ArtScene in late April brings out thousands of art-lovers to galleries and studios all over town, to enjoy new exhibits of original works. Art Scene attracts so many fans because it is free, and it's fun for both the browser and the buyer.

Spring Art Scene 2009 venues are open Friday April 17th from 5pm to 9pm and Saturday April 18th from 3pm to 9pm.

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A Movable Feast (Edgebrook Center)   1641 N. Alpine Road   815-227-0102
  "Mothers and Daughters: Art Across Generations" An exhibit featuring works by
Ruth Ann Molyneaux, Sara Fleming, Andrea Mahan and daughters.
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ArtHaus Gallery   534 N. Court Street   815-219-1279
"RAGtime" Showcasing the Rockford Art Guild's array of paintings, drawings,
digital art, stained glass, sculpture, jewelry and more.  Barbara Berney, Stella Dobbins,
Dolores Dummer, Tim Hagerty, Debra Mayer, Jane Peterson, Joyce Rieken, Connie
Rounds, Art Sinden, Ken Staaf, Angela Stickler, Sherry Viktora and Cam Roberts.
Come experience the radiating energy and creative evolution in this enormous 115
year old Victorian ArtHaus - where artists live, work, share and grow.
Extended hours on Saturday from 1-9 p.m.
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ArtSpace West Gallery   1426 N. Main Street   815-963-1984
"Art I, Scene III" An eclectic mix of local artists works in watercolor, pastels,
photography, glass, wearable art, jewelry, metal sculpture, oils and more.  Barry
Reithmeier, Andrew Wallace, Clark Art, H. Edward Riddle, Jackie Hickey, Kai Mulford,
Kathy Maynor-Rybicki, Kevin Richards, Linda Conlee Johnson, Mary Rosendich and
Ray Schultz.
Portrait artist Toni Cacciatore will be on site!  Bring a photo or sit for a
portrait.

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Atmosphere Nails.Hair   129 S. Phelps Avenue   815-509-3181
 "Creations by a Hare" Adrienne Hare exhibits a mixed variety of ink, acrylic on canvas,
pencil and chalk work.
  (Suite #511)

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Bennie's Cleaners   126 N. First Street   815-964-3070
"Higher Than a Kite"Featuring  Jeff Coen, neon sculpture; John Verl McNamara, metal
sculpture; Carolyn Repka, acrylic paintings; Jeff Swanberg, photography;  Barbara Santucci, mixed media; Norm Knott, assemblage'; Gordie Johnson, creative wood turning; Una Ryan, vintage silk; Norah Nelson, jewelry; Sue Mount, watercolor, assemblage'; Marsha Goodheart, mixed media; Wanie Reeverts, watercolor; Scott Mount, monoprints; Anne Johnson, basket weaving; Karen Gines, acrylic paintings; Sherry Pritz, photography; Cindy Hughes, baskets; Pam Kehoe-Peterson, jewelry; Cindy Linnaberry, baskets, pottery; Karla Lombardo, acrylic paintings; Barb McNamara, oil paintings; Wilma Stout, acrylic paintings; Chris Swanberg, poetry; Tom Littrell, acrylic paintings; Julie Ekstam, mixed media; Bruce Archer, wood sculpture and students Jana and Leah Mueller, mixed media.
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Burns Home Studio   226 N. Gardiner Avenue   815-397-9480
"Paintings! Paintings! Paintings!"  Barbara Gardner Burns features paintings in
watercolor and acrylic.  Plein Air & Studio.

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Cholke Photography & Fine Art Gallery   2211 E. State Street   815-226-9398
"Organic Paths" An exhibit featuring various original art, handpulled prints,
photography, and jewelry by artists Bob Cholke, Debra Capriola, Roland Poska,
Sara Muender and various artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Church Street Gallery   835 N. Church Street   815-961-8265
"Northern Viewz"  Photography, sculpture, painting, jewelry, scarves and other
curiosities created by an award winning group of snow and ice sculptors.  See the
world through the creativity of several locally and nationally recognized carvers. 
Featured artists include K. Dyer, Polly Freund, Nick Foster, Krista Gustafson, Dan Ingebrigtson, Jan Jann, Cal Kothrade, Greg Lang, Greg Moerner, Jeff Olson, Kevin
Sawicki, Deb Scott and more!
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Clabough Photography   136 N. First Street   815-962-4776
 "Impressionist Style" An exhibit featuring impressionistic style photographs on
  canvas by Tom Clabough.
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Crimson Ridge   735 N. Perryville Road   815-399-9000
"ARTrageous" An exhibit featuring artists Lori Frantz-Koenig, jewelry; Kai Mulford,
painting on recycled items; Jim Souts, paper maché and H. Edward Riddle, metal
sculpture.
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Cru   509 E. State Street   815-986-2633
"UUII (Urban/Urbane 2)" A continuation at the look of urban living using portraiture,
street photography and urban landscape by Val Olafson.
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Deborah Newton Studio   130 N. Second Street @ Market Street   815-962-1476
"Peacock Proud"  Artist Deborah Newton features lush colors in large and very
large original paintings.
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East Wind Business Complex   129 S. Phelps Avenue   815-399-7687

An exhibit featuring original oil paintings by artist Pamela M. Smith.

