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Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
7th Annual Boneyard Arts Festival
Thursday, April 16: DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN
Friday, April 17: UIUC CAMPUS
Saturday, April 18: DOWNTOWN URBANA
Sunday, April 19: OUT & ABOUT Champaign County
[ noon to 2am, all districts ]
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GOT YOUR BONEYARD MAP?
Start planning your route today and pick up a copy of the official 2009 Boneyard Arts Festival Map at any official Boneyard venue, or grab a News-Gazette on Tuesday, April 14 or the Daily Illini BUZZ the week of April 16! The Boneyard Arts Festival Map lists participating Boneyard venues and artists, dates, times, locations and even includes handy maps to each of the festival districts!
Boneyard...in the streets!
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
presents:
Expect the unexpected as Krannert Center takes to the streets during the 2009 Boneyard Arts Festival!
Thursday – in Downtown Champaign
• 5-6:30pm: The K Couch @ Sam’s Café
• 7-7:30pm: Chinese Yo-Yo @ Bee Mi Gallery
• 8:30-9pm: UI Black Chorus @ Balcony of Volition (@ 1 Main)Friday – on the UIUC Campus
• 3-7pm: Center for World Music @ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
• 9am-11pm: Painting Sound with Color by Dale Bigall @ Krannert Center for the Performing ArtsSaturday – in Downtown Urbana
• 3-4:30pm: K-Couch @ 133 W Main St
• 3:30-4pm: Global Sounds, Urbana Beats by Jason Finkelman @ Urbana Free Library Stairs
• 5:15-5:45pm: Romeo and Juliet @ Madeline’s, 122 W Main St
• 6-7pm: speed painter John Jansky @ Busey Bank Parking Lot
THE 2009 BONEYARD ARTS FESTIVAL VENUES
Official 2009 Boneyard Arts Festival venues are listed alphabetically within the four district dates found below. If a venue’s exhibit or performance(s) extends beyond the date of its district, this has been indicated within the venue’s listing. The information offered here was provided by participating artists and venues. 40 North | 88 West encourages you to call individual venues in advance for the most up-to-date information, hours, directions or accessibility information.
Thursday, April 16
DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN
209 W UNIVERSITY AVE
12pm-12am
Featuring artists David Kopacz, Leah Guadagnoli, Jerry Sims and R. Scott Wennerdahl. A collection of work ranging from acrylic paintings, graphite, photography and interactive computer-based media.
34 W MAIN ST
All day window display
Work by artists Robin Riggs, Judy Dethmers and Jamie Kruidenier.
AROMA CAFÉ
118 N Neil St
7am-10pm
Featuring artist Cheryl Cameron – acrylics painted from the artist’s impression of people, cars, landscapes and whatever strikes her, or whatever she is in love with at the moment.
B. LIME — A GREEN STORE
12 E Washington
11am-6pm
Recent original acrylic paintings by Lisa Kesler.
BEE MI GALLERY (formerly Jennifer North)
17 E Taylor St
April 16-19
Thur 12pm-11pm, Fri 5-12am, Sat/Sun 12-5pm
$2.00 after 6pm
Displaying a range of visual art featuring artists Amanda “mimi” Bickel, Rebecca Reid, Matt Freden, Brandon Roberts, Joshua Wolf, Ralph Roether III, Randall Plankenhorn and Elise McAuley. Gallery is sponsored by Jeff Mellander and Just Fore Fun driving range.
Thursday, April 16
• 5-6pm: Contemporary Ballet by Elise McAuley
• 6-7pm: Ambient by Derek Stembridge
• 12-5pm & 7-9pm: DJ MertzFriday, April 17
• 8-9pm: Contemporary Ballet by Elise McAuley
• 9pm-12am: DJ. Kosmo & DJ. Mertz
THE BLIND PIG
102 N Walnut St
5-8pm
A public reading by writers from the Red Herring Fiction Writers Workshop, including Gary Doherty, Hilary Taylor Holbrook, Elaine Fowler Palencia, Scott Solomon, Carolyn Trimble and Ralph Trimble.
For over twenty-five years, the Red Herring Fiction Workshop has been a forum for Champaign-Urbana area writers to critique one another’s work in fiction, creative nonfiction, and play/screenwriting. The workshop is community-based and open to the public. Whether beginner or been-around, seeking publication or just plain fun, all writers are welcome.
BOLTINI LOUNGE
211 N Neil St
Thursday, April 16
• 11am-2am: The Confessional
• 4pm-2am: Lawrence McGown photography, Jason Bentley charcoal drawings, written confessions by YOU!
• 4, 5:30 & 7pm: Tribal Fusion Bellydancing by Trikhala. Trikhala will be performing several dances, both group and solo work. Our style is Tribal Fusion Bellydancing.
• 8pm: Cara & Gordy — Cara Maurizi (vocals) and Gordy Wilson (keyboard) perform jazz and standards from the "golden age" to today, performing pieces with Latin flair!Sunday, April 19
• 11am-2pm: Boltini Bingo and Lounge Variety Show Brunch starring Marv!
