Oak Street Art in the Community
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Check out this brief visual history of Oak Street Art in the community! We love southern Illinois and contributing to it through art!
And we were thrilled to find out in May 2019 that Oak Street Art was given a Good Neighbor award from WSIU! Thanks to local elementary school teacher Tabitha Harris for nominating us as part of WSIU Public Broadcasting's One Region, All Neighbors campaign. See the full (but still short) citation here, including a brief interview with a few of the group members.
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Connect
We love hearing your comments, questions, and ideas.
- Drop us a line at oakstreetart1@gmail.com
- Like/post on our Facebook page (@oakstreetart)
- Instagram @oakstreetart1. Also follow hashtags #oakstreetartgroup, #oakstreetartfair, and #oakstreetart
Explore Local Art Organizations
- Carbondale Community Arts
- Southern Illinois University Craft Shop for classes, supplies, and space to make your own art
- Southern Illinois University Museum
- River to River Visual Arts Association
- Black Sheep Fiber Guild
- Shawnee Hills Pottery Trail
- Southern Glassworks
- Southern Illinois Metalsmiths Society
- Let us know if you have ideas for other groups to be linked here.
More Art in Our Community
- Southern Illinois Tourism events calendar and Facebook page
- Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau events and information
- Art-related organizations and businesses at ShopCarbondale.com
- Arts organizations list at Jackson Growth Alliance
- Friends of Murphysboro Facebook page
- City of Murphysboro visitor information and events calendar
Learn About Art
General Resources
- Samples of popular current art from Demilked.com
- Explore art across time and space: The Met's interactive Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Interactive timeline of African American art from the Smithsonian
- Free video and audio: Art and art history podcasts from the National Gallery of Art
- News in the art world from ArtNews and ArtNet
Ask Us Anything!
- We love talking about art, so please feel free to ask us anything. Email oakstreetart1@gmail.com or contact us individually from our artist pages.
Getting Started
- Photography: Ann recommends advice and encouragement from the wonderful Eric Kim: "100 Photography Tips for Beginners." For a little more technical approach, see Photography Life's "Photography Tips for Beginners."
- Resources for other art media coming soon.
Ways to Help
- You can donate using PayPal at www.paypal.me/OakStreetArt, and it will come to us. Thank you!
- You can mail a check (made out to Oak Street Art) to 1515 Oak Street, Murphysboro, IL 62966.
- Other ideas? Please send them along!