First Friday Arts: September

Chaffee artist Aaron Horrell discussed his painting, "Adam's Essential Comination," with Madison Troin at the opening reception Friday in the Lorimier Gallery of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 32 North Main. A photo gallery of First Friday art gallery receptions is available at semissourian.com/section/multimedia. (Fred Lynch)

Phoebe I'ons, left, and Milly I'ons of Oxford, England visited the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri galleries which featured artwork by their grandfather, George Ions of Thompsonville, Ill. (Fred Lynch)

Art by George Ions of Thompsonville, Ill. included a painting entitled "Mabry Mill" at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. (Fred Lynch)

A new display by members of the Visual Arts Cooperative opened Friday in the Jean A. Chapman Gallery at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. (Fred Lynch)

A fiber weaving by Mardee Wittwer was on display at The Artist Studio, 38A North Main St. (Fred Lynch)

"Timeless Beauty" is a mixed media by Elizabeth Thomas on display at the Black Door Gallery, 124 S. Spanish St. (Fred Lynch)

"Prissy" is one of the watercolors by Sikeston artist Barbara Ashley Ross on display at the Garden Gallery, 835 Broadway. (Fred Lynch)

Earthenware entitled "Growth" by Amanda Lowes-Walker was on display Friday in the River Campus art gallery as part of the Summer Art Workshops Exhibition. (Fred Lynch)

This untitled steel sculpture by John Bingham is on display at the River Campus Art Gallery as part of the Summer Art Workshops Exhibition. (Fred Lynch)