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concentrics Outreach Young Evanston Artists Festival The Evanston Art Center participated in the 24th annual YEA! Festival this year, held Saturday May 21 on Dempster Street and Chicago Avenue in Evanston. YFA Coordinator Donna Lurie-Summerling organized a display of artwork featuring EAC students. New this year was a collaborative paper quilt project with elements created by our YFA students, board members, and staff. Faculty/Student News Jerome Acks EAC faculty member Jerome Acks is in two exhibitions this summer. First up is a group show, “Brainstorm,” at Governors State University May 21-June 25. Acks’ work is also in a group show “Intertwined” at KCCC Art Gallery in the Korean Cultural Art Center of Chicago, June 11-July 12. Robert Fields and Sarah Kaiser “Subject/Object,” a two-person show featuring EAC student Robert Fields and EAC faculty member Sarah Kaiser, runs from June 10 to July 25 at Chicago’s Avram Eisen Gallery. David Gista “Stairway to Heaven,” a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by EAC faculty member David Gista, ran April 8 through May 6 at Thomas Masters Gallery in Chicago. Barbara Horowitz EAC student Barbara Horowitz was featured in an exhibition titled “Atmosphere of Heaven” at Tub Tim Thai in Skokie. Janis Pozzi Johnson “in darkness buried deep,” curated by EAC faculty member Janis Pozzi Johnson, was on display at The Mary-Frances and Bill Veeck Gallery at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. This solo exhibition of artist Pamela Arnutt ran April 13 – June 7. Jill King EAC faculty member Jill King’s artwork appeared in the Chicago Sculpture International Exhibition as part of Art Chicago 2011. John Minkoff EAC faculty member John Minkoff has put together a book of drawings called “Corn Liquor and Other Pictures,” inspired by Nelson Algren’s novel A Walk on the Wild Side. Bruce Mortenson EAC faculty member Bruce Mortenson was featured in two exhibitions. “Micro Rave” was in the lobby area of The Belmont Reside from April 7 to May 5, and the solo show “Mind Energy” ran at Robert Morris University’s State Street Gallery from April 25 to May 22. Peter Nussbaum The Lincolnwood Village Art Gallery displayed a sampling of EAC student Peter Nussbaum’s photographic work March 16 – April 28. Kay Thomas EAC faculty member Kay Thomas is a featured artist in “A Brush with Nature,” a group exhibition at the Heller Nature Center in Highland Park that runs June 4 – July 28. Jeremy Tinder EAC faculty member Jeremy Tinder is creating a mural in east Rogers Park after winning a competition to be lead artist for the underpass at Rogers and Clark in Chicago. This mural project is the result of a participatory budgeting experiment in Rogers Park. Art Prize, Grand Rapids The Evanston Art Center congratulates 5 members of our community who will be participating in Grand Rapids, Michigan’s Art Prize Competition from September 21 st through October 9 th , 2011. EAC faculty members Jill King (Mixed Media), Lindsay Obermeyer (Fiber), Matt Runfola (Metals), and Dominic Sansone (Metals), as well as EAC student Victor Nelson (Metals) will compete with artists from all over the world for over $400,000 worth of prizes that are voted on by the public. Board/Staff News Paula Danoff EAC Director of Development and Communications Paula Danoff, was selected to be a Panelist for the Illinois Arts Council Visual Arts Panel in June 2011. She is also teaching Ikebana at the EAC and gave an Ikebana demonstration/workshop for 40 members of The Woman’s Club of Evanston. The women in attendance learned about the art of Japanese flower arranging, and each attendee made their own arrangement to take home. Norah Diedrich EAC Executive Director Norah Diedrich was selected to be one of the judges for the “2011 An Artistic Discovery” competition held at the Skokie public library. This year there were 45 students from 19 schools, including special education schools for students who reside in the 9th Congressional District. This is an initiative of Congresswoman Janice Schakowsky who attended the May 9 opening of the student exhibition and awarded the winners’ prizes. The EAC provided two scholarships for art classes. Thanks to our volunteers! The EAC is always grateful for the hard work of our volunteers and interns. In May, Drew Dickson and Shelby Marks, students at North Shore Country Day School, assisted with the Spring Benefit as part of their Senior Service Project. Drew and Shelby spent the last two weeks of their senior year preparing the EAC galleries for the event, and assisted patrons during the benefit night. Northwestern University junior Sasha Lipton spent her spring quarter interning at the EAC through the School of Education and Social Policy’s practicum program. She got hands-on