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Editor’s Note

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ACHANCE visit to The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam during childhood set the course for my life. Rain had shifted our plans from canal cruise to indoor explorations, and the museum’s size seemed manageable for our family of four. Though I am certain I was not wandering the galleries solo, my strongest memory is standing alone— overwhelmed and dizzy—from the riotous color and raw beauty of my surroundings. I was falling in love for the first time.

Art, from that moment on, became something far beyond classroom smockand-easel exercises. Van Gogh’s work was not something I had simply seen … I had felt it. Art’s power to both express and elicit emotion was now not to be minimized—it was worthy and deserving of serious study. Museum visits became a regular part of vacations with my father, and I went on to major in art history in college, worked at the fine art auction house, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, and served on the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago for several years. And now, as editor of Forest & Bluff, I have the privilege of working with great artists every single day, from the writers and photographers who create content to the graphic designers and art department team who put it all together for our readers to enjoy.

Much of this issue is dedicated to the extraordinary artists and art-driven institutions in our community. Our cover story, “Lighting the Artists’ Way,” shines a spotlight on Ragdale’s Executive Director, Caroline Older. Older recently took the highly coveted helm at Ragdale, Lake Forest’s treasured nonprofit artists’ community, where she will nurture and support the next generation of artists.

“Making Impressions” a feature on the work of Lake Bluff letterpress artist Carmela Heintzelman, brings us a behind-the-scenes look into her design studio, Fiore Press, and the work she creates using a centuries-old process on her Heidelberg Windmill press. Her recent and wildly popular foray into letterpress printed cards encouraging people through the pandemic have brought many and much needed

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“ Lake Forest’s Great Undiscovered Gem” brings attention to Stirling Hall Art Center, the quiet, creative community escape in an historical building on the Grove Cultural Campus. School children exploring clay for the first time and professional ceramicists alike find great joy in working at this light-filled, Edwin Clark designed building.

Beyond the features, this month’s The Dish explores Chef John Coletta’s cookbook, Beyond Risotto, where culinary and photographic art collide. Monica Kass Rogers’ stunning images of Italy make one’s heart pang with desire to travel. October’s The Sporting Life delves into the art of ballet. Writer Bill McLean brings us Hannah Franzen’s journey through the beautiful and often arduous world of dance, from her Lake Forest Dance Academy beginnings to her new position at the Joffrey Conservatory in Chicago. I am extremely proud to call this tenacious, resilient dancer my daughter.

Art has the power to offer respite, bring solace, generate catharsis, and stir inspiration, and I stand here in awe of those who create it. It has been a pleasure highlighting the local artists and institutions who make our corner of the world a more beautiful place to live.

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THE BUZZ

Grab a final bouquet and enjoy the autumn bounty at the final Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market of the season on Friday, October 9. The following week, dust off treasures from the attic and register for The Lake Forest Library’s Heirloom & Antique Appraisal evening.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Camp Hope, the residential and recreational camp for adolescents and young adults with disabilities, creates virtual magic for its campers amid the COVID-19 health crisis.

ON MY DESK

Garden enthusiast Laura Duggan, a member of the Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Chicago Society, shares the details of this year’s annual Fall Bulb Festival at the Chicago Botanic Garden and gives us a peek at what is currently on her desk.

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

Lake Forest at dusk

THE BUZZ

UNTIL NEXT YEAR

THE LAKE BLUFF Farmers’ Market will end its 2020 season on Friday, October 9, from 7 a.m. – 12 p.m. Take this opportunity to grab a final bouquet and enjoy the early autumn bounty while thanking the wonderful farmers and business owners for bringing their work to our community during these complicated times.

HOW MUCH IS YOUR HEIRLOOM WORTH?

CALLING ALL Antiques Roadshow lovers! The Lake Forest Library will host an Heirloom & Antique Appraisal evening on Thursday, October 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This event is virtual and will take place on Zoom. Discover current trends in the antique industry, followed by an appraisal of items from Lake Forest patrons. To have an item considered for appraisal, submit a photo and short description by October 10 at lakeforestlibrary.org/antique.

Register for this event on the library’s website (lakeforestlibrary. org). A confirmation email with connection information for joining the virtual event will then be sent. Those participating in a Zoom event with the Lake Forest Library for the first time, please visit the “How to Join” page—found under the Events tab at lakeforestlibrary.org.

For questions about the virtual Heirloom & Antique event on October 15, email reference@lakeforestlibrary.org, or call 847-810-4610.

The Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market was launched in 1993 to provide Lake Bluff residents access to farm fresh produce, flowers, baked goods, jams, and more. Ahead of its time, the Market has continuously provided farm grown, organic, and locally sourced produce for 27 years. This year the Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market is sponsored by Northwestern Medicine, helping to bring the traditions of farmers and small business owners to an historic community.

The Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market is located on the Village Green in downtown Lake Bluff, sharing space with the Village’s iconic gazebo, near the intersection of Sheridan Road and Scranton Avenue.

LEFT: An assortment of mushrooms from the Lake Bluff Farmers’ Market ABOVE: End-of-season tomatoes at the Market Treasures and heirlooms await appraisal.

CAMP HOPE MAGIC

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WHEN WORD CAME down in the spring that Camp Hope would have to be virtual this summer, even its steadfast supporters doubted it could work.

“Camp Hope has the ability to make you feel as if you’re experiencing heaven on earth,” says long-time Camp Hope leader Joseph Santello. “We just didn’t know if we could recreate online what we feel when we’re all together at camp.”

But somehow, they did it.

To take a step back, Camp Hope is a five-day residential and recreational summer camp for adolescents and young adults with varying disabilities that is typically offered to about 50 campers over two weeks in July. It was started more than a decade ago in Lake Forest within the Church of St. Mary’s youth group. Camp Hope strives to give its campers a traditional summer camp experience,

while providing their parents a much-needed break from the care many of the campers need. In their place, each camper is matched with a high school or college-age “buddy” who gives one-on-one attention to the camper for the week.

“We started meeting weekly this spring to figure out if it would even be possible to pull off a virtual summer camp,” explains Abby Bowman, who along with Santello and Kelli Jacobs, leads a group of young volunteers to make Camp Hope happen. “Our board really believed we could do this and did anything and everything to free us up so we could.”

Because Bowman, Santello, and Jacobs were all having to adapt to a virtual experience for their day jobs in education, sales, and communications, they were able to leverage what they learned about various online platforms and put this to work in structuring a camp experience.

“One critical step we took was to survey the campers’ parents to see if this was something they would be interested in,” says Jacobs. “We had to see if parents would be available to help their children log in, as well as if they had the technology at home to even make this a possibility.”

Once the team had an idea of what they were working with, they set off to create a plan that would make Camp Hope easy for parents to oversee.

“It wasn’t lost on us at all that we were going to need parents to be involved in order for this to work,” Bowman says. “And this goes directly against one of Camp Hope’s pillars to be a respite for these families. But what most parents told us was that their families need-

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The Coronavirus couldn’t stop the utter magic of Camp Hope.

Camper Matt Carr receives his personally delivered box of Camp Hope essentials from Jack Doheny, Buddy; Kevin Goon, Small Group Director; Alisa Giannelli, Buddy; Joseph Santello, Small Group Director.

ed some form of Camp Hope this summer—even if it was online.”

The team decided that Camp Hope would run for one week, with two one-hour sessions—one at lunch time and one later in the evening. Prior to camp starting, each camper received a box that was personally delivered by a Camp Hope buddy that included everything that would be needed for the week of activities. Additionally, each camper received a unique gift so they knew they were being thought of, as well as a photo book from last year’s camp.

“Making and delivering these boxes was such a special part of this year,” says Jacobs. “We got to personally deliver nearly every box, even reconnecting with campers who had aged out of the summer camp but were still such a special part of our Camp Hope family.”

“I loved putting together these boxes,” adds Bowman. “We all met in Andrea Perino’s garage for a box-making party and it was so much fun envisioning what the campers would think when they opened their boxes. Ann Burke literally had hundreds of things delivered to her house that we used to put them together. We couldn’t have done camp without these two amazing ladies.”

The last piece of the puzzle was convincing the campers that being together online was going to be as much fun as being on-site at camp.

“Lillie Romeiser, one of our former directors, put together a six-minute video to show the campers how great Camp Hope 2020 could be,” says Santello. “I talked with one of my favorite campers, Matt Carr, after he watched it. He said ‘Joseph, this is going to be ok,’ with the same excitement he brings to camp every summer. I

knew he was right.”

So, camp kicked off with nearly all of its players from past years on both the camper and buddy sides. Each day, Camp Hope happened virtually with its arts and crafts, singalongs, disco parties, talent shows, s’mores making, and gift exchanges.

“I think we surprised ourselves at how well it went,” says Jacobs. “There was definitely some plan shifting and situation adapting that took place in real time if we sensed something wasn’t working, but what we really found out was how much the campers liked seeing each other and us online. Most of the time when we’d be done with a session, campers would ask if they could just hang out a little bit longer. It was so great to watch.”

Parents thoroughly enjoyed the sneak peeks they were given.

“We heard over and over in our feedback after camp how grateful parents were to see how this all worked,” Bowman says. “Even though it wasn’t exactly the same, parents could see the relationships the campers have with each other and what makes Camp Hope so special.”

Although there will never be a real replacement for two weeks of in-person summer camp for the Camp Hope community, this year—when they had to—they came pretty darn close.

“That magic that happens at Camp Hope, it was real this year,” says Santello. “I know we’ll all be feeling it until we’re back together next summer.”

