This Weekend: Midwest Clay Guild's Annual holiday ceramics sale

You're invited to the Midwest Clay Guild's Annual holiday ceramics sale! Shop work made by guild members as well as select visiting artists. 

Opening Reception: Friday, December 4th 6-9pm
Sale continues Saturday and Sunday, December 5-6, 11am-6pm

Pictured below, Justin Hart Ceramics

http://www.midwestclayguild.org

The Midwest Clay Guild provides communal studio space and facilities for ceramic artists. Created in 1971, it is one of the oldest cooperatives in the United States. The Guild includes functional potters and ceramic sculptors who exhibit locally, nationally, and internationally.

MIDWEST CLAY GUILD
1601 Payne St., Unit B
Evanston, IL 60201

email:  info@midwestclayguild.org

Phone: 847.475.9697

Pop Up at Sidetracked Studio

Saturday, December 5, 12-7 p.m.

From Sidetracked Studio: First of our one day pop up events for the holidays. Brian Bush has shown at Sidetracked Studio with his paintings, but this Saturday he will be here with his fantastic linocut prints for one day only! Not only that but Brian will be present as well. So come by not only for this pop up, but for "Undiscovered Species" with artists Jordan Scott, Julie Murphy, Vito Desalvo, Lauren Levato Coyne, and Rory Coyne. Lauren and Rory will be working there all day as well, so be sure to come by!

http://sidetrackedstudio.com

West Evanston Art Crawl

Visit six different galleries in Evanston's great West side. Talk to the artists, enjoy refreshments, and consider buying affordable art: it's that simple. Go here for complete list of participating artists: http://westevanstonartists.com/

First Friday: 12/4/15 from 5-9 pm.

Six studios within six lovely blocks.  Affordable art for holiday gifts, interesting conversation and light refreshments (including Sketchbook Brewing samples at Adler George Studio and Space 900).

Visit our Facebook Page for updates and images!

Alice George, at Adler George Studio 1125 Florence Avenue -new work in progress-art postcard sets

Beth Adler, at Adler George Studio 1125 Florence Avenue- Monoprint books on handmade paper and collages on wood panels

Ausrine Kerr, at Ausrine’s Art Room, 1123 Florence Ave (on display: Ausrine’s latest oil paintings, sculptural felt pieces, Alvydas Pakarklis ceramic work, J. Crow oil paintings).

Jack Kraig 1532 Crain Ave (on display: Many new 6×8 framed  photographic images will be available.  Mandel bread plus sale items!)

Mill Creek Miniatures, 1127 Florence-In the Right Place: New Paintings by Amy O. Woodbury

Space 900, 1042 Wesley Avenue (a visual arts collective)–Peggy Robinson and invited jewelers

MasterChef Junior Casting on Dec. 5

MasterChef Junior Casting will be held in Chicago on Saturday, December 5th. They are looking for kids who love to cook and want to try out for this fun lighthearted show. "The casting call is a total blast for all the kids who try out and everyone leaves with a huge smile, feeling like a winner!" 

Those interested can apply atmasterchefjuniorcasting.com 

From Nicole Mirkof, Casting Associate Producer, MasterChef Junior, "I have to tell kids not to be intimidated by the skill level they see on our show because no one walks into our open casting call cooking like a MasterChef. We are looking for passion and the potential to learn and blossom into the MasterChef inside each and everyone of them!"

See "Undiscovered Species" on Nov. 7, 6 -9 p.m.

See "Undiscovered Species" Nov. 7, 6 - 9 pm

Sidetracked Studio is proud to present Undiscovered Species, an exhibition featuring doodles, drawings, collages, and paintings that reveal the obsessive and repetitive mania of their makers, all of whom happen to be Chicago-based artists. View works from the exhibition here.

Artists:
Lauren Levato Coyne, Rory Coyne, Vito Desalvo, Julie Murphy, Jordan Scott.
Opening night reception is Nov. 7, 6 - 9 pm and continues through Dec. 19.
Drinks provided by New Holland Brewing, our beloved beverage partner.

above image "Selvedge" by Lauren Levato Coyne, colored pencil on paper, 22" x 20", 2015. 

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Nov. 19 Art Opening: The Art of Normal

So what is "The Art of Normal", you ask? It's an audiovisual exhibit that pulls back the curtain on the everyday lives of those with disabilities. Visitors will see, hear and experience the art up close, granting them a unique view of the artists' hopes and dreams, their challenges and triumphs – and giving them a brand new definition of normal.

Event: Art opening on November 19th,The Art of Normal, an interactive exhibition that attempts to allow visitors an experiential view of living life with a disability and also explores issues surrounding ADA laws and compliance. 

The exhibition will be housed in the newly rededicated Fleetwood Jourdain Gallery on the 2nd Floor of the Morton Civic Center.

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Nov. 6: West Evanston Artists First Friday

Adler/George open studio on November 6. Black and Blue Monoprints by Beth Adler.

1100 block of Florence, Curt's Cafe at 1813 Dempster and Space 900 at 1042 Wesley.

Visit six different galleries in Evanston's great West side. Talk to the artists, enjoy refreshments, and consider buying affordable art: it's that simple. Go here for complete list of participating artists: http://westevanstonartists.com/

Jill King Studio will be joining Ausrine's Art Room! Looking forward to moving onto 1123 Florence Ave.

Six studios within six lovely blocks.  Great art, interesting conversation and light refreshments (including Sketchbook Brewing samples at Adler George Studio and Space 900).

Visit our Facebook Page for updates and images!

Alice George, at Adler George Studio 1125 Florence Avenue -new work in progress

Beth Adler, at Adler George Studio 1125 Florence Avenue -Black and Blue-new monoprints on handmade paper and collages on wood panels

Ausrine Kerr, at Ausrine’s Art Room, 1123 Florence Ave (on display: Ausrine’s latest oil paintings, sculptural felt pieces, Alvydas Pakarklis ceramic work, J. Crow oil paintings).

Jack Kraig 1532 Crain Ave (on display: Many new 6×8 framed  photographic images will be available.  Mandel bread plus sale items!)

Mill Creek Miniatures, 1127 Florence-In the Right Place: New Paintings by Amy O. Woodbury

Space 900, 1042 Wesley Avenue (a visual arts collective)–

Ken Avick -Paintings and Drawings
Colleen Conley- Drawings
Clark Ellithorpe- Collage Paintings
Judith Roston Freilich – Fiber work and Drawings
Joanna Pinsky – 2-D Shaped Paintings

Curt’s Cafe South, 1813 Dempster, Holiday Market