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00000179-2419-d250-a579-e41d38c20001The Gallery @ NPR Illinois is in the studio complex and facilitates listeners engaging with Illinois art. Additionally, artists works from each exhibit are digitally captured and posted here and shared with other public radio stations.Each exhibit kicks-off with an opening mixer where listeners are invited to attend and refreshments are provided. Each exhibit is open for viewing for a few weeks after the opening during business hours: weekdays 8 AM - 5 PM. Viewing by appointment can also be arranged by contacting Carter Staley. Many newsmakers come through the studios to be interviewed on-air and see the art during an exhibit as do attendees for other events like Live at the Suggs.To participate in a future exhibit or stage one of your own, click here to submit your art exhibit idea.Featured Artists:Bill AblerRL BostonDelinda ChapmanRita DavisColleen "Cookie" FerratierSandra FinneyRich FordCathy J. GanschinietzAneita Atwood GatesGeorge KingRachel LattimoreGinny LeeDouglas Levi (Brackney)Gwen LewisBenjamin LowderMarcia McMahon MastroddiDebbie MegginsonHugh MooreShannon O'BrienMaggie PinkeSheri RamseySue ScaifeMary SelinskiCarolyn Owen SommerJan SorensonElizabeth TroneKate Worman-Becker

King of the Roost

King of the Roost by Rita Davis
Rita Davis

"Have you ever heard of gentle roosters? I had three beautiful roosters who were as tame as any pet. It may have been the fact that they had 35 – 50 hens to tend to. When I put food in their pen, Me, a giant white rooster, would check it out by picking it up and dropping it. He did this three times and walked away. After Me left, all the hens would run over to eat. He would stand back until they were done and finish what they left.

"Once a hen got tangled in string and couldn’t walk. When I picked her up she squawked up a storm. Me came running from around the hen house, looked at us, turned and walked away. She calmed down, got untangled and was fine.

"Me shared the pen and house with a smaller rooster named Mini-Me, because they looked alike. As long as Mini-Me stayed with his mini hens, the two got along. If Mini-Me got too friendly, the hens tattled and the chase was on, but that was the extent of the altercations. Who would think roosters could be so sweet and entertaining. This is a tribute to my roosters: Roody, Me, and Mini-Me. I miss them and their 'ladies.'" - Rita

Watercolor

Market Value: $450

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