To learn more about Camp Hope, visit camphopeillinois.org.

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ON MY DESK

Garden enthusiast and Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society member Laura Duggan shares what is currently on her desk.

DURING THESE UNCERTAIN and often isolating times, I find tremendous respite in being outdoors in the garden. With the end of the growing season upon us, I am working on a plan for planting fall bulbs for my future garden oasis. As a new member of the Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society, I will be volunteering at our annual Fall Bulb Festival that will take place October 9 to 11 at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The catalog of bulbs for sale is extensive, and I am looking forward to trying some new varieties. With a long winter ahead of us, visions of a spring garden help me endure the cold months. I am always astonished that after hibernating through a Chicago winter, fresh green leaves will poke through the still cold ground and begin the cycle yet again. This spring discovery is always a sign—and a tremendous relief—that the end of winter is in sight. Looking forward to that fresh start is inspiring and full of promise. Also inspiring is the incredible work the Woman’s Board has done for almost 70 years to support the absolute gem we have with the Chicago Botanic Garden. How fortunate we are to have it so close to home to visit and, no matter the season or reason, to seek solace and inspiration in the beauty of nature. I have colorful plans for you, 2021.

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Vintage brass grasshopper purchased from the Antiques, Garden & Design Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Garden design plans by Architectural Gardens, 736 N. Western Avenue, Lake Forest, 847-691-7345.

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ON MY DESK

The Fall Bulb Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, October 10 through Sunday, October 11; members-only bulb shopping will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Friday, October 9. Outdoors, there will be a harvest market with cider, wine, and beer to purchase, and a lovely gourd display. Local vendors will offer baked goods, honey, roasted nuts, fresh jams, and more. Indoors, a wide variety of daffodils, tulips, crocuses, and specialty bulbs will be available. Mums, asters, peonies, potted amaryllis, and paper white narcissus will also be for sale. In advance of the festival, our online bulb sale began in early September, with a larger selection available this year. All proceeds benefit the Chicago Botanic Garden. The sale is presented by the Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society. Visit chicagobotanic.org/bulb/sale for more information. The Chicago Botanic Garden is located at 1000 Lake Cook Road in Glencoe.

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Duggan tends to a peony plant in her garden, purchased from a past Bulb Festival.

ENTERTAINING

Say goodbye to summer’s Aperol Spritz. Entertaining’s Autumn Harvest cocktail will keep you cozy on crisp October weekends.

THE CUT

As our gardens fade and the first frost descends at month’s end, F&B’s arrangement of the month celebrates autumn’s final blooms.

THE DISH

This month, F&B delves into the story behind Italian cookbook, Beyond Risotto, by Chef John Coletta of Chicago’s Quartino Ristorante & Wine Bar, who also shares one of his hearty, warming recipes from the book.

IN THE GARDEN

September saw songbirds and shorebirds take flight for warmer environs, but October’s bird migration is still a delight for duck, hawk, and sandhill crane enthusiasts.

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Sandhill crane

AUTUMN HARVEST

Greet guests at your next gathering with a festive cocktail. Autumn Harvest is a seasonal, cider-based drink that can be spiked with spiced rum or served with sparkling water for an alcohol-free alternative.

recipe and photography by fletcher & fork

Makes one

• 3 ounces apple cider

• 1 /2 ounce freshly squeezed clementine juice

• 1 1 /2 ounces spiced rum

• 1 /2 ounce autumn spiced simple syrup (recipe follows)

• c innamon stick, clementine peel, or apple slice for garnish

Add the first four ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, twist of clementine peel, or a paper-thin slice of apple.

For an alcohol-free version, increase simple syrup amount to 3/4 ounce and omit rum. After shaking and straining, top with 2 ounces of sparkling water.

makes approximately 1 1/2 cups

• 1 c up sugar

• 1 c up water

• 3 c innamon sticks

• 2 c loves

• 2 a llspice berries

• 1 strip clementine zest

Bring all ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat, cover, and allow to cool completely. Strain into a jar with a tight-fitting lid and store in refrigerator for up to two weeks.

AUTUMN SPICED SIMPLE SYRUP

A MONTHLY CELEBRATION OF SEASONAL BLOOMS

OCTOBER’S ARRANGEMENT of the month marries mounds pillowy Limelight hydrangea blooms with pale, fragrant roses and mochainto-pink-hued dahlias. A simple terra cotta vessel grounds these late-season blooms, allowing them to feel at home in any room of the house. In the garden, dahlias are the stars of late summer and autumn, blooming prolifically until the first frost. Limelights are showstoppers throughout late summer and all of autumn as well, transitioning from creamy white to pale green, then pale rose, before mottling into a final rusty pink as the latter season winds to a close.

