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Preston Eugene Jackson
Preston Eugene Jackson is an American painter, sculptor and educator who has created many public art sculptures in the Central Illinois area. He works in metal, both steel and foundry cast metals, and also paints. His paintings and sculptures cover many styles, from abstract to "emotionally charged realism." In 1998 he was named the Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois and received the Order of Lincoln Medallion. He owns The Raven Gallery, home of the Contemporary Art Center in Peoria, Illinois. His traveling sculpture exhibit "Fresh from Julieanne’s Garden" features more than 100 unique bronze castings of people of color telling fictionalized stories of their lives from the 17th through 20th centuries. Jackson received a Regional Emmy for hosting "Legacy in Bronze" a television show featuring these sculptures. In 2018 he was voted one of the best Illinois artists of all time as part of The Illinois Top 200 project. Jackson began his career as a professor of art at W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur ( ) is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois, with a population of 70,522 as of the 2020 Census. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. Decatur is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois. The city is home of private Millikin University and public Richland Community College. Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production, including the North American headquarters of agricultural conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland, international agribusiness Tate & Lyle's largest corn-processing plant, and the designing and manufacturing facilities for Caterpillar Inc.'s wheel-tractor scrapers, compactors, large wheel loaders, mining class motor grader, off-highway trucks, and large mining trucks. History The city is named after War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur. Decatur is an affiliate of the U.S. Main Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
