Gonet Designs

11/30/2025

01/19/2025

01/10/2025

It might be frigid outside but those of us who grow indoors are surrounded by a jungle of living plants.
Those of us with outdoor gardens are purchasing seeds and making plans. Plant people know that soon the weather will break and the sun will warm the soil. 🌞😁🪻🪴
Whatever you grow, thanks for Growing With Us!
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12/01/2024

09/17/2024

This year's Fine Art Fair, sponsored by the George Family, has quite the line-up of 2D artists, including last year's 2D Winner, Daniel Driggs of Driggs Fine Arts! Come check out Daniel's work along with our other 2D artists listed below:

Joseph Bodus, JB Design & Illustration
Mollie Chounard, Mollie Chounard Fine Art LLC
Daniel Fager-George
Courtney Farquharson, Mudpuppy Moon Art Studio
Eli Gosney, art by goz
Ruth Jellema, Fabrications
Jeffery Lung, Jeff Lung Art
Alice Matthews, The Artists Eye
Brett and John Miley, ecoRidge
Caitlin Penny, Penny Press
Sangamon Watercolor Society
Mandy Roeing, Mandy Roeing Fine Art
Andrea Rudisill, Andrea Rudisill Fine Art
Luciana Sabatino, Bella La Peace
Kurt Salla
Jay Wennersten, Wennerstens Etchings

You can find links to all of these amazing artists websites here: https://www.springfieldart.org/fine-art-fair.html.

03/20/2024

A painting from our collection, Woman with a Monkey by artist Ethel Mars, created in Paris between 1906 and 1909, will be shown at the National Portrait Gallery USA in Washington D.C. as part of the exhibit Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939, which runs April 26, 2024, through February 23, 2025. The upcoming exhibition will showcase the contributions of women from all corners of the United States and their influence on Paris, as well as the impact of Paris on American women from the early 1900s to the late 1930s.

Ethel Mars was born in Springfield, IL, in 1876. Around 1906, Mars and her partner Maud Hunt Squire relocated to Paris, where they were frequent attendees of Gertrude Stein’s famous salon and the subjects of Stein’s prose poem Miss Furr and Miss Skeene which became a pivotal piece of LGBTQ+ literature due its first use of the word “gay” in reference to homosexuality. Mars and Squire made frequent trips home to Springfield and Mars was instrumental in forming the Springfield Amateur Art Study Club, the precursor to the Springfield Art Association. Once back in Paris, they often sent artwork, such as Woman with a Monkey, back to Springfield for exhibition.

02/17/2024

We're hearing whispers in the wind that it would be a great time to update, renew, or simply join us as a member! By becoming a member of the SAA, you'll enjoy exclusive discounts and opportunities such as early access to classes, certain events, and summer camps while helping us continue to provide creative programs to all. Your membership is a vote of confidence in the value of the visual arts in our community. Join now and show your support! Learn more here: https://linktr.ee/springfieldartassociation