Kalarte Gallery

About Kalarte Gallery

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New Location

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New Location

Kalarte Gallery has a new location at 112 W. Main St., Urbana, IL, between Broadway and Race Streets in downtown Urbana. Kalarte Gallery is located in the Heartland Gallery space.

Information about Kalarte Gallery

Kalarte Gallery shows traditional folk art from around the world, contemporary art, crafts, and religious collectibles. The gallery's specialty is traditional folk art, particularly religious folk art. This art derives from various locations, but principally from India, Latin America, and the Southwestern U.S. The gallery developed out of the interest in the religious folk art of India, Mexico, and the American Southwest on the part of its proprietor, Bernard Cesarone.

Kalarte Gallery sees art as a vehicle for educating about cultures. Traditional folk art, especially, offers opportunities for learning about other cultures. To this end, the gallery seeks to provide information about the historical and cultural contexts in which the art is found.

Kalarte Gallery donates a part of its income from sales of artworks to support services in the areas where the art is produced. Some of these donations provide educational and medical services in the state of Orissa in India, administered by the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Puri, Orissa; and various services to children and families in central Mexico, administered by FAI Save the Children, in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

Sales Information

Artworks on the Kalarte Gallery Web site are for sale. Prices are indicated, and are subject to change. Please contact Kalarte Gallery with requests about purchasing. Shipping costs will be added to the indicated sale price. Any defects in art works will be described on the Web site. (For example, a retablo with paint missing or a cut edge.) Returns will be accepted; customer may be required to pay return shipping.

PayPalPayment is by check or money order. We also accept credit card payments through PayPal on the Internet. For information about the free and simple registration process on PayPal, visit the PayPal Web site.

 Copyright

All texts on the Kalarte Web site and all photographs on the Kalarte Web site are copyright © 2000-2006 by Kalarte Gallery and Bernard Cesarone. Texts and photographs may not be used for commercial purposes. Please contact Kalarte Gallery any requests for permission to use texts or photographs for educational purposes.

 Contact Kalarte Gallery Contact Kalarte Gallery by email at:

(Due to the overwhelming amount of junk mail we receive, Kalarte Gallery has recently changed its email address. We apologize for any inconvenience.)

or via postal mail at:

Kalarte Gallery
P. O. Box 1581
Champaign, IL 61824-1581


A Masked Wall:

An Exhibition of Masks from Asia and Latin America

Kalarte Gallery presents an exhibition of masks from Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua) and Asia (India, Indonesia), and some additional locations (for example, West Africa). The exhibition includes mostly contemporary masks, but also some vintage masks from Mexico. The masks are mostly wood or paper-mache. Also on display will be paintings on mask themes and folk arts and crafts from the featured countries.

Date: October 11- November 15, 2008
Reception: Saturday, October 11, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: In Heartland Gallery, 112 W. Main St., downtown Urbana, IL
Regular hours: Wed-Sat, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

 

mask, Indonesia
mask, Mexico, vintage
painting by Avokpo
mask, Guatemala

wood mask
bulldog
Indonesia

wood mask
Old man
ca. 1930s
Mexico
acrylic on canvas
Vodun Mask
by Avokpo (Benin)
wood mask
jaguar
Guatemala
brass mask
mask, India
mask, Nicaragua
mask, West Africa
painted brass mask
paper mache mask
Ganesh
Orissa, India
paper mache mask
man
Nicaragua
wood mask
West Africa

 


Arts and Crafts of Guatemala
and paintings of Guatemala by Rebecca Rohloff

April-May 2008

A portion of sales will be donated to Wuqu' Kawoq, an organization dedicated to strengthening Mayan language and medicine in Guatemala. Wuqu' Kawoq is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information on the work of the organization, visit the Wuqu' Kawoq Web site.

Sample of arts and crafts from Guatemala:

painting in style of Lago Atitlan

Maximon

slingshot

acrylic on canvas in Lago Atitlan style, by Diego T.

Maximon

carved and painting wooden slingshot


Boneyard Arts Festival 2008

April 2008

The Boneyard Arts Festival is sponsored by 40 North / 88 West, the Champaign County Arts, Culture & Entertainment Council. For more information on the Festival, visit the 40 North festival page.


Arts and Crafts of West Africa

March-April 2008

This exhibition featured wood, brass, and recycled metal sculptures; folk painting; masks; jewelry; other craft items; and contemporary paintings by Avokpo

colonial figure

wood mask

brass statue
Colonial figure
Ivory Coast

wood mask

brass statue


Tres Fiestas:
Folk art and crafts from Latin America related to
Three Festivals:

Day of the Dead (Oct 31) | Guadalupe (Dec 12) | Nativity (Dec 25)

November-December 2007

Retablo box, Bolivia
Retablo box, Bolivia

Guadalupe
Shadow box

Virgin of Guadalupe
Folk art votive painting


Traditional Art from Ecuador and Peru
and Works by Peruvian Artist Olga Flores

May 2007

Doll carved and painted huamanga stone tin-framed holy card
Muñeca (Doll)
printed and embroidered cloth
ca. 15" tall
by Olga Flores
Artist statement
Declaración del artista

Carved and painted
Huamanga stone
(Lmis52)
6" x 4"
late 19/early 20 century
Peru

tin-framed holy card
(Lnic34)
4.5" x 3"
early 20 century
Ecuador

From Guadalupe to Solstice - December 2006

As part of Heartland Gallery’s “From Guadalupe to Solstice” exhibit during the month of December, Kalarte Gallery exhibited arts and crafts related to Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is the patroness of Mexico and whose feast day is December 12. Other arts and crafts from Latin America and various gift items, including a collection of nativities, were also available. Latin American arts and crafts, including items on the Virgin of Guadalupe, continue to be available from Kalarte Gallery.


Day of the Dead - November 2006


Artisans Gallery

November 26 - December 31, 2005

Kalarte Gallery is participating in the holiday exhibition of the Artisans Gallery, an artists collective in the Champaign-Urbana area. The exhibition takes place in a storefront in Old Farm Shops, Mattis and Florida Avenues, Champaign.


Folk Art of India

Folk and traditional
painting, sculpture, palm-leaf etchings
and other works from India

Rajasthani miniatures on silk and paper
Rajasthani par paintings
Patachitras and palm-leaf etchings from Orissa
Jharkhand tribal paintings
Madhubani folk paintings
dhokra sculptures

India page


Mexico and New Mexico

contemporary works by New Mexico artists,
traditional folk paintings from Mexico


Wax and Lost Wax

encaustic paintings & bronze sculptures
by Toni Putnam


Paintings and sculptures from the Caribbean and Africa

View works from the exhibition.


The Double World

watercolors by
Herbert Marder

View works by Herbert Marder


New Items

Masks from Guatemala, Indonesia, elsewhere. See information on the exhibit, A Masked Wall.

New art and craft items for Guatemala. See information on the Guatemala exhibition.

New storefront location in downtown Urbana

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