Peoria’s new “Sculpture Walk” is now showing. Publicly unveiled on May 21, it features eight new pieces displayed on Washington Street between Liberty Street and the Bob Michel Bridge. Artists are from throughout the country and include two Peoriams, Fisher…
The title of the history of a generation of creators subverting comic books says it all: “Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix,”…
ART Peorian Steve Spain presents highlights from his collection of original animation cels from Disney at the Riverfront Museum through May 8. THEATER Peoria Players Theatre is bringing back “Mamma Mia!” May 13-15 and 18-22 featuring Dedra Kaiser, Celeste Matheson,…
The Peoria Art Guild planned to launch “Sculpture Walk 2022” along Washington Street this month with eight different pieces, after input from the Public Arts Advisory Commission and a city engineer, according to City spokeswoman Stacy Peterson. Meanwhile, the Art…
Judith W. Mann will discuss one of the most famous women painters of the modern era — Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi — at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on March 10. The lecture by Mann, St. Louis Art Museum’s curator of…
ART Distinctive creations by the late Brian Kjellenberg are on exhibit now through April 8 in the Hartmann Gallery at Bradley University. Titled “Playful Nostalgia,” the show by the award-winning area artist, who worked with students at BU’s Sculpture Lab,…
ART Examples of the drawings of the renowned Mauricio Lasansky will be displayed in the Heuser Gallery at Bradley University starting Jan. 19. From the university’s collection, the exhibit will run through March 18. CINEMA In limited theatrical release starting…
Area artists Steph Van Doren and Jaci Willis’ joint exhibition through Dec. 17 at the Contemporary Art Center’s Preston Jackson Gallery features Willis’ sculptures in swirling lines of stainless steel with touches of slumped glass, and Van Doren’s paintings on…
“Sublime Idioms,” a Masters of Fine Art exhibit by Lisa Nelson Raabe, is on display at Heuser Art Gallery (1400 West Bradley Ave, Peoria, IL 61625) in Bradley University’s Heuser Art Gallery now through Dec. 10. CINEMA Will Smith, portrays…
“Out the Other Side: A Post-Pandemic Celebration?” is a faculty exhibition at Bradley University’s Heuser Art Gallery through Oct. 8. “Temple” by Michael Aldag through Jan. 29. Closing reception 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan 29. Time Gallery, East Peoria.…
