New year, new art. There is a meeting on Jan. 21st @ 6:30. This is the night that if you have any art that is being submitted to the LAA Gallery Art Show, you should bring it completed and ready to be hanged. I havent heard about anybodys art going into the show. I think everyone is being secretive about what they are making. This is going to be a great gallery showing. If by chance you cant bring your finished peices that night please contact Susan and make arrangements. Hope to see everyone on Jan. 21st!


p.s.s. would people be intersted on here with a monthly question to provoke a conversation? eh?

The co-op was featured  on the front page of the Peru paper this past week for the 4x4's given to Millers Merry Manor. It was a nice article and some good exposure to the town. Im sure alot of people dont know that something like this exists in a small town like Peru. Hopefully more people will feel the draw to get involved in our group. 

I suppose on the first posting of the newly made Peru Arts Co-Op blog i should explain a little about the Co-Op.  We are a group of people that like art, make art, pretty much anybody creative. We have photographers, painters, mixed media artists, graphic designers, musicians, ect. You name we got it.  We started out about 2 years ago and have grown from just a few to 20-30 people at our monthly meetings.  Every other month we choose a word, and everyone makes a peice of art (whatever they want to do) that represents what they think the word means. This months word is dog.  The last word we had was portrait. (Im still holding out for moustache or psycadelic.)  We have our meetings at Cafe Du Cirque in Peru, IN. 

Last year we were given the opportunity to give 4x4 peices of art to the local retirement home.  Some of the patients dont get presents at christmas and some dont have family to come visit them. These 4x4 peices were wrapped and given out the patients so that everyone could get a christmas present.  This wednesday is the second time that the co-op is doing this and there an estimated 100 4x4 canvases going to the patients.  Its a great way to support the community and give to people that might not normally get something at christmas.  

Im will try and update this regularly with info on whats going on with the co-op and maybe some photos of things that were working on. If your interested please make it out to one of our meetings.  Were just a group of people working together to inspire each other.