2025
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LINK ART GALLERY
LINK ART GALLERY
Our story begins with a journey back to the origins of our magnificent building.
The Link Gallery, a non-profit organization, offers a full range of art activities and programs to the residents of the region including exhibitions, classes and workshops, tours to other art centers and events, community outreach programs and scholarships for talented youth. All programs, activities and memberships are open to the public. Program and activities are funded through memberships, businesses, and patrons.
Tuesday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm Saturday, Sunday, and Monday -Closed
Admission to the Gallery is Free!
CLOSED – New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Christmas Day,
Facility is Handicap accessible
Exhibition Schedule
January 10th – February 14, 2025: “Eternal Seasons: A Life in Color”, Works by Brit Cardarelli, Reception: Friday, January 10, 2025 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
February 21st – March 21, 2025: “Shape Shifters: A 3D Experience” A New Juried exhibition open to all artists ages 10 & up (Youth Division: Ages 10 – 17; Adult Division: Ages 18 & up) Reception: Friday, February 21, 2025, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
March 25th – April 27, 2025: “Annual Edgar Co. Student Art Show” Reception: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 1:00 p.m.
“May 9th – June 6, 2025: 5th Annual Painting the Prairie Juried Exhibition” Paint media only and open to all artists ages 18 & up Reception: Friday, May 9, 2024, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
June 13th – July 11, 2025: “Color in Motion: The Vibrant Worlds of Alice Baber” Reception: Friday, June 13, 2025, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
July 18th – August 22, 2025: “Annual Midwest Photography Show” Open to all photographers ages 10 & up (Youth Division: Ages 10 – 17; Adult Division: Ages 18 & up) Reception: Friday, July 18, 2025, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
August 29th – September 26, 2025: “Thomas Wright Photography” Reception: Friday, August 29, 2025, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
October 10th – November 7, 2025: “71st Annual Fall Juried Exhibition” Open to all artists 10 & older (Youth Division: Ages 10 – 17; Adult Division: Ages 18 & up) within 100 mile radius of Paris, Illinois. Accept all media except photography Reception: Friday, October 10, 2025, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
November 14th – December 26, 2025: “Antithesis”, Works by Greg Cooper Reception: Friday, November 14, 2025, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
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Alice Baber (1928-1982)
Alice Baber began painting at the age of eight, later studying art at Lindenwood College for Women in St. Charles, Missouri and Indiana University. She also traveled worldwide, studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Fontainebleau, France, and lived in Paris throughout the late fifties and sixties. Baber is known for her vibrant abstract watercolors in which she creates pools of brilliant color and allows them to interact as they dry. Her works were inspired by Native American mythology, and the sun-drenched landscape surrounding her Florida home. Baber’s work is recognized for its luminous, abstract shapes – particularly in stained canvases filled with clear, radiant color. Her compositions often consist of multiple round or ovoid shapes. Alice’s paintings are in major museum collections throughout the world. She was a member of the March Gallery on Tenth Street in New York City and was art editor of McCall’s magazine. Baber was instrumental in organizing exhibitions of women artists at a time when women were still struggling to gain prominence in the international art world. Baber’s legacy is honored at the Baber Midwest Modern Art Collection of the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art in Indiana, and the Alice Baber Memorial Art Library in East Hampton, Long Island, New York. Her paintings are in major museum collections throughout the world. [Guggenheim, Whitney, Metropolitan, and the Museum of Modern Art]
The mission of the Art Center is to generate enthusiastic participation in and support of the arts and to provide opportunities that increase awareness, understanding, and appreciation of and participation in the arts.
We offer a variety of art classes and workshops for both Youth & Adult. Our summer art program offers free art classes to youth ages pre-k to Jr. high.
We have 4 Annual judged exhibitions for local and surrounding area artists!
Each spring, scholarships are awarded to talented graduating high school seniors or college/university students working toward a career in the visual or performing arts. Applications are available upon request from the Art Center. Persons applying are requested to fill out an application and submit it along with a portfolio and/or cd of their work. Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of a qualified judge with art education experience.
Membership in the Art Center is open to the public at varying levels of support and is renewable annually. Members receive the Center’s newsletter covering scheduled programs and activities; discounts on class and workshop registrations and exhibition entry fees; and, early notification of social events and tours.
Membership Newsletter
Discount on classes & workshops
Discount on exhibition entry fees
Early notification of events & tours
Student $5.00
Individual $20.00
Family $25.00-$49.00
Sponsor $50.00-$99.00
Benefactor $100.00-$199.00
Sustaining $200.00-$999.00
Baber Circle $1,000-or more
The Link Art Gallery depends on memberships, grants, donations and fundraisers to fund our programs and activities.
Through your generous support of the Link Art Gallery, we are able to continue these great programs that are available to Edgar County and the surrounding area.
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132 South Central Avenue Paris, IL 61944
parislinkartgallery@gmail.com | 217-466-8130
