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Barb Levine
Stacy Wathen
Larry Williams

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09/06/2026

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†? ๐‘ถ๐’‰, ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’”๐’๐’๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’๐’š. The Martha Blacker Exhibition Reception was one of those evenings when everything just ...
09/05/2026

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†? ๐‘ถ๐’‰, ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’”๐’๐’๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’๐’š.
The Martha Blacker Exhibition Reception was one of those evenings when everything just came togetherโ€”a great crowd, plenty of sunshine, fabulous conversation, and some seriously amazing art.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€.
Hereโ€™s a little peek at the eveningโ€ฆ because if you werenโ€™t there, youโ€™ll at least get to see what you missed.
๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.
๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ.











๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽยฐ+ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐ญ.๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ...
09/03/2026

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽยฐ+ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐ญ.
๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐. ๐Ÿ˜Žโ„๏ธ
๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌโ€ฆ
๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐ญ.
๐–๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐–๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ’ณ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐'๐“ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌโ€ฆ๐€ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž.๐˜๐ž๐ฉ! ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž...
09/03/2026

๐Ÿ’ณ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐'๐“ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌโ€ฆ
๐€ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž.
๐˜๐ž๐ฉ! ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ, ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญโ€ฆ
๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐„!
๐๐จ ๐Ÿ‘% โ€œ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’…โ€ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.
๐–๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ˜‰
๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ
๐”๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž. ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž. ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ. ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง. ๐€๐ง๐ โ€ฆ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ-๐œ๐š๐ซ๐-๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž.
๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Ÿš‚

09/02/2026

๐‡๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.

09/01/2026

๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐…๐”๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐๐†๐’ ๐–๐€๐‘๐„๐‡๐Ž๐”๐’๐„ ๐†๐€๐‹๐‹๐„๐‘๐˜
100 N Chestnut โ€ข Downtown Champaign, IL
In the Historic Train Station
OPEN THU + FRI 11 - 6 โ€ข SAT 10 - 6 โ€ข SUN 12 - 4
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๐˜พ๐’๐™ก๐’๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐’๐™ช๐’“ ๐’˜๐™ค๐’“๐™ก๐’…. ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŒธ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด!Weโ€™re thrilled to announce โ€œPaintings by Martha Bl...
09/01/2026

๐˜พ๐’๐™ก๐’๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐’๐™ช๐’“ ๐’˜๐™ค๐’“๐™ก๐’…. ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŒธ
๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด!
Weโ€™re thrilled to announce โ€œPaintings by Martha Blacker,โ€ a solo exhibition featuring Marthaโ€™s bold, expressive paintings bursting with color, texture and personality.
โœจ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก
๐Ÿ“… ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐Ÿ•” ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿด ๐—ฃ๐— 
But why wait until 5? Needful Things will be open at 11 AM that day, so come early, shop awhile, and stay late for the art. ๐Ÿ˜‰
Marthaโ€™s work will remain on exhibition through September 27, so there will be plenty of opportunities to stop in and see it for yourself.
๐Ÿ“ Needful Things Warehouse Gallery
100 N Chestnut โ€ข Downtown Champaign
In the Historic Train Station
Come for the art. Stay for the treasures. You might just leave with both. ๐Ÿ’—

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100 N Chestnut (in The Historic Train Station โ€ข Downtown)
Champaign, IL
61820

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Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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