Poetry Workshop with TeiannaRe-AL Cooper
Wednesday, Oct 5, 2022 ~ 6:00-8:00pm

$25 nonmembers, $20 CAC members. Registration deadline: Friday, September 30

minimum 6 students required/max. 25. Register at www.peoriacac.org

Workshop Objectives:

To discover and embrace a poet’s voice, while creating a healthy balance between the making and the meaning.

To navigate the Muse, which often consists of mental health and life issues, so that art produced is reflective of an individual's true self. To inspire growth in poets’ writing and in creative intelligence.

Whisper & Shout: Open Mic for Poetry
Thursday, Oct 6, 2022 ~ 8:00-10:00pm BUY TICKETS

Tickets in Advance Online at 309tix: $5-members, $8-nonmembers, $3-poets + fees (until 6pm day of event). (*No money will be taken at the door unless we don’t reach our max capacity)

Featured Poet: TeiannaRe-AL Cooper

As an author, community advocate and facilitator, TeiannaRe-AL Cooper is a recognized speaker of healing, truth, and wisdom. She has had the honor of being guest speaker at several teen summits, women conferences, and community forums in the Kansas City metropolitan area and major cities alike. TeiannaRe-AL Cooper is a poetry slam mentor and writers workshop facilitator; however, she is notably known for blending a smooth sound and sultry voice to deliver a hardcore and real message through her poetry.

As an artist, she has self-published a number of works including two books "Little Girl Listen" and "Feeln' Sum Type of Way." In addition, she has two poetry LP’s “Naked Truth; Love, Sex, & Lies and “This Woman's Work.” TeiannaRe-AL is a registered song writer with BMI earning writers credits on several songs with a diverse array of artists. She has hosted several artist showcases in front of a live audience in which she has received rave reviews for her astonishing show, giving her listeners a taste of original poems, monologues, and songs. TeiannaRe-AL has since worked tirelessly to become a New York Times bestselling author with several works in progress and notable publisher and songwriter. Teianna is the granddaughter of the legendary blues great, Albert King and plans to carry on his legacy.

TeiannaRe-AL is an affiliated poet with Kansas City's 4HisWill, I AM AN ARTIST, Arsyn Spit Fire, East of Red ArtHouse, AtEase Sunday and REAL TALK with Mia Ramsey. As a performing artist she has hosted and performed for several events in various cities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, Oklahoma City, S. Louis, Tulsa, and many more. TeiannaRe-AL has recently made her home in the windy city of Chicago and is continuing her work in literary and performance art.

1st Friday Studio Tour
Friday, Oct 7, 2022 ~ 5:00-9:00pm ~ free event

On the 3rd floor, see the studios of Tanya Bayer, Kaye Berry, William Butler, Elizabeth Davis, Duffy Armstrong Farrell, Julie K.W. Harkless, Larry Hendricks, Bennett Johnson, Darlene Jones, Richard Kirchgessner, Donald Mason, Kagan Masters, Joy Johannes Miller and Jack Ryan. In the Side View Gallery on the 2nd floor, see the work of Preston Jackson, Natalie Jackson, Joy Kessler and Aareon Boyd. The public is invited to this open house style events.

Art Exhibition
Travis Janssen:
Helvetica: Uppercase
Aug 26 – Oct 22 ~ Preston Jackson Gallery

A confluence of video, experimental typography and photo processes, Janssen’s work translates letterforms from the Helvetica typeface into meditative geometric images, implying vast space and structure onto a two-dimensional plane. This exhibit of video and prints investigates the nature of vision and transformation of the mundane into the sublime. Janssen is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Printmaking Program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Promo image: Helvetica A, cyanotype, 24"x24", 2022

Art Exhibition
Phyllis Bramson:
Mostly Folly (and a Few Kerfuffles)
Aug 26 – Oct 15 ~ Gallery 3R

Bramson is a voyeur in her own eccentric narrative of romantic folly and loss. Her often steamy, dichotomous scenes are composed of vignettes in a theatrical like space. Bramson retired in 2007 as Professor Emerita from the University of Illinois in Chicago and has advised MFA students at the School of the Art Institute since 2007.

