A Winter Festival, Saturday December 13th at SPACE

 A Winter Festival, Saturday December 13th at SPACE (1245 Chicago Avenue- Near SE corner of Dempster and Chicago Avenue) in Evanston from 9 am til 2 pm.

Nichols' Girl Scout Troop 40060, (formerly of Washington School) will be showing and selling their handmade jewelry at this show alongside 17 wonderful, local artists. There will also be craft tables (for kids) at the event and Union Pizzeria is opening for lunch. Plus there's a kids' open mic! If you have a child who would be interested in performing a song on the stage at SPACE go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e054baca923a02-open to sign up.

 

Saturday December 13 from 9:00am - 2:00pm 

SPACE  1245 Chicago Avenue Evanston

Free: Evanston History Center’s Annual Holiday Open House

From http://evanstonhistorycenter.org/

Join us for an afternoon of holiday cheer at the Dawes House. Explore the majestic lakeside mansion decked out for the holidays, view EHC’s exhibits, and enjoy holiday treats, crafts for kids and live music in the Great Hall. 

1:00 pm – 2:30pm: Piano Music by Chris Mahieu2:30pm-3:30pm: Music with Marian McNair & Jim Fine

This event is free and open to the public!

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EHC’s 9th Annual Holiday Food Drive

In partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the EHC kicks off the 9th annual holiday food drive. Please consider donating to this important cause! All food collected will go directly to an Evanston food pantry to benefit area residents. Donations of nutritious, non-perishable food (no glass, please) will be accepted at the Dawes House, 225 Greenwood St., from Thursday, December 4 through Sunday, December 7 from 1pm to 4pm each day. 

The food drive is conducted in the spirit of the Dawes family.  Every year, the family put together baskets of food and goodies.  On Christmas Eve, all members of the family drove around Evanston, delivering the baskets to families in need.

EHC gratefully acknowledges Whole Foods Market for sponsoring the event.

This Weekend: Midwest Clay Guild Holiday Sale

Midwest Clay Guild Holiday Sale

Dec. 5 - 7

1610 Paynes Street

http://www.midwestclayguild.org/

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Play Ravinia 2015

 http://www.ravinia.org/Page/cheektocheek

Wangechi Mutu at Block Closes Dec. 7

9/19/2014–12/7/2014
Main Gallery and Alsdorf Gallery

Wangechi Mutu, Riding Death in My Sleep, 2002, ink and collage on paper. Collection of Peter Norton, New York. © Wangechi Mutu.

Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey is a comprehensive and innovative exhibition of works by the international artist Wangechi Mutu—her first survey in the United States.

Spanning the mid-1990s to the present, the exhibition unites more than 50 pieces, from the artist’s most iconic collages to rarely seen early works and new creations.

Highlights of the exhibition include Mutu’s first animated video, created in collaboration with musician Santigold. The artist will also transform one of the Block’s galleries into an environmental installation, including a monumental wall drawing, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in her work.

Born in Nairobi, Kenya and living in New York since the early 1990s, Mutu is best known for large-scale collages depicting female figures in lush, otherworldly landscapes. Her work explores issues of gender, race, war, globalization, colonialism and the eroticization of the black female body. She often combines found materials and magazine cutouts with sculpture and painted imagery, sampling from sources as diverse as African traditions, international politics, the fashion industry, and science fiction.

Read The New York Times’ review of the Brooklyn Museum's presentation of Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey (October 10, 2013): A Window, Not a Mirror: A Survey of Wangechi Mutu at Brooklyn Museum. Additional information about the artist as well as this exhibition may be found on the websites listed below:

• www.nasher.duke.edu/mutu (Official website of Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey)
• www.wangechimutu.com (Official website of Wangechi Mutu's studio)

Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey is organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University by Trevor Schoonmaker, Chief Curator and Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art.

Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey is made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Major support is provided by Marilyn M. Arthur, the Ford Foundation, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Katherine Thorpe Kerr, and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. Additional generous support is provided by Duke University’s Council for the Arts; Gladstone Gallery, New York; Victoria Miro Gallery, London; and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. Support for the presentation at the Block Museum has been provided by the Diane and Craig Solomon Contemporary Art Fund.

- See more at: http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/view/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/wangechi.html#sthash.tcBUVxbA.dpuf

Art: Julie Cowan Prints at Wilmette Public Library

Evanston photographer and visual artist Julie Cowan will have prints on display 
at Wilmette Public Library through mid-December 2014

See more of Julie's work at http://solidprint.com/art/

Nov. 29: Art Under Glass in Downtown Evanston

The energizing Art Under Glass program that showcases the work of Evanston artists in vacant storefront windows is returning to Downtown Evanston. The new exhibit opens Saturday, November 29, as part of the festivities surrounding Downtown Evanston’s holiday and tree-lighting celebration. A reception introducing the artists and their work will be held 3 p.m. in the lobby of the newly renovated The Merion at 1611 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

After Mayor Tisdahl and project coordinators welcome attendees, the artists will offer a tour of their art. The exhibit will fill windows on the corner of Chicago Ave. and Davis St., the 1700 block of Orrington Ave., in Sherman Plaza on Sherman Ave, and a unique glass box on Davis, just east of Orrington. All but the Orrington stores are new venues for the project. The reception and tour are free and open to the public.

Participating local artists are Janet Austin, Raissa Bailey, Kristin Fippinger-Cahill, Dr. Lloyd Davidson, Doug Haight, Catherine Katona, Natasha Kohli, Didier Nolet, Harrison Parkes, Jack Weiss, and Jerry Woods. A variety of art forms, including painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media are featured.

The partners on this project were Penny Rotheiser, Co-chair of the Evanston Arts Council's Arts & Business Committee; Annie Coakley, Executive Director ofDowntown Evanston; and Fran Joy of the Evanston Arts Council. They were assisted by Jason Brown, the City of Evanston Cultural Arts Intern.

The team announced the exhibit opening by saying, “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase more Evanston artists on the streets of our city, and, at the same time, beautify the community and attract potential renters. “Art Under Glass” is another great reason to come downtown.”

This cycle, the sixth since Art Under Glass began in 2009, is a joint effort of the Evanston Arts Council’s Arts & Business Committee, Downtown Evanston, and the property managers who have opened their unoccupied storefronts: The Merion, Farnsworth-Hill Inc., Inland America, and Davis Street Land Company.