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BEYOND RISOTTO

words by Wendy Franzen

photography by Monica Kass Rogers recipe by John Coletta

Rice fields in Vercelli

IT WAS A DREAM come true for Chef John Coletta. Last year, the Italian rice recipes Coletta gathered and developed over a lifetime of travels, became a beautiful cookbook that won first place in the Italian category and second place in the rice category at the 2019 Gourmand International Cookbook competition. Published by Rizzoli, Risotto & Beyond includes 100 of Coletta’s rice recipes, which were tested and then written up, with chapters on rice varieties, history and culture, by Monica Kass Rogers. The book takes readers and home cooks on a ricey journey all over Italy.

Coletta, founding chef and partner of Chicago’s Quartino Ristorante & Wine Bar, is a big believer in the beauty of Italian rice. “From antipasti, to soups, salads, risotto, one-dish meals and desserts, the possibilities for Italian rice are nearly endless,” says Coletta.

“It was a fantastic adventure to research, write about and test all of John’s authentic recipes for Italian rice,” says Kass Rogers, an Evanston-based writer, food stylist, and photographer and frequent contributor to Forest & Bluff. “John is world-renowned for his cooking, and Nancy Ross Ryan—who started the project with John— was my first food writing mentor. When she passed away, carrying John’s dream project through to fruition was a must.”

Traveling to the Po River Valley where rice has been cultivated in Italy for half a millennium, Kass Rogers photographed the rice fields and workers quarters for the book, interviewing families, farmers, rice experts, and chefs who hold rice dear there, for the book’s essays.

“Italy is the largest producer of rice in Europe, but almost nobody here knows that,” she says. “The history of Italian rice is fascinating, and is included in the book, along with text on the many varieties and how best to use them. There is so much more you can do with Italian rice than make risotto! With this book, John set about to change that.”

Every one of the recipes in the book includes Coletta’s personal stories and anecdotes. There are

tales of the rice snacks and soups Coletta’s Italian mother made when he was growing up in Queens, accounts of stews he learned to make from women who worked the rice fields, and memories of gourmet preparations he perfected working with chefs around the country.

“My personal favorite John story is his memory of Castelluccio lentils, which are featured in a rice soup recipe and a stuffed-pepper recipe in the book” says Kass Rogers. “Just as southerners here eat blackeyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck, in Italy, people eat lentils. John remembers that during the first weeks of January, his mom would make so many lentils, he’d finally complain, “Mom, how much good luck do we need?”

To help home cooks navigate the recipes with success, Risotto and Beyond includes a section on recommended Italian pantry ingredients, as well as recipe guidelines and equipment. Each chapter opens with a pertinent essay, and, enhancing enjoyment, each recipe comes with a suggested wine pairing, from sommelier Tory O’Haire.

“Everyone asks me what my favorite recipe in the book, and it’s so hard to choose! I do love the NoBake Sweet Rice “Souffle” with Raspberry Sauce, and the Rice Crespelle—blintz-like little lovelies, are a fantastic, gluten-free alternative to crepes,” says Kass Rogers. “But as we return to cooler weather, I’ve been making the risotto-filled braciole, which are delicious!”

To purchase a copy of Risotto and Beyond , please visit rizzoliusa.com

This month, delves into the story behind , the gorgeous Italian cookbook by Chef John Coletta of Chicago’s Quartino Ristorante & Wine Bar. Coletta also shares one of his mouth-watering recipes from the book—perfect for a chilly fall evening.

“There is so much more you can do with Italian rice than make risotto! With this book, John set about to change that.”

Rice workers’ living quarters

BRACIOLE, LITTLE BUNDLES of poultry, beef, or pork stuffed with fillings, are a specialty in Southern Italy. There, for centuries, inexpensive cuts of meat from the shoulder and leg have been pounded flat, salted and peppered, filled, and braised in tomato sauce. Including a special risotto filling as I have here, elevates these rolls to main-dish status. They take some time and tender-loving-care to prepare, but the result is

well worth it. This recipe, with raisins and pine nuts in a rich tomato sauce, is one of my favorites: a new take on an old Southern-Italian classic.

Wine pairing: When raisins are used in a savory dish, Ripasso Valpolicella from the Veneto makes a delicious wine pairing. And in this dish, Ripasso—a bright, extracted wine akin to a baby Amarone— echoes the sweetness of the raisins and savory flavors of the cheese and onions, while supporting the weight of the braised pork.

