Welcome to
Illinois Art Station!
Come create with us!
OPEN HOURS
Tuesday – Friday (9:00-5:00)…………Business Hours
Weekdays…………Classes (Register TODAY)
Saturday (10:00-2:00)………………….Saturdays at the Station (Drop In Artmaking)
Saturday (3:00-5:00)………………….Birthdays/Private Events @ IAS
Sunday – Monday………………………..CLOSED
LOCATION
101 E. Vernon Ave.
Normal, IL 61761
ADMISSIONS
Saturdays at the Station……………………………………………………$9.00/artist
Drop-in art making from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. every Saturday for young artists ages 2-14+ and their families. Explore self-guided Creation Stations with rotating activities inspired by contemporary artists and make art with IAS educators in two studio spaces designed just for young artists. Don’t forget to visit the IAS Gallery while you are here. For more information on the current exhibit, click HERE.
Every FOURTH Saturday of the month is FREE thanks to the Town of Normal Harmon Arts Grant & Bloomington Golden K Kiwanis.
Every FIRST Saturday of the month from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. is Sensory Saturdays at the Station. All young artists and families who benefit from reduced sensory stimuli are welcome to create during this time! Usual admission rates apply.
CLASSES, CAMPS, & PROGRAMS
IAS offers a variety of classes and programs throughout the year.
Learn more HERE.
PARKING
Illinois Art Station has two private parking lots (Vernon Ave. circle lot & Linden St. surface lot). Visitors with mobility needs are encouraged to utilize the circle lot for parking or drop off. Town of Normal parking lots and streets within walking distance are included on this map as suggestions for overflow parking barring concurrent Town events. Click HERE to download a printable parking map.
Land Acknowledgement
Illinois Art Station acknowledges that the land we call McLean County is the ancestral land of many Native groups, beginning with the Paleoindians 12,000 years ago, and most recently Algonquin-speaking Nations, including the Kickapoo, who were forced west from this area in the 1830s.
Other groups in this area include (but are not limited to) the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascouten, Odawa, Sauk, Kickapoo, Mesquaki, Lenape, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw Nations. These lands were and are the traditional territory of these Native Nations prior to their forced removal; and these lands continue to carry the stories of these Nations and their struggles for survival and identity. We also extend honor to the Indigenous people who may be excluded in this acknowledgement due to erasure and historical inaccuracy.
This statement was drafted in collaboration by Lester Randall, Tribal Chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, Nichole Boyd, Former Director of the Native American House at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the McLean County Museum of History.
Take time to explore the artworks of Indigenous and Native identifying artists HERE
And create your own #HonorNativeLand poster HERE
