Got art? Join the LLCC Art After Hours exhibit this fall

Art After Hours with clock in "o" of Hours. Springfield Area Arts Council.LLCC will once again be participating in the Springfield Area Arts Council’s Arts After Hours (AAH) program (formerly known as On My Own Time). This unique program provides LLCC faculty and staff an opportunity to display original art they have created outside the office. There will be an in-house exhibit at LLCC followed by a city-wide exhibit showcasing first place award-winning artwork from all participating businesses, agencies and institutions.

Faculty and staff may enter up to three artworks each. Works previously entered in AAH/OMOT or created prior to 2021 are not eligible. The artist fee is $10 per artwork submitted. The fee assists SAAC with costs of the AAH program. Artwork entry form and fees will need to be submitted by Monday, Sept. 25 to the LLCC coordinator (Misty Schierer). Artwork is due to the LLCC coordinator by Monday, Oct. 16.

2023 Employee Entry Form
2023 Guidelines
2023 Categories

Two frame photo entries at the previous On My Own Time displayThere are 13 categories of artwork:

  1. Painting
  2. Drawing
  3. Printmaking/Etching
  4. Mixed Media/Collage
  5. Fiber/Fabric/Quilts/ Needlework
  6. Basketry
  7. Pottery/Ceramics
  8. Photography
  9. Digital Art
  10. Jewelry
  11. Sculpture
  12. Glass
  13. Other (art that doesn’t fit into other categories including but not limited to artificial floral arrangements and hand-crafted miniatures)

LLCC’s in-house exhibit will be featured on the LLCC-Springfield campus in October/November.

The city-wide exhibit at the Springfield Art Association’s Nelson Family Gallery (Dec. 2-20) will showcase first place award-winning artwork from all participating businesses, agencies and institutions.

Misty Schierer, 217-786-2466, Misty.Schierer@llcc.edu