First Wednesday Art Program Kicks Off This Week At Western Illinois University
The Western Illinois University Department of Art and Design’s first “First Wednesday” event of the semester will be held from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 1 in Garwood Hall, the Heating Plant Annex and the University Art Gallery.
WIU Art and Design faculty combine their efforts to offer creative, hands-on activities to visitors. This event is open free to the public, and visitors are welcome from campus and the surrounding community and region.
• Everyone is welcome, but all children under 13 must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
Feb. 1 activities include:
Garwood Hall
• Tape Collagraphs – Professor Bill Howard, Garwood 12
• Silkscreened Valentine Bags – Professors Susan Czechowski and Jenny Knavel, Garwood 11 and 16
• Robert Indiana – Valentine Magnets – Associate Professor Ta-Teh Ku, Garwood 24
• Small Scale Painting – Professor Tim Waldrop, Garwood 25
• Single Panel Cartoons – Professor Damon McArthur, Garwood 34
Heating Plant Annex
• You Gotta Have Hearts – Department Chair and Professor Kat Myers, HPA 107
• Post-It Note Challenge – Associate Professor Ian Shelly, HPA 111
The University Art Gallery will also be open during the event. Come and see the exhibition, “Human/Mother/Black” by Ashley January, and check out the second round exhibit for the annual Mavigliano/Brabec Senior Art Prize Competition, in the Heating Plant’s Annex Gallery.
For more information on this monthly program, contact Waldrop at TD-Waldrop@wiu.edu, or the WIU Department of Art & Design at (309) 298-1549.
