| Abreo Restaurant 515 E. State Street 815-968-9463 |
"Compositions on Glass"
Rockford artist Randall Correia strives to distill the essence of pattern, color and light in his work. He uses various techniques including eglomise, collage and translucent layering to bring you expressive and dramatic compositions in oil paint on glass. |
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| All Paws Beauty Salon 130 N. First Street 815-229-7297 |
| An exhibit featuring Angie & Chris Johnson, acrylic on canvas and pencil sketches; Scott Wenstrom, framed photography and abstract art on canvas by a guest artist. |
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| Ameriprise Financial 6870 Rote Road, Suite 102 815-708-6112 |
| An exhibit featuring artists Tom Littrell, Tabatha Dougherty, Sherrie Dorr, Jennifer Yakes, Charles Finch, Lenny French, Meico Gowan, Jonathan Fassett and Annie Fee's artisan jewelry. Join us for appetizers and music as we celebrate art in our new location! |
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| Anderson Japanese Gardens 318 Spring Creek Road 815-229-9390 |
"Transcending Art"
An exhibit in the upper level gallery featuring Jim and Shawn Barbagallo, Raku pottery and demonstrations; Salem Barker, fine art wood, stone and metal sculpture; Christina Barker, handcrafted natural wax candles, all natural soap and air freshners; John McNamara, sculpture and Jason Judd, photographs and installations. Boylan High School Senior Portfolio will be showing in the lower level gallery. |
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| Atmosphere @ East Wind Business Complex 129 S. Phelps Avenue (Bldg 5, Suite 511) 815-509-3181 |
"Art at Eastwind"
Atmosphere, Shenanagains, and RenewU will feature various media from Atmosphere's own Tracy Hoffman and Crystal Venable, Nancy Renwick from Shenanagains, Adrienne Hare, Ann Fee, Cora Hutchinson, Fred Wescott and Jessie Johnson. Also featured will be a "Young Emerging Artists" exhibit from Mason Hoffman, Ashlyn Marrie, Alex Fee, Devin Gonzalez, Kelly Ranum, Savanna Hodowanic and more. Enjoy live music by Jeff Venable. |
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| Bennie's Cleaners 126 N. First Street 815-964-3070 |
"Transformation"
Featured works by Bob Blosser, acrylic/ink on canvas; Thomas Brain, photography; Joelene Chinn, Socks-That-Rock dolls; Michelle Dorr, acrylics; Julie Ekstam, painting; Marsha Goodheart, mixed media; Anne Johnson, mixed fiber; Gordie Johnson, turned wood; Jim Julin, sculpture; Norm Knott, mixed media; Tom Linden, plein air oils; Cynthia Linnabary, pottery/painting; John S. Linquist, acrylics; Barbara McNamara, oils/watercolor; Scott Mount, watercolor; Sue Mount, watercolor; Norah Nelson, jewelry; Pam Kehoe-Peterson, jewelry;
Sherry Pritz, photography; Wanie Reeverts, watercolor; Carolyn Repka, abstract acrylic; Una
Ryan, fabric/mixed media; Bruce Santorini, pottery/sculpture; Dee Santorini, pottery/sculpture,
watercolor/acrylic and wallstones; Barbarra Santucci, acrylic/mixed medium; Wilma Stout, acrylics; Jeffrey D. Swanberg, photography and Meghan Jones Turley, oil/acrylic painting. |
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| Bookworm Cafe & Bakery 6685 E. State Street 815-966-2797 |
"Carnival of Creativity"
An exhibit featuring Damion Davis, Leigh Szuch, Benjamin Gifford, Sarah Hoey, Robert Furgason, Tamarra Bavincio-Legge and Sara Blascoe. Enjoy slam poets, comedians, latte, food and ART! |
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| Burns Home Studio 226 N. Gardiner Avenue 815-397-9480 |
"Painting Exhibit"
Paintings primarily in watercolor and acrylic on canvas, realistic and abstract with varied subject matter (priced from $25 to $600) by artists Barbara Gardner Burns, Barb Adam, Chris Howard and Patty Schultz. |
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| Church Street Gallery 835 N. Church Street 815-961-8265 |
"Waiting for Spring"
Original acyrlics, oils, photography and digital photographic imaging, displaying vivid colors, motion and imagination. Featured artists include Emil Borys, K Dyer, Polly Freund, Wayman Gulley, Helen Nelson, Paul Pinzarrone, Barry Reithmeier and more. |
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| Clabough Photography 136 N. First Street 815-962-4776 |
"Impressionistic Photography"
An exhibit featuring impressionistic style photography by Tom Clabough. |
