LLCC students, faculty and staff are welcome at the opening reception this Friday, Sept. 25 for the newest exhibit at the Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum, “Small World – Near to Far.” The reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Trutter Center. The exhibit features more than 40 small items from the museum’s world heritage collection in addition to artwork by current LLCC art faculty.

“Small World—Near to Far” is the sixth exhibit in the museum. 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.

For details on the exhibit, visit the Trutter Museum web page.