art & society - may/june 2011 | PeoriaMagazines.com

Where Bruises Are Badges

by Kim Ranegar

Photography by David Vernon

By day, they are schoolteachers, nurses, servers in restaurants, and even a youth pastor. But when night rolls around, they roll as BoomBoom Pow!, Genghis Mom, Slay D Gaga, and more. They’re the Derby Dames of Peoria Push, but nobody’s pushing them around.

Going Unplugged…

Jan Wright, Publisher, art & society

The ability to unplug and live in the present isn’t a skill taught in school, but it may well be critical to maintaining a sense of balance in today’s fast-paced world.

Walls as Canvas

Murals in the Public Eye

by Kaylyn Kuzniar

Painted directly onto a permanent surface—a wall or ceiling, for example—murals typically incorporate the architectural and unique thematic qualities of the surface while creating the illusion of additional space in and around the given area.