Mandala Sand Painters on Campus

As part of International Week at SIU, a group of Tibetan monk sand painters (from India) are creating a mandala for the occasion. Better look fast, because the creation is only temporary and the sand will be returned to the river by the monks in a religious ceremony over the weekend. (That's the Dalai Lama in the photo).

Art Lovers own sand painter Victor Degraff will be visiting the monks and exchanging sand painting strategies. 

Love-themed works on display on annual art show

Love-themed works on display on annual art show: "The dress code was open for interpretation at the 'Love at the Glove' art show Saturday night, with attendees dressed in everything from drag to regular street clothes.

'Love at the Glove' is an annual anti-Valentines' day art show where SIUC art students, as well as the general public, can submit their love-themed works. It is sponsored by the League of Art and Design and the Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers."

Leather on the Walls, Music in the Air

Leather artist and songwriter Daniel Cooper, from Nashville, Tennessee, graced the Art Lovers gallery, last night for a new opening on the First Friday of February. Art patrons were treated not only to Daniel's tactile art, but also the sax and keyboard jazz stylings of 5th generation Carbondalean, Shadi Frick, as well as a song by Daniel called "Cockroaches, Keith Richards, and me." Among the other artists in attendance was Victor Degraff, whose cave paintings in sand bear a striking resemblance to Cooper's oil on leather renditions.