CAFE KOPI
109 N Walnut St
April 1–30
7am-12am
Watercolors by Shoshanna Bauer.
CAKES ON WALNUT
114 N Walnut St
Graphic Designs by CUDO — Champaign Urbana Design Organization.
• 3 & 4:30pm: Tales for children and families by the C-U Storytelling Guild. Storytellers will delight kids of all ages with tales old and new. Outside in front of Cakes.
CARMON'S RESTAURANT
415 N Neil St
11am-9pm
Photographs by Matt Erickson, oil pastels and oil paintings by Skip Sams, and a single painting – “The Watchman on the Wall” – by Lynn Fennema.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
102 E University Ave
12pm-2am
Linoleum Block Prints: from 1945 to 1974, Fred Turner, long-term Dean of Students at the University of Illinois, and his wife Betty created these 9 x 12 linoleum block prints of historic structures in Illinois as Xmas cards. An exhibit of all 29 Turner prints.
CHRISTOPHER'S FINE JEWELRY
124 N Neil St
11am-6pm
Personal custom-designed jewelry collections by Christopher Jupp, and “Kinetic Art: Sculpture and Animation,” by Matthew Rispoli.
• 6, 7 & 8pm: Storytelling concert for adults: “Gems and Dragons,” by Camille Born. Ms. Born will weave together a selection of tales that will take you back to earlier times and make your imagination sparkle!
CITYVIEW AT ILLINOIS TERMINAL
45 E University Ave
April 16-19
Featuring artist Arati Patel, oil on canvas; and artist Ben Halpern, photography.
CLASS ACT STUDIO & CONSERVATORY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS
114 S Neil St
12-6pm: Open House Drop-in Hours
Class Act Studio and the Conservatory of Central Illinois present a community Open House! Stop by for theater games (for all ages) at the top of each hour along with ongoing face painting, music and craft activities for the whole family.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
210 W Church St
Friday, April 17 - 7:30pm
with a Concert Conversation at 7pm
The Prairie Ensemble will perform its final concert of the 2008-2009 season! Featured will be the ensemble's wind section in the "Dvorak Wind Serenade," the "Concerto for Tuba" by Ralph Vaughan Williams with the University of Illinois' longtime professor of tuba, Mark Moore, and the "Scottish Symphony" of Felix Mendelssohn, in honor of the composer's 200th birthday. Music Director Kevin Kelly will host a Concert Conversation at 7 pm.
Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors, and $6 for students or children. The Prairie Ensemble also invites you to order one of their popular pre-concert box dinners, provided by English Hedgerow. Cost is $12. To order tickets, dinners, or for more information, contact The Prairie Ensemble at 217-355-9077 or visit their website at www.prairieensemble.org. Seniors needing transportation should call RSVP at 217-359-6500.
GLASS FX
202 S First St
April 16-18
Th/Fri 10am-5:30pm
Sat 9am-4pm
Featuring artists Richard Taylor, Erinn Dady, Amanda Haley, Teri Phillips and Marilyn Pollard.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY RESTORE
119 E University Ave
10am-5pm
Found object art show and auction.
INDI GO ARTIST CO-OP
9 E University Ave
12-8pm
www.indi-go-art.com
Stainless steel sculptures by Ryan Slattery, pastel drawings of Downtown Champaign buildings by Michael Downs, and richly colored functional ceramics in porcelain by Hugh Bridgeford. Also featuring the work of flower artist Katie McCormick (KM Floral Design) - who specializes in creating floral wedding designs and flower arrangements for events, showers, corporate holiday parties and more - and Kelly Kirchhoefer: Photo Compilations of Nature's Intricacies.
• 6:30-8pm: Music by Jason Michael Bentley — songs with lyrical content that embraces longing for the self and its relationship to the world, ranging from maddening uncertainty to adoring appreciation.
IPPATSU SALON
122 N Neil
April 16-19
10am-8pm
Oil portraits of friends and family by Gabby Frasca, and acrylic paintings of animals in bright, happy colors by Maxx Sentowski.
JIM GOULD RESTAURANT
1 E Main St
April 16-19
Fresh new works by Patrick Harness! Oil on canvas, celebrating spring in Central Illinois.
Thursday, April 16
• 3pm, 4:30pm & 6pm: Floor Lover Illinois will be breakdancing on the plaza at 1 Main.Saturday, April 18
• 12pm-3pm: Latin American artist Fernando Ramirez will be demonstrating acrylics. Weather permitting, he will be on the plaza in front of Jim Gould restaurant. (In case of rain, he will be inside.)
JOS. KUHN & CO.
33 E Main St
10am-6pm
Exhibit of works by Deborah Fell, fibre artist and creator of “Serendipity,” the 2009 Boneyard Arts Festival Signature Image. Ms. Fell focuses on abstract, organic shapes in her work and uses surface treatments such as dyeing and painting. Deborah has exhibited her work in the United Nations Building, New York, the Civil Rights Museum, Pakistan and at Ground Zero Headquarters, St. Paul Trinity Chapel.