Braised Pork Rolls with Pine Nut and Raisin Risotto (Braciole di Maile Ripiene con Riso all’Uvette Passita)

6 to 8 servings

For risotto:

• 4 c ups vegetable broth (see page 66 in the book or use low-sodium vegetable broth)

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

• Two slices medium white or yellow onion, finely chopped to make ½ cup

• F inely-ground sea salt and white pepper

• 1 1 /4 cups Arborio or Carnaroli superfino rice

• 1 /3 cup dry Italian white wine

• 1 1 /2 ounces Pecorino Romano, finely grated to make 3/4 cup

• 2/3 cup dark raisins

• 2/3 cup golden raisins

• 1 /3 cup pine nuts

For braciole:

• 1 2 to 16 slices of pork shoulder, 2 to 3 ounces each, pounded to 1/4-inch thickness

• 1 2 to 16 pieces of thin butchers or bakers twine, (two to three feet each; see note)

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

• 1 /3 cup dry Italian white wine

• 1 24-ounce bottle Italian tomato puree (passata)

Make the risotto:

In a medium heavy-gauge sauce pan or pot over medium heat, bring vegetable broth to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a slow simmer.

In a medium heavy-gauge sauce pan or skillet at least 3 inches deep (with lid handy), combine olive oil and onion over low heat. Cook, stirring frequently, until onion is soft and translucent but not browned. If needed, add 2 tablespoons water to help onion soften without browning—just be sure water has evaporated before moving to the next step. Season with salt and white pepper.

Add rice and stir for two minutes, until kernels are well coated. Pour in wine and stir until wine has evaporated. Ladle 1/2 cup of simmering broth into the rice and stir until reduced by two thirds. Add another ladle full and stir again until broth has reduced by two thirds. Repeat until most of the

broth has been absorbed into the rice, which should take about 14 minutes from the time you begin adding the broth to the rice. At this point, rice should be tender but not mushy, with a creamy consistency. (You may have as much as a cup of broth left unused.)

Remove the risotto from heat and cover pot for two minutes. Remove lid and add cheese, dark and golden raisins, and pine nuts, stirring until creamy. Season with salt and pepper.

Make the braciole:

Spread a sheet of parchment paper out on a clean work surface. Arrange pork slices, widest ends facing you, on top of the parchment paper. Scoop a rounded tablespoonful of risotto onto the wide end of each slice.

Carefully tucking and folding, roll toward narrow end of the slice until you finish with a little bundle. Grab a length of twine in one hand and wrap and spiral the twine around the bundle, holding the bundle with your other hand to ensure filling is enclosed as much as possible, and tying loose ends of the twine when finished. Repeat with the remaining pork slices and filling.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. On the stovetop, heat the olive oil in a heavy-gauge oven safe skillet with lid, or in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Place the braciole in pan and sear on all sides. Reduce heat to low, pour in wine, and simmer until wine has reduced by half. Add the tomato puree and remove from heat.

Cover skillet or Dutch oven and roast for 45 minutes. Let cool slightly. Remove twine from the braciole. Serve each bundle whole or slice into several circular pieces and fan out on serving plates. Top each serving with some of the tomato sauce.

Note: Be sure to pre-cut your lengths of twine and make them very long—two to three feet of twine per bundle is not too much. Using some extra twine makes shaping the bundles a little easier, and you will be removing the twine before you serve the braciole.

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TAKING FLIGHT

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HEN I WAS A young girl—turning 7, if memory serves—I received a birthday gift of binoculars and The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region from my father’s second wife, Jan. It was an olive branch, of sorts. She was, in retrospect, searching for a way to have quiet moments with me, and though it was not something I had asked for—white tasseled majorette boots and a horse were at the top of my wish list in those days—I was intrigued.

The gifted binoculars felt surprisingly heavy in my hands as I ran outside to play with them on that first day, having great fun blurring and zooming in on objects around me with its ridged focus wheel. Jan’s intuition was correct: searching for birds and woodland creatures became a big part of my outdoor childhood experience. And forty years

Wlater, binoculars reside an arms-length away on the kitchen counter, ready to focus on our backyard feeders at a moment’s notice. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds has since been replaced by signed copies of Sibley Birds Eas t and David Allen Sibley’s Birder’s Life List and Field Diary —both treasured Christmas gifts from my husband. And this time of year, I cannot wait to enter the names of migratory birds as they pass through on their way to warmer winter environs.

Throughout September, songbirds like tanagers and grosbeaks who rely on insects for sustenance make their long migration south. Many of the shorebirds have moved on by September as well, but bird migration is still a delight for duck, hawk, and sandhill crane enthusiasts in the month of October. Ruddy ducks, scoters, mergansers, Cooper’s and red-tailed hawks, and Peregrine falcons are all on the list of possibilities to observe this month, as are impressive numbers of Canadian geese.

One of the most thrilling observation opportunities in the area, particulary at Elawa Farm, is catching a glimpse of the sandhill cranes. Laura Calvert,

by Wendy Franzen

Sandhill cranes migrating in autumn

Common loon

Executive Director of Elawa Farm Foundation shares, “At Elawa Farm, we know it’s springtime when the Sandhill Cranes return to the farm. A pair nests in our vegetable fields, and we’re able to watch—from a distance—as the eggs hatch and the baby cranes scamper around the garden beds. We see the cranes and their offspring return to the farm in the late summer into fall before they move on in their migratory journey.”

