Prairie Center of the Arts

As we prepare for the new year we wish you all a happy holiday season! Over the holidays the residency program and Warehouse Gallery One will close from December 23 to January 7. This will give our program director a breather before getting geared up for the spring exhibitions and to allow us time to clean the studios and move the letterpresses into K-3. *************************************   Ron Rae, Program Director for Prairie Center, will give a gallery talk on Saturday, Nov 10, at 2:00 PM.   Warehouse Gallery One Hours 1506 SW Washington St, Peoria, IL  61602 309-657-6767 November 12 - 16 M-F 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Nov 10, Saturday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Gallery talk at 2:00 PM   See the work of 180+ local artists all in one space in Warehouse Gallery One.  Be sure to bring your friends, relatives and neighbors to see this first ever show in Peoria of 180+ artists.  ******************************...

Special News Release!   The Alliance of Artists Communities is pleased to announce the 2012 Midwestern Voices and Visions awards, presented to eight outstanding Midwestern artists of color.  The artists were selected from an impressive pool of applicants from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.  A partnership between the Alliance of Artists Communities and The Joyce Foundation, the Midwestern Voices and Visions award celebrates, supports, and promotes the work of exceptional artists of color working in any visual, literary or performance discipline – artists whose work may still be unfamiliar but whose compelling visions will define the region and the country in its next decades.                The Midwestern Voices and Visions award provides each artist with a one- to three-month residency at one of seven participating Midwestern artist-in-residence programs ...

CIAO & Prairie Center of the Arts Present   Vernissage 2012   during   National Arts & Humanities Month     Featuring 180+ Community Artists   Warehouse Gallery One 1506 SW Washington St, Peoria, IL  61602 309-657-6767 Exhibition Dates: Monday, October 8, to Friday, November 16 See Playing Peoria by Craig Stocks! The 96 page full color catalogue "Art Lives in Central Illinois" will be sold at Prairie Center of the Arts, Picture This Gallery, I Know You Like a Book, Contemporary Arts Center, Studios on Sheridan, and the Pearce's Atelier on First Fridays. - Price $19.95 plus tax -