Spring ArtScene – Positive Distractions
April 19 & 20, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM (last entry 7:45 PM)
Join us for Positive Distractions, an ArtScene Garden exhibit of 3-D art by regional artists.
An outdoor installation of artwork created by regional artists Jeremy Klonicki, Tim Hawley, Scott Long, and John Verl McNamara creates an experience of Positive Distractions in the Garden. Positive Distractions help us peel away preoccupations, finding our way to experience our environment in open and receptive ways.
Admission is free during ArtScene event hours, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM (last admission 7:45 PM). Regular admission rates apply before 4:00 PM.
ArtScene (link: https://www.artsforeveryone.com/artscene/) , a Rockford tradition since 1987, is a biannual gallery walk, hosted by the Rockford Area Arts Council, featuring new and established artists of the Rockford Region.
Meet The Artists
Timothy J. Hawley
Leading-edge design and a passion for creating timeless pieces are very important to the philosophy of Timothy. One thing that makes this business so unique is Timothy’s ability to turn a customer’s vision into beautiful pieces of art.
A graduate of the University of South Florida, Timothy has a strong background in the arts and has mastered many art forms, including ceramics, mold making, decorative painting, murals, printmaking, graphic design, and sculpture. Timothy can draw by hand and transform drawings into metal. This is what makes many of Timothy J Hawley’s pieces natural, and organic but strong and contemporary at the same time.
Jeremy Klonicki
Rockford-based assemblage artist Jeremy Klonicki has built a reputation for quality craftsmanship in form through his sculpture, lighting, custom frame, and design work throughout Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Inspired by industrial history, mid-century modern design, and architectural castaways, Jeremy creates relevant and contemporary works often using salvaged materials. A few previous exhibits include Poska, Freeport Art Museum, JR Kortman, Rockford Art Museum, and the reception wall at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Rockford, amongst others.
Owner and Anchor of Fraim and Mortar studio in Rockford, Illinois – Jeremy hosts a collective art studio, a place for local artists to convene, collaborate, and create. He likes absurd fashion, family time, the color silver, vacuuming, and has a passion for hip-hop and drumming. Thank you for considering his artwork to be a delight.
John Verl McNamara
John Verl McNamara is an artist. His work encompasses sculptural, architectural, and functional design. Although he uses a variety of materials, he enjoys working primarily with metals. He has experience in traditional blacksmithing and ornamental ironwork, structural steel fabrication, and architectural metals. He is a journeyman with the Sheet Metal Workers International Association.
John received his Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University. John’s work is on display in several collections, including Northern Illinois University, The Niemi Sculpture Gallery, and Womanspace.