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Visual Art | Thursday, December 23,2004
Painting for the rest of us
Many people interested in learning how to paint on canvas turn to academe
and enroll in semester-long classes. Others seek guidance from Springfield Art
Association or the Prairie Art Alliance.
Visual Art | Thursday, December 9,2004
art seen 12-9-04
In 1966, Bob Waldmire and I were enrolled at Springfield Junior College, and
already he was known as an artist whose star was on the rise. And though many
artists are destined to follow their s
Visual Art | Thursday, November 18,2004
Alliance hosts unique exhibit of area faculty art
For the first time in the history of the Prairie Art Alliance, organizers
have assembled an exhibit of works by faculty at Springfield's different institutions
of higher education, including Ro
Visual Art | Thursday, November 4,2004
Rugrat Rembrandts embrace art early at Springfield Art Association
Some social anthropologists suggest that the impressions made on the life
of a young child through the age of 5 "set the table" for how the young person
relates to the rest of the world for the
Visual Art | Thursday, October 21,2004
Little (art) house on the prairie
Springfield's oldest retail art gallery was launched in 1970 as an afterthought
to the restoration of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices at the corner of Sixth
and Adams streets. Three families ha
Visual Art | Thursday, October 7,2004
He’s not playing with your head
Morrisonville native Thomas "Thom" Whalen saw a lot of the country before
settling down almost where he started. After grad school at the University of
Kansas in Lawrence, Whalen lived in Kansa
Visual Art | Thursday, September 23,2004
The gifts of Grace
Danville native Grace Eckert didn't take art classes in high school, even
though she knew she was going to be an artist. Her father, a math professor
at Illinois State University and the Univer
Visual Art | Thursday, September 9,2004
Sweet 16 for popular craft fair
More than 60 artists from 12 states have registered for this weekend's Edwards
Place Fine Crafts Festival, an annual event hosted by the Springfield Art Association.
The number of participants
Visual Art | Thursday, September 2,2004
Chips off of an old block
As a tide of "getting back to our roots" sweeps the country, woodcarving is
gaining in popularity. The phenomenon will be in evidence this weekend at the
14th annual Sangamon Valley Woodcarvers
Visual Art | Thursday, August 19,2004
He got his start with living-room art
One of the longest-lasting galleries in Springfield evolved not from dreams
of framed immortality but from the desire to put down roots in a relatively
small Illinois community. Art Concepts is
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