Prairie Center of the Arts

Hello All! This is just a reminder that our deadline for applications for our fall session of Residencies is fast approaching! Application deadline: May 15, 2018 Fall Session - September 3 to November 30, 2018 Be sure to apply! For details, check out the residency tab above!

Lots of exciting things happening today at the PCA! A friendly reminder that tonight is the BFA Exhibition and graphic design portfolio. Swing by and check out some awesome work! Our current resident Noah Otten has been setting up today to show you his work for 1st Friday! There will also be screen printing, letterpress, and a station to make slime, so bring the family by for art and a good time! And finally, today is the birthday of one of our residents, Dana Baldwin! She had a little surprise today at the studio. Happy Birthday Dana! If you see here today at Studios on Sheridan, wish her a Happy Birthday! Hope to see you all tonight for all of the exciting events!

Really excited and happy to welcome Noah Otten to his first week of his residency! He has been moving in this week and we cannot wait to see what he makes during his time here. Welcome Noah, we are glad to have you!

A big CONGRATULATIONS to our resident  Susan Czechowski  for being included in this years 2018 Rockford Midwestern Biennial!! Fantastic work Susan! We at the PCA are very proud! Here we have Susan(right) helping local Artist Trish Williams(left) screen print

Dana Baldwin is here on a project driven residency and is working on some really exciting things. She is currently collaborating with our other artist in residence, Elizabeth Klise. If you have not had a chance to check out Dana's work, be sure you do. We are so excited to have her here and to see what she is working on. Here is a sneak peek! Great work Dana!

Very excited to announce our new residents who have recently been accepted into the program for the summer. A huge congratulations and welcome to: Daniel Nagel Kayla Phillips Mona Gazala Noah Otten Molly Markow Felicia Cannon Jake Guzan Dawn Gettler We are very excited to have you all at the PCA and cannot wait for your arrival!

The Intro to Letterpress was a huge success! Everyone walked away with some really good work and had a great time! Thank you so much to Robert Rowe for putting the class on and sharing your knowledge with everyone! And thank you to everyone who signed up and came to the class! If you missed your chance to sign up for this one, don't worry, there will be more in the future!