The nature preserves of Lake Forest Open Lands Association provide tremendous opportunities for bird watching. The Skokie River Nature Preserve is home to many rare Midwest species, and the George Beach Trail at Middlefork Nature Preserve has a hidden wetland that brings fantastic observational chances. Both of these locations draw many birds on their autumnal migratory journey.

The Chicago Botanic Garden offers bird identifying walks in late autumn led by Alan Anderson, research committee chairman of the Chicago Audubon Society. With binoculars in hand, one can learn to identify birds in their sometimes-confusing fall plumage. Participants will no doubt see robin, cedar

waxwing, golden-crowned kinglet, white-throated sparrows, and bufflehead, which are all autumn regulars at the Garden.

The great fall migration passes quickly, but the calming benefit of birds can be a part of everyday life, even through the winter doldrums. Birdsong Radio app brings layered bird calls, country sounds, and an opportunity for zen-like tranquility to the palm of your hand.

Speaking of birdsongs: Jan, the stepmother who gifted me that first set of binoculars? Though she and my father divorced long ago, we are still close and when I walk my dog through Forest Park and hear unfamiliar birdsongs, I hit record on my phone and send to her. She always knows.

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Fall Migration Bird Walks are Saturday, October 3 and Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 a.m. To register, visit chicagobotanic.org or call 847835-6801. The Chicago Botanic Garden is located at 1000 Lake Cook Road in Glencoe

Ruddy duck

Migratory sandhill cranes

Peregrine falcon

THE LIFESTYLE LIST

Nestle in and order out—it’s family game night!

STYLE

Head-to-toe or simply a touch, choose from a sartorial spectrum of blue in October.

THE SPORTING LIFE

En Pointe & On Point: Dancer

Hannah Franzen shares her journey through the ballet world as she prepares for her newest role as a conservatory member at the Joffrey Academy of Dance.

WELLNESS

Ketamine infusions help provide relief from a host of mental illness and physical symptoms.

PERSONAL BEST

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OLD SCHOOL

Break out the board games, spin some vinyl, and cozy up in front of the fire. Fridays are for family game night!

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FRAGMENTARY BLUE

Flowers will fade and skies will grey, but we can adorn ourselves with touches of this heavenly hue all season long.

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14 Colefax & Fowler geranium embroidered velvet loafer, stubbsandwooton.com

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EN POINTE & ON POINT

Laser-focused, ace ballet dancer Hannah Franzen—a Lake Forest teen with off-the-charts resiliency and positivity—savors her acceptance to the Joffrey Conservatory in Chicago.

words by Bill McLean photography by Caroline Zeeman

Franzen in a grand plié

LAKE FOREST Dance Academy alumna

Hannah Franzen took her first dance class at the age of 11. That is not late to the party—that is showing up for a centennial celebration in Year 150. Inspired and undeterred, she became super serious about ballet one year later. Her natural talent for and innate love of artistic dance more than made up for her relative tardiness to the world of pointe shoes and pirouettes.

“I’m a lanky gal, and when I was young, I was all arms and legs, no torso, never athletic,” the affable, 5-foot-8 Franzen says, adding her attempts to turn coaches’ heads in field hockey and soccer yielded blank looks instead. “That first dance class at LFDA, I came out of there thinking, Wow, I’m finally pretty good at something I couldn’t wait to tell my parents how excited I was. My instructors, they were so great, always positive, always encouraging. I loved their guidance and feedback.”

A couple of years later—when her hometown friends were gearing up to enter Lake Forest High School as freshmen—Franzen was stuffing suitcases for the 350mile trip to Michigan’s Interlochen Academy for the Arts, where she attended the renowned boarding school as a dance major.

She had to grow up in a New York millisecond, bonding with IAA classmates and faculty who became her de-facto family. Franzen’s ballet skills grew exponentially. She performed the coveted roles of Arabian in The Nutcracker and Pas de Trois in Swan Lake, and danced featured roles in Raymonda. During spring break of her junior year, ballet gold struck: Colorado Ballet offered Franzen a position in their Academy’s pre-professional division. In quick succession, she was granted early graduation from Interlochen, spent the summer dancing at San Francisco Ballet’s summer intensive, and took off for the Rockies.

Colorado did not turn out to be her dream destination.

Franzen was informed in March, after the pandemic hit, that Colorado Ballet would not be renewing her contract. She had been dreaming—for years, at night and with her eyes wide open during the day—of a professional career in ballet. Now the pandemic had turned studios’ lights off for months and the crucial in-person audition season was a thing of the past.

“I was devastated, at first,” admits Franzen, the self-described “annoying kid” who would shush disruptive classmates because she considered—and still considers—every minute of every class precious to her development in a discipline that demands undivided attention. “I was put through a trial. I needed to find a place to train. As a dancer, you have to know, though, that everybody in ballet has to deal with rejection. Hearing the kind of news I heard from Colorado Ballet wasn’t unique to me.”

