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Kalarte Gallery is an online gallery that periodically shows in physical locations in and around the Champaign-Urbana, IL, area. When the Boneyard Arts Festival resumes, sponsored by 40 North, the Champaign County Arts Council, Kalarte Gallery will participate in the festival. See this page for information. Information about Kalarte Gallery Kalarte Gallery shows traditional folk art from around the world, contemporary art, crafts, and religious collectibles. The gallery's specialty is traditional folk art, particularly religious folk art. This art derives from various locations, but principally from India, Latin America, and the Southwestern U.S. The gallery developed out of the interest in the religious folk art of India, Mexico, and the American Southwest on the part of its proprietor, Bernard Cesarone. Kalarte Gallery sees art as a vehicle for educating about cultures. Traditional folk art, especially, offers opportunities for learning about other cultures. To this end, the gallery seeks to provide information about the historical and cultural contexts in which the art is found. Kalarte Gallery donates a part of its income from sales of artworks to support social services in the areas where the art is produced, particularly India and Latin America. Annual donations are sent to the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Puri, Orissa, India, to support educational and medical services in northeast India; and to Wuqu' Kawoq, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen Mayan language and to provide free medical care for women and families in indigenous villages in Guatemala. Sales Information Artworks on the Kalarte Gallery Web site are for sale. Prices are indicated, and are subject to change. Please contact Kalarte Gallery with requests about purchasing. Shipping costs will be added to the indicated sale price. Any defects in art works will be described on the Web site. (For example, a retablo with paint missing or a cut edge.) Returns will be accepted; customer may be required to pay return shipping.
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Contact Kalarte Gallery by email at: (Due to the overwhelming amount of junk mail we receive, Kalarte Gallery has recently changed its email address. We apologize for any inconvenience.) or via postal mail at:
Kalarte Exhibition at the Vault Arts Collective, July 2024 During July 2024, Kalarte Gallery will have an exhibition of its folk art and crafts from around the world in the Flex Gallery at the Vault Arts Collective in Tuscola, IL. Along with the Kalarte exhibition, Champaign collector and artist Ian Wang will show some of his tea paintings. WHAT WHERE WHEN Reception: Saturday, July 13, 2 – 4 pm CONTACT * For Kalarte Gallery
Boneyard Arts Festival 2013:
Masks V - October / November, 2012
Boneyard Arts Festival 2012 - April / May 2012 Traditional art from Latin America and India, and works by local artist Andrea Shields Kalarte Gallery once again this year participated in the annual Boneyard Arts Festival in Champaign County, Illinois. The festival's "Downtown Urbana" day was Saturday, April 21. However, the current exhibit continues past that festival day, running through Saturday June 9. The Boneyard Arts Festival is sponsored by 40 North / 88 West, the Champaign County Arts, Culture & Entertainment Council. For more information on the Festival, visit the 40 North Web site. In this exhibit related to the Boneyard Arts Festival, Kalarte Gallery is displaying watercolor and mixed media works by local Champaign artist Andrea Shields. A selection of the gallery's collection of folk art from Latin America, India, and elsewhere around the world is also on display.
Folk Art and Crafts from Latin America - December 2011
Arts and Crafts of Indonesia - October 2011 Kalarte Gallery presents an exhibit and sale of "Folk Art and Crafts from Indonesia," including wayang style paintings from Bali; masks from Bali, Java, and Lombok; "parasite" wood carvings; metal sculptures; and more. Other items from Asian countries will also be available, such as jewelry and wood carvings from India, blockprinting blocks and mother-of-pearl buttons from Afghanistan, women's conch shell coins from Papua New Guinea, "sound making" frogs from Thailand, and more. Here are some examples of Indonesian paintings and other items that will be available at this exhibition. See Kalarte's page on Paintings and Crafts from Indonesia for more pictures. Traditional wayang style paintings. These are paintings from the 1970s from Kamosan, Bali. They depict scenes from the Bhima Swarga (Bhima's visit to hell and heaven), an episode in the Balinese version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata
Masks, wood carvings and statues, miscellaneous items
Additional items from elsewhere in Asia
Arts and Crafts from Africa and the Caribbean - April 2011 Kalarte Gallery will once again this year participate in the Boneyard Arts Festival in Champaign County, Illinois. The festival runs from Thursday, April 7 through Sunday, April 10. The festival's "Downtown Urbana" day is Saturday, April 9. The Boneyard Arts Festival is sponsored by 40 North / 88 West, the Champaign County Arts, Culture & Entertainment Council. For more information on the Festival, visit the 40 North Web site. The exhibit includes...
