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When we purchased the building, that is now the Monarch Art Factory, the best business decision would have been to turn it into high-end lofts. We thought about that idea for about two minutes! God had a different best business decision for the Monarch and us. He poured into our hearts the desire to spotlight and grow creativity and the arts within the community.
Our 16,000 square foot Monarch Art Factory was born out of 16-months of major renovation! We wanted to keep many of the original features of the quaint building and mix in modern touches. Before we moved in, the Monarch Machine Company housed itself in the building for over 80 years. When it came time to name the building, we kept the name monarch from the machine shop to not only preserve history but to express creativity. The monarch butterfly exemplifies transformation and we believe art and human creativity also equal transformation. Adding in the words "art factory" to signify our dedication to the production of art and creativty, the name was a perfect fit.
We never set a rule for the kind of tenants that would fill the Monarch, but we did want to have a family of creative people in some form. Besides our Randy Bacon Gallery and Figment Art Gallery, nestled in the Monarch are Monarch Recording Studio, Blu Skies Hair Art Salon, White River Engineering, Departika Graphic Design, and Bellwether Gallery of the Arts.
by Shannon Bacon
"What art offers is space...
a certain breathing room for the spirit."
John Updike
event SPACE
You can reserve one of our two art galleries for your special event..or both!
RANDY BACON ART GALLERY:
The Randy Bacon Gallery surrounds you with an artistic, metropolitan atmosphere and was voted Best Art Gallery by 417 Magazine. It combines the charm of old brick, glass skylights, exposed steel ceiling beams with modern, up-to-date renovation. Your event is enveloped in our urban chic gallery that features Randy's portrait artwork, as well as the art of top local, regional and national artists. Our gallery makes you feel as if you are in New York's Soho District.
Features:
3,500 sq. feet
state-of-the-art sound system
20' x 18' stage with lights
kitchen / bar area
garage door for loading
artistic atmosphere
folding chairs and tables
FIGMENT ART GALLERY + CULTURE HOUSE:
Figment, home to three of the areas most talented artists-in-residence, is Springfield's new ultra hip, edgy artistic space to hold a smaller event. It also can be rented in conjunction with Randy Bacon Gallery for larger events.
Figment is filled with walls and walls of thought-provoking, distinctive artwork mixed with modern furniture, stained concrete floors, skylights and charming brick. Figment surrounds your special event with an urban, unique atmosphere like no other in southwest Missouri.
2,000 sq. feet
cool vintage furniture groupings
artistic / mod atmosphere
randy bacon ART gallery
The Randy Bacon Gallery leads the way for art to be experienced! Located in the Monarch Art Factory and voted 417 Magazine's Best Gallery, the 6,000 square foot space creates a place where compassion and creativity meet and reach people. The gallery exhibitions include the portraits from Randy Bacon, as well as, the artwork of top local, regional and national artists. Due to the gallery's success and the heart of the staff, the Randy Bacon Gallery gives opportunity for additional activities and events and has become a place that provides community for all people.
First Friday Art Walk
First Friday Art walk was co-founded roughly ten years ago by Randy and Shannon Bacon with a goal to inspire and inform the city of art in all forms. Now on the first Friday of each month thousands of people come to downtown Springfield to experience the cultural happenings at over 25 art venues and businesses in the Downtown Arts District.
The Randy Bacon team takes this opportunity to not only portray art as viewable, but also as interactive and personal. By partnering with local and national organizations as well as having entertainment and activities, the Randy Bacon Gallery makes each Art Walk a memorable experience for all ages.
more at randy bacon gallery
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FIGMENT art gallery + culture house
Figment Gallery is
housed in the Monarch
Art Factory in its very own 2,300 square foot space. It creates a peaceful and serene atmosphere where the culture of art can be taken in. The art that encompasses Figment is unique and second to none and includes a variety of art forms, including encaustics, acrylics, charcoals,
oils, ceramics, and sculpture .
Figment is
home to three
resident artists
who utilize the
gallery, not only
for displaying work, but also gaining inspiration and creating the art in their very own studio space.
kathlene
ALLIE
william
NEWCOMB
kelly
BRINKMAN
Art is my life and I believe that my life is artin process. I want the viewer to see my artwork as bright, inviting and curious. My greatest hope is that my creations will make someone happy.
Kat is an art teacher for Missouri State and Ozarch Technical Community College and is an ongoing resident artist in Figment Gallery. Her choice of medium is encaustic, one of the worlds most ancient painting mediums, made up of pure pigment, beeswax, and damar resin.
I love clay as a sculptural medium. Its so forgiving and inherently organic, taking on different characteristics as its drying. Working with clay parallels my spiritual journey in a lot of ways. Gods word says He constructed us from clay into His image.
Kelly founded a ministry group called Art and Souls that collaborates art in its true sense combined with a passion for God and His word. Many pieces from her Art and Souls collection are housed in Figment Art Gallery as well as a variety paintings, sculptures, and pottery.
As a former judge and prosecutor, my paintings are of people. Every individual has their own mystery and wonder. A painting is a search for that uniqueness, an instinctive rendering of the magic of that person in color and form that exist only in the mind of the artist.
the ARTISTS
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