Gesso Magazine

06/08/2026

Our Friends at The Gogh-Getters sent us this arts opportunity invitation:

Find out information about the Street Banner Contest including who can enter, the size requirements of the entries, and a link to submit your art.

06/07/2026

Click below to read Issue #61 of 74 issues. August 2020 in the 20-year legacy of Str8Up / Gesso Magazine.

August 2020 Issue of Gesso Magazine

06/07/2026

Issue #61 of 74 issues, August 2020 in the 20-year legacy of Str8Up / Gesso Magazine.
Cover artist: Kerry Smith (Kerry Smith / )
Featuring: National Independent Venue Association (NIVA - National Independent Venue Association) Supports SAVE OUR STAGES Act.
Kim Vrooman (), Christine Higdon & Paul Seibert - Off to Go to TOCO (TOCO Shop Belleville) 15th Annual TOCO Family Festival Virtual COVID Edition.
Midwest Salute to the Arts (Midwest Salute to the Arts) Virtual COVID Festival.
Liz Rushlander Crabtree () - Different Can Be Good Sometimes, The Hettenhausen Performing Arts Center (Hettenhausen Center for the Arts) at McKendree University with Old Salt Union, Janet Evra, USAF Band of Mid-America.
Drawing submission: Joseph Bodus
Governor French Gallery (.french.gallery): "Due to the COVID Quarantine, The Gallery is Closed Indefinitely. You can't come in, but...
you can see the Jacque Davis () exhibition through the windows."

06/07/2026

LAST! DAY! TODAY!

06/07/2026

Our Friends at Art Gecko Creative Studio do such wonderful things to support the Arts for Young People. Thank you, Art Gecko!

☀️🎨 Summer has officially begun — and so has our 10th Annual Summer Art Camp!

We kick off our first session Monday, June 8th, and our older‑kids camp is already sold out! But good news — we still have 4 spots left in our Mini Summer Art Camp for ages 4–6.

If you’d like to grab one of those last spots, please email [email protected] by 11 PM on Sunday, June 7th.
Use the subject line: Mini Art Camp – June 9 & 11

We can’t wait to create with your little artists on Monday! 💛🎨

06/06/2026

Click below to read Issue #60 of 74 issues. July 2020 in the 20-year legacy of Str8Up / Gesso Magazine.

July 2020 Issue of Gesso Magazine

06/06/2026

Many thanks to BOG People (BOG People) and all the many other talented performers on the lineup for our STR8 UP Magazine's 20th Anniversary at SPACES in Downtown Belleville on June 27th!!!
Tickets available at www.sagetownproductions.com
For More info:
https://www.facebook.com/share/14kWsgE4cE5/

06/06/2026

All Good Friends here! The Gogh-Getters and Str8Up/Gesso Feature Cover Artists Dennis Ringering and David M. Yates:

The Gogh-Getters present
The Owl & The Loon
featuring works by Dennis Ringering & David M. Yates
Join us for the Opening Reception
Friday, June 19, 7–9 PM

Exhibition on view June 19 – August 26
at Sacred Grounds Café (Edwardsville)

Learn more at goghgetters.com

06/06/2026

Now comes Issue #60 of 74 issues, July 2020 in the 20-year legacy of Str8Up / Gesso Magazine.
Cover artist: Mark Witzling ()
Featuring Susan Norsigian - Using Art Therapy as a Tool in Group Therapy / Paul Seibert - Bump Kowalski and the Ten Commandments: A Metro-Made Indie-Rock-Punk Pinball Movie at Skyview Drive-In Movie Theater (Bump Kowalski and the Ten Commandments) / Craft Alliance Center of Art & Design / A Few Creative Endeavors of Joseph Baldwin (Noisy Velvet) / Dank By Design (): Sunday Morning Game Night
Submissions: Pet Portraits by Kaila King (Kayla King - Artist / )
Written Words by John Dorroh
Comics by JW
And ever so much more!