Also on display will be folk art and craft items from elsewhere around the world, especially from Latin America.
Folk Art and Crafts of India - October / November, 2010 An exhibition of folk art and crafts from India, including:
Eighth Annual Boneyard Arts Festival, April 17, 2010 This year marks the eighth annual Boneyard Arts Festival in Champaign County, Illinois. Kalarte Gallery will once again participate in the festival. The festival runs from Thursday, April 16 through Sunday, April 19. The festival's "Downtown Urbana" day is Saturday, April 17. The Boneyard Arts Festival is sponsored by 40 North / 88 West, the Champaign County Arts, Culture & Entertainment Council. For more information on the Festival, visit the 40 North Web site. Celebración Guadalupana II & Holiday gift sale - November / December, 2009 A show and sale presenting folk arts and crafts celebrating Guadalupe, a national symbol of Mexico, whose feast day is December 12; and holiday gift items from various locations in Latin America. Masks & Skeletons - October / November, 2009 This exhibition, on the occasion of the American Halloween and the Mexican Day of the Dead, includes masks from Mexico, Guatemala, Africa, India, and Indonesia; Day of the Dead figures from Mexico; and paintings from Africa. Celebración Guadalupana - November / December 2008 Kalarte Gallery presents an exhibition of folk art and crafts from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, in celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the most important religious and cultural icon of Mexico. Guadalupe's feast day is December 12. A Masked Wall: An Exhibition of Masks from Asia and Latin America Kalarte Gallery presents an exhibition of masks from Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua) and Asia (India, Indonesia), and some additional locations (for example, West Africa). The exhibition includes mostly contemporary masks, but also some vintage masks from Mexico. The masks are mostly wood or paper-mache. For images of masks, see pages for Indonesia masks, Latin America masks, and Africa masks. Arts and Crafts of Guatemala April-May 2008 A portion of sales was donated to Wuqu' Kawoq, an organization dedicated to strengthening Mayan language and medicine in Guatemala. Wuqu' Kawoq is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information on the work of the organization, visit the Wuqu' Kawoq Web site. Visit Rebecca Rohloff's web site for her current work. Arts and Crafts of West Africa March-April 2008 This exhibition featured wood, brass, and recycled metal sculptures; folk painting; masks; jewelry; other craft items; and contemporary paintings by Avokpo. For African art and craft items, see the Africa page. Tres Fiestas: Day of the Dead (Oct 31) | Guadalupe (Dec 12) | Nativity (Dec 25) November-December 2007 Traditional Art from Ecuador and Peru May 2007
From Guadalupe to Solstice - December 2006 As part of Heartland Gallery’s “From Guadalupe to Solstice” exhibit during the month of December, Kalarte Gallery exhibited arts and crafts related to Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is the patroness of Mexico and whose feast day is December 12. Other arts and crafts from Latin America and various gift items, including a collection of nativities, were also available. Latin American arts and crafts, including items on the Virgin of Guadalupe, continue to be available from Kalarte Gallery. Kalarte Gallery presented an exhibition of folk art and traditional art of India. Kalarte Gallery presented an exhibition of contemporary works by several New Mexico artists, along with traditional folk paintings from Mexico An exhibition of encaustic paintings & bronze sculptures by Toni Putnam. Art of the Caribbean and Africa An exhibition of paintings and sculptures from the Caribbean and Africa. |
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