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Contemporary Art Center News - September 6, 2022
Arts and Entertainment
September 8, 2022
From: Contemporary Art CenterBeth Bombara (americana)
Friday, Sept 9 ~ 6:30-8:30pm BUY TICKETS
Tickets in Advance Online at 309tix: $8-members, $12-nonmembers + fees
(till 5:00pm the day of event) Tickets at the door*: $12-Members, $16-nonmembers
Bombara has spent much of her adulthood on the road, carving out her
own award-winning mix of vintage folk and electric roots-rock. The St. Louis based band of Samuel Gregg’s versatile guitar, John Calvin Abney’s keys, Mike Schurk’s drums and
Kit Hamon’s bass guitar is glued together with Bombara’s unforced vocals, sharp guitar hooks and
optimistic lyrics, framing life’s difficulties with positivity. For fans of Natalie Merchant, Aimee Mann, Sheryl Crowe and Bonnie Raitt, this music is a quirky indie-rock, with a nod to folk tradition.
Hear music samples at www.bethbombara.com.
Phyllis Bramson Lecture: In collaboration with Fine Arts Society of Peoria and the Illinois Women Artists Project, Bramson will lecture at the Contemporary Art Center on Saturday, September 17, at 3:30 before the reception. The public is invited. free admission, donation requested.
Combined Art Reception: Saturday, September 17, 2022,
6:30-8:30 pm, free admission, donation requested. Travis Janssen will give a gallery talk at the end of the evening.
Meet the exhibiting artists and view their artwork in three galleries. Complimentary refreshments will be offered.
Art Exhibition
Travis Janssen - Helvetica: Uppercase
August 26 – October 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.
Promotional image: Helvetica A, cyanotype, 24" x 24", 2022
Art Exhibition
Phyllis Bramson: Mostly Folly (and a Few Kerfuffles)
August 26 – October 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.
In collaboration with Fine Arts Society of Peoria and the Illinois Women Artists Project, Bramson will lecture at the Contemporary Art Center on September 17 at 3:30 before the reception.
Promotional image: Exchanging Cosmic Breath (Seasonal Mostly Winter), 2020, mixed media and collage on canvas, 60” x 50”
Tuesday, September 6 - October 25, 6:30-8:30 pm
Sundays, September 11 - October 2, 2022, 6:30-7:25 pm
Sundays, September 11-October 2, 2022, 7:30-8:25 pm
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
Best of Show: $250 + ribbon, Janis Mars Wunderlich of Monmouth, Punk *****, handbuilt ceramic, multi-fired underglaze, glaze, 19”x12”x11”, $5,000
1st Place: $150 + ribbon, Barbara Hoffman of Peoria, Unknown Language, photography,
20”x16”, $350
2nd Place: $100 + ribbon, Lori Reed of Peoria, I'm All Ears, mixed media, 12"x12", $360
3rd Place: $50 + ribbon, Constance Leigh Estep of Bloomington, Never, mixed media, 12”x12”, $950
Hon. Men: ribbon, Billie Howd of Washington, Her Inheritance, terracotta with cold finish, 22 x10", $800
DAAC Staff Pick: ribbon, John Boylan (ARTJEB) of Peoria, Meeting of the Minds, mixed media, 25"x16.5"x2, $450
Whisper & Shout: Open Mic for Poetry
Thursday, Sept 15, 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)
Friday, Sept 16, 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
Live at the Five Spot: The Judy Page Project (soul, jazz)
Friday, Sept 23, 2022 ~ 6:30-8:30pm 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
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)