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church   920 3rd Avenue   815-962-6129
"Sacred Seeds: Emergence"  See artists' interpretations of where the seeds in the earth
and those hidden in our hearts become open for renewal. Works in oils, watercolors, photography, fiber and mixed media.  On both Friday and Saturday evening there
will be live music, fabulous food and artists demos.  Entrance to the church is off of
Sixth Street and Second Avenue.
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Inspiration Salon   2591 N. Mulford Road   815-639-9251
"Inspire" A two-person exhibit featuring watercolor on Yupo paper and mixed media
by Diane Jensen and still life photography by Corwin Holmes.  Digital photos will be available.

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Irish Rose Saloon   519 E. State Street   815-964-0480
"FIXTURES"  This show is an appreciation of our (Irish Rose)employees and patrons,
made by employees and patrons.  Featured works are a combination of painting,
mixed media and sculpture by artists Jesy Grose, Randall Correia, W. Alan Williams, Kathryn Martin and more.
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J.R. Kortman Gallery & Center for Design   107 N. Main Street   815-968-0123
"Mixed Messages"  Rockford artist Javier Jimenez of Saturated Threads takes a step
back from his commercial silk-screening to present his body of fresh, eye-catching
silk-screened works gathered from ideas old and new.
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JustGoods Listening Room   201 7th Street   815-965-8903
"Spring Fling"An exhibit featuring works by Deborah Stromsdorfer, poured acrylic
on canvas and color flower photography by Amy Holmquist.  Amy has enlarged
mounted photos and cards available.  Please join us for an evening of live music,
food, wine and art!

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Katie's Cup of Art   502 7th Street   815-964-8280
"Katie's Cup of Art"Works by artists Joyce Rieken, realistic painter; Robbie Martin,
ceramics; Juli Garton, recycled album cover totes; Stephanie Nordlin, fiber art;
Peggy Hutten, recycled mixed media collage pieces; Kevin Richards, abstract painter;
Ray Schulz, landscape pastels and Dustin Waller, photography-Life in Color in Haiti.
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Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden   2715 S. Main Street   815-965-8146
"Natures Landscapes in Black & White" Artist Jim Wallar exhibits black and white
landscape photography from upper Midwest, gulf coast and desert.
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Kryptonite Bar   308 W. State Street   815-965-0931
"Krypto Spring Scene" Eclectic collection of art by artists Luis Seijas, Dustin Hardcastle,
Sean Halcom, Brad Nation, Jonathan Hillenbrand, Jami Beck, Brian Hierstein, Isaac
Velasco, Tim Atwell, Peter Mera, Jesus Correa, Jason Glidden and Jason Ssg. These
artists are all over the place stylistically and in terms of media.  Prepare to be splendored.

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Midwest Stone Source   915 23rd Street   815-395-8677
 "Formalities" Rockford artists represented by a variety of media including
photography, painting, pottery, wood sculpture and artistic light fixtures by
Brad Nordlof, Roni Golan, Salem Barker, Dee Santorini, Robbie Martin, Dustin
Waller, Karen Hilliard and Danielle Lavetta Burbach. The art on display is
surrounded by beautiful natural stones and marble from South America that
can easily function as art of nature. 
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New Dimensions Gallery @ Womanspace   3333 Maria Linden Drive   815-877-0118
"Nothing but Birds" Discover birds in landscapes, seascapes, still life and portraits
to welcome spring! Featured artists include Dorothy Bock, Fran Bock, Judith Hayes,
Cindy Hughes, Elaine Hirschenberger, Cindy Linnabary, Barbara McNamara, Tracy
Pease, Wanie Reeverts and Lenora Maier. 

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North Main Studios & Gallery   2500 N. Main Street   815-519-1809
New works in sculpture, painting and photography will fill the halls and new gallery
space.  Featured works by Jon Wenger, photography; Evan Thomas, sculpture; Bennett
Petty, sculpture; Ron Clevenger, mixed media and John Lamar, painting and sculpture. 
Art studios are available.
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Northern Leaf Imaging   4801 Boeing Drive   815-494-1134
"Spring Fever" Join photographer's Brad Nordlof and Brian Hampton and watercolor artist Karen Harding as they present their new and exciting works from all four seasons.

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Perfect Frame   6450 E. Riverside Blvd.   815-654-8500

"Perfect Expressions '09"Art styles include Raku art by Robert Sunday, paintings
by David Coffey and Paula Marsh, Rockford photography by Mark West, unique
textile art from Brandon Pair, animation art by Hardrick Gulley and much more!      

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Poska   2213 E. State Street   815-316-2979
"From Albuquerque"  Pat Cohen displays pottery vessels and pendants in this
unique
and stimulating environment.