Promo image: Exchanging Cosmic Breath (Seasonal Mostly Winter), 2020, mixed media and collage on canvas, 60” x 50”

Call for Local Artist -
A Smal Wonder Gift Shop - 9th Annual

SEEKING: small sized work for an exhibit turned gift shop organized in the Contemporary Art Center’s Gallery 3R, the 3rd floor gallery, starting on Friday, October 28th, 2022

Follow this link for Prospectus & Online Registration

UPCOMING EDUCATION:  

Figure Drawing/Open Studio
Tuesday, September 6 - October 25, 6:30-8:30 pm

Adult Hip Hop Groove Class
Wednesday, October 12 - November 9, 6:15-7:10 pm

Adult Intermediate-Advanced Hip Hop Groove Class
Wednesday, October 12 - November 9, 7:15 -8:10 pm

Beginning Salsa
Tuesdays, November 1 – 29, 6:30-7:25 pm

Intermediate Salsa
Tuesdays, November 1 – 29, 7:30-8:25 pm

CAC @ DAAC     
Anne Lloyd Gallery, Decatur, IL
Art Exhibit: Through September 28, 2022

Artwork delivered to Decatur by CAC staff will be returned to Contemporary Art Center of Peoria and be available for retrieval at CAC on the following dates and times: 11-5:00 October 1, 4 & 5. October 6, 11-6:00, October 7, 11-8:30, October 8, 11-5:00. Contact Contemporary Art Center staff for alternate retrieval times.

Artists that delivered their work to Anne Lloyd Gallery may begin retrieval from the Decatur gallery by appointment only on September 29 and 30, 8:30am - 4:30pm, or Saturday, October 1, 10:00am - 2:00pm.

Contact Decatur Arts Council, Jami Fawley, 217 690-3721, [email protected]

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Live at the Five Spot: Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
Thursday, Oct 14, 2022 ~ 8:00-10:00pm BUY TICKETS

Sponsored By Ron and Elizabeth Davis

Tickets in Advance Online at 309tix: $8-members, $12-nonmembers + fees

(until 5:00pm the day of event) Tickets at the door*: $12-Members, $16-nonmembers

Whisper & Shout: Open Mic for Poetry
Thursday, Oct 20, 2022 ~ 8:00-10:00pm BUY TICKETS

Tickets in Advance Online at 309tix: $5-members, $8-nonmembers, $3-poets + fees (until 6pm day of event). (*No money will be taken at the door unless we don’t reach our max capacity)

Salsa at CAC
Friday, Oct 21, 2022 ~ Introductory Dance Lesson: 8:30-9:30 pm

Learn the basics of several Latin Dances by Eduardo & Beverly Caballero

Open Dancing: 9:30-midnight - music by of Eduardo Caballero

ADMISSION AT THE DOOR ONLY: $8.00 nonmembers, $5.00 CAC members

HALLOWEEN Live at the Five Spot: featuring The Brazilionaires
Friday, Oct 28, 2022 ~ 6:30-9:30pm BUY TICKETS

Sponsored by Joseph Borsberry Law Offices

Tickets in Advance Online at 309tix: $8-members, $12-nonmembers + fees

(until 5:00pm the day of event) Tickets at the door*: $12-Members, $16-nonmembers

1st Friday Studio Tour
Friday, Nov 4, 2022 ~ 5:00-9:00pm ~ free event

Visit the Contemporary Art Center Resident Artist Studios where artists create, display and sell their work. Enjoy the unique and creative talents of local artists.

Live at the Five Spot: Cousin Eddie
Friday, Nov 11, 2022 ~ 6:30-9:30pm BUY TICKETS

Tickets in Advance Online at 309tix: $8-members, $12-nonmembers + fees

(until 5:00pm the day of event) Tickets at the door*: $12-Members, $16-nonmembers

Art Reception ~ A Smal Wonder Gift Shop - 9th Annual
Nov 19, 2022 ~ Gallery 3R

A small wonder means small work from local artists and that means work priced for holiday gifts! Gallery 3R is turned into a gift shop for small works of art. Just like a gift shop, buyers may take home the item at the time of purchase.