CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

SOUTH “REIMER” GALLERY ROOM

“Festival of Trees, Wreaths, and Decorations – Holiday Exhibit” 

November 12, 2024 – January 6, 2025. Holiday Open House Sunday, November 24, 2024 from 1pm to 4pm.

Please join us for this exhibit that has become a beloved holiday tradition. Individuals and groups enter a beautiful decoration to be on display celebrating the beauty and magic of the holidays. Guests are invited to vote for their favorite display as “Best of Show”. This exhibit is always a fun one for us at the museum and for the public as well.

This show is free and open to the public thanks to generous sponsors Bolen Office Supply, Inc, Maydew Thibault Optometry, People’s Bank, Pratt Energy, and PRMC.

NORTH GALLERY ROOM

Opening April 27, 2024: Selections from the Vernon and Emily Filley Permanent Collection

North Gallery Room: Permanent Collection Retrospective Exhibition (April 27, 2024 through January 6, 2025)

This year, the Filley celebrates a decade of collecting, preserving, and exhibiting art. In this retrospective display, we will look back at permanent collection pieces that have appeared in past Filley shows. Let’s take time to reflect on the past ten years of incredible exhibits and all the ways art has enriched our lives, as we look towards a bright future.

Featured artists representing newly collected work in the ongoing Vernon Filley Art Museum Permanent Collection:

Stan Reimer, Marciana Vequist, Darren Parker, Laura Krusemark, Roger Williams, James Kandt,

Jon Swindler in Collaboration with Michael McFalls; Kim Casebeer

David Vollbracht, Charles Baughman, Cristine Sundquist, Doug Herren, Ed Morgan

Featured artists representing artwork in the treasured “Dr Vernon & Emily “Mimi” Filley original Permanent Collection:

Ramon Rice, Stan Davis, Allan Houser, Don Doxey, Beatien (Little No Shirt) Yazz, Sven Birger Sandzen, Albert George Handell, William Bill Harrison, Star Liana York, Raymond L Knaub, Allan Houser, Bruce LaFountain, Doug Hyde

CORRIDOR

April 27, 2024: Penny Bortz “Roots” Photography Exhibition

Penny Bortz has found inspiration in photographing tree roots for some time. In what she calls her “flagship” photo, she saw a rootball just hanging on the side of a rocky ledge and it spoke to her imagination. As she documented the sight with her camera, it prompted her to wonder what must have happened there – wind, rain, drought, and GROWTH.

To Bortz, this was the key – growth-those roots went down deep. She says, “May this be a challenge for all of us. Putting “ROOTS” down deep enough to grow and endure the storms of life.

This Exhibit showcases many of Bortz fascinating photographs of roots, displaying for the viewer the hidden life-sustaining systems that lie beneath.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Corridor Show Running Nov.12th, 2024-July 5th, 2025

Midpoint Reception: Jan. 25th, 2025

David Vollbracht is a representational landscape painter of the West and Midwest who works primarily in oils. He is a studio and Plein Air painter and is a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America. Vollbracht has exhibited across the country, most recently in the AIS Impressions Small Work Showcase, the Plein Air Salon Competition, and the Mark Arts Oil Painting National Exhibition. 

This Corridor exhibition will showcase several of Vollbracht’s recent stunning paintings including a piece acquired by the Filley and added to our permanent collection last year. This show will be a beautiful look at Vollbracht’s mastery of capturing the emotional essence of particular landscapes.

North Gallery Room: Sat. Jan 25th through  Saturday April 12th, 2025

Meet the Artists Reception at 5pm on Sat. Jan 25th: Free for Members; $10 Non-members

In Conversations Held Under Neon Lights, ceramics artist Tyler Dallis explores the emotional damage of dealing with the end of a serious relationship. Speaking upon feelings of anger, fear, loss, wonder, sadness, and anxiousness, this body of work relays a message of heartbreak, growth, and resilience. Dallis says, “With passing time and self-care, I can confidently speak my narrative and release the negative energy and channel it into beautiful works of art.”

PAST EXHIBITIONS ARCHIVE LIST

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PERMANENT COLLECTION

The Dr. Vernon and Emily “Mimi” Filley Permanent Collection