upcoming Shows
FEBRUARY 2025
Making a Garden of Strange Fruit
This exhibition will feature the installation previously displayed at the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial: THIS IS A REHEARSAL at the Chicago Cultural Center. The installation, Making a Garden of Strange Fruit, is by Marion-born artist Samuel Levi Jones. More information coming soon.
MAY 2025
Twelve Deans
Twelve Deans is a solo painting exhibition from artist Evan Mazellan, coming to Kennedy Art Center in the spring of 2025.
The exhibition will consist mainly of large scale painted portraits of James Dean overlaid on curated background environments according to the concepts he has developed, inspired by Andy Warhol’s ’Elvis’ series.
Current Show
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Work by the Bored Board
Boredom is fertile ground for creativity. In our overstimulated environments, our minds rarely have the luxury of enough mental space for inspiration to take shape as art. This is compounded in the general expectation of an administrative board, where we often expect participation to be boring and bureaucratic. Instead, this show features our Marion Arts Commission board members' creative expression generated in spaces of contemplation and insight. Through their discipline as makers who often have “day jobs” conducting work for other businesses, they still find time to craft highly skilled art to share with the community. We hope this exhibition staves off your own boredom, and perhaps inspires you to take action when boredom strikes.
Join us for our reception with the board on January 18th, from 7 pm - 9 pm.
Previous Shows
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
MAC Gala
The artwork currently on display comes from the donations of artwork from various accomplished Grant County artists for the purpose of fundraising at the Gala. The Marion Arts Commission and the buyers of the art have graciously allowed it to remain up for the public to view until the end of the exhibition, November 21st.
The MAC Gala strives to celebrate the arts in our community while also paving the way forward by fundraising for the future. This event also highlights the Kennedy Art Center’s one-year anniversary of making art visible.
The Marion Arts Commission is dedicated to supporting the local government through the transformative power of the arts. By fostering creativity, unity, and positive change, MAC aims to contibute to the cultureal enrichment and redevelopment goals of the City of Marion.
