Sunday, February 28, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Victorian House Gallery-Hidden Paths Uncovered Secret Truths-Bourbonnais IL
. Nancy R.S
Pam P. Nancy S. and Tania B.
Was a very beautiful setting for an Exhibit and a wonderful day to be out for a little road trip down south.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Saturday, February 6, 2016
A visit to the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Located at 2320 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago IL
www.uima-chcago.org
One of our members Tania Blanco, was able to take some painting classes from the gentleman that founded this museum in 1971, it was a delight for her come and visit from time to time.
Hostile Attach - 45" x 90" just paper hung on the wall really interesting.
Large and some cool stitching too done on them.
Exhibit Feb5th- March 27th Gallery hours are Wed-Sun 12-4pm check it out.
Monday, February 1, 2016
February Newsletter 2016, Exhibits and Extra's
MEETINGS
February 6 - (Saturday) Please note the change in day!
9:30am-3pm at Naperville Art League, 508 North Center St., Naperville
All day workday with a short demo at 10:30 by Debbie McEllenborough
Bring your supplies and what you are working on as well as a table cover. Bring a lunch and drink.
There is a small kitchen with refrigerator, microwave and hot water and coffee maker.
Workshop fee for the day is $5.00. (20% collected will be donated for use of the studio space)
March 13 - Note the change to the second Sunday of the month. We will be back at the Darien police station.
Ginni Guzior will be presenting tunnel books.
Please contact Maureen if you have program suggestions for our October and November meetings.
Nothing has been scheduled for those 2 months.
SAVE THE DATE - Fall MCS Retreat in Indiana.
September 21-25, 2016.
Applications will be available by April Meeting.
EXHIBITS
Following Hidden Paths, Uncovering Hidden Truths
Works by artists of the Midwest Collage Society
Victorian House Gallery
577 S. Main Street, Bourbonnais, IL
February 11 - March 18, 2016
The gallery will be closed March 6-13
Please see attached press release for further information.
Lisle Library Poets and Artists
Deadline is February 18th.
Email entry forms & jpegs to Nancy Staszak:
astaszak@aol.com (Entry form attached)
All entries should be technically collage - with glued on layers. Even one piece glued on counts.
No entry fee, no commission on sales.
Delivery to the Library is March 1, 2, or 3.
Tatiana from the library will contact you when to drop things off.
The show will run all of March while poets have the chance to compose poetry for the pieces.
Reception and poetry reading at the Library
Saturday, April 8th 6 - 8PM.
They will provide refreshments and everything! Then the show continues through April.
Pick up dates are April 29 and 30 (Fri & Sat)
Contact Tatiana, who is in charge of Adult Programs.
Piece by Piece - CAVA and MCS show at Oak Park Library
The Oak Park Library has a beautiful gallery on the second floor level and you will really like it.
(CAVA is the old Senior Artists Network of Chicago -- now Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists)
This is their first all collage show---so all entries must have at least one element glued on.
The entries are to be done online through EntryThingy by February 15th
Give it some time---you will need to scroll down by date to the show Piece by Piece and click on that.
It will take a little bit of ingenuity to fill it out, but more shows are choosing to use EntryThingy,
so we might as well learn to adapt.
OVERVIEW OF UPCOMING SHOWS
Downers Grove Library April show celebrating 125th Anniversary, history & libraries Late March entry
DGL show will be judged for cash prizes
Flora, Fauna and Mother Nature - Wasco Nursery Gallery June & July. Images to Nancy soon for publicity.
Aurora Public Arts Commission August - October no theme This will also be a judged show for $$ prizes.
CALL FOR ART from Claudia Craemer
From Earth - Tall Grass Art Association
It is supposed to be anything that is of earth---particularly plants, seeds, bulbs, flowers, leaves, etc.
The entry deadline is March 5th
Show is April 29 to June 4th
CLASSES
Laura Lein-Svencner is the featured in Somerset Studio January 2016 issue in the Artist Profile section. She is also offering a few On Line classes held in a blog setting for more information you can check here. And if your interested in assemblage and collage Laura is offering a class at Mayslake Peabody Estate starting on Monday's Feb 29th 9:00-11:30, check this link above for more information.
