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Suburbs + Beyond Lakeside Legacy Arts Park Dole and Sage Galleries (Crystal Lake)
401 Country Club Rd. Crystal Lake (60014) Tel 815-455-8000 M-F 9-5 www.lakesidelegacy.org www.facebook.com/lakesidelegacy First Fridays: Tours, art, music, food + cash bar from 5-7:30pm. Free; donations appreciated. Note: no 1st Fridays Sept 2 + Dec 2. thru September 29: Dole: Selected work from The Portrait in Print Collection, limited edition prints on loan from Friends of McHenry County College Foundation. September 1-29: Sage, Lobby + Hallway: Creative Artistry student exhibit Creativeartistryschool.com Opening September 14, 5:30pm September 24: Celebration of the Arts Event: Cocktails, dinner + entertainment featuring opera, jazz + violin. Tickets available on our website.
October 22-23: Death at the Dole Murder Mystery Dinner Theater. November 1-22: (1st Friday Nov. 4) Pigment group • Dole: Lynn Miller; pastels + watercolors: Lynnmillerartist.com • Hallway: Diane Morino + Linda Berk, paintings in oil. • Sage: Reflections,
December 1-23: • Sage: Students of Thomas
Trausch: Impressions in Light + Color. Trauschfinearts.com • Dole: Side by Side by Thomas Trausch + his wife • Hallway + Lobby: Works of Lakeside Resident Partner Artists December 2: Christmas at the Dole: Vignette performances + cocktail reception.
Susan Dysinger, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
(Niles)
7430 N. Lehigh Ave. Niles (60714) Tel 847-507-9415 M-F 10-5, and Sa by appt. Dir. Simon Perutz simon@nimlok.com perutzprojects.com A unique new art space for contemporary photography. Please see our website for exhibition information.
Zebadiah Arrington
Pagoda Red
(DeKalb)
(Winnetka)
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl., West End Northern Illinois University DeKalb (60115) Tel 815-753-1936 Tu-F 10-5; Sa 12-4; *Closed December 17-January 9, 2012 Group tours by appt. Dir. Jo Burke jburke2@niu.edu www.niu.edu/artmuseum Balancing contemporary with traditional art to examine visual culture. Fall exhibitions celebrate wit, social commentary, process + technique in variously scaled contemporary sculpture. Winter exhibitions showcase faculty, collection, + critique.
thru October 29: • In the House: Sculpture for the Home • In the Studio and In the Garden: John Balsley Sculpture and Collage • On the Body and In the Hand
902 Green Bay Rd. Winnetka (60093) Tel 847-784-8881 Tu-Sa 10-5 www.pagodared.com
November 29-December 16: Helen Merritt: A Private Haiku, ceramic work.
Rare and unusual Chinese finds and a Chinese scholars’ garden not to be missed.
November 29-February 25, 2012: NIU School of Art Faculty Biennial
See also our Northside listing on p. 38 for our Bucktown location.
November 29-March 10, 2012: The New Art Examiner, Chicago’s Independent Voice of the Visual Arts, 1973-2002
Visit our website for information about exhibitions and special events.
Michael Gross, Lucky Where You Are, ceramic sculpture, 27” x 10” x 6” Courtesy of Tory Folliard Gallery
Winnetka Storefront
September 8: Sculpture Suite, reception 4:30-6pm
October 3-28: (1st Friday Oct. 7) Sage + Lobby: Artful Interpretations: The Woodstock Group: Bettyschmidt.com October 14-16: Fall Fest: Music, Food + Beverages Oct. 16: Run + Roll for the Dole: 2 mile run/walk, 20K bike.
Perutz Projects
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Margaret Wharton, Singles Game, mixed media, 51” x 19” Courtesy of Jean Albano Gallery
Tall Grass Arts Association
ZIA | Gallery
(Park Forest)
(Winnetka)
367 Artists Walk P.O. Box 776 Park Forest (60466) Tel 708-748-3377 Tu-Sa 11-4 Janet Muchnik tallgrass367@sbcglobal.net www.tallgrassarts.org
MISSION: To promote public education and appreciation of the arts; to encourage artists; and to support high quality art through exhibitions, sales, classes and special programs available to the public of all ages.
548 Chestnut St. Winnetka (60093) Tel 847-446-3970 M-Sa 10-5 Anne Hughes, Gallery Manager anne@ziagallery.net www.ziagallery.net Find us on Facebook!
Josh Moulton, John Musgrove, Matt Schofield, John Vlahakis, Kathy Weaver, Carl Wilen + Beverly Zawitkoski.
Tall Grass Arts Association is located in the downtown Park Forest Cultural Center.
September 17+18: The Park Forest Art Fair: 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday.
ZIA | Gallery specializes in contemporary American photography, painting and works on paper.
Tall Grass Art School: Tel 708-283-1251
October 7-November 6: Permanent Collection
November 4-December 3: • Julie Meridian: Still life photography through light and shadow; • Beverly Zawitkoski: Mood-scapes of mixed media painting
Representing Mary Burke, Clyde Butcher, Michael Cutlip, Rick Dula, Holly Farrell, Charles Gniech, Karina Hean, Anne Hughes, Bob Krist, Deanna Krueger, Roland Kulla, Maggie Meiners, Julie Meridian,
Clyde Butcher
Claudia McCarthy, Chasing the Dawn, photography
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September 9-October 29: Clyde Butcher: Large-scale landscape photography
December 9-January 21, 2012: Three Painters: Holly Farrell, John Musgrove and Matthew Schofield