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. Proceeds of art exhibit sales support The Green Center's youth arts programs!
Contact us if you have nature inspired artwork that you would like to display at The Green Center!
Contact us if you have nature inspired artwork that you would like to display at The Green Center!
Save the dates for our Upcoming Exhibits:
June 10-July 26, 2024: Webster Groves Nature Study Society Photographers
August 5-September 6: Nikki Purple Lemon Photography
September 16-October 21: "Sacred Forest" featuring jewelry artists Allison Bruenger, Alison Bozarth & Anne Morgan
November 1-December 20: The Green Center Artists
"My Favorite Animal: Explorations of Animals Through Light, Sound and Art Media"
by The Children of Pride 8 at the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center
On exhibit May 1-28, 2024
Opening Reception: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 4:00-7:00pm
Artist Statement
“What is your favorite animal?” When a child answers this question, they begin to tell you who they are. From the beginning of the school year, the children of Pride 8 exhibited a strong connection to the animal world. Children were playing with animals throughout the classroom, they pretended to be animals on the playground, and animals were a part of our favorite books and songs.
As a self-contained special education classroom, Pride 8 contains exceptional learners. Some told us about their special animal with their voices, others with their play stories or with assisted technology. As the year continued and the teachers got to know each child, we could see how our artistic explorations of animals intersect with our identity; with how we see ourselves and how and what we want to communicate with others.
Our exhibit will showcase a year of learning about ourselves and the world through the lens of the animal kingdom. Over the course of the year we have connected with our favorite animals through drawing, painting, light and shadow, sound, movement and more. We will also be highlight work from our collaboration with COCA performing animal movements and dramatic storytelling.
“What is your favorite animal?” When a child answers this question, they begin to tell you who they are. From the beginning of the school year, the children of Pride 8 exhibited a strong connection to the animal world. Children were playing with animals throughout the classroom, they pretended to be animals on the playground, and animals were a part of our favorite books and songs.
As a self-contained special education classroom, Pride 8 contains exceptional learners. Some told us about their special animal with their voices, others with their play stories or with assisted technology. As the year continued and the teachers got to know each child, we could see how our artistic explorations of animals intersect with our identity; with how we see ourselves and how and what we want to communicate with others.
Our exhibit will showcase a year of learning about ourselves and the world through the lens of the animal kingdom. Over the course of the year we have connected with our favorite animals through drawing, painting, light and shadow, sound, movement and more. We will also be highlight work from our collaboration with COCA performing animal movements and dramatic storytelling.
Past Art Exhibits
- Webster Groves Nature Study Society Photo Competition, 2015
- 20 Years Celebrating Nature & the Environment through Photography, 2015
- An Enchanted World- Just Add Watercolor: Cocoa, Coffee, Sunflowers and Butterflies by Dina Fachin, 2016
- "A Peek Inside the Artist's Sketchbook" by Hilarie Hunt, 2016
- "In the Garden" by Terri Shay, 2017
- Portraits of Courage, Phyllis MacLaren, 2017
- Vermilion in Tooth and Claw, Winners of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society Natural History Photography Contest, 2017
- "The World, Two Wheels & A Sketchbook" by Sophie Binder, 2017
- "Birds" by Jeff Kapfer, 2018
- "A Journey In Abstraction" by Jane Miles, 2018
- Artwork by Jeffrey Sippel, 2018
- "Flowers for the Garden" by Amber Donlan, 2019
- UCity In Bloom Plein Air Contest Winners-Various artists and students from the School District of University City, 2019
- "Patty Sheppard Ceramics" by Patty M Sheppard, 2021
- "Pen and Ink" by Gary Gackstatter, 2022
- "Native Flora & Fauna of the Midwest in Watercolor" By Catherine Hu, 2022
- "Sprung" by Nancy Thias, 2023
- "May Daze" by Nancy Kane Chapman, 2023
- "The Collections; 'Eggs is a Metaphor,' 'Flower Power' & 'Animal Whimsy" by Catherine Vangoeke, 2023
- "Quarantine Days and Beyond- Daily Sketches" by Sophie Binder, 2023
- "Florals Up Close" by Linda Lee Layton, 2023
- "Art Show" by E.J. Thias, 2023
- "Linda Sachs Designs and Pottery by Guy Sachs," 2023
- "Embracing Nature, Uplifting Ourselves" by Yulia S Buss, 2024