Prairie Center of the Arts

Open Studios and Reading, Saturday, August 24, 6-8pm Interactive installation by resident artist Megan Pitcher - - Pitcher is a visual and performance artist who ruptures social conventions to inspire the physical agency of the viewer. She dedicates time and space for movement re-education and highlights the subtleties of resistance and agreement.   Her development process is very inclusive of the communities that she serves and for that reason, she is excited to share her work-in-progress with you.   Come see and interact with a new movement and media installation building on ideas from a previous work, titled Always There .   Pitcher is also interested in visits by appointment on Friday, August 23th from 6-8pm and Sunday, August 25th from 7-8pm.    Open Studios with resident artists Maria Dimanshtein , Megan Ewert , Silvia Lerin , Carrie Lingscheit ,  Sarah Nesbit and Susanne Nestory. Carrie Lingscheit’s work exploits the subtleties of intagl...

This week we have been joined by Jared Bartman, Composer Fred Jones, Painter Nancy Jones, Painter Welcome! We now total 15! Jared Bartman, Composer, (local) Megan Ewert, Painter Mary Chi-Whi Kim, Writer Maria Dimanshtein, Painter, Sculptor, Performance Fred Jones, Painter Nancy Jones, Painter Silvia Lerin, Painter & Installation Carrie Lingscheit, Printmaker Sarah Nesbit, Painter (local) Susanne Nestory, Painter (local) Megan Pitcher, Video & Performance Danielle Rado, Writer Anastasia Samoylova, Photographer (local)   Britni Ulrich, Painter (local) Sarah Williamson, Painter (local)

        Current Artists in Residence Megan Ewert, Painter Ryan Flanagan, Writer Mary Chi-Whi Kim, Writer Maria Dimanshtein, Painter, Sculptor, Performance Silvia Lerin, Painter & Installation Carrie Lingscheit, Printmaker Sarah Nesbit, Painter (local) Susanne Nestory, Painter (local) Megan Pitcher, Video & Performance Danielle Rado, Writer Anastasia Samoylova, Photographer (local)   Britni Ulrich, Painter (local) Sarah Williamson, Painter (local) Quote from Dan Malakoff: "A month at Prairie Center of the Arts seems both boundless and over in a snap. Any day there I could completely lose myself in writing. In the end, though, I wished I had another couple months. Prairie’s an amazingly productive place to work."