On display in the Betty and Art Robins Art Gallery at the Columbia Art League

4.28.26 - 6.11.26

Reception: Friday, May 1, 6-8 PM.

Step back in time and let your imagination roam through Earth’s deep past—from microscopic life to dinosaurs, and from ancient seas to vanished forests. We invite artists to explore the full fossil record and dig into the layers of prehistory, bringing long-extinct organisms and their worlds to life once more.

This show is a collaboration between CAL and Mizzou Paleobiology. Artists will have the opportunity to partner with a paleontologist to learn more about current research on prehistoric life, including plants, invertebrates, and local Missouri fossils. Creativity can flourish where the arts meet science.

This is a juried show open to all artists 16+ years old, all media welcome.

Congratulations to the ribbon winners from Step Back into Time: Dinosaurs!

First place: Mike Sleadd, iwi
Second Place: Sarah Jacquet, Urchin Orbs
Third Place: Linda Vandepopuliere, Crinoid: Missouri State Fossil
Fourth Place: Jacob Lopez, God Nouveau
Fifth Place: Sam Karstens, Tully the Monster
Paleo Pick: Shelby Wedel, Velociraptor
Honorable Mention: Lorelei Dohm, Fossils and Flora
Honorable Mention: Tim Sanders, The Cambrian Era
Honorable Mention: Kelly Durante, Blue Radiolarians
Honorable Mention: Michael Moscoso, Untitled
Honorable Mention: Lindsay Picht, Cambrian
Honorable Mention: Derek Fox, Iguanodon