Current Exhibitons

The Shape of Echoes

Featuring works by John Love

"The Shape of Echoes" is a black-and-white photography exhibition that gathers images from cemeteries across Central Illinois. Through stark monochrome, dramatic light, and intimate framing, the work transforms weathered stone, bronze, and iron into quiet witnesses. Angels, mourning figures, guardian dogs, empty chairs, ornate mausoleums, toppled monuments, and fragmented inscriptions become vessels that hold the lingering presence of those who have passed. The exhibition meditates on how memory takes physical form, how absence is given shape and how these cemetery structures continue to reverberate long after the voices they commemorate have fallen silent.

By framing these structures against bare trees, overcast skies, or tangled vines, I show how nature and time slowly edit our monuments, yet never fully erase them. The photographs ask a single, quiet question: What remains when the story ends? The answer is shape, solid, stubborn, and strangely alive. These echoes do not speak of endings; they speak of continuation. They remind us that we, too, will one day leave behind forms that strangers will pause before, wondering who we were and why we mattered.

David Gregory: 50 Year Retrospective

Featuring works by David Gregory

This exhibition features works from David’s time as an art student at the University of Illinois in 1976 to his most recent works. A world traveler, he finds watercolors ideal for painting on location and then develops these studies into finished paintings in his Peoria studio. He has found inspiration in the rural landscapes of Illinois, European cityscapes from Amsterdam to Venice, Hawaii and California seascapes, florals, and still lifes.

David has created over 4,500 oil and watercolor paintings, most of which hang in private and public collections throughout the USA and abroad. His work has been juried into numerous national and international exhibitions. Born in Canton, Illinois (1947), David lived in California and Hawaii for many years but returned to Illinois in 2006 and now resides in Peoria with his wife, Renée.

Join us First Friday, May 1 2026, from 5-8 PM

This exhibiton will be on display from may 1-29

Music will be provided by singer-songwriter and ukulele enthusiast, Kathy Folkulele, who weaves lyrically rich alternative folk songs into an enchanting tapestry of magic and mystery. Kathy’s performances extend beyond local venues, with weekly live-streamed concerts that reach her international following. Her first single, “Equinox,” was released in 2025. She is also the founder and host of The Ukulele Fun Strum Of Peoria, a song circle where players of all levels gather weekly to make music for fun. #FirstFridaysAmplified