GALLERY 510, 160 East Main Street, Decatur, IL.  The featured artist in April is SUE WATTS.  Sue is a watercolor artist.  Her show will be on display through April 28.

CAROL KESSLER will be the featured artist in May.  The First Friday opening reception will be May 4th from 5 to 7:30 pm.  The artist talk will be at 6:30 pm.  As a retired art teacher Carol now does her art for relaxation and the artist's innate need to create.  Her 2 mediums of choice are oil and pastels which will both be represented in her show.  The oil is in the form of oil paint sticks which are blended on the canvas or layered.  No brushes are used to paint, but an occasional finger blends the paint.  Carol takes pleasure in her retirement with a group of other retired art teachers in a group called "The Painted Ladiess - Artists With a View".  She has recently opened a gallery in Shelbyville where she lives to promote art in the area.  It is called "Flourishes".

DECATUR AIRPORT features the work of Elizabeth Lindsey in May.

DECATUR PUBLIC LIBRARY features the work of the Hope Academy art students in May.