THE LINCOLN BUILDING
44 E Main St, 5th Floor
4-9pm
Open Studios: Beth Darling Studio, Lisa Kesler Studio, S.J Hart Studio. Paintings and mixed media, refreshments, artists present (Suite 518).
Paintings and mixed media by Jess Beuler.
LUNA
116 N Chestnut
April 16-17
2pm-2am
Series of surreal and abstract paintings and drawings by Ryan Michael Fraser, along with live video installation – by Matt Harsh – enhancing and incorporating other visual media and live performers.
Thursday, April 16
• 5-7pm: Boneyard Quintet
• 8-10pm: Angie Heaton and friend
• 10:30pm: Rodney George Peacock, Dr. Tom Payner, Mark Mcknight and David Bodnar
MIKE & MOLLY’S
105 N Market St
April 15-May 15
4pm-2am
"Second Life," a series of portraits of avatars met in the virtual reality fantasy simulation world of 'Second Life,' as painted by Phil Strang, AKA Van Caerndow.
Saturday, April 18
• 10pm-2am: Indi Rock & Punk show by Roberto Sparrow & Scurvine!
ORPHEUM CHILDREN'S SCIENCE MUSEUM
346 N Neil St
Installations by the students at Southside Elementary School, part of the museum’s community art outreach. Children's art events, including a walking "Eye Spy" Architectural Tour and the opportunity to participate in a community art mural. This venue is free with museum admission or museum membership.
PEKARA BAKERY & BISTRO
116 N Neil St
April 16-19
Tara Allen (The Foto Fairy) Digital Photography. www.thefotofairy.etsy.com.
PRECISION GRAPHICS
106 S Neil St
2-8pm
The Center for Education in Small Urban Communities will be displaying a collection of art created by students of Ms. Elise Putnam from Franklin Middle School. Her class entitled, “Art in Your Eyes,” investigates what art means to you, actively challenges student notions of art and art-making while encouraging them to think critically and express themselves both verbally and creatively. With face painting by Harshbarger Homestead Retreat Center.
RATIO Architects, Inc.
10 E Chester St
11am-6pm
Featuring sculptural works by Stewart Dickson.
REBECCA’S
204 N Neil
April 16-19
10am-5pm
Oil, watercolor and mixed media by Robin Riggs, Jamie Kruidenier and Judy Dethmers.
REBECCA’S & CARRIE’S
204 N Neil
April 16
3:30, 5 & 6:30pm
• CoMMoN Theater Project, presents a short play. CoMMoN: bringing creative, innovative drama to everyone, one living space at a time. Featuring Cara Maurizi, Matt Fear, Mattew Green and Nicole Powers.
SKINS N' TINS DRUM SHOP
29 W Main St
4, 4:30 & 5pm
Sarah Haas, Jacqueline Kinsman, and Anna Marks will perform a structured, improvisational dance in the store front window.
SPRINGER CULTURAL CENTER
301 N Randolph
April 1-26
M-F 8am-9pm, Sa 9am-5pm, Su 12pm-5:30pm
Mixed media, painting and sculpture by Larry Steinbauer, Jodi Bowen Birdwell and Constance DeMuth Berg.
Thursday, April 16
Experience the current art exhibition and observe dance classes while enjoying live music and refreshments. All ages invited to try their hand at pottery or drawing techniques.
TRAINOR GLASS COMPANY
322 N Neil St
April 16-19
Thurs-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-6pm
Paintings and photography by Lena Choe - abstract works, other mediums and textures. Lena’s painting and photography express the hope to find common ground as we interact more with people from different experiences and perspectives. Like the lives that we live, her abstract paintings (weaved with many layers of acrylics, other mediums, and textures) have their own life of complexity, and engage the viewer subconsciously and consciously with emotional subtext.
This exhibit is family-friendly (note: the Boneyard print map mistakenly listed this event as not suitable for children).
WEISKAMP SCREEN PRINTING
312 S Neil St
April 16-19
Thur-Fri 9am-5:30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm
Showing “T-Shirts - one style fits all,” by Tim Stiles and featuring abstract art using t-shirts, and a collection of posters from poster printing workshops. Screen painting art by Micheal Morgan, Carol Blumthal, Tim Stiles, MMAFT, Krista Ward, Dustin Norder and Karl Bauer.
WIND WATER & LIGHT GALLERY
10 E Main St
April 16-18
11-10pm
2 and 3D fine art and craft by Lucy Synk, Angelika Ebbinghaus and Kristen Wolfinbarger.
Thursday, April 16
• 2-8pm: demonstration by Larry Steinbauer, making his computer generated images
• 3:30, 5pm & 6:30pm: Modern and Ethnic Dance by Valerie BlomgrenSaturday, April 18
• 1:30-3:30pm & 5-7:30pm: tales for children and families, CU Storytelling Guild-Camille Born: Lynn Randall, Kathe Brinkmann.
