Mpix; Les Bourgeois; and Columbia Center for Dentistry.
Winners:
1st place - Jerrold Carton: Atalanta and the Golden Apples, oil on canvas
2nd place - Susan Taylor Glasgow: Chandelier Dress, glass
3rd place - David Spear: Apple, charcoal
Honorable mentions:
John Andrews: Playground, intaglio vopper etching monoprint
Jerry Berneche: Moonlight, watercolor & tempera
Brooke B Cameron: The Killing Fields: Tuol Seng Prison, photo vinyl gravre
Janice Coffman: The Art Class, digital art
Bob Hartzell: Jeff, silk screen
Cynthia Morris: Flea Market Find, colored pencil
Byron Smith: Storm over Boonville, watercolor
George 'Papa' Tutt: Dark Glasses, egg tempera
Altered Realities, in conjunction with True/False Film Festival
February 24 - March 28, 2009
Coming up in February we have our annual visual arts homage to the fabulous True/False film festival. This year the show title is Altered Realities, an exploration of the demarcation zone betwixt reality and its alter ego. If you have work you'd like to submit for this juried show, please submit it to CAL on Friday, February 20 or Saturday, February 21 during our regular hours (11:30am - 5:30pm). Entry fees are $15 for CAL members or $25 for non-members. Up to two works can be entered for consideration.
CAL will be the venue all through True/False weekend for the film-makers panel discussions so work in the show will be seen (and hopefully bought!) by a multitude of national and international visitors.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 25, 6 - 8pm
Winners:
1st place - Susan Taylor Glasgow: Building a Nest
2nd place - Dan Howeth: Dan Howeth
3rd place - Tori Pelz: Subsistence
Honorable mentions:
Bob Hartzell: Michelle
Thom Smith: The Wizard of the Bible Belt
Julie Kendall: The Brown Virgin
Jerrold Carton: Jane Doe representing the subdued majority called Womanhood
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Susan Taylor Glasgow: Building a Nest |
Politically Speaking
January 13 - February 22, 2009
Open to CAL members and non-CAL members. A juried exhibit of artists' interpretation of the show title. All artworks should be for sale and have been produced within the past five years.
Winners:
1st place - Jacob Crook: A Decrease in Demand
2nd place - Jane Mudd: Never Ending Story
3rd place - Nancy Brown: Yum Yum Should Never Be for Sale
Honorable mentions:
Zane Corn: Democracy
Dennis Murphy: Glad to Die
Jennifer Weigel: Paranoia
Jiayi Xiong: Is it hot in here?
Juan Pablo Villalobos Romero: El Gran Dia
Oliver Clark: Democracy
Kelsey Reimler: Toy Soldier
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Jacob Crook: A Decrease in Demand |
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Jane Mudd: Never Ending Story |
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Nancy Brown: Yum Yum Should Never Be for Sale |
Show juror Bunny Burson is a printmaker with an MFA from Washington University. She served as Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in the Clinton-Gore administration. Her work references the 2000 election and the consequences of a failed electoral process.
Awards judge Chrissy Crawford works as an art consultant and curator for private collectors, corporations, and galleries. She has a Masters Degree in International Art Business from Sotheby's Institute, London with a focus on the illicit art market. Miss Crawford lives in New York and in Aspen. www.chrissycrawford.com
Give a Gift of Art CAL Members’ Show
December 2 - January 10, 2009
CAL’s annual members’ show, featuring artworks in all mediums by CAL’s multifariously talented artists. Artists may submit up to 2 artworks (space permitting) for this unjuried but awarded show.
Submissions: Saturday, November 29 (11am - 5pm) and Sunday, November 30 (noon - 4pm)
Opening reception & Holiday Open House: Friday, December 5, 6-8pm
The Columbia Art League is pleased to announce the winners Give a Gift of Art Members' Show.
Winners:
1st place - Jessie Lawson: Birdwoman
2nd place - Bob Hartzell: Space
3rd place - Avery Danziger: Statue of Liberty, Paris, France
Honorable Mentions
Richard Dutton: Landview Now
Thom Smith: Nativity
Gloria Gaus: Missouri River in Winter
Give a Gift of Art Members' Show Reception slideshow
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Inaugural Columbia Invitational
October 13 - November 29
Awards judge: Peter Bartlow, Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago
The opening show at CAL’s new gallery at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts will be the first of CAL’s Columbia Invitationals, a selection of artwork from 50 of Missouri’s finest artists, as selected by a panel of academic and professional artists, and art curators.
