Art Exhibits

Enjoy art inspired by both nature and the human experience of life in the world at The Green Center. Exhibits are free and open to the public throughout the year. Portions of proceeds of art exhibit sales support The Green Center's youth arts and restoration programs.

Contact us if you have nature-inspired artwork that you would like to be considered for a future exhibit in 2026. We're currently booked through 2025.

Currently on Display

Within Our Mystic Garden
June 20 - July 20, 2025
FREE Opening Reception: Friday, June 20, 6-9PM
Artists' Talk: Thursday, July 10, 7-9PM

Featuring the art of:
Allison Norfleet Bruenger - Jewelry and Assemblage
Alison Borzarth - Mixed Media 2D
Kim Wilson - Sculpture / Clay
Maggie Jackman - Mixed Media / Fiber
Catharine Magel - Mixed Media / Mosaics

ARTISTS' STATEMENTS

Allison L. Norfleet Bruenger

I'm a Mixed Media Jewelry and Fine Craft Artist. My goal is to create truly distinctive wearable art designs that lift the spirits and inspires the soul. I create mixed media jewelry that combines my Original Drawings, Paintings, Gemstones, Artisan Lampwork Beads & Fretwork in Sterling Silver, Copper and Brass along with other Materials using Cold Connection Methods. Each of my main designs are "Retired" as soon as the piece "Finds a Great Home" so that only that person will own that special design.

I also create a mixed-media "Adornment & Assemblage" series in which I develop a snapshot in time to present an environment that conveys a thought or meaning to the viewer. With the use of acrylic mediums, art surfaces, and color pencils, I create imagery as the formation of my works. Then, I use a variety of materials, ephemera, and found objects to build a work that is to be displayed as a wall or vertical surface piece. Within each work, there will be a corresponding necklace or pendant that can be removed and worn. These wearable creations can then return to their home within the mixed media creation.

Alison Bozarth Martz

Art has always been my voice in life, finding it hard to vocalize my feelings I poured what I felt onto any flat page I could get my hands on. I was told at a very young age that I could not "Draw myself through life," taking that as a personal challenge I began to push. I went into creating my own Illustration Program passing as the first B.F.A Webster University Illustrator. Jumping into art fairs I began to travel away from the home state, Kentucky, Alabama, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Wisconsin, this teaching me how to speak about my main art series. At fairs I seldom looked for awards, instead hoping to instill creative ideas and appreciation of earths creatures, my aim to steal hearts not awards, gained me resistance that it is not all about money. Taking an even bigger leap, my mother and I took on a local art gallery that would represent 100 local artists work at a time. Striving to let other creatives shine, I continue to push my work and spread creative endeavors.

Maggie Jackman

I am a mixed media artist based out of St. Louis, Missouri. After starting an education in interior design and studio art, I ultimately decide to earn a degree in business management from Washington University.

I was raised in the 90s around the gardens, horses and playing sports, which all continue to shape my perspective. Drawing from personal nostalgia, I weave together elements of nature, comfort and childhood mementos into colorful narratives.

I combine paint and embroidery to add unexpected texture to my work. Simplicity and vibrancy meet in each piece, creating playful vignettes in my signature folks-meets-funk aesthetic.

Kim Wilson

My multidisciplinary practice explores the intersection of the natural and the fantastical, where the ordinary holds potential for extraordinary transformation. At the heart of my work is the hare—an archetypal figure rich in symbolism, used as a conduit for themes of nature, storytelling, and the trickster spirit.

I create whimsical, tactile sculptures using hollow, slab-built stoneware, often finished with cold or encaustic surfaces to evoke a sense of timelessness and mystery. Wire and shaped steel rods act as sketch-like extensions—gestural lines that respond to and expand on the form, adding a layer of visual dialogue.

Through playful manipulation of form and recurring motifs, my work invites viewers to smile, wonder, and see the world with fresh eyes. Each piece offers a glimpse beyond the everyday—a small window into the magic that lies just beneath the surface.