Friday, April 17
UIUC CAMPUS
ALICE CAMPBELL ALUMNI CENTER
601 S Lincoln Ave
April 17
11:30am-1:30pm
Live music from New Orleans Jazz Machine.
ART COOP
1410 E Green St
April 17-19
Fri 10am-9pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-5pm
Scratchboard and handmade cast paper by Robert Chapman.
ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
1210 W Nevada St
March 25-May 11 Exhibit
8:30am-5:00pm
April 17: Art Reception, 7pm
Mixed media by various artists.
BLUES BBQ
1103 W Oregon
March 7-April 26
“African Dreams" and "Mythical Characters" series: prints in the original technique of polystyrene engraving and paintings of African masks by Tatiana Titova.
Friday, April 17
• 5-6pm: historical storytelling by Camille Born — “Prairie Moon” stories of a woman’s life on the prairie in the 1830’s-1850’s. Folk tales and narrative, told Chautauqua-style (first person, in period clothing).
• 7-9pm: Big Bluestem String Band — a wide array of musical styles, vintage and new, including old time melodies, archaic to contemporary fiddle tunes, hollers, heart songs, bluegrass, swing, blues and ragtime.
CAFFÉ PARADISO
801 S Lincoln
April 7-May 7
8am-10pm
Cunningham Children's Home Kids present “Klimt, Magritte and Alice:” deconstructed/reconstructed famous paintings.
Friday, April 17, 6-10pm (ages 16+)
• C-U Confidential, the digest of the movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the Cities Beyond, presents “Local Cinema @ Paradiso.” Three programs at 6pm, 7:30pm and 9pm will offer numerous examples of film-and video-making in our area. Long-form selections include the supernatural drama “Prelude” by Essence Films of Urbana, the character piece “Celeste Above” by Johnny Robinson of Rochester, N.Y., the horror-comedy “The Transient” by Illini Film & Video at the University of Illinois, the bittersweet narrative “Near Miss” by Blue Bassoon Pictures of Chicago, and episodes of the student drama “One Fine Day!” by Premonition Pictures of Chicago. Shorts will include the sci-fi comedy “Press Start: Bio Haphazard” by Dark Maze Studios of Champaign and “Almost Number One” by R.A.Z. Films of Villa Grove. Trailers will include “Press Start,” “Werewolf Cemetery,” and “Late Afternoon of the Living Dead.” Many individuals involved in local cinema will be present to briefly talk about their work and the filmmaking process. We also plan to premiere Issue 3 of C-U Confidential during the show - the only time and place you can get your hands on it prior to Ebertfest 2009!
THE CANOPY CLUB
708 S Goodwin Ave
6pm-2am
$5 early evening, free after 9pm
• Music by Mhondoro Rhythm Success with Bolakada (from 7:30 - 9:30pm, cover $5) and Piano Man.
CORNER OF GREGORY AND OREGON (General Eccentric space)
April 17
- 5:30-6:30: performances by HarpCore4
- 4-8pm: music by various artists
ILLINI MEDIA BUILDING
512 E Green St
April 17-19
9am-6pm
Photographic works by Illini Media staff and students.
ILLINI UNION ART GALLERY
1401 W Green St
Featured artists Paul Gamo and Jordan McGirk.
KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
500 South Goodwin Ave
9am-11pm
Dale Bigall – “Painting Sound with Color” – using color tracking to generate sound, getting people to explore the expressive capabilities inherent in a large interactive movement based installation. Colors have long been known to provoke emotional responses. In the evolution of language specific colors have even taken on a new meaning, such as the expression, “I’m feeling sort of blue today.”
Dale Bigall, a third year MFA Sound Design and Technology student is using color in a different way. He is using color tracking to generate sound to get people to explore the expressive capabilities inherent in a large interactive movement based installation. Working on this creative project for a year under the guidance of John Toenjes and Jon Schoenoff, he has used color to create an interactive user generated soundscape. Red is not just red, it is a melody, and other colors can modify and change that melody. At this interactive art installation individuals can use brightly colored paddles, and a lot of energy, to generate sounds dependent upon the location of the paddle.
• 9:30pm: iSalsa2, a spring night of salsa music and dance – a collaboration with KCSA (Krannert Center Student Association) and Allen Hall.
LA CASA CULTURAL LATINA
1203 W Nevada
Featuring artist Rachel Samaniego.
RED HERRING
1209 W Oregon St
In the chapel: video installations, paintings and sculptures. Downstairs: musical performances and culinary treats from their vegan restaurant!
• Evening: Jamnesty, a benefit dinner and concert for Amnesty International.
SOUSA ARCHIVES AND CENTER FOR AMERICAN MUSIC
236 Harding Band Building
1103 S Sixth St
10am-5pm
Interactive music exhibition (“Music in America”) from John Philip Sousa to Salvatore Martirano.
Saturday, April 18, 11am-3pm
Brass Quintet playing on historical instruments.
SPURLOCK MUSEUM
600 S Gregory
Tue 12-5pm, Wed-Fri 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm
Special Exhibit – “Children Just Like Me,” an engaging, hands-on exhibit celebrating children around the world. Free admission.
