Past Exhibitions

Opening reception is scheduled for January 5, 2024, 6-9 p.m. The show ends January 27th, 2024.

This exhibit is vibrantly colored and deeply personal, exploring psychological concepts and the queer identity.

Opening reception is scheduled for November 3, 2023, 6-9 p.m. The show ends November 25th, 2023.

Join us for this fun once-a-year exhibit and fundraiser. Artists from all over create 3"x3" size art which is sold for $5.00. Half of the proceeds go to benefit SMAC Art Center and the other half goes back to the artist.

The Southern Missouri Arts Connection (SMAC) presented the work of College of the Ozarks graduate Olivia Stephens in a solo exhibit, "Strange as Ever."

A series of large scale mixed media sculptures and paintings that together create a cohesive motif predominately figurative in nature. These works express psycho-spiritual and religious cultural commentary.

In this collection of work Hill questions the death of potential. Each composition maps out a story of visible tension. Feeling like an incomplete work of art, you will be moved by a desire to “complete the picture”.

SMAC Studio artist Mary Arneson utilizes acrylic paint to express her visual poetry in this months exhibit.

How do you describe a stew? Certainly, it contains a variety of ingredients blended together. This exhibit is a combinations of materials and themes emerging to create a truly singular vision.

In this series, McDonald uses the inside of "Cheese-it" boxes as his vehicle to explore an autobiographic look at his dreams and response to life in general.

Come step into the world of these two Missouri native artists and experience the dappled light, velvet moss, and rustling leaves of the backwoods as your eyes wander through this exhibit. Their collection of 2-D & 3-D works will provide the viewer with an understanding of the beautiful forests of Missouri and its abundant flora and fauna.

Local artist Kim Cooper studies the color black using her signature abstract style.

Check out the many and unique artistic voices of our SMAC membership. This exhibit presents a wide range of styles, media and artistic experiences.

Cartoonist and comic artist Anthony Hunter gives viewers an inside look at the process of creating a comic from beginning to end.

Local artist, Jenny Judlin presents fabric collage works exploring the theme of elements.

Join us for this fun once-a-year exhibit and fundraiser. Artists from all over create 3"x3" size art which is sold for $5.00. Half of the proceeds go to benefit SMAC Art Center and the other half goes back to the artist.

Mixed media artist and psychoanalyst, Tenille Blair-Neff presents a body of work that echoes the emotional field of middle age.

See the creative stylings of the local youth participants of the various SMAC Art camps and classes.

Check out the many and unique artistic voices of our SMAC membership. This exhibit presents a wide range of styles, media and artistic experiences.

Using harsh lighting, dark and monochromatic color schemes, Tia shows us a view of the creatures that roam our back yards under the cover of night.

Muralist, SMAC Studio artist, board member, and Art Center Coordinator Christine Ruitzel takes a deep dive into the impact of religion on her childhood experience.

Mary Evelyn brings us an exhibit that explores the elegance of our favorite feline friends.

Luis Renato Cortes explores the subject of life and death in his visceral acrylic painting style.

Branson's beloved artist and educator Robert Langford will fill the gallery with a selection of works from his distinguished art career.

Portraiture has been a long-standing genre of fine art. But in today’s culture, it has taken on new interpretations. This exhibit will look at those new interpretations alongside more traditional portraits. It will include sculptures, mixed media, collage, charcoal and more. So put the dates in your calendar and plan to a visit in January.

This exhibit is full of SMAC member artist works for under $100. This is the perfect exhibit to purchase local art at affordable prices for all your holiday needs.

Local artist, SMAC studio member, and SMAC board member, Lynnette Horn presents a series of new works that explore the many faces of the Ozarks community.

SMAC's 2nd annual 3"x3" sized art exhibit and fundraiser is back for 2021. Check out the creativity and innovation of local artists and purchase amazing art for only $5.00. The money raised supports SMAC's many events throughout the year.

Illustrator, graphic designer, and SMAC studio artist, Judah Fansler presents a an interactive exhibit that asks viewers to examine how branding might influence their decisions.

We have invited the children of Southern Missouri to show their wonderful art in our gallery. Experience the wonder of the world through the eyes of area children. This exhibit is a must see!

Our wonderful SMAC artists are back in 2021 to display a variety of artworks. This exhibit is open to all SMAC members and presents an eclectic mix of visual explorations.

SMAC studio artist and local favorite Mary Arneson explores "Things We Love" in a show of new works.

May 7-28, 2021

Local Artist Mary Evelyn Tucker presents a series of small and large scale paintings exploring a mix of sleeping pups and floral elements.

2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, political division, social unrest, isolation and profound internal reflection. This exhibits highlights artist various visual reflections on the year 2020.

Explore current pop culture through the eyes of artist Ryan Tate, a College of the Ozarks graduate, in his solo exhibit, McArtworks. Inspired by today’s fast paced pop culture, Ryan’s art touches on themes of fast food, consumerism and art history.

Lacey Finchum is an artist, author, and muralist whose works often explore humans, nature, and the environment. Lacey’s acrylic paintings and murals lean toward a surrealistic style that often involve bright colors and placing natural and man-made or human related objects in interesting juxtapositions with the intent of examining the interconnections of humans and nature.

The Branson Underground gallery will be full of artist made skate decks. Artists for the region were invited to paint a deck for this unique exhibit.

The gallery sponsor, Branson Underground, chose the theme "Unsilenced Voices" to bring focus to marginalized groups in the Ozarks such as LatinX, Black/Afro-American, LGBTQ+, Native American and similar communities.

SMAC presents the first annual “Post-it Note, 3”x3” Art Show”. All works of art will be sold for an affordable price, just $5 each, to benefit SMAC. All art sales will be split between SMAC and the artist.

Ozarks artist and educator Jennifer Manning will fill the gallery with a series of favored scaled and feathered beasts. The work in this exhibit spans two decades of her life moving through times of transition.

Youth are not bound by those rules yet learned and let their imaginations so. This August SMAC examines the uninhibited artistry of youth and celebrates childhood play and creativity.

On July 3, the Southern Missouri Arts Connection (SMAC) is opening its doors for Branson Underground Gallery’s first art show, SMAC Members’ Exhibit, displaying art from 26 unique area artists. These well-crafted pieces are an eclectic mix of genres and mediums, from three-dimensional pottery and glass to two-dimensional acrylics, oil, and mixed media paintings, from abstract to representational and everything in between.