experience with the day-to-day workings of a nonprofit, especially through her assistance with the Spring Benefit, cataloguing artwork, streamlining the bidding process, writing follow-up letters to donors, and composing the program booklet. Our Youth Job Center Intern- Thank you Johnathon! The EAC wants to give a special thank you to Johnathan Watson for all of his help over the last several months as our Graphic Arts and Business Administration intern. Johnathan came to the EAC through the Youth Job Center of Evanston which is an organization dedicated to helping young adults with job placement in order to jump start promising careers in a field of their choice. Johnathan has worked tirelessly assisting with several projects. His assistance has been invaluable to the EAC and we wish him luck in his bright future. Exhibitions Spring Benefit Over 200 people attended the 2011 Spring Benefit at the Evanston Art Center on Saturday, May 21. “Kaleidoscope” raised over $47,000 for the EAC’s school, youth outreach, and exhibition programs. We were also proud to honor local and longtime arts supporter, Jim Nash of Farnsworth-Hill. We are extremely thankful for the efforts of Gala Co-chairs Karen Hunt and Debra Favre. Special thanks also goes to auctioneer Matthew Goebel. Thank you to our event patrons, Harold and Karen Bauer, Anne Berkeley, Sun H Choi, Chie and Robert Curley, Joan and Kevin Evanich, Janet Gerske, Karen Hunt, Krishna Kishore Adusumili, Claudia Luebbers, Valerie Rothschild, Carla and Mark Vorhees, and Charles and Patsy Barrow. Thank you to the individuals and organizations that donated to our raffles and auctions: OUR GENEROUS CORPORATE SPONSORS A.G. Edwards, Inc., Fifth Third Bank, First Bank and Trust, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LP, MB Financial, Mesirow Financial, Larsen Manufacturing, NorthShore Community Bank and Trust Company, Owens Industries, Inc., and Sage Products GALLERIES (Donated Art Work): EC Gallery, Fassbender Fine Art, MK Gallery, Pagoda Red, Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Vale Craft Gallery, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Suzanne Berkson, Charles and Kathleen Harper, Beth and David Hart, Ron Kysiak and Diane Lupke, Kathryn Kucera, Bob Roth, Dan and Maryellen Schwartz, Bil Wilkshire 26 Concentrics
Thank you to Shaun Chinsky of Good’s of Evanston and Paula and Jeff Danoff for frame donations, and to Joan and Kevin Evanich for donating wine. Thank you to our catering donors George Accattato, Harold and Karen Bauer, Rosie Burke and Jeff Heksh, Paula Danoff, Nancy and Dennis Delman, Joan and Kevin Evanich, Judy Fenton, Jerry Garner, Lorna Grothe Shawver, Linda and David Kaufman, Beth and David Hart, Karen Hunt, Daphne Jones, Teresa and Tod Lickerman, Mary O’Shaughnessy and Charlie Van Gilder, John Saliba and Judy Falconer, Renee Schleicher, Rob and Janie Sills, Eric and Tammy Steele, and Sherry and Doug Winger. A special thank you to our scholarship donors Harold and Karen Bauer, Rosie Burke and Jeff Heksh, Kate and Craig Collinson, Nina Donnelly and Russell Lane, Daphne Jones, and William Lampkin. CUT: June 5 – August 7 Curated by Eleanor Spiess-Ferris and Beth Hart Don’t miss the EAC’s newest exhibition, “CUT,” where the medium of paper is transformed into contemporary artwork in the hands of thirteen talented artists. Although the making of paper goes back to at least the 3rd century, the oldest surviving paper cut-out originated in 6th century China and has a long worldwide tradition in art that dates at least to the Middle Ages. Traditional collage, 2- and 3-dimensional cut paper forms, digital technology of “cutting,” “pasting,” and “replicating,” and dvd “action cartoons” of cut paper characters demonstrate only some of the contemporary techniques featured in “CUT.” Every artist in the exhibition uses the technique of cutting as a starting point to achieve his or her unique artistic expression. The exhibiting artists are: Brian Dettmer, Ling-An Fang, Susan Giles, Jesse Harrod, Jang Soon Im, Bruce Kresnoff, Christophe Roberts, Mark Rospenda, Shawn Sheehy, Richard Shipps, Helene Smith-Romer, Doug Stapleton, and Sarah Steinwachs. Several special workshops in conjunction with this exhibition will be held this summer, taught by the exhibiting artists: one titled “Fabric as Paint” will be taught by Jesse Harrod, and a second workshop called “The Language of Pop-Up Books” will be taught by Shawn Sheehy. A related community-wide event, “Re-Create: Recycled Paper Environment,” will be held on July 30 from 11 am to 4 pm at the picnic shelter in the park north of the Art Center. This event is free and open to the public. Member’s Show:”Interpretation in Two or Three-D” Opening with “CUT” the first member’s show of the summer is open from June 5-26, 2011. Curated by David