Saturday, April 18, 10am-4pm
Music and dance for kids!
Saturday, April 18
DOWNTOWN URBANA
88 BROADWAY
138 Lincoln Square Village
6:30-8pm
“Fashion For Food,” H2O Salon and Spa Fashion Show: fashion, hair and make up from different time periods by stylists from H2O Salon and Spa — Edith Peacock, Ursa Wylie-Duncan, Lindsey Scofield and Jennifer Kroll. $5.
AMARA YOGA & ARTS
Suit 156b Lincoln Square Village
April 18-May 18
Painting, photography by Lyosha.
APPLIED PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
115 W. Main St., 2nd Floor
Sculpture, Mixed, Paintings
April 16th-30th
4/18 – Opening reception, 12-3 p.m.
4/25 – Closing reception 5-7p.m.
Gallery hours – M-TH 1- 3pm. Fridays and Sundays by appointment.
Senior thesis exhibit showcasing the sculptural work of two UI art students, Lauren Brescia, Madalyn J Meyer. Each artist's work has a cohesive theme, but together they create a juxtaposition that is both decadently luxurious and grossly abject, both feminine and grotesque, yet ultimately strange, whimsical, excessive, and beautiful. They work in the craft, DIY, and domestically based genres creating mixed media pieces out of anything from fabric and latex to pink foam and plaster.
9am-5pm (Lobby): “Point of View,” paintings by Glen C. Davies that explore the human condition.
ART MART
127 Lincoln Square Village
April 16-19
Thu-Sat 9-6pm, Sun 12-5pm
Select works of glass and mixed media from local artist Shawn Everette. Objects of curiosity inspired by movement and the human form.
BEADS N BOTANICALS
117 N Broadway Ave
10am-5pm
Evelyne Tardy’s mandalas are kaleidoscope-like images, containing symbols and colors that inspire and add vibrancy to any environment. Mandala is the Sanskrit word for “circle” and also means “whole,” “center” and “self.” Mandalas are known for their healing characteristics. By placing them in your environment to view and reflect upon, one can bring inspirational qualities into their awareness.
• 2-4pm: rattle your bones with a Community Drum Circle! Bring drums, rattles and other instruments.
BLACK DOG SMOKE & ALE HOUSE
201 N Broadway
TBA
BONEYARD CREEK COMMUNITY DAY
Engineering Quad, U of I
9am-1pm
• Percussion music by Chad Dunn & Recycled Rhythms.
CINEMA GALLERY
120 W Main St
April 16-18
Thur 10am-5pm; Fri & Sat 10am-9pm
Fine art and crafts by over 50 artist in central Illinois, ceramics, painting, prints, photographer, sculpture, glass. Featured show “Far-Flung Places”: Don Lake watercolors.
COMMON GROUND FOOD CO-OP
1 Lincoln Square Village
April 16-19
8am-8pm
Common Ground Food Co-op's new store in Lincoln Square Village features, on permanent display, large scale photographs of scenes from local farms. For the Boneyard Arts Festival, the co-op will display additional photos from this series along with information about local farms. Small photographs will be available for purchase.
CORKSCREW WINE EMPORIUM
203 N Vine
11am-6pm
Eclectic pearl and gemstone jewelry by Michele Plante.
FLEURISH
110 S Race St
Tue-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-3pm
“Signs,” by artist Kristine Fisher combines floral themes with sign language; paintings on canvas/found objects.
FURNITURE LOUNGE
126 W Main St
April 16-May 30
Tue-Sat 11am-5pm
11am-9pm: Digital art by Dean E Schwenk. Located in the upstairs FlexSpace at the Furniture Lounge Consignment Gallery, a collection of colorful and quirky digital art. Human characters and objects-interesting, funny and/or disturbing.
GOOSE ALLEY
109 W Goose Alley
1-4pm & 6-9pm
Interactive audio/video installation and performance by artist Isaac Bloom. Bloom creates an interactive installation and performance about Challah baking and the preservation of oral histories and family traditions.
THE GREAT IMPASTA
156C Lincoln Square Village (NE corner)
April 10-May 15
MELD: Monday Evening Life Drawing group exhibits a variety of selected work.
GRIGGS ST. POTTERS
305 W Griggs (one and a half blocks North from Strawberry Fields)
April 17, 12-8pm & April 18, 10am-5pm
Functional and decorative high-fired stone-ware by Charlene Anchor, Betsey Cronan, Reni Franciscono and Ingrid Melief.
HEARTLAND GALLERY
112 W Main St
Thur 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-9pm; Sat 10am-9pm
“4x4” — water media by Michael Coles, Margaret DeCardy, Judy Jones and Ann McDowell — a showing of water media works by four local artists, all former students of Don Lake (long time art professor at Parkland College). Additional works by over 100 local, regional, national and international artists.