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| Deborah Newton Studio 130 N. Second Street 815-962-1476 |
"Pure"
Featuring new paintings...pure serenity, pure color, pure loll by Deborah Newton. |
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| FotoEnvy/Studio Works 317 W. Jefferson Street 815-298-1536 |
"FotoEnvy/Studio Works"
An exhibit featuring artists Josiah Sjostrom, Angelica Goral, Joe Goral, Sarah Hoey, Ryan Davis, Greg Farnham, William Woodward, Kellie Logterman, Lyndsay Holm, Brian Milo, Chris Warkocki, TJ Duckett, Nikki Hollander, Trisha Mundt, Christina Ditzler, Kyle Wilson, Drew Eurek and Ron Clevenger. |
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| Franchesco's Ristorante 7128 Spring Creek Road 815-229-0800 |
"Franchesco's and the Arts"
Featuring Alan Franseen of Seen Images displaying landscape photography from the Midwest and Southwest and Joe Mongan exhibiting metalscapes for the garden and art for the home. |
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| Ingrid Dohm Studio @ Whitehead Realtors 839 N. Perryville Road 815-519-6492 |
| "New Works: Still Lifes and Florals" by Ingrid Dohm and "And Why Not?" by photographer Paul Burkholder. |
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| Irish Rose Saloon 519 E. State Street 815-964-0480 |
"The Female Nude"
William Haun received his BFA and MFA from Northern Illinois University in the discipline of Time Arts. His primary focus was animation and video art. Since then he has devoted much of his time to more traditional medias; painting, printmaking and photography. He teaches graphic design, visual effects and video at the Illinois Institute Schaumburg and Rasmussen College in Rockford. |
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| Just A Second Antiques & Accessories 1710 N. Main Street 815-978-3071 |
"Second to None @ Just A Second"
Nationally acclaimed artist Tom Heflin will be available Friday evening to sign his prints and books. Kari McDonald of The Paper Button will display fun re-purposed vintage button jewelry and accessories and Tina Rippy will showcase her felted wool expertise in scarves, purses and home accessories. |
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| Katie's Cup 502 7th Street 815-986-0628 |
"Espress'yo Self"
Plexi glass ink paintings by Shannon Hoyt, oil paintings on archival photos by Joel Ottman, photography by Jen Gorman and mixed media pieces by Jo Huenkemeier Fox. Katie's Cup will be open from 5-9 both nights with live music from 6-8 on Friday and poetry from 6-8 on Saturday. |
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| Kortman Gallery @ J.R. Kortman Center for Design 107 N. Main Street 815-968-0123 |
"Intimation(s)"
Kristy Luck's mixed media paintings and drawings explore figure, form and space with much emphasis on materiality of paint and surface. Abstraction versus representation is a running theme throughout the works. |
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| Kryptonite Bar 308 W. State Street 815-965-0931 |
"Inspiration Can Come from Anyone or Anything"
Local photographers Ryan Davis, Greg Farham, Sean Halcom, Bret Konsdorf, Brian Milo, Jason Ommodt, Shawn Petersen, Pablo Korona, Jr Wyatt, Chris Reisetter and Mindy Young have gathered their talents and styles to show you what inspires them. Through their lenses they have captured a small portion of what has made them who they are today and encourage you to ask yourself: "What Inspires You?" |
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| Michael's Arts & Crafts 6301 E. State Street 815-227-1296 |
"Michael's Arts & Crafts Employee Exhibit"
This exhibit will feature "Creations by a Hare," "A Little Rae of Fun," current employees and artwork by Rapha Gonzalez. Multiple mediums from jewerly, painting, photography and needlework will be on display. The show will be viewable during the store's regular business hours and items will be available for purchase! |
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| Millennium Center for Arts & Recreation 220 N. Madison Street 815-316-9090 |
"Emerging Young Artists"
Features poets, visual artists and bands from multiple high school artists in the Rockford area as well as vendors Katie's Piehole Records, KoKoBear Bakery and more. For a full list and detailed times visit our website www.RockfordMC.com or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Millennium-Center-Rockford.
