William Simpson Fine Arts Series

September 9-26
William Blizard Gallery
Second Floor, Blake Hall, Open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Closing Reception: Thursday, September 26, 4-5:30 p.m. at the William Blizard Gallery

Hey Springfield College students, faculty, and staff, did you do anything interesting or fun over the summer? Or did you just chill? No matter how you spent your summer, we want to "see" what you did!

In the spirit of community arts engagement, the William Blizard Gallery will kick off the Simpson Fine Arts fall season with "Summer Snaps, Scrapbook Style!" This exhibition will feature a sprawling composite of summer imagery pinned to the gallery walls in a scrapbook fashion. We encourage you to participate. 

The show opens on Monday, September 9 in the Blizard Gallery, but all are welcome to submit their digital images up to Sunday, September 15.

Email up to 3 digital images to blizardgallery@springfield.edu and we will do the rest! 

Tuesday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Marsh Memorial Chapel

October 3-31
William Blizard Gallery
Second Floor, Blake Hall, Open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Artist Talk: Thursday, October 3, 3:15 p.m. at the William Blizard Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 3, 4-5:30 p.m. at the William Blizard Gallery

Jeffrey Neumann ’81, G’08, enrolled at Springfield College in 1975 as an Art major. He studied under Professors William Blizard and Armando Balboni in a program called Art in Urban Life. While at Springfield College, he developed his painting style of contemporary realism with a focus on subjects that are uniquely American. The paintings in this exhibition are a road trip through the 20th century down our two-lane highways.

Painting: "Tucumcari Tonight." Oil on linen, Jeffrey L. Neumann ©2024

Monday, October 21, 7-8:30 p.m.
Harold C. Smith Learning Commons, The Forum

Novelist Thérèse Soukar Chehade will read from her new novel set during Lebanon’s civil war. In We Walked On, we meet Rita, a 14-year-old girl, and Hisham, her 30-year-old Arabic teacher, who must negotiate a moral landscape perverted by political unrest and war. Chehade’s first novel, Loom, won the 2011 Arab American Book Award in fiction. 

Born in Beirut, Thérèse Soukar Chehade moved to the United States in August 1983, eight years after the start of the civil war. She holds an MFA in writing from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and lives in Granby, Massachusetts.

A Q&A and book signing will follow the reading.

This event is free and open to the Springfield College community and the public.

November 11-15
William Blizard Gallery
Second Floor, Blake Hall, Open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Opening Reception: Monday, November 11, 5-7 p.m. at the William Blizard Gallery

Rick’s Place, a beacon of support for children, teens, and families navigating grief, is proud to present this special gallery exhibit and opening reception in commemoration of National Children's Grief Awareness Month. We recognize this each November to normalize the conversation around grief and loss, and its impact on young people. 

Rick’s Place artists were encouraged to reflect on their unique grief journeys and how these experiences have left an indelible mark. Each piece presented encapsulates an intimate, heartfelt narrative of personal journeys through grief.

We invite the community to join our Memory Wall Installation by contributing a photograph of a loved one who has died, along with a message or note in their memory. Additionally, during the opening reception, you'll have the chance to express your creativity at our collaborative art-making tables. We look forward to getting creative with you at this very special event. 

Artwork by Talia, Age 12

November 19-December 4
William Blizard Gallery
Second Floor, Blake Hall, Open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 20, 4-5:30 p.m. at the William Blizard Gallery

This student exhibition will showcase the work of undergraduate students from the studio arts classes. Pieces will include painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, graphic design, computer graphics, mixed media, and ceramics.

Artwork by Brittany Cotter ’24, Undergraduate Art Therapy

December 6-8
Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.
Appleton Auditorium, Fuller Arts Center

Join us for an exciting evening of faculty and guest artist works featuring the Springfield College Dancers and special guests. The concert will feature a new choreographic work by guest artist Ana María Álvarez, founding artistic director of Contra-Tiempo. 

Contra-Tiempo is a bold, multilingual, Los Angeles-based activist dance theater company that creates communities where all people are awakened to a sense of themselves as artists and social change agents who move through the world with compassion, confidence, and joy.  They create a new physical, visual, and sonic vocabulary that collages Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theater, compelling text, and original music to bring dynamic multimodal experiences to the concert stage. Learn more about Contra-Tiempo and their mission.

The evening will also feature a diverse array of works by Springfield College dance faculty members Maureen Shea, Kodee Van Nort, and Sarah Zehnder. 
Tickets: General admission: $10, students: $5, senior citizens and children: $3

Reserve Tickets for Friday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Reserve Tickets for Saturday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Reserve Tickets for Sunday, December 8 at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Marsh Memorial Chapel

Join members of the Springfield College Department of Music for their annual winter concert featuring the Springfield College Community Chorus, the Springfield College Band, as well as soloists from across the music program. Seasonal music and other popular favorites will surely get you moving and singing along!

This event is free and open to the Springfield College community and the public. Refreshments will be served following the concert.

December 13, 2024 - January 16, 2025
William Blizard Gallery
Second Floor, Blake Hall, Open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Closing Reception: Thursday, January 16, 2025, Noon to 1:30 p.m. at the William Blizard Gallery
(Inclement weather date: Friday, January 17)

In partnership with the Springfield Public Schools, Springfield College will host the first annual juried exhibition of art and design work created by area high school students. The work will be juried for entry into the exhibition by Professor Meghan Gaul, program director for the Art and Design program, and Kellie Murphy, William Blizard Gallery director. 

The show will culminate in a closing reception at which time the jurors will present awards for Best 2D work, Best 3D work, Best Digital work, and Best in Show overall.