Black Sheep Art Show Happening Tonight

Posted on August 15, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It has been a little while since we have hosted an art show inside of Black Sheep and tonight we are getting back into the art shows with a two-hour long event! Tonight’s art show is from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, is free to anyone who wants to come, and features a number of artists from around the area! Here is who will have art displayed tonight:

Kristin Walker
Clare Frachey
Kamila Glowacki
Kevin Bradford
Christopher Sommer
Brett Freeman
Brian Galecki
Mike Tirehaus

There will also be some sort of music being put on throughout the night by Eric Rogers of The Luzhin Defense! Again, this event is free to the public and is happening from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. We might also have some free vegan food to go around. Check out a facebook event for the art show right here. And also check out our shows page for a full list of events coming up at Black Sheep.

August 15th at Black Sheep: Black Sheep Art Show

Posted on July 28, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It has been a little while since we have had an art show set up at Black Sheep! Today we are announcing one coming up in just a couple of weeks next month! This will be happening on Saturday, August 15th. Here is who we have lined up for artists participating in the show so far:

Clare Frachey
Kristin Walker
Kamila Glowacki
Brian Galecki
Mike Tirehaus
Brett Freeman

We are also still looking for more participating artists! You can email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com if you are interested in participating. This event will be happening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and admission is free. You can find a facebook event for the art show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at all of the events coming up in Southtown.

The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space Launches New Location, “GoFundMe” Campaign

Posted on November 12, 2014 by blacksheepspringfield

Springfield art space and gallery, The Pharmacy (formerly located on South Grand Ave west of Black Sheep), have successfully moved their location and are launching a “GoFundMe” campaign to fund the new space and get the ball rolling. The new Pharmacy is located at 711 South 5th Street ” nestled amid the grounds of Jack Stoldt Auto Service Center (former Widow at Windsor location)”. From the GoFundMe page:

Recently, The Pharmacy underwent a very exciting change. A wonderful opportunity knocked on our door, so we picked up our studios, along with all of their messily inventive entailments and moved our home, our Gallery on down the road. Fortunately, this move was just a hop, skip, and a jump to a great location at the beginning outskirts of Downtown Springfield.

While this location grants you a warm welcome as you enter this historically infamous downtown, it also invites you to come and discover what this city has artistically cultivated and inspired in its residents.

You can find the link to the GoFundMe campaign where you can donate right here. There are also incentives for donating certain amounts such as chances to be entered into monthly raffles. The Pharmacy artists will also be teaming up with Springfield theater and arts space The Legacy Theater this weekend (November 13th, 14th, and 15th) for a film showing and art gallery for The Wizard of Oz. More info on that can be found right here.

January 11th: Dumb Records Grand Opening And Black Sheep Art Show

Posted on December 11, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

That’s right, you heard it here folks. Dumb Records will be having a big grand opening celebration on Saturday, January 11th and it will be tied in to the next Black Sheep art show happening inside Black Sheep and also at Dumb Records. (Flier above by Cody Jones).

Today we are also announcing our regular store hours for Dumb Records, the new record store coming to South Town. If you missed our big Dumb Records announcement post, check it out here. Dumb Records will be open starting Friday, January 10th:
Fridays from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturdays from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
Nights there are shows from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

You can be on the lookout for a facebook event with a list of artists participating in the art show sometime very soon. Aside from artists, this time the art show will feature spoken word acts and also a few acoustic acts doing live performances inside of Dumb Records. All of the festivities will begin at 12:00 pm and go until 9:00 pm for our grand opening celebration. This event also has no admission fee. We will make sure to let you all know when a complete lineup of acts and artists is set. In the meantime you can check out our upcoming shows page for a list of events coming up at Black Sheep.

Call for Artists and Spoken Word For January 11th Art Show

Posted on November 12, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Remember the last art show that happened at Black Sheep? It was a lot of fun and a great introduction for a lot of new artists and faces into our community. It is time to start talking about the next art show at Black Sheep! We want to make this one ever bigger and better than the past art shows we have hosted! This art show will be happening on Saturday, January 11th. Right now we are looking for artists and spoken word acts that would be interested in participating in the show. We are looking for all types of art and artists off all different ages and skill levels so don’t be shy! If you are interested shoot us an email at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. We will be announcing the complete list of artists and spoken word acts participating later on before the end of the year.

