The University of Central Missouri (UCM) will host the 55th Annual Citation Show beginning Monday, March 13, 2023 in the main gallery of the UCM Gallery of Art and Design.
Every year during spring semester, the gallery invites students with declared majors and minors in Art and Design to submit their best works of art for inclusion in the show. An arts professional is selected to jury the exhibition, awarding cash prizes to the top artworks across numerous categories.
This year’s juror is Amy Kligman, executive director and artistic director of the Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City. Kligman will not attend the reception but the public is invited to hear her talk about her work at 4 p.m. Monday, March 27 in the Wood Building, Room 100 on the UCM campus, where she will be the Kleppe Visiting Artist Lecturer. The lecture will be simulcast over Zoom. Zoom registration is required and individuals can register at shorturl.at/yPW23
The Citation Show will be on view through Friday, March 31. The public is invited to attend the show reception from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29. Awards will be announced at 4 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.
Also part of the Art and Design’s spring offerings, in Gallery 115 of the UCM Art Center, “Invited Personas” will open on Monday, March 13. Works in the exhibition represented a curated selection of artworks completed by UCM’s Foundations II students working with visiting artist Johanna Winters. Winters is a sculptor and conceptual artist whose recent body of work is a series on what it’s like to age as a woman. “Invited Personas” will be on view through March 31 and a reception coincides with the reception for the Citation Show on March 29.
The annual high school art show opens on Monday, March 13. The UCM High School Art Exhibition features a selection of artwork made by high school students from within a 150 mile radius of Warrensburg. The exhibition will be on view through March 31. The public is invited to a reception for the exhibition from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 25. Admission is free.