Your artwork IS good enough! Show it off by 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. There are 13 categories of artwork. 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

LLCC’s in-house exhibit will be featured on the LLCC-Springfield campus in October/November. The artist of the favorite piece at LLCC will win the LLCC People’s Choice Award and receive a $100 Visa gift card courtesy of the Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum.

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. At the previous OMOT in 2021, two LLCC employees had three pieces of art move on to the citywide exhibit!

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