There also might be a little twist to this art show that we can’t tell you about yet! Us over at Black Sheep headquarters have a very huge announcement coming within the next week that we are itching to tell you about.

Updates on South Town Murals

Posted on October 23, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Some progress is being made on the South Town mural on the side of Clay’s Popeye’s Barbecue facing East. We told you about the mural a few weeks ago and since then The Illinois Times has done a nice article on graffiti in Springfield which also mentions the mural. Today we are bringing you a few new pictures showing the progress of the mural (top) and also some other art that has popped up inside South Town recently (bottom). Check out both of those photos below.

The Illinois Times: “Graffiti Grows Up”

Posted on October 17, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

The Illinois Times have published an interesting article this week in their issue discussing graffiti in Springfield and also touching up on the mural on the side of Popeye’s Barbecue we told you about last week. You can see some of the progress on the new mural pictured above. From The Illinois Times article:

Wilson and Spencer Stokes of Springfield, another TVR founding member who goes by the nickname “Marsho,” are painting a mural on the side of Clay’s Popeye’s Barbeque, 1121 South Grand Avenue East. The mural fittingly features the cartoon character Popeye, his arch-nemesis Bluto and other characters from the cartoon strip. The completed mural will feature the slogan of the Springfield-based genHkids Coalition, “Eat real. Move more.” and the currently vacant lot it overlooks will become a community garden providing fresh vegetables for the restaurant.

You can check out the full article right here. We plan on updating you again when the Southtown mural is completed or when we have more news on the community garden.

Photos: Black Sheep Art Show

Posted on August 24, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

The Black Sheep Art Show last night was a huge success, and we would like to thank all of you who came out or participated in the event. There was a wide range of art and acts from murals to comic books, from piano playing to spoken word. We have gathered a few pictures from last night, some of which you can check out below. For a few more of these pictures, head over to our Black Sheep flickr set, where we have been keeping photos of Black Sheep outside of usual shows with bands playing. Be on the look out for art shows in the future.

Some of you may have also noticed a couple of new murals that have been popping up inside of our space. You might be wondering what it takes to do a mural or art piece inside of Black Sheep. Well it takes nothing! Just talk to us at a show or email blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com and we will arrange something so you can come and do art in our space.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Art Show!

Posted on August 23, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

We are so pleased to inform you all that tonight is going to be our very own local Art Show.We all can appreciate music as a language. Tonight, we’ll have a chance to change things up a little bit and appreciate the language of human expression through visual information.

Black Sheep will be hosting 20+ creators and their chosen works this evening starting at 6:00 pm. No U.S. currency is necessary but donations with Canadian and European currency is welcome. A stream of spoken word performances will be starting at 7:00, so look forward to hearing some word flow coming out of the mouths of this generation. You can check out the list of artists that will be involved at our original post right here. You can find a facebook event for the show tonight right here. Also don’t forget to check out what other events we have coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Black Sheep Art Show on August 23rd

Posted on July 26, 2013 by blacksheepspringfield

Black Sheep’s next art show is just around the corner! On Friday August 23rd we will be hosting an event a little different than the typical show at the Black Sheep. If you’ve never been to one, art shows at the Black Sheep are great outlets for art that isn’t focused around music. Paintings, drawings, pottery, etc from local artists will all be on display, and some even possibly for sale! Here is the complete list of artists that will be participating:

Heidi Abegg
Catherine Black
Tater Cronin
Clare Frachey
Brian Galecki
Rachel Jennings
Cody Jones
Keeley Mills
Aubrey Puyear
Dani Sakach
Mike Tirehaus
Tony
Chris Umhoefer
Priten Vora
Kristin Walke

As well as visual art, there will also be four spoken word/rap performances. If great paintings and drawings aren’t your thing, then stop by to check out:

Keegan Otwell
Austin Duffie
Connor Stanberry
Aubrey Puyear

You can find the event page here. Also check out the complete list of shows and events coming up at Black Sheep here on our shows page. If you are interested in helping or participating in the art show then contact us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

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