Tagged: Buchanan Center for the Arts

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6:56 pm
Thu March 22, 2012

Monmouth Building Chosen for Artist Studios

After months of study, the Spurgeons building on South Main Street in Monmouth was selected to house artist studios and a retail shop to sell their work.

The choice was made by city representatives and members of ArtSpace, which is a non-profit arts development and consulting organization from Minneapolis.

The Spurgeons building has a limestone front and was built in 1940.

“It's really a great space. You walk in and you kind of go 'Wow, I can see this,'” said Susan Twomey, Director of the Buchanan Center for the Arts in Monmouth.

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Western Illinois Arts Centers
12:36 pm
Fri January 27, 2012

Emphasis - January 27

Rich Egger speaks with representatives from the Galesburg Civic Art Center, the West Central Illinois Arts Center in Macomb, and the Buchanan Center for the Arts in Monmouth.

Galesburg Civic Art Center

Director Heather Norman said two exhibits will open Friday, February 3.  The main gallery will feature works by photographer Rich Ankeny and the painter Marianne Vick.  The new Blick Gallery will showcase works by Jared Lacy. 

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