Water Street Studios to host gallery opening March 14

Water Street Studios in downtown Batavia will host its Second Friday event from 6 to 9 p.m. on March 14.

The art exhibition features artists Raul Rodea, Gerardo Madrigal, Juan Francisco Sepulveda, Joe Hernandez, and Pierre Lucero in the first-floor Dempsey Galleries and Kane County Chronicle Magazine Galleries.

The monthly Second Friday gallery openings offer the chance to view and purchase local artwork, visit resident artists in their studios, explore the clay lab, visit the Community Gallery on the second floor, and learn about the School of Art class offerings.

As part of the Arts District community initiative in downtown Batavia, additional happenings will be held at neighbor businesses Hearth & Hammer and Kiss the Sky.

This event is free to attend, but donations to Water Street Studios are gratefully accepted to help continue to provide events to the community. Water Street Studios has become an integral cultural hub that draws, enriches and supports renowned artists, experienced art teachers, talented students and the art and culture-loving public from all over the Fox Valley and beyond.

Water Street Studios is open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the gallery, 160 S. Water St. in Batavia.

For more information, visit waterstreetstudios.org.

About Water Street Studios

Founded in 2009, Water Street Studios is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that serves as a welcoming home for self-discovery and expression. A community for artists of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of education, and for those who love art. It champions art and culture that inspires, educates, provokes, heals, and unifies. It works to provide artistic opportunities for those who may not have access to them and to spread awareness of all the ways art enhances lives.