Well May's First Friday is almost upon us! Here are the artists that will be showing this Friday May 4th, 5-9pm:

Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) Artists:

 

Jerry McNeil at the wheel

Jerry McNeil (Pottery)

Susan Galloway (Portraits/Paintings) 

Mary Greenhood will perform on the 4th floor near Judith's Studio

Judith Koren-Shanahan (Collage and Mixed Media) will have live music outside of her studio on the 4th floor: Mary Greenhood and friends are playing from 7 to 9 PM.

Ken Teissen (Portraits and Landscape in Pastel and Oil)

Steph Van Doren (Painting and Mixed Media Sculptures) will be open a bit late due to a work conflict. 

And The Independents:

Wheel Art Studios (Jacob Grant and Susie Matthews, pottery) will be raffling a 4-week class session. There will also be pottery demos going and guests can give the wheel a spin at $5/20 minutes.

Ken Hoffman (Painting and Pottery) is back from Florida!

Of course, because we artists and like to go with the flow, you may find other artists in the building with their doors open as well so come on down and take a chance! Artist's studios are located on the 3rd and 4th floors.

Here are some images from April's First Fridays at Wheel Art Studios. Don't miss the next one May 4th.

April First Fridays

Come check out First Fridays at Wheel Art Studios (Studio 423). Last month we had a blast with our live music by David Cuckler and pottery throwing competitions. Check out the pictures!

This month we will have more wheel-throwing competitions, as well as clay slip arm wrestling and clay slip thumb wrestling! Bring your friends for a fun and funny time! You won't want to miss this!!!

Etsy

I have started a new Etsy site to sell my pottery. Come check it out! My featured items are some bottles and other vessels with some new glazes I have been playing with. They are turquoise, teal, gray, and white. They have been fired in a special way to create a surface that is matte and textural with snow-flake-like crystals.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/JacobGrantCeramics?ref=seller_info

Traditional Murray Center Open House

In addition to the 4 CIAO Holiday Art Sale dates www.ciaopeoria.com, non-CIAO members with studios at the Muray Center will open their studios on December 10, 10-5pm. (This coincides with the last of the 4 CIAO Holiday Art Sale days).

CIAO Holiday Art Sale - 4 Days of Art!

August First Friday also a Success!

WOW...
We had another wonderful turnout for the August First Friday Studio Tour of the Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) at the Murray Center. There are now nine CIAO artists with studios at the Murray Center and four guest CIAO artists who show their work in a host studio at the Center. We are proud to be one of the eight locations on the CIAO Studio Tour.

AND.....
We now have banner signage to help direct you to our portion of the Studio Tour designed by Murray Center artist Susan Galloway. Thank you so much Susan for lending your expertise.You will also notice CIAO sandwich boards at the front door and at the corners of Washington and Walnut as well as Water and Walnut.

Mark your calendar! The next First Friday Studio Tour is Sept. 2nd, 5-9pm. You will always find something new each month, whether it be events such as demo's and raffles or a new piece of art you NEED to take home, you'll find it along the Tour of CIAO studios!