It's time to wind back your clocks and prepare for an enchanted evening with The Mad Hatter and assorted whimsical guests who will entertain and amuse you to no end on November 19th.
Enjoy delicious food, adult libations, prizes, and fabulously awesome performances by the best, most talented student performers Starved Rock Country has to offer...this year, of course, since it is an annual gala, where we celebrate the extraordinarily talented students who seem to pop out of the proverbial woodwork every fall.
This year the Mad Hatter Ball will be held in the Auditorium Ballroom at 109 Wright Street in LaSalle.
Tickets are $35 and may be purchased by calling or texting 815-228-1253 or 815-866-5167
Don't Be Late For This Very Important Date!
Enjoy delicious food, adult libations, prizes, and fabulously awesome performances by the best, most talented student performers Starved Rock Country has to offer...this year, of course, since it is an annual gala, where we celebrate the extraordinarily talented students who seem to pop out of the proverbial woodwork every fall.
This year the Mad Hatter Ball will be held in the Auditorium Ballroom at 109 Wright Street in LaSalle.
Tickets are $35 and may be purchased by calling or texting 815-228-1253 or 815-866-5167
Don't Be Late For This Very Important Date!
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Adrienne's work will be available for purchase at the NCI ARTworks Gallery in the Westclox Building at 400 5th Street in Peru by appointment
by calling 815-228-1253 through September. Artist Biography
Adrienne Pike Adelphia is a contemporary artist with her studio in America’s heartland. A Midwest farmer’s daughter, Pike was born in Ottawa, Illinois, and grew up near Illinois’s Starved Rock State Park. With a love for the outdoors, she has always been passionate about nature and inspired by the way spirit moves in all things. Adrienne received her degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; where she studied painting, ceramics, hot glass, metals and serigraphy. Today, she paints, throws and sculpts clay, blows glass at Starved Rock Hot Glass in Ottawa, and experiments with printmaking and collage. She lives with her husband and daughter in South Ottawa, farms with her father, and helps run her family's business: Pine Hills Golf Club Bar & Restaurant. Adrienne is an active member of the Ottawa Art League and Morris Watercolor Guild. She has been a member of the Kendall Arts Guild, Chicago Artists Coalition, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. She was one of fourteen artists chosen to take part in the Chicago Artists Coalition Gallery from September, 2010 through September, 2011. Coalition Gallery was a cooperative program of the Chicago Artists’ Coalition in which the artists manage all aspects of the gallery. Adrienne was an honoree of the 40 Under 40 Class of 2014 recognized by the Illinois Small Business Development Center. She was one of 40 entrepreneurs and professionals in the Starved Rock Region chosen for their leadership and commitment to the quality of life and economic development in the area. Adrienne has shown her work in Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Southern California. She is a watercolor workshop instructor, visual arts judge, and guest speaker. Her more recent body of work originated in the Northwoods of Wisconsin in 2018. "I traveled up to Dillman’s Bay Resort with my husband and daughter for a Bob Burridge aquamedia workshop. Three days in we jumped from acrylics (not my usual paint of choice) to mixed media collage. I panicked. The woman next to me shared some papers and I went back to our cabin…started tearing up some newspaper and maps and grabbed some aluminum foil. I ran into my husband on the way back to class and told him I felt unprepared—I didn’t bring collage materials! He mentioned that my bag of feathers (I collect for my ceramic work) was in the truck…I thought “genius” and a series was born. I really got into it. That week changed my path entirely. I started painting with acrylics again. I started working with mixed media. I’m experimenting with new ways of presenting my watercolors—mounted without frames. I came home and set up a new work area in my office so I can easily transition from “work to work”. Then series morphed from Northwoods into Starved Rock. All of my work revolves around and is based on nature. This series focuses on two specific places that are meaningful to me. My retreat in the Northwoods and the magical place I grew up near. Starved Rock was always a “special event” whether with family or friends growing up or now—visiting it—it’s stirring, in a good way." |
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Here's Something You Need To Jump On...Nominate a Distinguished Woman from LaSalle, Bureau, or Putnam country who has contributed to the well-being of the Illinois Valley and beyond for inclusion in the tri-county Empowered Women of Starved Rock Country mural series. Nominees can be living or deceased, and nominations must be received by August 29, 2022. Check this out and submit your nominees: Silo Pathways: "Empowered Women of Starved Rock Country" LaSalle, Bureau & Putnam counties
The Gallery of Greatness
Artists, Singers, Musicians, Muralists, Writers, Performers of all stripes use their skills and talents to make the Illinois Valley a place we can be proud to call home.
Artists, Singers, Musicians, Muralists, Writers, Performers of all stripes use their skills and talents to make the Illinois Valley a place we can be proud to call home.