But during the dark days of early quarantine, with far too much time to think, doubt began to surface as she searched for that aforementioned new place to train. The last question she had ever wanted to ask herself loomed

large in her mind: Should I quit ballet?

Franzen, with time, answered her crossroads ballet question with an emphatic “no.” Quitting her No. 1 passion was off the … stage. For good. She emailed audition videos and cover letters to her dream academies in the spring, wanting the email recipents to know that her dedication to the elegant craft would tornado the doors off their institutions. The Washington School of Ballet in D.C. was sold. So was the Joffrey Academy of Dance’s Conservatory in Chicago, who accepted Franzen in July.

She jumped at the Joffrey offer and probably executed at least a pair of perfect jetes for good measure. Her first day at the Exelon Education Center at Joffrey Tower was September 8.

“Excited, really excited,” says Franzen, a hypermobile ballet dancer with bendy feet and a genuine effusiveness. “It’s an amazing school, an amazing opportunity to train with new teachers in beautiful studios and to develop new relationships. Its academy group is quite small, 10 to 14. I like that; it allows instructors to pay close attention to each dancer.”

She can now look back on her untethered time at home during quarantine with a new lens.

“I truly enjoyed being a regular teenager this summer,” says Franzen, who ate healthy fare and made time to work out regularly in her family basement’s makeshift gym during the sweltering months. “It was so fun hanging out with my friends and spending time in Lake Forest with them. But you know what? I found myself thinking, late in the summer, I’m ready to get back to work. I love what I do. I had missed the grind. When I’m in a studio, working my hardest, there’s nothing like the euphoria I feel when something starts to click. I almost feel like I’m floating, with my body moving faster than my brain.”

“I crave that feeling.”

Hannah Franzen after rehearsal

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING

words by Dr. Bal Nandra photography by Robin Subar

Many people ignore and/or minimize their own health issues, believing symptoms and feelings will go away or eventually get better. However, during times of crisis, when there is more pressure and stress, it is imperative we focus on taking care of ourselves because truly, why suffer when there is relief available?

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As Chief Medical Officer at IV Solution and Ketamine Centers, I have seen a large increase in the need for our services since quarantine began. It is indicative of how taxing this pandemic is on our physical and mental health but also promising that our patients are taking control of their health and seeking ketamine therapy instead of suffering though.

Here are a few quotes from our patients:

“Suffering from migraines since high school, they were enhanced when I played in the NFL. I used to be bubbly and really outgoing but when I would get migraines, I couldn’t be that way. When I started the treatments, I became more focused and the pain has definitely decreased. I feel like myself again.”

-Jerry Azumah, former Chicago Bears cornerback

“Prior to going to see Dr. Nandra, I was depressed ... I was lost. There was a lot of grey. It was like being in a swimming pool not knowing what side to get out of. My switch happened at visit three. I then found the joys in little things and as the treatments progressed, they really solidified.”

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“I am a cancer survivor. After all my treatment was done, I had some intense side effects including fatigue, neuropathy, and pain. I researched ketamine treatments and Dr. Nandra prescribed an individual treatment plan that helped me. After the first series, I felt relief for 3 to 4 months, then after the main series I went in for a booster treatment and I’m still feeling fantastic.”

-Michelle Kerulis, clinical therapist and cancer survivor

If you are curious about ketamine treatments, trust that our full medical team comprised of anesthesiologists and registered nurses creates customized plans for our patients by collaborating with primary care physicians, specialists, or mental health professionals to optimize treatment and ensure continuity of care. Everything is tailored to what each patient requires.

Ketamine is effective within hours to days with minimal side effects. Most of our patients have improvement after their first or second ketamine infusion and feel very relaxed while they are receiving the treatment. Many patients, with the guidance of their psychiatrist or physician, may be able to decrease or even eliminate their other medications after the treatments.

After the series of six 45-minute infusions for depression done over 2 to 3 weeks, patients typically report relief of symptoms for many weeks and months, after which time booster infusions may be scheduled as needed. Patients can inquire directly for the treatment or can be referred by their physician or mental health professional.

We are committed to providing services to everyone that needs them and take full disinfection and PPP precautions per CDC recommendations, minimizing person-to-person contact and wait times in our medical facility. Patients are screened carefully before appointments.

If ketamine is a potential option for you, please contact us and we will evaluate and coordinate your care with a free phone consultation.

IV Solutions and Ketamine Centers is located at 300 Village Green Road, Suite 225 in Lincolnshire and at 712 N. Dearborn Street in Chicago. For more information, call 844-9-IV-MEDS (948-6337) or visit chicagoivsolution.com or ketaminechicago.com to watch and listen to our many patient testimonials, news, and radio stories.