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Possessions   1642 N. Alpine Road   815-399-9190
"Artists Possessed"  A combination of unique art featuring Barbara Berney, digital
art, jewelry; Tim Hagerty, acrylics; Diana Pratt Alexander, decorative serving ware;
Joyce Rieken, painting; Tim Hawley, metal/mirror sculpture; Jennifer Hillistad,
sculpture;
Bob Kerwin, interesting little boxes;  Sherry Viktora, jewelry, glass;
Sandi Uram, mixed media and Kay Kolls, jewelry.  Entertainment by Jim Hagerty.

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RAW ART 2   622 St. Louis Avenue   

"Visions"  An exhibit of functional, non-functional, organic metal sculpture in
Russ Blahnik's new gallery.

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Rockford Area Arts Council   713 E. State Street   815-963-6765

"All that Glitters IS GOLD" The Japanese in the 16th and 17th century developed a
ceramic technique called RAKU. In the 20th and 21st centuries, two artists, father
and son, with more than 65 years of experience in the ceramic field, took this process
from old world traditions of the Japanese and Americanized it through a form of ancient  alchemy.  The alchemist dream throughout time was to take a base metal and turn it into gold.  Years of chemical and ceramic testing have produced a brilliant, stable gold glaze, seldom found in the art world today.  In this case, the two modern day
artists/alchemists, Jim and Shawn Barbagallo successfully took silver and converted
it into gold. 
Join Jim and Shawn for a live demonstration on Saturday, April 18 from 3-5 p.m. 

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Rockford Art Museum   711 N. Main Street   815-968-2787

"Moby Dick: Heart of the Sea" Presents imagery related to the classic Melville novel
Moby-Dick.  Artists transform the action of the novel and characters into paintings,
prints and sculpture that explore the psychological depths of the storyline.  Featured
artists include George Klauba, Kathleen Piercefield and Robert McCauley.
(Exhibit remains on display through July 5)

Open Saturday during ArtScene from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Free gallery walk at 11 a.m.)
MEMBERS ONLY, Friday, April 17  

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Rockford Baha'i Center   1650 N. Alpine Road   815-978-6464
 "It's a New Day!"  This exhibit will include both visual and performance art
reflecting the theme "It's a New Day."  There will be a variety of artists represented.

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Sacred Art Tattoo   406 E. State Street   815-708-7888
"In the Flesh" Photography, watercolor, prisma color and tattoo related art by
artists Chris Hummel, Ryein Rawhoof, Ron Rawhoof, Sean Holcom, Amanda
Peashooter, Lee
DeLavergne and Jessica Lao.

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Ted Simmering Studio   200 Prairie Street   815-566-1043
"Fresh Produce" Original new artwork by Ted Simmering, Tabatha Dougherty,
Jim Julin, Stuart Roddy, Rosie Clay, Charles Jones, Megan Centonze, Steve Stender,
AC Klein and Mark John Hoffman.
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The Arc of Winnebago, Boone & Ogle County   1222 E. State Street   815-965-3455
  "Project Art"A group show by artists with developmental disabilities nourishing the
creativity through participation in a variety of mediums.
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The Brewhouse/Rockford Marina Building   201 Hill Street   815-979-2149
"The Element Gathering" A variety of media including painting, sculpture, mixed
media, demonstrations, lectures and spoken word, dance and performance. Featured
artists include, JJ Swanson, Jennifer Hillistad, Barbara Berney, Jesus Correa, Genevieve
Borich, Kelly Steward and more.
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The Carriage Barn   1332 Harlem Blvd.   815-633-1785

"The Carriage Barn Presents&." Mary McNamara Bernsten, paintings; Patty Kim
Breuhaus, paintings; Diane Rose Dailing, ceramic and paper drawings; Debra Grall,
drawings and paintings; Virginia Hatwich, ceramic sculpture and pottery; Jeff Lightcap, original furniture design;  Barbara McNamara, paintings; John Verl McNamara,
sculpture; Sarah Bursley McNamara, photographs; Natalie Share, drawings and
jewelry; Laura Soosloff, paintings
and Philip Soosloff, mixed media relief sculptures
.

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The Wax Room   129 Phelps Avenue #512C   815-914-3928
"Enhancing Nature" Artist Rhonda Van Laeke displays digitally enhanced photographs
that can be customized to meet the colors of any home or business.  With over 10 years
of  photography experience, Macro Photography is Rhonda's specialty.
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Tom Littrell Design   317 Market Street   815-621-4668

"A Synergy of Interior Design and Original Art" Experience the relationship of
original art and the interior design elements of fabrics, wall coverings, floor
coverings and accessories.

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Unique Yarns,Inc.   1663 N. Alpine Road (Edgebrook Center)   815-282-5481
"KOYAANISQATSI" Life out of Balance (Hopi Indian)."An exhibit featuring a
collaboration of works by artists Sean P. Gibbons, Casey Giglio, Ellyn Ahmer
and Nadja Schutt.  Showcasing wearable art, knitwear, apparel design and
original paintings with a focus on fiber art and experimental textile fabrication.
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Wall Blank.com Studio   200 Prairie Street #202   815-708-8868

"New Showing at the Old Brewery" Four local photographers take on the century-old
brewery on the river.  Featured artists include Pablo Korona, Brian Milo, Cari Ann
Wayman and Ryan Davis.

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