The Invitational Process >>
Opening reception: Thursday, October 23, 6 - 8pm
Missouri Watercolor Society Members’ Invitational
August 18 - October 11
Awards judge: Jerry Berneche
CAL’s annual exhibit of watercolor works, submitted by artists across Missouri and beyond. All artists exhibiting in this show are members of the Missouri Watercolor Society, a national organization. This year’s award judge, Jerry Berneche, was the first place winner of the 2007 show.
Opening reception: Sunday, September 7, 1-3pm
49th Annual Boone County Art Show
September 27 - 28
The Columbia Art League and Boone County National Bank are pleased to announce the 49th Annual Boone County Art Show. The event, co-sponsored by Columbia Art League and Boone County National Bank, will be held September 27-28, 2008. This is the largest art show of its kind in Boone County. more >>
The Artists Behind the Artists: Celebrating Mizzou's Art Education Graduate Program
August 1 - August 16
Art Educators play a significant role in the development of artists and creative thinkers from all walks of life. This exhibition celebrates the art of graduate students in the University of Missouri Art Education program as it highlights the continuing artistic production of art teachers at all educational levels.
Opening reception: Wednesday, August 13, 6 - 8pm
News stories about the exhibition:
The Colors of Spring Members' Show
May 27 – July 19
Awards juror: Nora Othic - Best in Show winner of the CAL Members' Give a Gift of Art show
Spring colors, interpretations of spring, warm days and long evenings, renewal.... CAL members are invited to submit work for this unjuried show on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 22, 23 and 24. The Colors of Spring will be the last show in the current CAL gallery before our move to the Missouri Theatre in early July. Please make a note to pick up your work on Saturday, June 28, as the gallery will be closed the following week for the move. Entry form (Word)
2008: The Horse in Fine Art
April 1 – May 16
CAL’s first national show of the year and mid-Missouri’s first ever equine art show. Curated by the American Academy of Equine Art in Kentucky, the exhibit will feature 50 paintings and sculptural artworks by America’s finest equine artists.
Opening reception: Saturday, April 5, 6-8pm
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Master equine artists to teach May classes
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The dark horse: Columbia exhibits equine art
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Equine show at Columbia Art League (scroll down)
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"Never has reality more needed to be imagined": Where does truth end and fiction start?
February 26 – March 29
Awards judge: Paul Sturtz, True/False Program Director
A quote from French film director Chris Marker is the inspiration for this show, which coincides with Columbia’s annual True/False film festival, an exploration of how artists depict reality and make-believe. Artists may submit up to 2 artworks for this juried and awarded show.
Opening reception: Wednesday, February 27, 6-8pm
Awards
1st Place: Avery Danziger, Columbia MO
2nd Place: Bogdan Stroescu, Columbia MO
3rd Place: Jennifer Weigel, Affton MO
Honorable mentions:
Lisa Bartlett, Hallsville MO
Laura Coe, Columbia MO
Thom Smith, Columbia MO
Missouri Art Professors’ Show
January 8 - February 23, 2008
Presented by Huebert Builders, Inc.
Awards judge: Doug Freed, Professor Emeritus, Daum Gallery, Sedalia
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Thursday, January 10, 6 - 8pm
catered by Addison's an American Grill
wine provided by Les Bourgeois Winery and Vineyard
A chance to see artworks by Professors of Art from across the state of Missouri. The show is open to Professors or Assistant Professors, either currently employed or retired, living or working in Missouri. Artists may enter up to 2 artworks for this unjuried show.
Awards
First Prize: Keith Ekstam, Missouri State University for Valles Occidental Crossing
Second Prize: Matthew Zupnick, University of Central Missouri for Y
Third Prize: Mark Langeneckert, University of Missouri for She Loves Me Not
Honorable Mentions for:
Armin Muhsam, Northwest Missouri State University for Intersection of Space
Larry Kantner, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri for Night Factory
Naomi Sugino, Columbia College for Green & White Umbrella
Lampo Leong, University of Missouri for Earthly Patina II
CAL Members' Show: Give a Gift of Art 2007
November 6, 2007 - January 5, 2008
Awards juror: Paul Allen, Chair of the Art Department, State Fair Community College
 The annual Columbia Art League members' show exclusively features work by CAL artists and offers you the opportunity to give a gift of art this holiday season.
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, November 9, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
supported by The Upper Crust
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