Saturday, April 18
• 1:30-2:30pm: Maria and Co., international dance music
• 2:30-3:30pm: Scottish Highland Dancer and Highland Bagpiper
• 3:30-5pm: Adam Walton, marimba
INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES
118 Lincoln Square Village
A wide variety of visual artists.
THE IRON POST
120 S Race St
Fri, Sat & Sun
1pm-1am
Come abandon your teen angst while viewing M.M.S.M (Mixed Media Sparkle Matter) by Roberta Bennet. Pursue your interests and/or stay put while maintaining eye contact with everyone. Maintain sanity while trying to ride the earth until the sun engulfs it.
Friday, April 17
• 5-7pm: Weasel Dreams Jazz Quintet
• 9pm: No Strings Attached (U of I a capella choir)Saturday, April 18
• 1-4pm: Big Bluestem (traditional/americana)
• 6-9pm: No Secret (classic rock)
• 9:30pm: Street Level Doppler CD Release (indie rock)
KALARTE GALLERY
112 W Main
10am-9pm
Arts & Crafts from India and Latin America; painting, sculpture, and other media by various artists.
KLOSE KNIT
311 W Springfield
Edda Freeman: knitted, crochet and felted items, plus Stephen West: a dancer by profession, he knits incessantly. His level of ingenuity is excellent and at times whimsical. Also including Amy Rueffert: glass artist.
LA GOURMANDISE
119 W Main St
April 1-May 31
Tue-Sat 8am-8pm, Sun 8am-2pm
Original watercolors and gouache paintings by Cindy Carlson.
Saturday, April 18
• 3:30-4:45pm: Storyteller Camille Born tells tales of animals and other amazing things from around the world. Stories begin every 15 minutes.
LINCOLN SQUARE VILLAGE
1 Lincoln Square Village
12-8pm
Artists Exhibit – Sylvia Arnstein: oil, acrylic, graphite; Katherine Hansen: watercolors, oil and mixed media; Maggie Harrah: woodcut prints; Terry Huber: oil and watercolor paintings; Cheri Manrique: nature photography; Kelli Roos: watercolors; Jessie Scheunemann: color photography; Christopher Starkey: industrial drawings; Evelyne Tardy: meditative mandalas; and Kelly White: figures and allegories in oil.
• 10am-4pm: Conservatory Students Play-a-Thon.
• 12-5pm: Kids Corner: U-CYCLE display and children's recycling art activity and Urbana Park District "Junky Monkeys," where kids create a work of art using every manner of art supply possible!
MADELINE’S CONFECTIONARY ARTS & GALLERY
122A W Main St
Thurs 10:30am-5:30pm
Fri-Sat 10am-9pm
Sunday Closed
Sugar Arts Demo, Buffy Vance; textile arts, Katie Martin, Elaine Oldham; mixed media, Jason Bentley, Herbert Marder, Megan McNellis. acoustic guitar, Dan Miske.
THE MORNING CUP & MORE
202 N Race St
7am-8pm
Photography of European scenes by Jan Chandler.
PHILLIPS RECREATION CENTER
505 W Stoughton St
Fri & Sat
The Urbana Country Dancers present:
Friday, April 17
• 6:30pm: Cajun Workshop and Dance
• 7:30pm: New Dancer Orientation
• 8-11pm: Contra Dance!The Central Illinois English Country Dancers present:
Saturday, April 18
• 7-10pm: English Country Dance
SILVERCREEK RESTAURANT
402 N Race St
Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun
Show-prints for musicians & hand-printed silk-screen by illustrator Jillian Nickel.
Friday, April 17
• 5-7pm: Keith Harden (local music legend back from upstate New York!)
SIPEPDESIGN
123 W Main St, Suite 101
Photography by Silas Pepple.
THE STATION THEATRE
223 N Broadway
April 2-25
8pm
The Celebration Company presents “The Great American Trailer Park Musical.”
THEATER IN THE STREETS FESTIVAL
Broadway between Main and Elm St.
12-6pm
The 8th annual Theater in the Streets Festival presents many local theater companies, venues, and performances in an outdoor location. This year’s festival will feature the Prompting Theater presenting “The Love of Three Oranges,” Central High School presenting excerpts from “Les Miserables,” Zoo Improv presenting live improv, and pieces by several other local playwrights, including works by Zac Clemens and Michael Lopez. All shows are open to the public and are free to attend. All ages welcome.
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER
202 S Broadway
April 17-19
12pm-3am
“The World We Do Not Live In (Yet): Visions from Danville Correction Center.” Drawings and paintings by artists at Danville Prison. Proceeds of works for sale go to Books to Prisoners, a UC-IMC project that provides books to Illinois inmates at no cost, offering books by mail to all Illinois inmates and operating lending libraries in our two local county jails (www.books2prisoners.org/).
Also featuring an exhibit of works by the following artists: Roberta Bennet, Lainey Waugh, University Art Club Artist Collective, Jennifer Miller, Cassandra Tu, Kyle Preuss, Miranda Singler, Adam Fabianski, Minerva Dorantes, James O'Brian, Baozhen Li, Emma Loret de Mola, Angela Pfammatter, Jamie Leavitt, Vickie Svazas, Anna Aguilar, Clara Hoag, Chris Evans, and “Urban(a) Visions” by Danielle Chynoweth.
