Missouri artist Steven Wilson is featured in Go Green Exhibition for Mental Health Month

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (May 12th, 2016)-Fine artist Steven Wilson is the featured artist for the 2016 "Go Green" art exhibit held at the Capital Arts Gallery in Jefferson City. The exhibit runs from May 16th to June 12th. The artist reception will be held on May 22 from 1pm to 4pm. The show is to inform people during Mental Health Month that those that suffer from a mental illness are not alone. The exhibit will also include artists who focus on the environment as well.

Steven Wilson has been in over twenty exhibitions throughout Missouri. He works in stucco, panzer mesh, oil, watercolor, gouache, wire lath, and uses many kinds of sand. His works are influenced by surrealism, fauvism, and expressionism. His favorite artist is Bob Thompson. Wilson is also a published poet using many kinds of narrative and surrealist wordplay to express himself and his work. Some of his paintings were inspired by a poem and some poems were inspired by his paintings. His favorite writers are Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, and H.P. Lovecraft. Wilson lives with schizophrenia, PTSD, and Anxiety disorder.

Wilson can be found on the internet at:
www.stevenwilsonart.weebly.com

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/5-steven-wilson.html

https://twitter.com/StuccoArt

https://www.facebook.com/StevenWilsonArt/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel


The Capital Arts Gallery is locatd at 1203 Missouri Blvd in Jefferson City. You can contact them at 573-635-8355 or artsadmin@capitalarts.org.



　

Jefferson City Art Club is proud to present the 2016 Adult Fine Art Exhibit

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (March 12, 2016)—The Jefferson City Art Club is proud to announce the 2016 Adult Fine Art Exhibit which will be held at the Capital Arts Gallery from March 25th through May 1.  The artist reception will take place during the Art Around Town Gallery Crawl on April 8th from 4:30pm to 8:30pm.
 The Art Around Town Gallery Crawl has six participating venues: Capital Arts Gallery, Elizabeth Rozier Gallery, The Art Bazaar, The Missouri River Regional Library (2nd floor), Miller Performing Arts Center, and The Village Art Studio. There is also a facebook link here: ^{https://www.facebook.com/events/850667058375557/.}

This year, the Jefferson City Art Club is celebrating 112 years of Art. The club was started in 1903 by Miss Ada Oldham. The Jefferson City Art Club meets from September through May on the 3rd Monday of the month. The meetings start at 5:30pm social hour. To find out more about club membership please contact Suebet Beck at 573-619-1924 or ^{suebetb@gmail.com.}

The Capital Arts Gallery is located at 1203 Missouri Blvd. in Jefferson City. The gallery is open on Wednesday through Friday at 12pm to 6pm, and on the weekend 1pm to 4pm. If you have any questions you may contact Leann Porello, Executive Director, at 573-635-8355 or ^{artsadmin@capitalarts.org.}


This Spring, give the gift of Art to someone special to you.