Next Picture Show

Next Picture Show is a photo booth rental business in Dixon, Illinois. It holds a rating of 4.80 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The Next Picture Show (TNPS) is a non-profit fine arts center in the heart of Dixon. Its stated goal is to nurture, develop, educate, and foster the arts and to galvanize artists and patrons within the community. TNPS occupies a vintage 1854 building of 7,700 square feet that underwent a complete restoration in 2004, which recreated the 1898 facade look and retained the original wood floors, tin ceiling, and internal structures where possible. The main gallery level hosts a new art exhibition approximately every six weeks, drawing artists from around the Midwest, and also presents small live concerts through the year, including the Rendezvous Arts series. That level is available for rental events. The lower level provides additional exhibition space for special exhibitions, art classes, and workshops.

Programming includes juried art exhibitions, art classes, and small, intimate concerts. Chapter and Verse Writer's Group meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, and Dixon Poetry Night runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The 77th Grand Detour Arts Festival is a long-running one-day art festival held at the John Deere Historic Site in Grand Detour. The organization is managed by a Board of Directors of eight to thirteen members serving one- to two-year terms, elected each January, with Jayne Rose as Interim Executive Director. The board states that TNPS is a safe space where artists and patrons have access to its art resources and where varied histories, voices, and life experiences are honored.

The business sits on West 1st Street, a short walk from South Galena Avenue and about a tenth of a mile from The Dixon: Historic Theatre, Dixon City Hall, and Reagan Peace Park, as well as the Wings of Peace and Freedom and Berlin Wall replica public artworks.

Its positive rating reflects the customers who have reviewed it, and it welcomes members, volunteers, and donations to keep its exhibitions, classes, and concerts running in Dixon.