Marbling on Paper presented by Betty Burian Kirk - February 17, 2016
Lemont Artists Guild meeting, will begin at 7 PM at the Homer Township Public Library,14320 W 151st St, Homer Glen, IL. Betty will give a lecture covering history, supplies, different techniques and then some hands on marbling by participants will be done. Please note that the inks and paints used for this process will not wash out of clothes.
The public is welcome, a donation for the local food pantry is appreciated.
Free parking. Refreshments will be served.
For more information call Liz Popp (815)341-1145 or www.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Collage Exhibit for all to see..Ukrainian Institute,
SENTIENCE
February 5 - March 27, 2016
At the Ukrainian Instute of Modern Art in Ukrainian Village 2320 W Chicago Avenue,
Opening Reception: Friday, February 5, 2016 (6-9pm)
In “Sentience,” five Chicago-based artists embrace mediums of construction, assemblage or collage in a range of vastly differing practices. Though David Criner, Marcos Raya, Tom Torluemke, Kathy Weaver and Stacia Yeapanis each work within their own unique artistic intentions, their works share a strangeness that results from the tension of commingling imagination with the stuff of everyday life.
In his work, David Criner transforms twentieth century collage material in pursuit of an image that celebrates the present moment. The antiquated “pop” sensibility imbued by Criner’s sourced matter is countered by his gestural, spontaneous mark-making, creating compositions that manage to reference the past while also feeling timeless.
Sometimes autobiographical, and sometimes socially engaged or critical, Marcos Raya’sworks are always a reflection of his unique vision. Though renowned as a painter and muralist, Raya also possess a proficiency for found objects, turning ordinary things into complex tableaus that are thoroughly surreal.
Tom Torluemke, a master of many mediums, here presents a large-scale painted paper installation. Torluemke is well known for his unflinching depictions of highly emotive narratives, and in this piece, objects and figures occupy three-dimensional space with the viewer, making his handcrafted creations feel unsettlingly real.
Kathy Weaver emphasizes the uncanniness of our relationships with seemingly sentient machines with the use of soft charcoals, burning and hand stitching. Her longtime use of robots as subject matter has evolved throughout her oeuvre, varying in character from whimsical to sinister. Here, Weaver employs familiar settings viewers associate with home and the Midwest to relate narratives that are far darker.
For this exhibition, Stacia Yeapanis creates a site-specific installation assembled from recycled materials. In this work, manmade media like newspaper and plastic are completely transformed into a vast, organic-looking construction, blurring the lines between the artificial, the natural and the completely invented.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
MCS Exhibit Pick Up and Feb. Meeting plans
MCS EXHIBIT ALERT: PICK UP AT WOODRIDGE LIBRARY
Our pick up time and date is 10:00 until noon on Saturday, January 2nd.
We have received many compliments on the show. The library director, Susan McNeil Marshall said she wishes she had more space and more money!!!! If you have made a sale, please let Nancy Staszak (astaszak@aol.com) know for our records.
Thanks to all who participated---it was truly a beautiful exhibit.
Our next MCS show, Following Hidden Paths, Uncovering Secret Truths, will be at the Victorian House in Bourbonnais. Laura Lein-Svencner has offered to take work there on February 6th. Contact her about delivering your work. Our spring show is in April at the Downers Grove Library. All exhibit information is on the blog.
Our pick up time and date is 10:00 until noon on Saturday, January 2nd.
We have received many compliments on the show. The library director, Susan McNeil Marshall said she wishes she had more space and more money!!!! If you have made a sale, please let Nancy Staszak (astaszak@aol.com) know for our records.
Thanks to all who participated---it was truly a beautiful exhibit.
Our next MCS show, Following Hidden Paths, Uncovering Secret Truths, will be at the Victorian House in Bourbonnais. Laura Lein-Svencner has offered to take work there on February 6th. Contact her about delivering your work. Our spring show is in April at the Downers Grove Library. All exhibit information is on the blog.
Saturday Feb. 6thfrom 9:30- 3:00
Naperville Art League at 508 North Center St., Naperville, IL
All day workday with a short demo by Debbie McEllenborough
Bring your supplies and what you are working on. Bring a lunch and drink.
There is a small kitchen with refrigerator, microwave and hot water and coffee maker.
Workshop fee for the day is $5.00. (20% collected will be donated for use of the studio space)
Thanks to Laura for securing this space.
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