Thursday, February 27, 2014

anthill gallery & vintage curiosities begins its sixth season

anthill gallery & vintage curiosities begins its sixth season in Cobden,
showcasing over sixty Southern Illinois artists and artisans.

The Annual Off The Wall Group Artist Exhibition is renewed, to begin the 2014 Season, into groupings that feature artists’ series and collections. Reopening on February 19 anthill gallery is seeing many new changes.

Until the April exhibition anthill gallery will continue changing artist features; as in the mixed media painting series produced by Michael G. Bryant using a personal historic stamp collection, and the wide array of digital images by photographers Tom Bell, and Daniel Owens, through out March on Front Street in Cobden, in conjunction with the Luna Gallery at The Yellow Moon Cafe.

Southern Illinois artists are producing original paintings in oil, acrylic, encaustic wax and watercolor; soft and vibrant wearable works of art, ceramics, heat and hammer forged functional iron art and jewelry; weaving, mixed media and collage; digital and film photography is exhibited by five different art photographers.

Many of these local artists, some of them residing in Cobden, have earned national distinction with their art and are members of Illinois’ State Artisan Program.

The Off The Wall Group Artist Exhibition can be viewed Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays noon to 4 p.m. atanthill gallery.

Larger paintings and photographs in the exhibition are viewed at the Yellow Moon Cafes’ Luna Gallery, open Tuesdays through Saturdays. Specific hours of operation can be found at yellowmooncafe.com.

anthill gallery &vintage curiosities is located at 102 North Front Street and the Yellow Moon Cafe at 110 North Front Street in the Village of Cobden.

Paint Party at BLack Door Gallery March 14, 7 - 9 p.m.

Paint Party (BYOB):  Participants paint canvases, sip on wine, and enjoy creating a fun painting. We provide all the art supplies.  We do all the art setup and clean up.

Paint Party classes are focused on enjoyment of working with line color and movement as well as the time spent to create!

Craig Thomas will be instructing the class. He's a freelance artist specializing in
fine art, figure, murals,  plein air, and street painting.

Craig instructs beginning to advanced artists.

Cost: $35($10 off)=$25.
Date March 14. 2014 7-9 pm

For more information:

BLack Door Gallery
124 S. Spanish Street Name
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

blackdoorgallery.com
(573)225-7734


WSIU's Expressions to feature artist Joan Levy

Joan Levy will be a featured artist on WSIU's Expressions this Thursday, Feb. 27 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, March 2 at 5 p.m.  Go to http://www3.wsiu.org/television/expressions/ for more information.