Art & Design Gallery Spaces and Exhibits

ARX Gallery

340 Fredrick Street, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Hours: Monday - Friday 1 - 5 p.m.
First Fridays 1 - 7 p.m. 

Charl Kroeger

Lines. Light. Reflection

March 27 - May 8, 2026
Reception: May 8, 5-7 p.m.
Artist's Talk: May 8, 4:30 p.m.  

Charl Kroeger is an inventive, multi-disciplined artist who expresses himself through photography and graphic design. He’s inspired by a deep love for music and the people who make it, and is influenced by architecture and travel+ creating a holistic and expansive bird’s eye view. Born in South Africa, it was there that he combined his two loves: graphic design and music; becoming a leading designer in South Africa’s music industry. His wanderlust and artistic hunger brought him to NYC where he mastered the harmonies of photography and design working with many companies, nonprofits and musicians. Drawn to the universal vibe of California dreaming, Charl and his husband, Paul, now make their home in Long Beach, California with their two cats.

In his exhibition, Lines. Light. Reflection, Kroeger uses photography as a means to ‘paint’ with a camera, offering a unique way of blending reality with imagination and creativity. It is his hope that viewers, “get an insight into what I originally saw which prompted me to take the picture, and that it inspires them to view everyday things through a new and refreshing lens.”

 Wolz Ruzicka Hallway Gallery, ARX Building

340 Fredrick Street, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Hours: Monday - Friday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Susan Koen

Pieced Together: Images, Icons and Idols – My Art History
April 3 - 24, 2026
Opening reception: April 10, 5-7 p.m.  

Susan Koen was born in Missouri but has lived and traveled all over the US, Mexico, Canada, and traveled in Europe for three summers. She learned to sew and crochet from her mom and grandmothers at around age five, before she could even read. She learned to use power tools and to change the oil in a car from her dad at around age twelve, and learned to use even bigger power tools and to build props as an undergraduate technical theatre major.

 According to Koen, “I tend to work in series using multiple media, however the medium that ties them all together is fibers. Each series has its own characteristics, roots, and branches, but like members of a family there are similar traits and overlapping imagery. I identify each grouping by the dominant imagery not by the medium. I have always maintained that images and ideas choose the media. Each group demands my attention and time, and then goes dormant while one of the other groups rises in importance and urgency. They seem to weave in and out of each other like a very rich and complexly woven fabric.”

Forrest Wallace

May 1 - 29, 2026
Opening reception: May 1  

Nest Gallery, Seminary Building, River Campus

410 S Fountain St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Hours: Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Alex Chadbourne

Midwest Memorial

April 3 - 24, 2026
Opening reception: April 10, 5-7 p.m.

Chadbourne is a Junior, pursuing a BFA in Art with a specialization in Painting. For him, painting has always been an outlet to express concepts and ideas that felt too complex for words. Through high school and college, it has been a way for him to find community and connect to others that feel the same way. Additionally, art history is an influence for the artist, involving the study of human emotions, ideals, and rules. The way that people throughout history found different ways to express ideas uniquely is what inspires him to create art.

Brynnleigh Jones

May 1 - 29, 2026
Opening reception: May 1  

Slingshot Gallery, Catapult Creative House

612 Broadway St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Elizabeth Myers

Eternal Garden

April 3 - 24
Opening reception: April 10, 5-7 p.m.

Elizabeth Myers was born in Sikeston, Missouri. She is currently a student at Southeast Missouri State University, pursuing a BFA in Art with an emphasis in Sculpture. She plans on applying to MFA programs after graduation. She has been interested in art since she was a child. She hopes to share her knowledge and skills in the future by becoming a college professor.

Eternal Garden presents a captivating dialogue between the industrial and the organic, the rigid and the delicate. In this imagined landscape, twisted steel sculptures of animals inhabit a surreal, permanent state. These animals are set against steel flowers, which stand in metallic contrast to the hyper-realistic paintings of their living counterparts. The exhibition explores themes of permanence versus impermanence, celebrating the enduring spirit of nature and the timeless quality of art. 

Jacob Blassingame

May 1 - 29, 2026
Opening reception: May 1  

Main Gallery, Catapult Creative House

612 Broadway St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Wall and Pietrykowski MultipliCITY

April 3 - 24, 2026
Opening reception: April 10, 5-7 p.m.

Robyn Wall is an interdisciplinary Canadian-American artist. She graduated with a BFA with honors from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and received her MFA from Louisiana State University. Before teaching at Arkansas State University as an Assistant Professor of Printmaking, she was Associate Professor in Studio Art at Delta State University, Mississippi. From 2022 - 2024 she was a board member of Mid America Print Council. Her work has been shown in over one hundred exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Portugal, Australia, Italy and Japan.

Nathan Pietrykowski is a print media artist, working and living in Jonesboro, AR. He received his MFA from Louisiana State University and a BS from the University of Southern Indiana. He has exhibited his work internationally and nationally in over 150 venues including Highpoint Center of Printmaking in Minneapolis, Big Medium Gallery in Austin, Carnation Contemporary in Portland, Site: Brooklyn, and Manhattan Graphics Center in New York City.

MultipliCITY examines the multiplicity of printing processes relating to installation, mass communication, community building and the digital sphere. Both Wall and Pietrykowski work to construct the narratives of their local cityscape from different vantage points. The foundation of Pietrykowski’s artist practice is walking and recording his journeys. Using a rule-based game in the form of a printed zine, he interjects an element of chance into his trek, giving a new perspective to the urban environment. These excursions are documented through drawings and note taking. On return to the studio, these findings are redrawn and collaged together becoming prints, community projects, artist books and installations. Collage is also an important strategy in Wall’s process. Her prints are a synthesis of drawings, photo documentation, 3D modeling, weaving and handmade paper. Materials are intrinsic to her work and include locally sourced plant fiber, recycled paper and fabric. Wall’s work examines the transient state of her townscape constructing its visual history. Her prints recall personal memories tied to place reflecting on regional aesthetics and behaviors.

Catapult Gallery Manager Exhibition: Jacey Harris

May 1 - 29, 2026
Opening reception: May 1  

Dobbins Center Gallery

 No exhibitions at this time.