Event in support of LLCC art students and Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum

The Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum at LLCC is hosting “Winter Blues,” Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. The fundraiser is being held in the Trutter Center on the Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Road.

The event offers guests the opportunity to purchase original artwork created by LLCC students such as ceramics and hanging art. Gourmet hors d’oeuvres made and served by LLCC culinary arts students in addition to blues music performed by LLCC’s music students will be presented at the event. A cash bar will be available.

While at the event, guests are invited to view the newest exhibit in the Trutter Museum, “Small World—Near to Far.” The exhibit features nearly 70 items, with 43 small pieces from the Trutter world heritage collection, as well as artwork by LLCC’s current and former art faculty.

Cost is $10 per person, with all proceeds supporting LLCC art students and the Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum. Reservations are requested by calling 786.2785. Admission at the door will be accepted by cash or check only. Advance reservations and art purchases may be made with credit cards.

The presenting sponsor for “Winter Blues” is Resource One Office Furnishings and Design.

For more information about the event, call 786-2785, visit www.llccfoundation.org/trutter-museum or email llccfoundation@llcc.edu.

Exhibit features pieces from Trutter collection and LLCC art faculty; public invited to opening reception 5-7 p.m.

The Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum at LLCC is celebrating the opening of a new exhibit, “Small World—Near to Far,” on Friday, Sept. 25. The opening reception is being held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Trutter Center on the Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Road. The public is invited.

“Small World—Near to Far” is the sixth exhibit in the museum and will feature nearly 70 items, with 43 small pieces, from the Trutter world heritage collection. Pieces being featured in the exhibit include a bronze Chinese Temple Dog from the early Ching dynasty (1644-1912), Japanese Netsuke ivory carvings, clay Peruvian “Facepot” or “Portrait Jug,” amethyst carvings of monkeys and stone carvings of faces from the Yucatan. Big and bold art being featured will include signed prints by Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall.

To celebrate the talent of the world close to home, the exhibit also will feature the artwork of current LLCC art faculty and professional artists Michelle Coakes, Al Shull, Leslie Stalter and Thom Whalen, in addition to artwork by founding LLCC art faculty. Various pieces by Springfield photographer Carrie Beard will be on display at the opening reception.

Philip, a local architect, and his wife, Mary Kathryn Trutter, traveled throughout the world from the late 1950s through the mid-1970s. Traveling around the world approximately 10 times and visiting 100 countries and principalities, they collected a vast array of art, artifacts and other cultural items of interest. The Trutters exhibited a love of lifelong learning and desired to share their values with the LLCC community. About 750 pieces in the Trutter collection and a cash gift were bequeathed to the college after Mr. Trutter’s passing in December 2000.

Museum hours are Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and anytime by appointment. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Janet Semanik at 217.786.2217 or visit www.llccfoundation.org.

This is the final week to view the special exhibit in the Trutter Center foyer, presented in conjunction with Dr. Chris McDonald’s new book, “‘Three Lying or Four Sitting’ — From the Front in a Ford.” The book is an eyewitness account of World War I through the letters of Springfield native and Harvard student Kent Dunlap Hagler. The exhibit will be up through Friday and features many of Mr. Hagler’s original letters written to his parents during the war, as well as some irreplaceable personal items.

The weather looks good for a lunchtime stroll around campus this week, so stop by the Trutter Center! For more on the exhibit, visit the Trutter Museum web page.

All proceeds from Dr. McDonald’s book sales benefit the LLCC Foundation general scholarship fund in honor of Kent Dunlap Hagler. The book is available in the LLCC Bookstore.