The third annual Slow Art Day on Saturday is looking to pause art viewers for reflections along Route 66 in Bloomington-Normal. The event was founded in 2010 and expanded globally.
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The international initiative known as Slow Art Day has garnered participation from more than 1500 galleries and museums worldwide. The goal? To encourage folks to take a short break from the hustle bustle and enjoy art. Bloomington was first in the world to organize a citywide event, taking place this Saturday.
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At first blush, a pandemic doesn’t sound like a great time to open a gallery. But if there is such a thing as a silver lining when it comes to COVID-19, the owners of Hangar Art Co. seem to have found one.
As the name suggests, Hangar is big 4,500 square feet, to be exact.
Santino Lamancusa had something much smaller in mind when he was looking for a shop to sell his photography. And then he came across the former Half Hazard Press suite on East Jefferson Street in downtown Bloomington.
Looking at those big blank walls got Lamancusa thinking about a piece of art he’d recently bought online from local painter Jeff Bess.