Prairie Center of the Arts

The Sateré Mauwé September 14 -28, 2012 Opening Reception - Friday, September 14 6:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Warehouse Gallery One hours during the exhibition: M-F, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Gary Will, faculty member in the Bradley University Art Department, was an artist in Residence at Prairie Center during his spring 2012 sabbatical.  During that time he worked on making prints and he took an amazing trip with the Riverside Community Church mission team to the Brazilian Amazon. Gary documented the trip with a "point and shot" camera and from that produced a wonderfully delightful picture book of the amazing people that inhabit the region. As a capstone to his residency he will have an exhibition in Warehouse Gallery One.  Should you want to purchase this great book go to http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3255725

Prairie Center will host the Alternative Annex Vernissage in October! Another great show emerged from the submissions by area artists for the Riverfront Museum show....more exciting details forthcoming.... CIAO members!!! Portraits are being shot as we speak for the Vernissage and Riverfront Museum catalog at Prairie Center...1506 Washington street (in the warehouse district)... This is how the photos will look. They will be taken by a renowned local photographer. Please come today or tomorrow and get your pic taken for the catalog! July 14 - Saturday - 10 am to 5 pm July 15 - Sunday - Noon to 5 pm July 21 - Saturday - 10 am to 5 pm July 22 - Sunday - Noon to 5 pm

CIAO OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY, JULY 6 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM WAREHOUSE GALLERY ONE 1506 SW WASHINGTON STREET Showing completed work and in progress - our current artists in residence: Cristian Arrecis, Photographer, Peoria Christine Carr, Photography, Virginia Alec De Jesus, Painting, Peoria Mary Beth Koszut, Painting, Peoria Sarah Nesbit, Painting, Peoria Valerie Powell, Installation/Mixed Media, Texas Ron Ray, Mixed Media, Peoria Joseph Richey, Sculpture, Peoria Sara Stewart, Mixed Media, Peoria Sarah Williamson, Painting, Peoria Chelsey Wood, Painting, Massachutes Catalina Bartlett, Writing/Poetry, Texas Liberty Ferda Hultberg, Writing, Pennsylvania (formerly Elmwood, IL) Come by and enjoy delicious treats from Apple’s Bakery!

What: Aerial Performance Who: Erin Garber-Pearson Date: Friday, June 22, 2012 Time:  8:00 PM Where:  Prairie Center of the Arts 1506 SW Washington St Peoria, IL  61602 K-3 studios Erin Garber-Pearson is a multi-media artist and circus performer.   Friday is Erin’s last day as a resident artist at the Prairie Center.    S he will give a performance of her aerial acrobatics in the stunning warehouse atmosphere of Prairie Center of the Arts.   Aerial silks is an acrobatic circus art form consisting of a long piece of fabric hung from a high rig point, and a performer who climbs the fabric, tying their body into knots which can be unrolled or dropped away for dramatic falls.   In July she will perform at many events in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area including the Milwaukee Art Museum on July 22 nd in celebration of their exhibit Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries. Fabric Silk Screened w...

ALLIANCE OF ARTISTS COMMUNITIES MIDWEST VOICES & VISIONS CALL FOR ARTISTS | JUNE 7 DEADLINE visual artists – writers and poets – performance artists – sound artists – composers choreographers – film/video/animation artists The Alliance of Artists Communities is now accepting applications for the 2013 Midwestern Voices and Visions awards – celebrating, supporting, and promoting the work of highly talented, yet under-recognized artists of color from the Midwest. Eligibility : The initiative seeks to promote artists of color working in any visual, literary, and/or performance-based media, who display artistic excellence, are committed to an artistic career, and are under-served, under-recognized, or under-represented in the mainstream. Midwestern Voices and Visions accepts applications from artists from all disciplines who: (1) are of color and represent the diverse cultural backgrounds of the Midwest; (2) are permanent residents of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, M...

CIAO & Friends Invitational Art Show at the Peoria Riverfront Museum The Peoria Riverfront Museum (PRM) will be having their grand opening in October. CIAO has the opportunity to curate an exhibit in the museum during the first five months of opening activities.  With thousands of visitors planning to tour the museum, this presents a great opportunity for CIAO .  This is a call for entries to the CIAO & Friends Invitational exhibit to be held at The Peoria Riverfront Museum from October 2012 to March 2013 featuring Central Illinois artists. If you would like your art considered for the show, you have until May 30 to respond. Check out the details at CIAO's website. http://ciaopeoria.com/blog/ciao-friends-invitational/ “I might work on a painting for a month, but it has to look like I painted it in a minute.” -Willem De Kooning

“Laughter is the language of the soul.” ― Pablo Neruda Well, the sun is shining and the fields near the artists house are greening!  We have a new artist in residence that has joined our merry little band of art-makers... she is Maureen .  We welcome her! More artists arriving in the next few days... FYI...we have many more international artists that will be visiting in the next months...that should make for great conversation and exchange of ideas...more to come!