Tarble Arts Center

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

217-581-ARTS (-2787)

http://www.eiu.edu/~tarble/

• Illinois Artists Paintings and Drawings (6/17/08)
• The Tarble at 25 - Celebrating the Collection (9/6/07)
• The Body In Fiber, with catalogue essay "Reconstructive Surgery: Re-imaging the Body in Fiber" by Shannon Stratton (9/26/06)
• Burl Ives and the American Scene (8/24/06)
• Carved Bird Collection by Joseph Zupsich (8/10/06)
• Looking at Lincoln (7/7/06)
• Gladys Nilsson: Recent Works (2/1/06)
• Lynn Trank Memorial Exhibition (8/6/05)
• Tarble Arts Center Quilts Collection (6/13/05)
• After Whiteness: Race in the Visual Arts (2/3/05)
• Down on the Farm (12/19/02)
• Tarble Arts Center Folk Arts Collection (7/1/02)
• Lorraine Peltz/Pink Works: Selected Paintings 1994 - 2000 (9/6/00)
• Landscape Paintings by Paul Sargent and Robert Root at the Tarble Arts Center (6/19/00)
• Altars & Icons: Installation/Sculpture by Cristina Emmanuel and Nancy Josephson (1/12/00)
• Charles Turzak on Exhibit at Tarble Arts Center (12/8/99)
• Clara Brian: Home Bureau Photographs 1918-1926 (12/3/99)
• Paul Turner Sargent (12/3/99)

The Tarble Arts Center is a major cultural arts resource accredited by the American Association of Museums.serving east-central Illinois. Its founding purpose is "to take the arts to the people." A division of the College of Arts & Humanities, Eastern Illinois University, the Tarble serves the people of the region by providing arts activities and related programs. The Tarble is the only facility on Eastern's campus built entirely through donated funds, with the primary gift of one million dollars donated by the late Newton E. Tarble. 

The Tarble is located on south 9th Street at Cleveland Avenue, on the campus of Eastern Illinois University. Call the Center for hours of operation and for holiday closings.

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