Our 55th Season of Exploring, Expanding and Enlivening the Fine Arts in Peoria!

2016 - 2017 season
​​October 13, 2016 – John W. Franklin, Smithsonian NMAAHC
Building the National Museum of African American History & Culture
November 10, 2016 – Dr. Elliot Engel, author and lecturer
The Inimitable Winston Churchill
December 8, 2016 – Rolf Achilles, Art Institute of Chicago
Paris Art Nouveau: Its Chicago Origins
February 9, 2017 – Jennifer Gunji-Ballsrud, Japan House, University of Illinois
Harmony, Respect, Purity & Tranquility in the Middle of the Cornfields
March 9, 2017 – Wendy Greenhouse, Independent Scholar
Artists in the Country: Three Generations of Americans at Giverny​
April 13, 2017 – Dr. William Wallace, Washington University
Sistine Chapel: 500 Years
​May 11, 2017 – Peggy Macnamara, Field Museum, Chicago
Painting the Natural History of the Field Museum 1980-2016