Actors of ALL Experience levels will benefit from this two session acting class that covers what it truly means to be a quality members of a production ensemble. Through improve, games and groups scenes students will understand how to create characters and bring scenes to life as part of a production’s acting, singing and/or dance ensemble. Students will be broken up into appropriate age groups for technique work and come together for group scene presentations.
Ages-5-19 Friday, March 5th & 12th 5-5:45pm Cost $30 Class size Limited

Creating a character that really “feels” without becoming melodramatic is always a challenge for young actors. An overview of script and character analysis, character research, and memorization techniques will culminate with students presenting their monologues for the class and receiving critique feedback on their piece.
Ages- 12-19 Friday, March 5th & 12th 5:45-6:30pm Cost $30 Class size Limited

You will receive 2 hand dishes that you can choose the colors and design! This is not a step by step class, our artists will give you all the tools and techniques on how to create an awesome set of dishes.

We promise a funtastic time at our studio!  We provide everything you need for the project.   We have juices, sodas and Jones Pure Cane Sugar soda available for sale and water is always included at no extra fee!  Additionally, we now offer a full bar for our over 21 artists.  We do not allow outside alcoholic beverages.

We have great music and ambiance and we give you a step by step guide to painting this project.  Please get here a little early (15 minutes or so) so you can grab and apron and settle in with your friends, find a seat, grab a beverage and get ready to create your masterpiece.

We can’t wait to see you and your friends at the next class!

We reserve the right to reschedule/cancel any class.

#ArtatTheBodega

Join the PSO for this free virtual leadership event featuring the world-renowned bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green and New York Times Magazine writer Daniel Bergner for an inspirational discussion of Bergner’s New York Times bestselling book, Sing For Your Life. Maestro George Stelluto will lead the conversation.

Chronicling Ryan Speedo Green’s journey as a young Black man from violence and despair to the threshold of stardom, Sing For Your Life has been praised as “A beautiful tribute to the power of good teachers” by Terry Gross of NPR’s Fresh Air, and “One of the most inspiring stories I’ve come across in a long time” by Pamela Paul of the New York Times Book Review.

The PSO invites you to share this motivating lunch hour with us, which will include a Q&A session after the initial discussion.

Click here to sign up: https://309tix.com/events/pso-leadership-luncheon-overcoming-adversity-3-8-2021

Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York’s Hudson Valley, where visitors experience large-scale sculpture and site-specific commissions under open sky. Since 1960, Storm King has been dedicated to stewarding the hills, meadows, and forests of its site and surrounding landscape. Storm King’s Associate Director of Education and Public Programs, Ellen Grenley, speaks about how the Art Center nurtures a vibrant bond between art, nature, and people, and aims to be a place of limitless discovery.

Grenley is a museum educator with nearly 15 years of experience working in modern and contemporary art museums. She is committed to providing equitable access to and engagement with the arts for all audiences and communities. Previously she worked as an educator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She holds an M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and B.A. from Bowdoin College.

Thursday, March 11 at 10:00am, live via Zoom with Q&A.
Informational bibliography prepared by the Peoria Public Library.
All welcome, and there is no charge, as our gift to the community, made possible by membership dues and donations.

We promise a funtastic time at our studio!  We provide everything you need for the project.   We have juices, sodas and Jones Pure Cane Sugar soda available for sale and water is always included at no extra fee!  Additionally, we now offer a full bar for our over 21 artists.  We do not allow outside alcoholic beverages.

We have great music and ambiance and we give you a step by step guide to painting this project.  Please get here a little early (15 minutes or so) so you can grab and apron and settle in with your friends, find a seat, grab a beverage and get ready to create your masterpiece.

We can’t wait to see you and your friends at the next class!

We reserve the right to reschedule/cancel any class.

#ArtatTheBodega

Hangin’ with your Gnomies at Art at the Bodega!  We’re going to roll up our sleeves, get our hands dirty and make some really awesome gnomes out of clay! We’ll provide all of the materials, tools and instruction, and you get to have all of the fun hand sculpting your very own Nordic Gnome. During this class, you will sculpt your gnome and leave it with us to dry and be fired. You can then come back to the studio at a time that is convenient for you to paint him. We’ll fire him again, and then he’ll be ready to go home with you.
Event price: $30 plus tax includes all materials, tools, instructions and two kiln firings.
Advanced registration is required. This class sells out fast, so don’t wait!

We promise a funtastic time at our studio!  We provide everything you need.   We have juices, sodas and Jones Pure Cane Sugar soda, and popcorn available for sale  and water is always available for free!  Additionally, we now offer a full bar for our over 21 artists.  We do not allow outside alcoholic beverages.

 We have great music and ambiance and we give you a step by step guide to painting this project.  Please get here a little early (15 minutes or so) so you can grab and apron and settle in with your friends, find a seat, grab a beverage and get ready to create your masterpiece.

We can’t wait to see you and your friends at the next class! 

We reserve the right to reschedule/cancel any class.

#ArtatTheBodega

This might just be our cutest project yet! A brand new “Home” board with interchangeable seasons! “O” my is that adorable! This 10×24 board will make the perfect accent for your home. Complete with 4 wonderfully  fun designs that you pick, this project is sure to be the highlight of any season!

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We promise a funtastic time at our studio!  We provide everything you need.  Additionally, we now offer a full bar for our over 21 artists.  We do not allow outside alcoholic beverages.

 We have great music and ambiance and we give you a step by step guide to painting this project.  Please get here a little early (15 minutes or so) so you can grab and apron and settle in with your friends, find a seat, grab a beverage and get ready to create your masterpiece.

One of our amazing artists will take you step by step through the details of the painting and of course help you all along the way. When you leave you will have your creation your hands. 

We reserve the right to reschedule/cancel any class.

#ArtatTheBodega

Just before the art reception begins, Jeff Corwin of Bozeman, Montana will walk about the room to talk about his provocative photographic series entitled “Guns in America”.
Guns in America February 26 – April 17
Jeff Corwin’s conflicted feelings over finding his father’s gun collection and his convictions about gun control fueled eighteen highly charged photographs illustrating the violence America faces every day. His career as a commercial photographer took him all over the country, but when he shot for such companies as Archer Daniels Midland in Decatur and Apple Commuter in Champaign, he fell in love with the Midwest. He is proud to share the entire series for the first time in Peoria.

During the First Friday event, ceramic sculptor Richard Wehrs will walk about Contemporary Art Center’s Gallery 3R to share insights into the meaning behind about his fantastic work in the exhibition entitled, Making Faces at the World: Ceramic Sculpture by Richard Wehrs February 26 – April 9
Richard Wehrs has spent 35 years feeding his fascination to convey exaggerated facial expressions in ceramic sculpture. With extensive back stories and a twisted sense of humor, each of Richard’s creations have a hilarious tale to tell. Add to that his deep love for texture, pattern, color and whimsy, and this exhibition is a very natural result.
Also stick around after the talk for the
Artist Demonstration with Richard Wehrs: Friday, April 2, 7:00pm, in Gallery 3R