Art Event Calendar

June 3 – August 15 in the Art Gallery

In this series of photographs of live mantises, Regan Pufall invites the viewer to gaze closely at these inhuman creatures. The more we look, the more we see similarities between ourselves and these “alien” beings.

August 26 – September 19 in the Art Gallery

Beth Livensperger creates an installation of work on paper, tailored specifically to ECC’s Art Gallery space.  This body of work grew out of her  experiences with strong female colleagues: mentors, competitors, friends, and advocates. The large-scale collages depict women navigating the banal, yet psychologically charged, space of office interiors.

September 30 – October 24 in the Art Gallery

The dilemma of how to use drawing and painting media to resolve competing interests in the human figure, urban and domestic spaces, pictorial  depth, passage of time, narrative, and dynamic composition influenced by art history, contemporary art, and comics, were what initially motivated Chris Troutman’s artwork. Later, juxtaposing imagery from the US and Japan, the two places he lives each year, has created the potential for content that compares social and cultural differences and presents audiences with a global perspective, which has become more relevant in contemporary US culture.

November 4 – 29 in the Art Gallery
Reception: November 8, 5-7 p.m.

Mid-Missouri Fine Arts Society, an organization of local artists, annually presents their artworks at ECC.  Members work in a variety of media, including pastels, graphite, watercolor, oil paint, photography, and ceramics. The Mid-Missouri Fine Arts Society began in 1974 to promote and  contribute to the interest in fine arts.

January 28 – February 20 in the Art Gallery

From photography to drawing, from digital art to painting, from design to ceramics, ECC Art & Design Faculty inspire students and the community with their view on the world. Visit the gallery to see the world through our art faculty’s eyes.

March 3 – 27 in the Art Gallery

Scott Espeseth’s works are drawings, made with ivory black watercolor on paper. Watercolor pushes back on obsessive tendencies, requiring  compromises, and not lose the forest for the trees. The drawings are inspired by chance encounters with objects, spaces, or events that trigger  moments of clarity, where they suddenly appear to be intensely strange, or intensely beautiful.

March 31 – April 11 in the Art Gallery

Come see the best of this year’s artwork from our area high school students!

April 23 – May 7 in the Art Gallery
Reception: May 1

End the school year by visiting this showcase of our ECC art students’ work. Chosen from numerous entries, the works in the show were selected because of the quality of the works and the ideas engaged in the work. Come join us to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our students!

Photo is of the 2024 Best in Show winner – Milo Guile, “Fallen Angel”