SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
Through February 24, 2013
Dickens: 200 Years of Celebrity The legendary Charles Dickens created some of the world’s most memorable characters with Ebenezer Scrooge, Oliver Twist, Tiny Tim and scores of others. This exhibition introduces Dickens as the first international celebrity of the modern age. Over 100 objects and documents from an exclusive private collection, together with a rare collection of first editions of his most famous works, tell the story of how Charles Dickens and his characters became enduring cultural icons. For more info, visit: LCFPD.org/Dickens. Lake County Discovery Museum
Through March 15, 2013
Through January 6, 2013
The Blues: From the Heart & Soul
A Dickens Christmas
View a piece of music history with this collection of original playbills from blues clubs featuring some of the biggest names in Chicago blues music. From the private collection of internationally known Chicago blues pianist “Barrelhouse” Chuck Goering.
Celebrate the holidays with Charles Dickens. Stroll through a mid-1800s street to learn how Dickens influenced the look and feel of the holiday season. View a private collection of vintage cards, calendars, figurines and more inspired by “A Christmas Carol,” “The Pickwick Papers” and other stories.
Greenbelt Cultural Center
Through April 2013
Lake County Discovery Museum
The Hidden World of Infrared
This stunning collection of infrared photographs looks into a beautiful and often eerie world invisible to the naked eye. Using a modified digital camera, photographer Rob Kuehnle challenges viewers to see familiar subjects in new ways. Independence Grove Visitors Center
January 6–February 28 SKY / PLACE
January 26–August 25
Mucha: Expanding Art Nouveau
Kristina Paabus examines everyday constructions, such as architecture, language, and time, that allow us to interact with, and attempt to gain control over, our surroundings.
Alphonse Mucha brought the elegance of the Art Nouveau movement to everyday and commercial objects through his designs for posters, magazines, jewelry and much more. Featuring objects from the Museum’s John High Collection, one of the world’s leading collections of Mucha postcards.
Ryerson Woods—Brushwood
Lake County Discovery Museum
Through December 21 Daily Strategies
Richard Deutsch and Susan Kraut, long-time teachers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, are painters interested in the natural world. They use the medium of paint to express the visual experience they have in the landscape. Among the works exhibited are paintings of Irish skies and landscapes from a study trip in Western Ireland. Artist Reception January 6, 1–3 pm Ryerson Woods—Brushwood
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