Prairie Center of the Arts

Join us for our Spring gallery and open studio events Gallery hours 10:00 - 3:00 PM M-F or by appt. Artist in Residence Exhibition February 3-24 Chelsie Tamms and Michael Gilbert Reception - First Friday, February 3, 5-9 PM **************************** Artist Lectures Michael Gilbert and Chelsie Tamms Friday, February 17, 6:30 PM (special gallery hours 6-8 PM) ******************************** 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition March 11 - April 17 Reception - Saturday, March 11 **************************** Mid-Illini High School Art Exhibition March 10-18 Reception - Corrected - Friday, March 10, 6-8 PM Special Gallery Hours - Saturday, March 11, 12-2 PM ***************************** Bradley University Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition Mary Burwinkel, Kane Fulton, Mason Fulton Fantasia Graham, Noah Otten, Allison Walsh May 1 - 9 Reception - Friday, May 5, 5-7 PM

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER THE BAZAAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OUR APOLOGIES TO ALL THE ARTISTS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS! A great big hug and thank you to Susan Czechowski for reformatting our poster. It looks great!

Prairie Center will be CLOSED First Friday, Dec 2 Get out and support all those hard working entrepreneurial artists that make your First Friday so fun!

Watch for More Details! Holiday Bazaar Saturday, December 17, 2016 2:00 - 6:00 PM 1506 SW Washington St Peoria, IL 61602 All Items Hand Made by Peoria Area Artists!

Winter 2015 Classes and Workshops     PCA Print Shop Orientation & Procedures Introduction to Drypoint Printing Letters of Love The Drop Spine Box Relief Printing with Color Screen Printing with Stencils The Sewn Board Book Beginning Letterpress Intro to Collagraph Monoprinting and Stop Motion Animation   more information here _____________________________________ Current Exhibit in Gallery One Backspace Collective presents the work of Lauren Kinney and Patrick Vincent in their exhibition "Swallowed Cities" Swallowed Cities by Lauren Kinney and Patrick Vincent October 20th - November 26th Opening Reception: Monday, October 20th 5:00-8:00pm Prairie Center of the Arts Gallery One and Two Exhibitions Fall 2014 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00am -3:00pm    or by appointment (and reception times) Free and Open to the public please contact Dawn Gettler dawn@prairiecenterofthea...

Fall 2014 Classes and Workshops Intro to Relief Printmaking Carousel Book Making Old-school Printing Beginning Letterpress printing - part one Beginning Letterpress printing - part two    Registration Form and Information    2014 Fall Instructors Our instructors at Prairie Center are experts in the field of Book Arts and printmaking. They have a love for what they do and want to share that with our community.   Cathie Crawford working in her studio Cathie Crawford has concentrated on the color reduction woodcut since completing an MFA in 1987 from Bradley University.   Her work has been included in over three hundred exhibitions, fifty-five juried national shows and fifteen international juried exhibitions.   Crawford has won thirty-five awards at both the national and regional level.   Her woodcuts have been exhibited in 21states as well as France, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom.   Crawford’s print...

Backspace Collective Metropolis Familiaris -  ends Friday, August 22 Gallery Hours:  Monday - Friday 10am -3:00pm  or by appointment please contact Dawn Gettler dawn@prairiecenterofthearts.org 773.425.2507 Metropolis Familiaris Internationally Juried Show Group Show hosted by BACKSPACE COLLECTIVE at Prairie Center of the Arts Gallery One Urban sunset , Christina LaMaster Our cities are made up of thousands of individual cells working separately yet together to form a unified body. Circulatory systems move goods, currency, information, and people throughout the city. The combination of these interactive systems starts to mimic the complexity found in biological organisms. Metropolis familiaris will explore how cities are a shared environment - places of private space and public space. How do our individual lives affect each other? How do buildings talk to each other? Architecture and city systems come to life as cities rise and fall and the peop...