Award winners of Layers III

Midwest Collage Society
Layers 3
Bloomingdale Park District Museum
Judged by Ann Blass

First Place: Dianne Martia "Still"
Second Place: Sarah Ettinger "Free to Dream"
Second Place: Pat Pope "Touch of White"
Third Place: Eve Ozer "Equisites Corpse 2 Torso"
Third Place: Tania Blanco "Babel"
Third Place: Mary Yezek "New City"
Honorable Mention: Cynthia Lee "City Scape"
Honorable Mention: Dennis Salaty "The Prize"
Honorable Mention: Jerri Reimann "Earth Scape 1-Day"
Honorable Mention: Ann Hupke "Heart Beat"

Judges Comments: I'm impressed with the variety and dedication the artist's have displayed. I enjoy the use of mixed media both 2-D and 3-D, I think the title Layers is very appropriate many nuances and care(thought). The exquisite Corpse(s) are whimsical and Funky. Good Job All.

Midwest Collage Society Layers III Bloomindale Park District Exhibit 2009

August 2nd, MCS Workday is planned.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.All day workday! Come when you can and leave when you have to. This is a great opportunity to spread out and work on something for an extended period. So bring your materials and work in progress as well as a sack lunch or snack.A gallery walk is being planned for our September meeting. More details will be given closer to that date.

We will be meeting at 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien, IL 60561

Members News

Two of our MCS members have artist receptions this Friday evening, July 10, in Chicago. Why not make a night of it? Nancy Staszak is in the two-woman show "MESSAGES" with her friend Pat Lagger. The opening reception is this Friday evening, July 10, at the Chicago Cultural Center. Wine & cheese and other refreshments will be served from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. The Renaissance Court Gallery is on the first floor at 77 E. Randolph Street, right across the street from the north end of Millennium Park.
Cynthia Lee is part of a group exhibit at a gallery in the Pilsen Arts District of Chicago. The reception is on Friday, July 10, from 6 to 10 PM at 4Art Inc. Gallery, 1932 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60608 - (312) 850.1816 - www.4ArtInc.com All the galleries in the area---two blocks of Halsted, just south of UIC's University Village---are open Friday evening as part of "Second Fridays."

Bloomingdale Park District Museum-Midwest Collage Society

Bloomingdale Park District Museum
108 S. Bloomingdale Road
Bloomingdale IL. 60108
630-539-3096
www.bloomindaleparks.org
Gallery Hours: Wed 4-8
Thurs-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4

Admission
Residents $1
Non Residents $2
Seniors .50


Midwest Collage Society
Presents
Layers 3
Sat. July 11th – Sat. Aug 22, 2009

Reception, meet the Artists
Sunday July 19th 2-4pm




Exquisite Corpse: Pat Pope - head, Mary Yezek - torso and legs

MCS newsflash

Midwest Collage Society
Newsflash
June 25, 2009
1. URGENT: Those participating in the Layers3 show at Bloomingdale must drop off their work this Saturday, June 27, between 2 and 4 p.m.
The gallery is located at: Bloomingdale Park District Museum
108 S. Bloomingdale Road,Bloomingdale, IL 60108
one block south of the intersection of Bloomingdale Rd. and Lake Street (Route 20)
630-539-3096
2. Bloomingdale show dates: July 11 thru August 22
Reception: Sunday, July 19 from 2 - 4 p.m.
Pick-up: Saturday, August 22 from 4 - 6 p.m.
3. Remember, there is NO MCS meeting in the month of July.
4. There are still a few days to see the work of Pat Pope, Mary Yezek and Tania Blanco at the Woodridge Public Library.
They are exhibiting throught he Lombard Arts Coalition through June 30.

Post X Planetcollage.com

LuEllen Joy Giera

1213 North LaGrange Road

Garden Apartment

LaGrange Park, IL 60526

planetcollage@gmail.com

June 2009

Come see what's happening at theLaGrange Park Library! Planet Collage.com is proud to announce it second group show entitled“Post X” July 1, 2009 through July 31, 2009 - - Planet Collage.com will be exhibiting in the art gallery within the Lagrange Park Library (Illinois) located on the second floor during the month of July! This group show of members of planetcollage.com includes individual art by select members, exchanged collage postcards along with exchanged candy tins. Plantcollage.com is an international online fine art collage group whose members are from all over the globe. This show will represent select member artists who reside in the surrounding suburbs* of Chicago and as far away as Pennsylvania, Spain, California and Washington State. Along with small artworks created by planetcollage.com members, this exhibit includes a collection of postcards and tins received by curator and founder of planetcollage.com, LuEllen Joy Giera of LaGrange Park, IL. The international postcard exchange began in April 2006. A list is created month by month and each participating artist is expected to make one postcard-sized (5”x7”) collage and mail them out to each and every participant. Each artist will receive the equal number of postcards back in their mailbox each month. This group show is just a very small portion of a wonderful array of collage work including framed and unframed pieces, candy tins and postcards exchanged to and from each artist as part of the monthly international postcard exchange. This is the second group show of PlanetCollage.com. Please view planetcollage.com and click on the member’s page for more information!
* Illinois Residents - Volo, LaGrange Park, Glen Ellyn, Arlington Heights, Bloomingdale, Villa Park * Other locales - Morton, PA / Olympia, WA / Canyon Country, CA / Amherst, MA / Rancho Mirage, CA / Garden Grove, CA / Leon, Spain
-- LuEllen Joy Gieraplanetcollage.com