​Registration and prepayment are musts. Be sure, artCampers, to register June 13, or soon after, to reserve the classes you want with your favorite teachers.

At Hyde House we have rooms full of art supplies and a surprise bonanza, too! Thanks to a generous donation from artCentral Member Mark Adams, we have bushels and bushels of gourds waiting to be transformed into art!
 
Naturally, the theme for this year’s screen-free artCamp is “Gourd-a-Rama and Lots, Lots More”, so there will be Gourd Art + Glass Art + Painting + Sculpting + Clay + Fibers + More! 

​Teachers, the time is now to get ready with your class proposals!
 
Interns this is a terrific opportunity to make your summer a special one as you work with teachers to inspire young artists.

curious. As grownups, though we are conditioned by experience and education, the heart of an uninhibited, lyrical child beats deep within each of us. At artCentral we love our artCampers!

​artCAMP CALENDAR

Friday, May 6 by 5:00 p.m. – Deadline for Teacher Registration and Submission of Class Proposals 

Friday, May 6 by 5:00 p.m. – Deadline for Intern Registration

Submission of Class Projects Samples: Deliver before or at Teacher Orientation/Materials Check
 
Monday, June 13 at 9:00 a.m. Registration for artCampers begins 
 
Friday, June 17, 3:00-5:00 pm - Teachers and Interns-Orientation/Materials Check/Deliver Project Samples
                                                                        
July 11-15 and 18-22  artCamp 
 
Friday, July 22, 6-8pm artCamp Reception & Exhibition in Hyde House Galleries

McCune Brooks-Healthcare Foundation is the gracious underwriter for this exhibition. 2022 Recipients of Cash Awards for outstanding contributions will be selected by Juror Beth Simmons, Executive Director, McCune-Brooks Healthcare Foundation, and members of artCentral’s Board of Directors.

ARTISTS - Pre-registration is required and must include (1) your digital image of your entry and (2) a description of your entry (title, dimensions, medium, price, framed or unframed). The Registration Deadline is May 14, Saturday, 6:00 p.m. Email your registration to artcentral@artcentralcarthage.org.
 
EXHIBITION TIMETABLE
May 22, Sunday, 2:00-4:00 pm: Delivery to artCentral of all artworks, entry fee paid and artCentral Membership paid/current with 3 completed ID labels for each entry. The ID labels may be downloaded at https://www.artcentralcarthage.org/2022-annual-membership-exhibition-3-june-23-july.html.

June 3 -July 23, Exhibition: Weekend Gallery Hours: Fridays & Saturdays 12:00-5:00 p.m.
June 3, Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm: Exhibition Opening Picnic and Awards
July 24, Sunday, 2-5 pm: Artist pick up for artworks not rotating into Satellite Galleries.
July 26, Tuesday: All unpurchased works will be rotated into artCentral's two Satellite Galleries to afford artists maximum exposure and opportunities for sales.

REQUIREMENTS
Open to artCentral Members only. Paid Membership must be current.
Only one entry per member with a digital image and three ID labels for each 2D or 3D work of any medium.
Entry Fee: $15.00 nonrefundable, paid before or at May 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m. delivery 
Theme: An open call to artCentral member artists to present their finest artworks
Entries must be original (no giclées) and created in the last three years. No works previously shown at artCentral will be accepted.
All exhibited 2D work must be professional-quality framed or gallery wrapped all sides painted, not gesso, with choice of 1) continuation of image, or 2) solid color; wired properly and ready for installation. No sawtooth hangers or clip hangers will be accepted.
All exhibited 3D work must be ready for installation and accompanied by any special display/hanging requirements. Pedestals will be provided.
artCentral provides Wall Labels for all works. No artist labels or explanations will be displayed.
Size Restrictions: Over-sized or heavy works, over 50 pounds, may require the artist's personal installation with Curator's supervision.
artCentral reserves the right to refuse a work because of unacceptable presentation.
All work must be family friendly: no explicit nudity or pornography.
All art must be for sale. No works sold prior to exhibition will be installed.
Artists will receive 75% of sale price. Artists are responsible for their own sales tax reporting. A 25% commission goes to artCentral for the fostering of regional fine arts and artists.
Liability: artCentral is not responsible for loss or damage to artwork while in transit to/from the exhibitions in artCentral and in artCentral's Satellite Galleries and while on display in any of these venues.
The artist agrees to allow artCentral, at artCentral's discretion, to utilize photographs of exhibited work.        
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Mark you calendar for a spring outing to Hyde House. Come see SIGNS & WONDERS reported by visitors to cause smiles and even chuckles upon viewing! Through May 21, Weekend Gallery Hours are Fridays and Saturdays, 12:00-5:00. For more information call (417) 358-4404 or visit www.artcentral.org.

