As the host city of Peoria, Illinois, we are thrilled to present Monday Evening with the Arts during the One State Together in the Arts Conference. We hope every conference attendee signs up to attend one of the following tours. Each of them promises to showcase Peoria in wonderful and magnificent ways:
ART AND HISTORY TOUR
Peoria has a rich and colorful history - and you can experience it! Step back in time at the century-old Peoria Women's Club with a tour of its second floor theatre space. In the main floor salons, musical artists will perform and a buffet dinner will be served. The evening will be capped off with a guided art and history charter bus tour of downtown Peoria and the West Bluff Historic District with tour guide historian, Bernie Drake, of the Peoria Historical Society. (Registration is limited. The first 50 registrants have reserved spaces on the tour bus - 20 more registrants can enjoy tour/dinner/entertainment at the Peoria Women's20Club by driving/walking)
UPTOWN ARTS TOUR
Charter buses will head 'uptown' to the Peoria Players Theatre, the oldest community theatre in Illinois, for a special preview of their upcoming show, "Altar Boyz." A short walk takes you next door to the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, the largest private downstate museum in Illinois. Here you will see a special Smithsonian exhibit - "Within the Emperor's Garden: The Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion", enjoy a buffet dinner, and be entertained by live music. You will reboard the charter buses and head to Peoria Heights where you can step off to see the Don Kettleborough Art Exhibit on display at Picture This Gallery or stay onboard for a scenic ride on Grandview Drive, once dubbed by Teddy Roosevelt as "the world's most beautiful drive!"
DOWNTOWN ARTS TOUR
Peoria has some beautiful and unique art gallery spaces - and on this tour, you will experience two of them! A charter bus takes you to the Peoria Art Guild to enjoy live music, artist demonstrations, and the photographic work of Elijah Sansom and sculpture by Sandra McKenzie-Schmitt. Members of the Bohemian Art Society and Contemporary Art Center will also display selected works. The tour also features the Prairie Center of the Arts, a 120 year-old former rope factory, where members of the Peoria Ballet will dance to a new piece of work set to original music by Peoria Symphony violist, Lowell Koons. You’ll meet Fred Jones, Professor Emeritus Western Illinois University, whose art exhibition and retrospective will be in the gallery from May 29th through June 30th. And Fred and Maria Michalis, both Artists' in Residence, will be available to discuss their work. Food and drinks will be served at both locations.
Please let us know you'll be joining us!
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I would like to extend a warm welcome to all One State art conference attendees and an open invitation to visit my pottery studio during your stay in Peoria. Located downtown and only 6 blocks from the Pere Marquette, it is a destination in itself or a stop along the route. My regular studio hours are from 9am to 6pm Monday through Saturday but I am also available by appointment.
ReplyDeleteAs a Peoria artist for eighteen years, the last eight have been in my current studio overlooking the Illinois River. Complete your cultural tour of Peoria by visiting one of the many working artists' studios in the warehouse district.
McNeil Pottery
Studio #309
100 Walnut Street
mcpottery@gmail.com
309-676-1819
Conveniently located at Water Street,
Walnut Street and Washington