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Gallery 218
Gallery 218 is located in the Historic Third Ward within the Marshall Building.
Open for quarterly gallery nights as well as Marshall Building special events. Schedule and Exhibition opportunities listed on website.
Contemporary artwork of established and emerging artists in a variety of media, focusing on abstraction, conceptual, experimental, nature-inspired works.
Ongoing at the gallery:
Judith Hooks: Alchemical Investigations, paintings
Bernie Newman: Beneath the Surface, photographs
The Art Center Highland Park
The Art Center offers classes and workshops in the visual arts, gallery exhibitions, and special events and performances.
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Brushwood Gallery
Ryerson Woods
Brushwood Gallery is located in Brushwood, the elegant historic former home of Edward L. Ryerson, set on 552 acres of gorgeous pre-settlement woodlands.
College of Lake County
Robert T. Wright Gallery
Committed to displaying works of Illinois artists and increasing the visibility of nationally known artists in Lake County.
Crazee Kandee Boutique and Art Gallery
Crazee Kandee's Gallery radiates the ambiance of a city gallery nestled in the western suburbs, offering opportunities to both established and emerging artists to present their creativity.
Please visit our website for a current listing of our Monthly Gallery openings and featured Artists.
Deer Path Art League Gallery
Thematic exhibits featuring local and national artists representing all media.
The Deer Path Art League is a non profit organization founded in 1954. The League supports the Gallery, art classes, a Young Artist Enrichment Program, and hosts the annual Art Fair on the Square held each Labor Day Weekend.
Elmhurst Art Museum (EAM)
Committed to the exhibition of contemporary art from mid-century modern through the 21st century, EAM presents work of emerging and mid-career artists from Chicago, throughout the United States, and around the globe.
Public programs include guest lectures, art classes and workshops; the Museum is only fifteen miles west of Chicago and easy walking distance to the Metra West Elmhurst stop.
The Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery
Featuring contemporary artworks by established and emerging local and invited artists in all media and styles.
Please note there will be receptions at the gallery from 7-9pm on september 3, october 15, and december 3
Evanston Art Center
Expression Galleries of Fine Art
Owners Tim DeWine and Eva Jaroszewicz focus on master prints by Picasso, Chagall, Miró, Dalí, Klimt, Renoir, Sheile, Whistler, Tissot and other significant artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Expression Galleries of Fine Art also feature contemporary European artists such as Royo, Vilanova, Dessapt, Kako, and Toplev.
Please also visit the gallery's other location in River North:
708 N. Wells (60654), tel: 312-274-9848
Marla Friedman Studio
Classical Realism
Portraitist Marla Friedman's paintings in oil and pastel.
Portraiture, historic narrative, figurative paintings in the realist tradition.
New addition: Portrait sculpture in relief, cast in bronze.
Artist now accepting commissions for portrait sculpture in clay - cast in bronze. By appointment.
Chicago Tribune art critic Alan Artner states, 'Friedman Show Evinces Portraiture Elegance... [Her paintings] present the artist's strong technique with admirable, even beguiling, clarity.'
Kamp Gallery
Kamp Gallery began in 1976 with the purpose of exploring the contribution of Midwestern artists from the very beginnings of the American western expansion through and up to the present day.
For 35 years we have exhibited rediscovered modern masters such as Oscar Thalinger and Shirley Kravitt, artists overlooked during their lifetime and now avidly sought by collector sand museums.
Post-Impressionists such as California/Wilmette, IL painter Mabel Wheelock, and Swedish-American artist Alfred Jansson are but a few of the dozens of artists who we have "rehabilitated" from the dustbin of history to the delight of connoisseurs and collectors alike.
Our Winnetka gallery was the third reincarnation of Kamp Gallery, has exhibited the finest American and European painters for over 20 years to our North Shore Clientele.
Our autumn show will feature paintings from the estate of artist Connie Egar Shneider.
Shneider focused on the female nude as her muse for more than 20 years. A regular exhibitor at local and regional art competitions, she is one of the few artists to have the distinction of her work being "banned" from the Congressional Senate Office Chambers in Washington D.C. due to Republican censorship. The "banned", offensive painting was welcomed in Representative Barney Frank's offices for the duration of the exhibition.
Her career was cut short when she died from lung cancer in 2009 at the height of her artistic powers. We are proud to feature her retrospective show, which includes over 25 works in the gallery from Oct. 2-23. Half of the proceeds from the sale of her work will be donated to the nonprofit cancer survivors assistance foundation called LUNGevity.
Krasl Art Center
Opening receptions held first day of exhibition, 5:30-7:30pm
Lakeside Legacy Arts Park
Dole and Sage Galleries
Located on the shores of Crystal Lake, home to the Historic Dole Mansion, 2 expansive galleries, 22 resident partner artists, the McHenry County Youth Orchestra, a recording studio, & a culinary studio.