​Continuing toward the fortieth anniversary of his vibrantly successful career and the possibility of an encore endeavor, Lonnie, with twinkling eyes, told me, “Terri will never allow me to sit around and do nothing. She is sending me out our door with a smile on my face, a resume in my hand and a song in my heart!”
 
Out their door went Lonnie Heckmaster. Quickly he was recruited by Old Missouri Bank where he served as the market leader for OMB’s expansion into Carthage. When artCentral sought exhibition underwriting assistance, Lonnie made that happen, and Old Missouri Bank’s logo was proudly, prominently displayed on artCentral’s gallery walls.

​intellect and magic, perhaps because of their ability to see through darkness. From the “The Iliad” and the Bible through thousands of years owls have been portrayed as sage and wise. Early Christian texts used the owl as a metaphor for Jesus, who appeared in the darkness of sin and showed humans the way to salvation.

Some Native American tribes understand the owl as a symbol of bravery and protection. In contemporary Western culture, owls are synonymous with wisdom and knowledge. A bespectacled wise owl is found in childhood stories like "Winnie the Pooh".
 
One afternoon driving a back road to Joplin, I saw the legendary Prosperity owl sitting calmly erect and attentive on a fence post very near the old, two-story red brick Prosperity Schoolhouse. His majestic head serenely watched my approach. He waited. His wings did not ruffle or flap. His body did not rise up in flight. As I pulled over to the roadside to watch him, the owl’s eyes never left me—just cast a steady gaze. Driving on, in the mirror I looked back. Still the Prosperity Owl sat watching—watching until I made the corner, and we lost sight of one another.
 
Like the Prosperity Owl, Lonnie Heckmaster is keeping artCentral in his sights, for he has chosen Art Central Carthage, along with the Jasper County Youth Fair, Inc., as recipients for his memorials. I am so very thankful he is watching over us still as he is spreading his wings and ascending into the company of the heavenly heights waiting to receive him.

Lonnie Heckmaster, always humble, made good and beautiful differences in every life he touched while spending time among us. 

I saw my art installed and seen and celebrated in Hyde House. I felt great joy, for the dream I had dreamed alone morphed into a dream dreamed in company with others. Ever since that opening night, artCentral and I have been dreaming together, making realities together. For me and for my art. For me and for so many other dreamers. 

​Another of my dreams, my collaborative expansive dream—SIGNS and WONDERS—a mixed media collection of 94 creations is filling all the galleries of Hyde House through May 21, 2022. Please do come see, so you and I can dream together. I will be so pleased to dream with you!
 
Weekend Gallery Hours are Fridays and Saturdays, 12:00-5:00 p.m. I will be at Hyde House most every Friday, eager to welcome you.  Members of artCentral’s Board of Directors and artCentral member volunteers will serve as Saturday gallery docents to greet you.
 
For more information visit artCentral’s website or Facebook page, email artcentral@artcentralcarthage.org or call me at (417) 358-4404.
 
A dreamed-together-reality does not happen overnight or with the wave of a wand. SIGNS and WONDERS was four years in the dreaming and in the making—four years of Sunday mornings spent collecting inspirations, followed by Sunday afternoons devoted to studio hours doing as an artist does.
 
When time for the Opening Reception arrived, dreaming together with my board of directors created the exhibition’s magical reality. My heart is full of gratitude for Maddie Capps, board secretary, the evening’s professional photographer; Betsy Flanigan, board president, and Wendi Douglas who together set a table with Parisian delights including an array of cheeses that Kalee Hinspeter arranged as Schreiber Foods’ donation; Lori Marble who kept the sales flowing smoothly; Jackie Boyer with her engaging gift for welcoming guests; Jason Shelfer in his role as bicycling master of media distribution; and Doug Osborn, house sommelier and donor of festive bubbly. How sweet to have Bren Flanigan taking his turn at greeting and filling glasses while good friends Lori and David Bigley upped the cheer and lent helping hands wherever needed.

Seeing art patrons choose selections to enhance their collections and hearing their stories around their choices added delicious depth and meaning for me, as an artist. I loved Doug Osborn telling me why he chose my painted photo tableau of layered gingko leaves to add to his works of other Carthage artists—the seasonally themed body of art he is building for his PALMS Massage and Day Spa. Doug says, “I was drawn to this piece because I especially love seeing the gold contrasts that the gingko gives to the autumn color changes of the maple trees on the Square.”
 
Come to artCentral. Come see! Come tell me your story around a SIGN or WONDER that speaks to you.
 
Come! Let us make a reality of our dreaming together.