Buchanan Center for the Arts

10/16/2024

In celebration of International Artist's Day, we are hosting an open house 5-7pm Friday, October 25. Join us in the Blum Studio as we create self-portraits in the Cubist style of Pablo Picasso and create skeleton masks for el Día de los Mu***os. This event is FREE and open to the public. Stop in today to make a reservation or call (309) 734-3033.

10/15/2024

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10/15/2024

Congratulations to the 64ARTS award winners. To see the list of winners, visit our website at https://www.bcaarts.org/

Thank you, exhibition sponsors Blick Art Materials and Illinois Arts Council. This year’s awards sponsors are Twomey Foundation, Blick Art Materials, Harlow and Lila Blum, Smithfield Foods, Ralph Whiteman, and Mark Willhardt; and our reception sponsors are David and Cherry Simmons and Market Alley Wines.

10/08/2024

Congratulations to the 64ARTS award winners. To see the list of winners, visit our website at https://www.bcaarts.org/

Thank you, exhibition sponsors Blick Art Materials and Illinois Arts Council. This year’s awards sponsors are Twomey Foundation, Blick Art Materials, Harlow and Lila Blum, Smithfield Foods, Ralph Whiteman, and Mark Willhardt; and our reception sponsors are David and Cherry Simmons and Market Alley Wines.

Artist credit: David Miller "The Way Out is Through" color reduction linocut, $210 Works on Paper Award Winner

10/08/2024

The BCA Membership comes with many perks — free art classes, special invitations to events, weekly emails, reduced entry fees into exhibitions, and discounts on purchases in the BCA Gift Shop and gallery. Membership levels start at $50. Stop by the gallery or visit https://www.bcaarts.org/ to renew your annual membership or become a new member today! Thank you for your continued support of the arts!

Pictured is hanging out in a bonsai tree!

10/04/2024

Board members Thomas Best and Mary Osborne share details about the upcoming Old Friends Talk Art (OFTA) featuring the BCA Armoury Players and a cemetery walk on October 9. We have a few spaces available for the 7:30pm tour!

Tom and Mary discuss the upcoming interactive cemetery walk tour with the BCA's Old Friends Talk Art on October 9th.

10/04/2024

The Security Savings Bank Annual Amateur Photography Show call for entry is now open. Deadline to submit photos is 2pm Saturday, November 2. This year's juror is Natalie Jackson from Peoria, Illinois. The show will be on view November 12 - December 21, 2024, with a gallery reception and awards 5-7pm Friday, November 15. Visit our website for more information on how to enter. Link below.

https://www.bcaarts.org/studio-64-arts-classes

10/02/2024

This video was produced by Suzanne in support of the annual fundraiser for the Buchanan Center of the Arts in her hometown, Monmouth, Illinois. She's sharing...

10/02/2024

The cemetery walk with the BCA Armoury Players may spook your socks off, but that is nothing compared to the ghost stories 6th graders from Warren County tell! Stop by the BCA today and get your very own copy of "Ghost Stories of Warren County" priced at $9.95 a copy. BCA members receive 10% off gift shop and gallery purchases. See you in the gallery!

09/28/2024

The BCA Membership comes with many perks — free art classes, special invitations to events, weekly emails, reduced entry fees into exhibitions, and discounts on purchases in the BCA Gift Shop and gallery. Membership levels start at $50. Stop by the gallery or visit https://www.bcaarts.org/ to renew your annual membership or become a new member today! Thank you for your continued support of the arts!

Pictured is ICS Kindergarten class showing off their "odd animals" with !