2025
November and December – Holiday Art Show
Featured Artists: Beth Ashton, Denise Lau, Jillian Collins, Frances Bates, Liisa Lê, and Lin Boemer
September – Frances Bates at Frances Fest
August – Western Art Show
Featured Artists: Kelly Frankenberg, Catherine Palmer, Frances Bates, Sam St. John, Liisa Lê, Becca David, Lucienne Schroepfer, Natalie McGuire, Lin Boemer, Bryce Mason, and Lincoln Matt
June – Pride Exhibition
Featured Artists: Sam St. John, Frances Bates, Catherine Palmer, Lucienne Schroepfer, Kelly Frankenberg, Leo Fortune, Sadie Ward, Rose Cooper, Jodi Janz, Alkemy Frost, and Olivia Wertheimer
May – Art-A-Whirl
Featured Artists: Alkemy Forst, Andrew Braunberger (ACW Headquarters), Barbara Bridges, Becca David, Briauna Williams, Candy Kuehn, Catherine Palmer (donation art), Deb Ripp, Frances Bates, Kelly Frankenberg, Laura Burlis, Leo Fortune, Liisa Lê, Lucienne Schroepfer, Marie Sipe (donation art), Rose Cooper, Sadie Ward, Sam St. John, and Susan Gainen
March Birthdays Show
Featured Artists: Catherine Palmer, Debra Ripp, Jodi Janz, Natalie McGuire and Rose Cooper
February – Self Love Exhibition
February is the month of love, and the most important relationship we will ever have is with ourselves. Intern Sam St John created an exhibition about healing, self-acceptance, and nurturing the soul.
2024
October – Spooky Season Exhibition
Solar Arts had a bug themed exhibition (logo design by ACW intern Bryce) and the gallery was artwork related to Halloween, Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos), or just general spookiness. We also had the Mississippi River Pearl sculpture in what’s called the creative cove which is an area near the Fox Den at Solar.
Featured Artists: Frances Bates, Alkemy Frost, Natalie McGuire, Liisa Lê, Debra Ripp, Sam St John, and Lynnette Black
August to September – Retrospective Exhibition
Solar Arts had a doodle theme in August to go along with the Fox Den hosting the On Location Drawing Co-op. The show was extended into September to have something simple to go along with the book signing happening in the lobby of Solar.
Featured Artists: Debra Ripp, Becca David, Catherine Palmer, Marie Sipe, Kris Lange, Sam Greene, Karen Daphne, Laura Burlis, Barbara Bridges, Jeff Gauss, and Jane St. Clair
June – Pride Exhibition
During Pride Month we have a body image themed art show and this year it went along with Solar Arts Building’s Prince Purple Rain Era themed exhibition.
Featured Artists: Frances Bates, Catherine Palmer, Kelly Frankenberg, Alkemy Frost, Seren Low, Jodi Janz, Andrea From, and Raven Mae
May – Art-A-Whirl
Featured Artists: Frances Bates, Debra Ripp, KaoLee Vang, Sadie Ward, Susan Gainen, Catherine Palmer, Lucienne Schroepfer, Natalie McGuire, Kelly Frankenberg, Rose Cooper, Becca David, Lin Boemer, Layl McDill, Candy Kuehn, and Paul Kellett
April – Repaint Exhibition
In honor of Earth Day we have sustainability themed art show. Artworks were made from a thrifted canvas, found objects, or scrap fabric.
Featured Artists: Catherine Palmer, Marie Sipe, Alkemy Frost, Frances Bates, Rose Cooper, Debra Ripp, Steven Carlyle Moore, and Lucienne Schroepfer
2023
November to December – Holiday Art Show
Featured Artists: Frances Bates, Catherine Palmer, Alkemy Frost, Seren Low, Natalie McGuire, Becca David, KaoLee Vang, Lucienne Schroepfer, Susan Gainen, Debra Ripp, Rose Cooper, Andrea From, and Raven Mae
October to November – Spooky Season Exhibition
For all of October and November First Thursday we had artwork that was related to Halloween, Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos), or just general spookiness.
Featured Artists: Frances Bates, Anne Spooner, Catherine Palmer, Alkemy Frost, Seren Low, Steven Carlyle Moore, Natalie McGuire, Becca David, Lin Boemer, KaoLee Vang, and Lucienne Schroepfer
June – Pride Exhibition 2023
Body image themed art show for Pride month that had been opened up to outside ACW. Check out the project page for the participants.
Featured ACW Artists: Frances Bates, Andrea From, Seren Low, Kelly Frankenberg, Alkemy Frost, Catherine Palmer, Marie Sipe, Sadie Ward, Annie Merrell, Lin Boemer, Steven Carlyle Moore, Jodi Janz, Raven Mae, and Lucienne Schroepfer
May – Art-A-Whirl
Featured Artists: Frances Bates, Rose Cooper, Kelly Frankenberg, Natalie McGuire, Catherine Palmer, Lucienne Schroepfer, Candy Kuehn, Layl McDill, Susan Gainen, and Barbara Bridges
April – Repaint Exhibition
Environment themed exhibition where artists created a new artwork from a thrifted canvas. We also had the Mississippi River Pearl sculpture in what’s called the creative cove which is an area near the Fox Den at Solar Arts.
Featured Artists: Catherine Palmer, Marie Sipe, Frances Bates, Alkemy Frost, Rose Cooper, Debra Ripp, Lucienne Schroepfer, and Steven Carlyle Moore
March – Contrast Orange Art Show
Solar Arts was doing a blue theme exhibition so we did an orange theme to contrast that.
Featured Artists: Lucienne Schroepfer, Natalie McGuire, Catherine Palmer, Frances Bates, Susan Gainen, Lynnette Black, Debra Ripp, Steven Carlyle Moore, and special guest Art of the Deil
2022
November – BATS (Brilliant Artists Transforming Society)
Gallery show for some of the ACW interns and young adult artists.
Featured Artists: Frances Bates, Alkemy Frost, Rose Cooper, Madalina Kelner, and Collin Nelson
October – Solo show by Frances Bates
2021
December – 3 x 100 Holiday Show
100 works under $100 for giving a gift of soul to your loved ones.
Featured Artists: Layl McDill, Barbara Bridges, Lucienne Schroepfer, Susan Gainen, Nina Robinson, Ari Moss and Debra Ripp
November – #frameyourrights
Exhibitions focusing on Voting, Reproductive Rights, Policing and other social justice topics will be staged.
Featured Artists: Cory Favre, Ari Moss, Becca David, and Natalie McGuire