Gista, EAC faculty member, the exhibition celebrates the artistic excellence of talented members who take classes at the EAC. Exhibiting artists include:Edward Abraham, Piotr Antonow, Harold Bauer, Ekaterina Bitkin, Elizabeth Bolich, Patricia Brew, Yulia Bushmanova, Nicase Calderone, Carlos Cardenas, Mary Chiaro, Elaine Clearfield, Katie Compernolle, Sara Convery, Lori Darling, Mariah DeForest, Mike Dillon, Rachel Dosé, Judith Edelman, Karen Eich, Betsey Fiddler, Rhona Fiedler, Louise Fischer, Karen Gerrard, Karen Gerrard, Dorothy Gill, Patricia Hinkel, Claire Hirsch, Mark Hudson, Jane Jacobs, Bobette Jennett, Kimberly Jones, In Young Ju, Beatrice Kahn, Beth Kerr, Grace Kroll, Jeanne LaCasse, Victoria Lacocque, Robin Langer, Eugene Lev, Cherie R. Lockett, Jessica Lucas, Sally Lupel, Jonathan Lurie, Roberta Malkin, Amy McCormac, Emily McCormick, Joan McLane, Lucia Miller, Kim Moloney, Victor Nelson, Marc Nemenoff, Ginny Pitre-Hay, Ken Probst, Melissa Saks, John Saliba, Tim Sanborn, John Schlossman, Margaret Sents, Margaret Shell, James Sklar, Adrienne Stern, Arlene Strom, Cathy Taylor, Sue Thompson, Valery True, Ivan Tshilds, Lawrence Tuke, George Weissler, Jacquelyn Wells, Julius Wineberg, Leslie Wolf, Jill Worm photograph, while at the same time the contrast between materials encourages close contemplation. Artist Gary Orlinsky installed “Elevated” the week of July 11 th with an opening reception and artist talk Saturday, July 16 th at 2 pm. His sculpture will remain on the EAC’s front lawn until May 2012. Funding for Sculpture on the Grounds is provided in part by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. Dimensional Lines: art + dress: September 11 – November 7 Curator: Gillion Carrara, Contributing Curator: Fraser Taylor Exhibiting Artists: Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, Conrad Hamather, Anke Loh, Beata Kania, Kristin Mariani, Katrin Schnabl, Kristina Sparks, and Fraser Taylor. Additional contributions will be made by writers Sandra Adams, Alex Aubry, Caroline Bellios, Stuart Dybek, and Margaret Hawkins as well as set designer, Mary Griswold and Lighting artist, Geoffrey Bushor. The Art Center has asked a group of Chicago-based artists and designers who are at the forefront of their disciplines to collaborate on an exhibition exploring the relationship between art and fashion. A reflection of today’s global culture, the line between both disciplines has increasingly blurred to produce hybrid art forms that bridge the worlds of culture and commerce. Dimensional Lines: Art + Dress will explore this cultural phenomenon in the context of Chicago’s own vibrant contemporary art and fashion scenes. This exhibition will offer visitors a rare opportunity to experience innovative art and design in dialogue with the Art Center’s historic setting. Board News Our New Board Members Linda Beck Linda comes to us from the Chicago Foundation for Women, and is currently completing the Evanston Community Foundation’s Leadership Evanston program. Her extensive leadership in volunteer and community work includes the Junior League of Chicago, Women’s Club of Evanston; Neighborhood Restorative Justice Institute; and Public Allies/Chicago. Linda lives in Evanston. Rosanne Dineen Rosanne has worked for several major banks specializing in derivatives, marketing and investment analysis. She is currently on the Board of the Block Museum, NU Alumnae and Continuing Education and Evanston Garden Club. Other organizations she has worked with include Evanston Community Foundation; Research Park Board; Youth Job Center: Evanston Electric Task Force; and the American Craft Exposition. Rosanne lives in Evanston. Julie Schmidt Julie has spent the past five years as Director of Finance at North Shore Country Day School. She is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management where she served as Associate Director of Admissions. Julie was previously associated with Deloitte & Touche, Peterson Consulting L.P. and several major banking institutions. Julie lives in Northfield. Sculpture on the Grounds Our 2011-2012 Sculpture on the Grounds project, “Elevated,” conceptually addresses the provocative dialogue between nature and built space that the Evanston Art Center’s ivy-covered building has with Lake Michigan. Visually, with its girder-like supports and elevated mass, the work powerfully references Chicagoland’s most iconic built structures, the “El.” “Elevated” consists of a series of parallel, attached hoops that will have a central core of bundled reeds zigzagging through the length of the structure. The reeds are enclosed and sheltered within the sculptural form and simultaneously extend beyond the frame. The piece as a whole implies rapid movement, as if captured in a blurred Concentrics 27
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