Friday, April 17
Music Performances:
• 6-6:30pm: Megan Johns
• 6:40-7:10pm: Morgan Orion and the Constellations
• 7:20-7:50pm: Kate & James Hathaway
• 8:05-8:35pm: Headlights touring band/TBA
• 8:50-9:35pm: Headlights
• 9:50-10:20pm: Sunset Stallion
• 10:35-11:05pm: Common Loon
• 11:20-11:50pm: Santa
• 12:05-12:50pm: JigGsaw
• 1-3am: Dance Party w/DJ Belly & WildcardSaturday, April 18
Presenting “We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Cross Generational Voices on Building Social Justice Movements.” This panel discussion will include equal representation of youth organizations and the Education Justice Program, with more to be announced. We will focus on subjects such as: successful strategies for mobilization, the driving force for social justice organizations, and the personal experiences of individuals. Along with the roundtable discussion, original works of art donated by inmates from Danville Correctional Center will be available for viewing and purchasing with the proceeds going to Books to Prisoners.Music performances:
• 6-6:30pm: Oceans
• 6:40-7:10pm: Mordechai
• 7:25-7:55pm: Curb Service
• 8:10-8:40pm: Agent Mos
• 8:55-9:25pm: Organic Flow
• 9:40-10:10pm: World's Worst Flying Machine
• 10:25-10:55pm: New Ruins
• 11:10-11:40pm: We Landed on the Moon
• 11:55-12:40pm: Elsinore
• 12:50-3:00am: Dance PartySunday, April 19
Music Performances:
• 4-4:30pm: The Diamond Stretch
• 4:45-5:15pm: We Must Dismantle All This!
• 5:25-5:55pm: Clarabelle,
• 6:05-6:35pm: Mars
• 6:50-7:20pm: Yossarian
• 7:35-8:05pm: Post-Historic
• 8:15-8:45pm: Casados
• 8:55-9:25pm: Michael Kammin
• 9:40-10:20pm: Duke of Uke-With Short Film
• 10:35-11:25pm: Kilborn Alley
URBANA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
111 W Main
Jason Rackow, wild and colorful found object paintings.
URBANA FREE LIBRARY
210 W Green
April 14-27
Mon-Thur 9am-9pm Fri-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 1-5pm
Don’t miss “A Celebration of Children’s Art” – featuring work by young artists from Urbana Elementary Schools, District 116, and the studio of Hua Nian, during regular library hours.
In the Urbana Free Library Auditorium:
Friday, April 17
• 4:45pm: Move It! Play It! Sing It!, by The Prairie Elementary Dance TroupeSaturday, April 18
• 3:45pm: Yankee Ridge Chorus
• 4:15pm: Leal Chorus
• 4:45pm: Yankee Ridge Dance Group
Sunday, April 19
OUT & ABOUT – CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
BONDVILLE/WEST CHAMPAIGN:
ARTIST IN THE LANDSCAPE
305 W Chestnut St
1-7pm
Photography, screen prints.
MCGOWN PHOTOGRAPHY
5801 W Springfield
12-5pm
Photography and paintings by Lawrence McGown. 3D Display by Micheal Sherfield. Take Springfield Ave 2.5 miles west from Champaign; look for a white building with red doors on the south side of Route 10.
CHAMPAIGN:
BELLA HOME
2215 S Neil St
April 16-19
Thu-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 9am-5pm
Flowers in watercolor, featuring roses by Sharon Collins-Masel.
BELLA MIA AND BELLA HOME
2227 S Neil St
April 16-19
Thur-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-3pm
Featuring artists Loba C. Chudak and Sharon Collins-Masel. Paintings on silk and creative frames.
EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS
49 E Marketview Dr
Thur-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-3pm, Sun 10am-3pm
Hanging sculptural forms — natural multi-media by artists Andrea Udey, Alyssa and Roxanna Davison.
KRANNERT ART MUSEUM
500 E Peabody Dr
Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
17th annual Petals & Paintings. Champaign florist Rick Orr, AIFD, is guest curator. The exhibition features floral arrangements created by award-winning regional floral designers in response to works of art selected by Orr from the museum’s permanent collection.
PARKLAND ART GALLERY
Parkland College, 2400 W Bradley Ave
1-7:30pm
Parkland College Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition.
PARKLAND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Parkland College, 2400 W Bradley Ave, Bldg G
***April 18, 12-2pm (center is closed Sunday)***
At this year's Boneyard Arts Festival exhibit, the children of the Child Development Center at Parkland College hope to delight the art loving public with a series of art pieces that are sure to please the spirit! We dedicate this exhibit to Alexander Calder and his whimsical world of color, form and movement: works of art that awaken the creative, scientific, mathematician, and nature- loving passions every child has inside and is ready to share with the world.
