Fine Arts

Matt Jagitsch draws lifelike portraits and wildlife using white-on-black technique called reverse drawing. Rick Decorie takes his camera to Midwest junk yards in search of old cars and architectural artifacts. Both spent decades in different fields. Their concurrent solo shows at their McLean County Art Center prove any time is the right time to kick-start an art career.

Work by St. Louis-based photographer Jess T. Dugan blends photographs and text in an exhibit at University Galleries. Called "I Want Your to Know My Story," the show journeys through portraiture and still life with a queer lens — but it's not about queerness.

Through Aug. 26, 60 artists and more than 70 artworks are part of an eclectic exhibit at the McLean County Arts Center. At first, they might not appear to go together, but the pieces that make up “The Painter’s Pedagogy” all have a connection to Harold Gregor.

An art exhibition by East Peoria painter Shahrbanoo Hamzeh enters its final week at the McLean County Arts Center, a collection of 15 paintings in the Center’s Brandt Gallery. For her first solo show in Bloomington-Normal, Hamzeh draws from multilayered meanings for the word “home.”

The exhibition “Little Black Boy” enters its final weeks at Heartland Community College’s Joe McCauley Gallery, featuring black and white photography by Bloomington-Normal native Rashod Taylor.

The new play, "The Hologram in the Mirror," premieres Friday evening in central Illinois and runs through Sunday. It posits artificial intelligence will disrupt the arts.

Standing in solidarity and using fine arts as the form of expression, a downtown Black Liberation Celebration brought people of all demographics together…

For Bloomington High School art teacher Monica Estabrook, losing the emotional connection she had with her students has been the most challenging aspect…