Our galleries showcase national, regional and local exhibits. Additional services include event, program space & visual and performing artist studio rentals.
First Fridays:
The public is welcome on the 1st Friday of each month for tours, art, music, food & wine from 5-7:30pm. Free; donations appreciated.
(No 1st Friday event in Sept & Dec)
Anne Loucks Gallery
Contemporary American painting, photography and sculpture.
Artists represented include: Rodger Bechtold, Gail Bessette, Mark Bowles, Pegan Brooke, Dennis Campay, Grace Cole, Carl Dahl, Stephen Dinsmore, Rick Ford, Doug Freed, Jan Gauthier, Chris Honeysett, Richard Kooyman, Sally Michel, Eleanor Miller, Tezh Modarressi, Marshall Noice, Melanie Parke, Lisa Ridgers, M.C. Selfridge, James Shay, and Leslie Wu.
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park
Located one hour by rail from Millennium Park ( 35 miles south of the Loop), the NMSP offers 27 sculptures carefully sited across 100 acres of rolling prairie.
Highlights include important works by diSuvero, Nauman, Puryear, Hunt and Mary Miss.
Programs and activities enhance visitors' understanding of the work and its setting.
Northern Illinois University Art Museum (NIU)
Balancing contemporary with traditional art to examine visual culture.
Early fall exhibitions examine the melancholy baroque richness of the Autumn season through lushness of materials, color harmony and the aging process. Late fall exhibitions look at metaphors related to garments and ritual in fashion and death.
Pagoda Red
Rare and unusual Chinese finds and a Chinese scholars' garden not to be missed.
See description of Pagoda Red's Damen location in the North Side section for information on upcoming special events this fall.
Tall Grass Arts Association
Tall Grass Art School:
Tel 708-283-1251
Tall Grass Arts Association is located in downtown Park Forest Cultural Center.
MISSION:
To promote public education and appreciation of the arts; to encourage artists; and to support high quality art through exhibitions, sales, classes and special programs available to the public of all ages.
PROGRAMS:
- Exhibits local, regional, national and international artists and culture
- Classes in all media for children and adults
- Presents lectures and tours featuring esteemed authorities in various areas of arts and culture
- Provides docent led tours and performances for school children in regional and underserved Chicagoland communities
- Sponsors three Annual Film Series featuring art films that are followed by group discussion
- Organizes an Annual Juried Art Fair featuring works by Midwest artists
- Facilitates an Annual Beaux Arts Ball and art auction that supports TGAA operational fees
TGAA ARTISTS
Adele Aronson
Alli Farkas
Andrea Harris
Angela Lee
Braydon Cafarella
Carol Luc
Charlotte Sasser
CouSandra Armstrong
Claire Wiest
Claudia Craemer
Claudia McCarthy
Cynthia Russakoff
David Fitzgerald
David George
Diane McGarel
Dick Burd
Dorothy Sandlin
Elaine Martin
Eric Steele
Eve Jensen
Faye Alice Zalecki
Gary Thomas
George and Joyce Leas
Grant White
Harry A. Brown
James Bowden
Jan Stewart
Janice Miller
Janice Pratt
Jenny Learner
Joan Bulf
John Hansen
Joshua Andres
Julie Leonhardt
Karen Linduska
Kathleen Schonauer
Kiet Q. Pham
L. Randall Powles
LaDonna Trapp
Larry Raymond Crist
Laureen Dunne
Leon Wade
Louis Greer
Lynne Brozynski
Maggie Joyce
Marcia Babler
Margaret Carsello
Margi Hafer
Margie Glass-Sula
Marikay Peter Witlock
Maureen Sylvia Lighthall
Michael Ruback
Michéle P. Owens
Nance Tucker
Nancy Krahn
Nikkole Huss
Orgean Freeman
Pam Eberlin
Pat Coffman Huss
Patricia Bohannon
Patricia Moore
Patty McWilliams
Peter Bosy
Renee Klyczek Nordstrom
RexAnne Coad
Richard Benoit
Richard Schmidt
Robert J. Johnson
Robert R. Williams
Roger Paris
Rosalie Waranius Vass
Ruth Marcanti
Shirley Despot
Steve Behrend
Steven Miller
Stuart Pearson
Sylvia M. Koch
Tamara Tarasiewicz
Terry Boykin
Terry O'Neill
Teventan Antchev
Mary Ann Trzyna
ZIA | Gallery
ZIA | Gallery specializes in contemporary American photography, painting and works on paper.
Representing Mary Burke, Ann Hughes, John Vlahakis, Kathy Weaver, Marc Dimov.


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