The materials used in these pieces include watercolor, tempera paint, collage, structures, stabiles done with recyclables, and natural organic materials. As we create, the children experience art aesthetically, art as science, as math, as an avenue to expressing emotions and growth in a socially healthy environment. The children at the Child Development Center are ages two to five years old. These children know a lot about art and the wonder of discovery. Please join us for an afternoon of truly amazing art!
WILLIAM M. STAERKEL PLANETARIUM
Parkland College, 2400 W Bradley Ave
• Family Matinees: 2pm & 3pm
• Full Show: 7:30pmFeaturing Outer World Dimensions With Ferrocene 3. Live sound and light show showcasing “Far Out Music for Far Away Places.” The ambient, avant world trio Ferrocene3, in collaboration with the Staerkel Planetarium, will transport audiences on an intergalatic journey through sound and light. Family audiences will enjoy shorter afternoon excursions through space, with an introduction to the musical instruments of Ferrocene3. Ferrocene3 is Jason Finkelman (percussion and laptop electronics, Jay Eychaner (synthesizer) and Nick Rudd (electric guitar).
DEWEY:
WALKER WORKS
2532 CR 600 E
April 16-19, 10am-6pm
Acrylic paintings by Gary Walker.
DIRECTIONS: from Corner of Mattis Ave and Bloomington Rd., go 7 1/2 miles north to CR 2550. Turn west, go 3 miles to CR600, turn left (it’s the 2nd house on left).
RANTOUL:
PRAIRIE VILLAGE RETIREMENT CENTER
200 W. International Ave
8am-6pm, daily
Painting, drawing, tea painting, photography, crocheting, quilting and handcraft by a collection of sixteen local artists.
Artists include: Christine Boma, painting; Geil Butler, craft (dollhouse); Glenda Butler, drawing and watercolor/oil painting; Louella Fiorillo, painting; Mary Krause, crawing and painting; Martha Zasimovitch, needle art; Katy Zaphel, oil painting; Bill Zaphel, drawing; Ian Wang, tea painting; William Austin, drawing; Sharon Davie-Barrett, drawing and painting; Brian Sterns, photography; Carolyn Peterson, photography and painting; Matthew Pacunas, drawing and watercolor painting; Mary Bird, quilt; Selena Wang, photography and works by Carolyn Peterson.
• 2-4pm: Gallery Talk and Reception
SIDNEY:
SIDNEY ARTISTS’ GUILD
Sidney Township Hall, 100 E Byron
April 17-19
12-8pm
Oil paintings and sketches by Lucy Seaman, Beatrice Walters, Lauren Ramseyer, Elaine Bagwell, Ronda Fulkerson
Sunday, April 19
• 1, 4 & 6pm: Creative Dramatics Workshop presents “Meeting Mr. Lincoln,” crafted after writings from Abraham Lincoln and those who knew him.
• 2-4pm: Grassroots Revival — Michael Jones and Jamie Lou Carras play “barebones bluegrass” style roots music
URBANA:
THE BREAD COMPANY
706 S Goodwin Ave
Sun 12-1:30pm & 7-8:30pm
Featuring work by Mickey Mangan and Andy Krumeich.
Musicians, dancers, actors, and visual artists collaborate to create an altered reality where time and behavior is manipulated to gain a sense of deja vu. Patrons are encouraged to join the performers for food and drink at The Bread Company on Goodwin as an odd circus of characters and circumstances unfold!
DRAGONFLY PRESS
2108 S. Vine Street
12-6pm
Rosalind Faiman Weinberg: paintings, drawings and hand-pulled prints.
FIREFLY JEWELS
712 S Maple St
10am-5pm
Glass beads and leatherwork by Athan Y Chilton. Leather working tools and work for viewing and sale.
GLASS LAKE STUDIO
2908 E Main St
Hand blown decorative and functional glass by Barrie Bredemeier. Open gallery and studio tours.
HIGH CROSS ART STUDIO
1101 N High Cross Rd
10am-4pm
Paintings by Wesley Cook, Kim Curtis and Margie Nelson; ceramics by Susan Garner.
HOME OF KAREN KELSKY
1002 E Main
12-2pm
Paper folding/origami art. Under the name Paper Demon Art and Jewelry, Karen Kelski does origami and papercraft art and jewelry using Japanese art and folding techniques. She sells both jewelry and art; most of her work is in the form of paper masks. She also converts Japanese antiques items into wearable art.
HUA NIAN ART STUDIO
1308 S Race St
April 16-19
12-8pm
Paintings and drawings by Hua Nian and glass work by Amy Rueffert.
KENNEDY’S RESTAURANT AT STONE CREEK
2560 Stone Creek Blvd
11am-8pm
Katherine Hansen has been showing at Kennedy’s the last two years. Her watercolor paintings and mixed media are done in naive, abstract and impressionistic styles.
MILO’S RESTAURANT
2870 S Philo Rd
12-2pm & 5-9pm
Large floral designs enhanced by vibrant greenery and dramatic backgrounds, by Lloyd White.