Barb Cheron Quartet to play this Sunday Sept 27th!

Barb Cheron Quartet to play at The Bradley Art Gallery for the Fall Art Tour this Sunday Sept 27 from 12-2! Come here this live music and see some wonderful artwork as well! Free admission- donations accepted.

AJ Love Playing here live this Saturday 1:30-4:00

AJ Love Blues Band to play here at the gallery this Saturday Sept 26th from 1:30-4:00. Free admission with donations accepted! Come here AJ play and see some wonderful artwork for the Fall Art Tour.

Fall Art Tour Sept 26-27 Here at The Bradley Art Gallery

The Bradley Art Gallery is one of the stops for the 14 South Fall Art Tour o9. Sue Skowronski and Barbara Grant are two of our featured artists that will be around that weekend to meet and talk with! Live Music both days here at the gallery! Saturday 9/26 -- AJ Love Blues Band from Chicago will be playing from 1:30-4:00 ! Sunday 9/27-- The Barb Cheron Quartet will be playing from 12:00-2:00 (Both bands will be accepting donations-no cover) There will be refreshments and snacks as well both days! Please come and see the beautiful and unique artwork here at the gallery...we are filled to the brim with over 75 local, regional and international artists of all mediums. Truly something for everyone!

Beautiful silk mobiles on their way!

Gorgeous silk leaf mobiles are on their way just in time for the Fall Art Tour! These mobiles are quite large and so graceful with simplicity. Laura's asking for one for her birthday! These are from the artist Jan Carson.

Awesome new work in! Mosaics from Rebecca Campbell

Truly one of a kind works of art! These unique mosaics, made by Rebecca Campbell of Wisconsin, are an exciting new addition to our selection at The Bradley Art Gallery. A must see in person! Pictures hardly show the detail and sparkle of these pieces.

My first rug hooking lesson

Joyce Krueger of Waukesha, WI. in her home where she teaches rug hooking. Joyce, a wonderfully warm woman who shares her knowledge and love for rug hooking to many, gave me my first lesson last week! Joyce also makes and sells her own patterns, hand dyes wool which she sells and has rug hooking supplies that are sometimes hard to find. She was a wonderful inspiration! I am on my way! Thanks Joyce!

Laura is on a new quest! Rug Hooking!

This woman's name is Mary Sheppard Burton. She is an award winning rug hooker...and I love this picture and her words on her web page marysburton.com. She is interested in leaving a legacy of rug hooking for the future generation. Her words and her rugs are truly an inspiration for me as I begin my journey learning to rug hook! It has always been something I have been interested in as I love fiber, texture and color...and as one artist puts it...you can paint in wool! Mary is famous for saying "Make your eyeballs wiggle!" I love that. I hope to meet Mary one day in my travels. So, I will tell you of my new journey as I go along becoming a rug hooker...or a" hooker" for short! If it bores you, move on. But I am too excited about it to keep it all in! Tomorrow, I am going to another wonderfully talented rug hooking artist Joyce Krueger's home in Waukesha, WI. for my very first lesson! She is going to show me the basics and how to get started. I am also bringing back some pottery from a local artist, Ryan Peters to sell at our gallery while I am there! Happy Rug Hooking to me. If I love it, I am going to start a rug hooking guild at The Bradley Art Gallery and work really hard at bringing an awareness and excitement for the art form. Let me know if your interested!