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Kalarte Gallery is located at 112 W. Main St., Urbana, IL, between Broadway and Race Streets in downtown Urbana. Kalarte Gallery is located inside the Heartland Gallery space. The gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. 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. Recent donations have been to the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Puri, Orissa, India, to support educational and medical services in the region; and to Wuqu' Kawoq, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen Mayan language and to provide free medical care for women and families in indigenous villages in Guatemala. 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.
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Folk Art and Crafts from Latin America December 3 , 2011 - January 7, 2012
Work will be available from Mexico, Guatemala, Haiti, Ecuador, Peru, and elsewhere. The show will include craft items on the theme of the Virgin of Guadalupe (whose feast day falls in December).
November 5, 2011 - November 26, 2011
October 1 - October 29, 2011 Kalarte Gallery presents an exhibit and sale of "Folk Art and Crafts from Indonesia," including wayang style paintings from Bali; masks from Bali, Java, and Lombok; "parasite" wood carvings; metal sculptures; and more. Other items from Asian countries will also be available, such as jewelry and wood carvings from India, blockprinting blocks and mother-of-pearl buttons from Afghanistan, women's conch shell coins from Papua New Guinea, "sound making" frogs from Thailand, and more. Here are some examples of Indonesian paintings and other items that will be available at this exhibition. See Kalarte's page on Paintings and Crafts from Indonesia for more pictures. Traditional wayang style paintings. These are paintings from the 1970s from Kamosan, Bali. They depict scenes from the Bhima Swarga (Bhima's visit to hell and heaven), an episode in the Balinese version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata
Masks, wood carvings and statues, miscellaneous items
Additional items from elsewhere in Asia
Arts and Crafts from Africa and the Caribbean Kalarte Gallery will once again this year participate in the Boneyard Arts Festival in Champaign County, Illinois. The festival runs from Thursday, April 7 through Sunday, April 10. The festival's "Downtown Urbana" day is Saturday, April 9. 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 Web site. The exhibit includes...
Also on display will be folk art and craft items from elsewhere around the world, especially from Latin America.
November 20, 2010 - December 30, 2010 An exhibition of masks from around the world: West and East Africa, India, Indonesia, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, United States. As this exhibition continues through the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe (December 12), Kalarte Gallery will also have on exhibit folk art and crafts from Mexico and Peru related to the patroness of Mexico. October 2, 2010 - November 13, 2010 An exhibition of folk art and crafts from India, including:
Eighth Annual Boneyard Arts Festival, April 17, 2010 This year marks the eighth annual Boneyard Arts Festival in Champaign County, Illinois. Kalarte Gallery will once again participate in the festival. The festival runs from Thursday, April 16 through Sunday, April 19. The festival's "Downtown Urbana" day is Saturday, April 17. 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 Web site. Celebración Guadalupana II and November 21, 2009 - January 2, 2010 A show and sale presenting folk arts and crafts celebrating Guadalupe, a national symbol of Mexico, whose feast day is December 12; and holiday gift items from various locations in Latin America. October 10 - November 14, 2009 This exhibition, on the occasion of the American Halloween and the Mexican Day of the Dead, includes:
Kalarte Gallery presents an exhibition of folk art and crafts from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, in celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the most important religious and cultural icon of Mexico. Guadalupe's feast day is December 12. 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. Arts and Crafts of Guatemala 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:
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
Tres Fiestas: Day of the Dead (Oct 31) | Guadalupe (Dec 12) | Nativity (Dec 25) November-December 2007 Traditional Art from Ecuador and Peru May 2007
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 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 and traditional Rajasthani miniatures on silk
and paper contemporary works
by New Mexico artists, encaustic paintings
& bronze sculptures Paintings and sculptures from the Caribbean and Africa watercolors by Ex-voto retablos from Mexico (both contemporary folk art paitnings and old votive paintings); see Retablos / Ex-votos page. New items from Africa (e.g., leather bags made by Tuareg women in Mali); see information above on the Boneyard Arts Festival 2011 exhibit. New items from Haiti (e.g., sequin flags and bottles); see information above on the Boneyard Arts Festival 2011 exhibit. New masks from Mexico and Guatemala. See information on the Latin America / Masks page. New masks from elsewhere around the world (West Africa, Haiti, Indonesia, India). See information above on the Masks III Exhibit. Several Haitian steel drum sculptures. |
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