by RAAR-admin | Apr 17, 2023 | News & Events, Spring ArtScene 2023
Celebrate Spring with friends at this professionally curated show of works from 17 artists. Exhibiting Artists include: Nancie King Mertz, Jean Apgar, Jenny Mathews, Delores Burkholder, Drew Eurek, Tabatha Dougherty, Amanda Clark, Salem Barker, Kenzie Zeller, Paul...
by RAAR-admin | Oct 11, 2022 | News & Events
Dear Arts Enthusiasts, What a gorgeous month in the Rockford Region. I don’t think the landscape of Rockford has ever looked so good in early October as it does this year! I’ve been biking to work on a new e-bike, trying to walk-the-walk a bit. It has been a glorious...
by RAAR-admin | Sep 15, 2022 | News & Events
An imaginative new outdoor art production invites viewers to explore the world of dreams and nightmares through a multimedia experience that can be stunning, flashy and, at times, trippy. Somnium: The Book of Dreams and Nightmares” is a public art exhibit made in...
by RAAR-admin | Sep 6, 2022 | News & Events
Update from the Executive Director Today at Shumway September 2022 Update from the Executive Director Dear Arts Council Members and Community Partners, Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans…days are getting shorter, work wheels keep...
by RAAR-admin | Sep 6, 2022 | News & Events
A new display in Davis Park transforms pieces of Rockford’s industrial heritage into vibrant new works of public art. Screw City Steel is a Rockford Area Arts Council initiative that brought together professional artists to paint murals on two sides of four industrial...
by RAAR-admin | Sep 2, 2022 | News & Events
Four large, industrial steel doors have been set up in Davis Park, and you may be wondering what they’re for. They are part of the Rockford Area Arts Council’s “Art for Impact” initiative, which asked local artists to design pieces using the theme “You Belong Here.”...
