In conjunction with the Boneyard Arts Festival this coming weekend, the new Amara Yoga & Arts will debut with an art show in its new space on the east of Lincoln Square Village in Urbana.
Amara aims to showcase work by local artists, offer art workshops and art therapy for kids and adults. Yoga classes also will be offered. Yoga begins in May. The owners plan to have a variety of different yoga classes available, including classes for children, plus Pilates and meditation courses.
The people behind the venture are Theresa Brandabur, yoga studio director, and Kathryn Fitzgerald, the art director. Both are Champaign Urbana residents who met in San Francisco, where Fitzgerald ran an art gallery.
Both eventually moved back to the area and decided to open a "dual use" space, and they loved the space available in Lincoln Square. They renovated the area to include a studio, dressing rooms and a bathroom.
Amara's inaugural art show, "Somewhere Else, Paintings and Photographs by Lyosha," will be on display from April 18 to May 18. The opening reception is from 6 to 8 p.m. next Saturday.
The studio and gallery is located across from Cardinal Fitness and just south of the Great Impasta restaurant.
By Christine Des Garennes
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