TTAG (Third Thursday Art Group) will be exhibiting at the Peoria Art Guild in April. This diverse group of artists create in various media and eclectic imagery.
The exhibiting members include: Connie Andrews, S.J. Boyd, Sherri Burritt, Ken Clubb, Bob Doucette, Christopher Gauthier, Reid Hansen, Barbie Perry, David Seay, Steph Van Doren, and Peggy West.
This group of professional fine artists are linked together through their individual creative curiosity and their desire to discuss ideology, process, and current art trends. TTAG offers support and critique of each other’s artwork, making each stronger in developing their body of work.
The exhibition, which opens on 1 April 2022, will offer the best in numerous mediums. Connie Andrews and Barbie Perry work in sculpture and the latter is debuting a new large mixed media work. Peggy West will include two letter press and printmaking constructions and Steve Boyd’s graphite drawings will impress everyone. Painters, Sherri Burritt, Bob Doucette, David Seay and Steph Van Doren will challenge the viewers to engage in examining various paint applications. Ken Clubb and Reid Hansen demonstrate their incredible control of watercolor painting. The lone photographer, Christopher Gauthier’s “Crucible” departs from a traditional camera centered approach and captures nature’s color and patterns in a series of photographs.

In the Project Space - I Found U by the River - I Found U Collective

Artists: Edie Beaucage, Marisa Bernotti, Heather Brammeier, Nina Gospodin, Elena Kalkova, James Jaxxa, Janet Lee, Nigel Meager, Clark Valentine

I Found U Collective is a group of artists from all over the world, including Peoria's own Heather Brammeier. Brammeier was the intermediary for creating the artworks in I Found U by the River. She took a walk with her camera along the Illinois River and snapped photos continuously during that walk. At times, she turned around to capture the view behind her, at other times she zoomed in on details in the scene in front of her. Each artist selected the photos they were to manipulate, draw on, collage with, or otherwise transform into a new image of the Peoria Riverfront.

The process of interpreting a scene from a distant location is what I Found U Collective calls roving reflection. An artist creates photographic imagery from their location to share with the other artists. These artists interact with the images artistically, through digital manipulation, collage, drawing, painting, or a combination of approaches. The results are then exhibited in the location of the original photo documentation, where residents enjoy seeing the interpretations and investigations based on their hometown.

Visit ifounducollective.com or Instagram (@i_found_u_collective) to see the King's College Cambridge exhibition of roving reflections.