Listen to the others!!
Coordinators Exhibition, December 2024
Missouri State University, December
TOPIC: Listen to the others!!
Local coordinators are asked to be inspired by stories of the project participants to make their textile works to send to the exhibition, Listen to the others!
The 2022 exhibition in Springfield, curated by Steve Willis , at The Cabot Gallery for Education through Art, Brick City, Department of Art and Design, Missouri State University.
The Group in Spingfield, Missouri started with Professor Steve Willis' participation in the international exhibitions in Portugal and Australia.
In August 2022 Steve curated the International exhibition in Springfield, at The Cabot Gallery for Education through Art, Brick City, Department of Art and Design, Missouri State University.
He disseminated the project among his students and colleagues, and by end 2022 two more artists joined the group: Erin Tyler and Ashley Mallonee.
This project is a response to the environment, sustainability, and humanity as it is seen through a lens of meditative practice that allows experiences to be viewed in many dimensions simultaneously – above, below, and between. Each person has been impacted differently by the extreme environmental changes resulting in resistance, fear, anger, frustration, depression, anxiety, but also an awakening to family and community, awareness of person and place, celebration of self and others, and much more. These images visually discuss a rehabilitative process through the transformative nature of silence, spirituality, and studio practices. Through this process, transformation is the poignant part of the process found in the intersection of the meditative silence of spirituality directing the images. These images visually address the space between the physical and spiritual, our perceptions and collective experiences as we move through space and time. They refer to the dimensional space between thoughts – the place of silence where humanity coexists with Divinity. This is a transformative and evolving process to align the inter/intra reality of the journey to becoming a complete human through artistic practices.
Steve Willis
In August 2022 Steve curated the International exhibition in Springfield, at The Cabot Gallery for Education through Art, Brick City, Department of Art and Design, Missouri State University.
He disseminated the project among his students and colleagues, and by end 2022 two more artists joined the group: Erin Tyler and Ashley Mallonee.
This project is a response to the environment, sustainability, and humanity as it is seen through a lens of meditative practice that allows experiences to be viewed in many dimensions simultaneously – above, below, and between. Each person has been impacted differently by the extreme environmental changes resulting in resistance, fear, anger, frustration, depression, anxiety, but also an awakening to family and community, awareness of person and place, celebration of self and others, and much more. These images visually discuss a rehabilitative process through the transformative nature of silence, spirituality, and studio practices. Through this process, transformation is the poignant part of the process found in the intersection of the meditative silence of spirituality directing the images. These images visually address the space between the physical and spiritual, our perceptions and collective experiences as we move through space and time. They refer to the dimensional space between thoughts – the place of silence where humanity coexists with Divinity. This is a transformative and evolving process to align the inter/intra reality of the journey to becoming a complete human through artistic practices.
Steve Willis
Steve Willis
short bio
Steve Willis is a Professor of Art Education at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO USA. His academic and visual interests include indigenous knowledge and tribal cultural construction especially in arts, Native American practices, and spirituality in art. As a contemporary artist, his artwork addresses spiritual portals and sacred spaces based on his personal experiences within Spiritual Ceremonies. His art been exhibited widely in the United States in locations in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, and Virginia. As well, his artwork has been exhibited globally in Australia Canada, Portugal, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, and Uganda (http://night4hawk.wixsite.com/stevewillis).
Steve Willis is a Professor of Art Education at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO USA. His academic and visual interests include indigenous knowledge and tribal cultural construction especially in arts, Native American practices, and spirituality in art. As a contemporary artist, his artwork addresses spiritual portals and sacred spaces based on his personal experiences within Spiritual Ceremonies. His art been exhibited widely in the United States in locations in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, and Virginia. As well, his artwork has been exhibited globally in Australia Canada, Portugal, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, and Uganda (http://night4hawk.wixsite.com/stevewillis).
Erin Tyler
Erin Tyler is a process-based, multi-media artist, primarily working in paint. She explores concepts tied to family, craft, and region through playful experimentation and meticulous application. Using geometric structures and abstracted, simplified, forms Erin balances control and spontaneity in her work, creating tension and interest in rigid and minimal compositions. Erin received a BFA in Painting and a BSED in Art Education from Missouri State University in 2018 and is a current MFA in Visual Studies candidate. She has taught classes and workshops on drawing, design, and studio practice at the Springfield Art Museum and Missouri Fine Arts Academy and has shown in multiple Springfield galleries including Obelisk Gallery, Brick City Gallery, and Idea X Factory, and most recently at regional galleries such as Monaco, St. Louis and Curiouser & Curiouser in Kansas City.
Ashley Mallonee
My name is Ashley Mallonee. I am from Ozark Missouri, just 20 minutes from campus. My major is Art Education, and I am a junior this year at MSU. I’m involved in my sorority Alpha Delta Pi and I am also on this year Missouri State Homecoming Committee.
