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WIU Art & Design to Host "First Wednesday" Oct. 2
October 1, 2024
MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois University Department of Art & Design is hosting its "First Wednesday" event from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in Garwood Hall, the Heating Plant Annex and the University Art Gallery.
The WIU Art & Design faculty combine their efforts to offer creative, hands-on activities to visitors. The event is open free to the public and visitors are welcome from campus and the surrounding community and region.
October 2024 events include:
- Art Historical Monster Naming and Coloring Contest, Garwood 10 - Dr. Sherry Lindquist
- Printmaking - Garwood 12 - Professor Bill Howard
- Art as activism posters - Garwood 11 - Professor Susan Czechowski-Garwood
- Watercolor Painting Workshop - Garwood 25 - Professor Damon McArthur
- Spooky Keith Haring Drawing - Garwood 24 - Dr. Ta-Teh Ku and Art Education Students
- Cosmic Wheel Throwing - Heating Plant Annex 111 - Professor Ian Shelly
- Copper Bracelets - Heating Plant Annex 107 - Professor Kat Myers
The University Art Gallery will also be open during the event with two exhibitions:
Roots and Routes, by Muyiwa Adeyanju
Rural Route 1, by Duke Oursler
For more information on the monthly program, contact the WIU Department of Art & Design at (309) 298-1549.
Generous support for the event has been provided by The Performing Arts Society.
Posted By: Aaron Viner (AP-Viner@wiu.edu)
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