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| North Main Studios 2500 N. Main Street 815-519-1809 |
"Be a part of our Creative Energy"
Featured artists include John Lamar, metal sculpture; Cruz, pottery; Plain Jane Art, mixed media; Meghan Turley, painting; Drew Helge, glass/mixed media sculpture; John Mattison, photography; Valerie Lemen, painting; Lisa Yarost, fiber arts; Jennifer Dyer, printmaking; Marsha Goodheart, painting; Sarah Hoey, photography; Sable Matula, mixed media; N.A. Schutt, beadwork; Jeanine Hutcherson, photography; Kurt Erickson, digital photography and mixed media; Bobbi Sorenson, photography; Janet Striedl, painting; Brandon Vance, pen & ink drawings and Marilyn Lamar, jewelry. |
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| Octane Interlounge 124 N. Main Street 815-965-4010 |
"MainfraiM presents "In Every Quarter; In All Quarters"
Shedding a new light on forgotten ancestry with story boxes by Jeremy Klonicki and exploring unused spaces with the conceptual photography of Amy Dreibelbis. |
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| Pirate Ninja Studio 400 E. State Street, 3rd Floor 815-218-6280 |
"50/50"
An exhibit featuring 50 works of art created by 50 artists for $50. You'll have to see it to belived it! For a lists of artists, please check out our Facebook page/Pirate Ninja Print Shop. |
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| Prairie Street Gallery & Art Matters 505 Madison Street (entry on Prairie St) 815-566-1043 |
| Artists Coop presents "Works in Progress" (a little play on words; we're moving one half block from the Prairie Street Brewhouse to the northeast corner of Prairie Street and Madison). There is a possibility our new space will be in a developmental mode, i.e. work in progress. Check out artwork, also possibly in progress by Ted Simmering, Teresa Schwiesow, Dale Sinderson, Nancy McManus Olson, Stuart Roddy, Aryn Kresol, Kurt Erickson, Tracy Triplett, Tim Monroe, Tabatha Dougherty, Robert Reaven and Steve Stender. |
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| Restoration Cafe 625 W. State Street 815-977-4361 |
"The Rock River Valley"
Artist Jim Tsioles features photographic images of the beautiful Rock River Valley. Inspired by the documentary "Where We Live." |
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| Rockford Art Museum 711 N. Main Street 815-968-2787 |
"Pulp and Pigment: The Realms of Roland Poska"
Rockford artist Roland Poska's pioneering work in the field of handmade paper establishes him as an important figure throughout the Midwest and the nation. More than 80 pieces are on display, including many works that helped define his career as well as the medium of paper as an art form. Rockford College art professor David Menard guests curates. On view through May 6. ArtScene hours: Friday until 9 p.m., Saturday until 5 p.m. |
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| Rockford Baha'i Center @ Highcrest Shopping Center 1650 N. Alpine Road 815-639-9991 |
"Education Under Fire"
An experience of visual arts, poetry, and musical performances with an emphasis on the oppression of Iranians centered on the showing of the documentary "Education Under Fire" with discussion sessions concerning the universal right to education.
"One of the most powerful human documentaries I have ever seen, Education Under Fire is sure to galvanize viewers who will be exposed to an outrage that until now has received little attention -the systematic denial of an entire religious community of the right to pursue higher education in their own country."- Elise Auerbach, Iran Specialist for Amnesty International USA
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| Rockford College Art Gallery 5050 E. State Street 815-226-4105 |
"Army of Fleabag Dreamers"
Featuring the works of Rockford-based artists Eddie Fajardo, Corey Hagberg, Joseph Goral, Javier Jimenez and Larry Barr that work in the realm of graffiti street-art and combines several working methods including printmaking, drawing and painting. For this exhibit, the artists collaborate to create an on-sight mural in the Gallery that comments on visual culture while elevating awareness of social and political issues. Musical performances by Vic Monsta, Xen and King of the Demons on Friday from 7-9 p.m. and printmaking demonstration on Saturday at 4 p.m. |
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| Social Urban Bar & Restaurant 509 E. State Street 815-968-9463 |
| Presenting an inspired and original collection of work across various media by Rockford native Drew Helge. |
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| The Office Niteclub 513 E. State Street 815-965-0344 |
"The Full Nelson"
John Nelson, freelance photographer, grew up in Roanoke, Virginia and has found himself living in the Midwest for 17 years-now in Janesville, Wisconsin. Since 2009, he has re-developed an interest in photography and began to explore the natural world and everyday life outside of our homes and workspaces. He has invited you to explore his gallery and to share in his continued journey of the world through his eyes. |
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| The Treasure Shop Florist 1274 S. Alpine Road 815-397-6930 |
"Spring Flowers at Spring ArtScene"
Alan Williams captures the character of spring and summer botanicals in his floral portraits rendered in watercolor and reverse painted glass panels. |
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| Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum 411 Kent St 815-964-2424 |
"The Chairs of Tinker Swiss"
Artist Jennifer Mullin-Johansson features multi-media collage art. Tour the home and see some great art! |
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| Tom Littrell Design & Art Studio 317 Market Street 815-621-4668 |
"Play it Again, Sam"
The continuing theme at ArtScene is revisited with new paintings, mixed media, prints, art glass, photography and sculpture by artists including Tom Littrell, Tabatha Dougherty, Jennifer Yakes, Lenny French, Therese Rowinski, Charles Finch, Jakob Potter, Meico Gowan, Ron Clevenger, Liz Iven, Tom Smith, Diane Tepper and of course some "artists at work" (maybe you) with a backdrop of "musical ramblings." All showcased with the interior design elements of beautiful fabrics and wall coverings. |
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| Veteran's Memorial Hall 211 N. Main Street 815-969-1999 |
"Art Attack!"
An exhibit featuring artists from the Rockford Art Guild in collaboration with The ELEMENT Rockford. Artists include Barbara Berney, Penny Cash, Vicki Crone, Christina Ditzler, Jennifer Hillistad, Libby James, Mary Jung-Wainwright, Cristi Kniess, Paula Marsh, Debra Mayer, Susan Meyer, Lori Hart-Piper, Kari McDonald, Melinda Peterson-Fluaitt, Cathy Pick, Johwey Redington, Alice Rice and Janus Rose. |
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