Fine Line Creative Arts Center

Fox River Arts Ramble
June 6, 10 am to 4 pm
One day - Eight locations.
So much great art. Start at any location. Visit one location, all locations or any number in between.
June 6 will be a great day to ramble!
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Have you seen the amazing lineup of musicians we have playing at Fine Line for this year's Fox River Arts Ramble?
It's going to be a great day, and it's free to attend!
10:00 Kriz Rab
11:00 Honeyspoon
12:00 Ryan Caldwell
1:00 Julie Lynn
2:00 Joe Nanzer
3:00 Leslie Hunt
No admission fee. Riverlands Brewing Company and Inches-Tacos will be on site with great food and refreshments.
Thanks to Bird Garden Studios for bringing these artists together.
Fine Line Creative Arts Center, 37W570 Bolcum Rd. St. Charles.
https://fineline.org/pages/fox-river-arts-ramble

Have you heard? June 6 is the Fox River Arts Ramble, and it’s going to be a fantastic day that you won’t want to miss!
Open from 10 am to 4 pm
Fine Line Creative Art Center is one of 8 locations participating this year. We will have an outdoor artisan market, art demonstrations, live music, and delicious food.
Come on out and ramble at Fine Line!
Fine Line Creative Art Center, 37w570 Bolcum Rd, St. Charles.






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Thanks to everyone who came out tonight for the opening of Art 2026, our current gallery show. It was a great night. The show is open through June 12. Come out and take a look at the show - it's a gorgeous one and, as with all gallery shows, it's free to look! The Kavanagh Gallery is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. The gallery will be closed from 2 p.m. on Friday, May 22, through May 25 for Memorial Weekend.

https://fineline.org/pages/the-kavanagh-gallery

Join us tomorrow, before or after lunch on the patio, for a special Author signing at Town House! Saturday, May 9, 11am-1pm: Local author Richard Holinger will greet customers and sign copies of his books: “Unimaginable Things & Other Stories,” and “Manure Dreams & Other Essays.”

Richard holds a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an M.A. in English from Washington University. He facilitates the Night Writers Workshop and writes a bimonthly newspaper column for Shaw Media.

For more information please visit the Bookstore website at townhousebooks.com or call the bookstore at 630-584-8600.

Specials below for Friday, 5/8:

SCONES:
Banana Chocolate Chip
Lemon Blueberry
Orange Cranberry Pecan

SOUP:
New England Clam Chowder
“Stuffed” Bell Pepper
Tomato Florentine (Veg)

QUICHE:
Bacon Green Onion

COOKIES:
Chocolate Chip
Snickerdoodle
Peanut Butter
Oatmeal Butterscotch

DESSERTS:
Blackberry Sour Cream Pie
Lemon Cake with Lemon Sauce
Vanilla-Buttered Blueberry Cobbler a la Mode
Key Lime Pie
strawberry Rhubarb Crisp a la Mode
Chocolate Espresso Fudge Pie
Bourbon Pecan Pie
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce
New York Cheesecake with Strawberry Sauce
Pineapple Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce

Opportunity for Artists/Artist Teams:
CALL TO ARTISTS
The Illinois Arts Council has partnered with the Capital Development Board’s Art-in-Architecture Program (CDB/AIA) to promote an opportunity for Illinois artists.
Illinois Capital Development Board /

The Art-in-Architecture Program of the Capital Development Board is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create permanent original public art for the Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Education Building in Chicago, Illinois.

FINAL DEADLINE: Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 3:00 P.M.
Project Number: 817-010-055

These public art commissions and potential purchases are open to all professional artists, artisans, or artist-led teams that live and work in the state of Illinois.

The Fine Arts Review Committee will review the portfolios of eligible applicants.
At least three artists/teams will be selected as semi-finalists and paid a fee of $4,500 each to develop and present a site specific proposal.
After the proposal presentations, the Committee will select a winning artist/team for the commission.

The budget for the artwork is $375,000.

Email portfolio materials to [email protected] no later than Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 3:00 P.M. Any portfolio submitted after the deadline will not be considered for this project.

For the Art-in-Architecture Commission Opportunities page: www.cdb.illinois.gov/professionalgrowth/art/commissionopportunities.html

Link to the RFQ Document:https://cdb.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/cdb/professionalgrowth/art/documents/rfq/neiu-ed-bldg-rfq.pdf

For questions, contact the Art-in-Architecture Program at:
[email protected]