Visits are free and we welcome everyone to enjoy browsing here and inside our Gallery. Beluga Press welcomes you, your dogs and your children. We share treats on the First Friday of every month 5 until 8 pm and are open on most Saturday mornings 9am -1 pm, but you can also text (309) 310-7283 for your personalized tour during other times! We also work in the 3rd floor Beluga Press Painting and Printmaking studio, so text Rhea if the gallery looks locked. We can come down and meet you.

Located on Main Street, one-half block north of the McLean County Museum of History and 2 doors north of Spice Works in the historic district of downtown Bloomington, Beluga Press offers tribute to the art legacies of seasoned artists while celebrating nature, contemporary art and cultural themes. Our artists have established, successful careers with highly professional skill levels.

Founded in the 1990’s as a practicing printmaking and painting studio, Beluga Press features new media and experienced artists inclusive of Illinois State University and regional art professors, visiting artists, students and alumni. With a growing variety new works, Beluga Press is fast becoming one of Bloomington’s most prestigious fine art galleries. Recently we have added experimental photography, cyanotypes and 18K Gold Leaf images, all available in the gallery.

• Rhea Edge, environmental artist, gallerist, painter, printmaker, photographer and ecologist

• Phil Smith, painter working primarily in oils that feature regional landscapes and architecture

• Cathie Crawford, award-winning printmaker of mid to large scale color reduction woodcuts

• Lin Bryant-Smith, fabric and textile artist crafting beautiful quilts table toppers and wall art

• Barbara Hoffman, photographer of high-contrast color and abstracted leaf and nature forms

• Salvador Ceniceros, painter of meticulously detailed paintings and experimental photography

• Manuel Ceniceros, traditional black & white darkroom botanicals, cyanotype photography

• Harold Gregor, celebrated ISU art professor and painter of vibrant landscape variations

• Mark Forth, mystic realism oil painter, printmaker and draftsman’s work with hints of surrealism

• Harold Boyd, renowned ISU art professor, humanist, printmaker, painter, draftsman, sculptor

• Dann Nardi, sculptor and draftsman known for public art installations and fine woodcraft art

• Rhondal McKinney, professional photographer featuring local landscape in traditional perfection

• Kenneth Holder, ISU art professor, painter of Western themed landscapes in acrylic mastery

• Draper Matthews, contemporary emerging artist, sculptor, glass, ceramics and new media

• Doug Delong, mixed-media Minimalist wood/stone sculptor with classical Cycladic influences

• Bill Kolok, wood, stone, metal mixed media sculptures with traditional craft interpretations

• Ken Kashian, cyanotypes, florals, architecture crafted with perfect photographic expertise