Tonight Donnie’s Homespun Pizza will be hosting the monthly Third Thursday Art Show. The event begins at 6:00 pm and goes until 12:45 am. Although the focus for Third Thursday is art, there will be a few musical acts performing including Yoshi, Alyssa Del Fargo, and Cocked & Locked. The event is also all ages. You can find a facebook event here.

For more art related things going on in Springfield, check out our community page. For events and shows going on in Springfield going on outside of Black Sheep, also see our shows page.

Our neighbors over at Artifacts art shop have launched a new webstore. You can check it out at www.artifactsgear.com. You can find plenty of items for sale including gear, hats, shirts, hoodies, paintings, and other art. Artifacts re-opened their store earlier this fall and are located just east of Black Sheep on South Grand. From the “about” section of the Artifacts website:

Started in 2009 by glassblower Mike Grit with a desire to bring high quality glass objects to a demanding audience while educating and enhancing appreciation for the art through demonstrations lessons and workshops. We currently have 2 stations for working hot glass, with ample room for painters, sculptors, musicians and other artists to collaborate in a creative environment.  Our gallery features rotating exhibits of work from varying artists, and our own collection of acquired works from local and national artists, labels and collectives

We are looking for some new art to go up on our walls and other parts of Black Sheep.  Not just graffiti – this includes especially paintings and murals, but if you are any kind of 3D artist or sculptor then we are interested in instillation pieces as well!  Black Sheep is a community space for everyone and everyone should have the opportunity to add their own touch and artwork to the space.  We do have a few spots and walls in mind that we think need new art pieces more than others.  If interested you can contact us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.  We can work something out and arrange time for anyone to come in and work outside of shows.

Speaking of new art in Black Sheep, some artists have recently made some new additions. We will save most of it a surprise for all of you who come to the show on Friday, but for now here is a little teaser photo.

(Flier by Cody Jones)

Earlier this fall we announced our second art show to be happening at Black Sheep on October 27th.  Well guess what, we are back to tell you what artists and musicians will be involved.  We have a long list of artists participating this time around.  Ready?  Here we go:

Megan Craddock
Tater Cronin
Ashley Davis
Benjamin Dewitt
Ashleigh Echevarria
Randi Freshour
Brian Galecki
Mike Gritmacker
Cody Jones
Aubrey Puyear
Alex Rumble
Mike Tirehaus
Tony Tomkins
Christopher Umhoefer
Kristin Walker
Melanie Edmondson
Matthew Schultz
Michael Mayosky

Wow!  What a long list.  On top of all that, we have some musicians doing acoustic performances as well.  Those include Austin Connelly, Derrick Streibig and Tom Irwin.  The art show will be an afternoon/evening event starting at 4:00 pm and going until 10:00 pm.  And guess what else?  It’s free!  You have no excuse not to come and check out the neat art going on in our community.  See you there!  You can also find a facebook event for the art show here.

Can’t make it on the 27th?  Check out what other events we have going on other days here.

The Southtown art shop Artifacts will be reopening on Monday, October 1st and they will be having a big celebration to go along with it.  From the facebook event:

We will be having an Opening Celebration on Oct. 1 with a music set by MonDope between 7pm and 9pm to kick it off, So stop by and check out our new selection of hats from Grassroots California, Clothing from the likes of Seedless and Whoopzip, Prints and Paintings, and of course the finest collection of glass in Springfield, IL. Art bazaar to be held the following Saturday in the lot. Thanks and please tell your friends about us so we can keep this stuff up. Thank you …Grit!

The celebration will kick off at Artifacts and the Southtown common grounds at noon on Monday and continue on until 9:00 pm.  Live music will take place at 7:00 pm from acts MonDope and Killinoize.  There will be live painting and art from acts Dreams Manifesting in Technicolor and more.  Artifacts has also undergone some remodeling so you should come and check out the new place!