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 -

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 for 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

CIAO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 NEW TIME FOR PRAIRIE CENTER 5:00 - 7:30 PM WAREHOUSE GALLERY ONE   Eleanor Aylette-Jones Alec de Jesus Dawn Gettler Sarah Nesbit Amerique Powell Joe Richey Sara K. Stewart Sarah Williamson Jeronimo Villa Michael Yager   *******************************   Name the New Gallery Space!   We have reclaimed another 1,500 sq ft space to be added to Warehouse Gallery One. Submit your ideas to name the space. All ideas are welcome. One idea is to keep the theme related to the Peoria Cordage Co and/or the names of ropes and twines. Sorry, we already have a Peerless Gallery! Send an email to admissions@prairiecenterofthearts.org to submit your ideas by  noon, Sunday, September 23. This is one time you can vote frequently and often!

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