Join us each month as we feature new and exciting exhibits and activities at The Peoria Art Guild.
In January 2020 we are proud to feature Kent Broadbent and Gary Beaumont in our gallery. Exhibit will be featured through February 28, 2020.
Join us each month as we feature new and exciting exhibits and activities at The Peoria Art Guild.
In January 2020 we are proud to feature Dana Baldwin - Filmstrip Dresses.
In the fine arts, often non-mainstream media are overlooked. Fiber arts is one such category. Fiber arts refers to the fine art object whose materials consist of natural or synthetic fibers and other components. Its focus on materials and the manual labor on the part of the artist to establish the work's significance and prioritization of aesthetic values over utility.
Dana Baldwin has created film dresses that address material over content. The Film Dresses themselves are a trove of information regarding history, science and language. Baldwin has chosen to sew, weave, cut, and attach the presence of the strips into traditional dress patterns. The deconstruction of the film actually strengthens the beauty held within the creative mind of Baldwin. Each dress, with its stunning silhouette, becomes a sculptural and an aesthetic statement of present day fashion.
The Film Dresses are surreal majestic objects that blend fashion and sculpture. But these same works obscure race or class-- allowing viewers to look without bias towards these headless figures' identity. These fiber sculptures are crafted from an array of materials that include film, wire, satin ribbon and a dark cotton material that serves as their undergarment. Woven together, they produce what appears to be an uncomfortable yet seductive garment. They rely on the reminiscence of home-tailored clothing with the tedious and intrinsic details from tightly melded materials. Far from ornamental, these film dresses explore the tension between "low craft" and "high art," creating exemplary sculptural forms which are relevant to Dana Baldwin's practice of making art as a whole.
Metaphorically, these sculptures of attire are amour-- enforced by the knowledge of the film strip strips they come from. They are striking in their proud and powerful stance. They teeter between figurative and non-figurative assemblages with the intricate accumulations of film strips-- outdated due to modern technology but molded into 21st century fine art sculptures. They occupy space and invite further investigation by those viewing them without judgment.
Show will exhibit through January 31, 2020
Create the perfect magical getaway for your tiny fairy friends! We will hand-build a clay pot for the base. Then, create a clay fairy home and yard accessories to make up your fairy garden. End the class with planting a live plant in the pot and arranging the fairy homestead on top. All levels are welcome, no prior experience with clay is necessary.Make sure to wear casual clothes that can get muddy.
Day 1 July 1, 2019
Coiling demo, Slab demo
Build a flower pot
Texture and mark-making
Attaching sculptural forms
Day 2- July 3, 2019
Build fairy accessories, tiny yard decorations
Day 3- July 6, 2019
Paint the pot and the accessories
Plant a plant into the pot and arrange the garden
Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Cost $60
Peoria Art Guild Members use code PAGMEMBER to receive $5 off of this class
Register HERE
Projects will be posted soon!
May 28 - July 2 , 2019
5:15-6:45 PM
Ages 5-9
Cost $108- Peoria Art Guild Members use code CADCMEMBER to receive $10 off
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In this beginner to intermediate class students will learn everything they need to know to gather or make their own tools in order to create 2 series (or more) of relief prints. I will show them how to make a print or series of prints both with, and without the aid of a press. In this class we will be using Battleship Grey Linoleum and speedball cutters, and a variety of papers and inks. Students will conceptualize, sketch, carve, ink, and print their own work, and they will have the knowledge to recreate the process just about anywhere.
April 6. 2019 - April 27, 2019 From 10 am-noon
Cost $140 - All supplies included - Register HERE
Peoria Art Guild members use code PAGMEMBER to receive $5 off of this class
This is a fine art club for children ages 5-14. Classes run every Tuesday night from 6-7:30. During each session, children will create piece of art while learning fine art skills and each quarter we will host an art reception to showcase the pieces we create. All supplies are provided for the class. Please register online for this class so we are prepared for your student. In this class we will create this fun spring cherry blossom canvas painting made with acrylic paints.
Cost $18
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** Peoria Art Guild Members use code PAGMEMBER for a $5 discount per class.
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Join us for this DIY last minute Valentines Day class with Paige Price! Paige is a Arizona metal artist who is here to share this addictive art of wire wrapping. She will demo & instruct the newest type of this fun obsession with an easy to grasp approach that lends itself to adding your personal style to the unisex design presented. Most students who take an intro to this craze go forward with their own ideas to explore this from of jewelry making. Go ahead, try something new but beware it might be your latest addiction! Art, undeniably is conductive to happiness!
February 12, 2019 at 3:30 or 6:30 (select your time)
$25 per person
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** Peoria Art Guild Members use code PAGMEMBER for a $5 discount per class.
All ages are welcome but parents must accompany any student under 16. Only 12 spots available so register soon!
We are excited about our first exhibit for 2019. Come check out this amazing Trompe L’oeil installation by Licsl artist Tim Kowalczyk.
Since graduating with his MFA from Illinois State University in 2011, Tim has maintained an active studio practice from his home in Minonk, Illinois. For the past 8 years Tim has participated in a steady stream of juried, group, invitational, and solo exhibitions. He has received several awards including the Presidential Scholarship at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Merwin Medal: McLean County 82nd Annual Amateur Show, and Best of Show: Water Street Studios Anniversary Show. Tim’s work can be seen in private collections, University collections, and in a recent American Craft Magazine article. Tim is pursuing being a full-time studio artist starting in January of 2018
Tim’s work has been featured on Colossal by Kate Sierzputowski, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, TwistedSifter, BoredPanda, HOMECRUX by Monica Thakur, DeMilked,FactRiver by Tiffany, Nifymag.com, Whizual by Igor Stankovic, Laughing Squid by Lori Dorn, Cultura Inquieta, and Inceredibilia by Graziella Guglielmino, and was named 1 of 11 Innovative Ceramic Artists Breathing New Life into an Age-Old Art by mymodernmet.com’s By Stephanie Chang