Ketamine infusions help provide relief from a host of mental illness and physical symptoms.

Dr. Bal Nandra

Making Impressions

A Lake Bluff mother’s love of letterforms and letterpress blooms in studio.

words and photography by Monica Kass Rogers styling by Theresa DeMaria hair & makeup by Leanna Ernest dress by Hobbs

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Sunlight streams through the broad windows of Carmela Heintzelman’s Lake Bluff design studio, Fiore Press Letterpress. Inside, Heintzelman leans over a composing stone, the perfectly smooth surface where she levels the plate she is about to print. Turning a cast-iron key, she locks little spring-loaded clamps (“quoins”) tight and hefts the loaded “chase” toward her Heidelberg Windmill press.

“It’s kind of like fitting the pieces into a puzzle,” Heinzelman says, explaining the centuries-old locking-up process. The chase looks like a cast-iron picture frame. Heintzelman has filled it with the printing plate for a card she is making, surrounding it with the wooden blocks and slats (“furniture” and “reglets”) and quoins that hold it all in place.

Carmela Heintzelman’s calligraphy

“Once you have everything fitted together nice and tight, it’s ready to go,” she says, easing the chase into the press.

The press, a solid ton of metal, squats stoically in the corner. It is known as a “windmill” because it has arms that swing around to grab and release the paper as it is printed. As Heintzelman turns on the power and engages the clutch, the machine whirs into life. Dabs of bright teal ink she has dotted onto the rollers spread in an even wash of color, coating the printing plate. An air blower ruffles the stack of paper, and as Heintzelman hits “go!”, the press’s arms swing around with a whoosh, grabbing and dropping paper down into the bed of the press. Then, in one smooth motion, the press shuts like a clamshell, pressing type against paper fiber to make the gorgeous printed impressions that letterpress is known for.

“It’s really like a dance,” says Carmela, shifting and moving with the press, making constant adjustments to keep everything flowing smoothly. “It took me at least a year to really get in the zone with

this machine. Each Heidelberg Windmill has its own personality—its own quirks. You have to get to know what it likes, what it doesn’t like. It’s just like a person.” She laughs, adding “You know, it sat in my garage for a long time before I got over the fear of what it would take to master this machine. It’s not easy.”

That Heintzelman, a high-school Spanish teacher and mother of three, would be running this massive press, surprises a lot of people. “Oh, yeah,” she says. “People may be familiar with high-end letterpress stationery or wedding invites, but they have no idea what it actually takes to produce them.”

Growing up, Heintzelman always had an interest in graphic forms. “I loved patterns and typography, but I didn’t know that those were considered art forms. Because I couldn’t draw things like people or trees, I assumed I wasn’t an artist.” Still, she filled notebooks with the repeating patterns she imagined, “and I absolutely loved clean handwriting, and cursive letterforms. I was a big doodler, sketching letters in all sorts of ways, and made huge signs for my friends’ birthdays.”

Heintzelman first learned about letterpress printing in her 20s. “I had always been a fan of fine paper and was obsessed with letterpress-printed ephemera. But I never realized the printing process was something I could actually do myself.”

It was her life-long love of designing with type that got her through that door. “I had started designing wedding invitations and birth announces for my friends,” she says. “I would take the designs to big print shops in Chicago, usually owned by printers who had been in the family business forever.” But searching for letterpress shops closer to home, Heintzelman discovered (now-defunct) Evanston Print and Paper, not only a print shop, but a community forum that held letterpress classes.

“I was thrilled to discover I could learn how to print there!” she says. “I was immediately hooked.”

Heintzelman followed up with more letterpress learning at Columbia College in Chicago, and purchased her first press, a Vandercook Universal III—the flat-bed press most-coveted by the letterpress community. She added the Heidelberg Windmill six years later.

“The Vandercook is a great press and easy to use, but the Heidelberg Windmill is really the Mercedes-Benz of the printing industry,” she says. “The speed, efficiency, and precision that come

Heintzelman and press with invitation

Heintzelman with her Vandercook press

with that German engineering is awe inspiring.”

To master it, Heintzelman attended intensive workshops in California. “Plus, there’s just been a lot of trial and error and I’ve done online tutorials. And,” she adds, holding up a thick binder: “The manual—I refer to it constantly.”

Since starting Fiore Press in 2003, Heintzelman’s business has blossomed—enhanced by her calligraphic skills.

“I took several calligraphy classes over the years, but it was a Modern Calligraphy class with type designer Molly Jacques that really sparked things for me,” she says. “Her course got me into lettering with brush pens and really moved me into the practice and development of muscle memory that is required.”

“Calligraphy and letterpress printing are really the perfect marriage,” Heintzelman adds. “I’m part of a group of calligraphers and lettering artists. It’s always a joy to marry their beautiful scripts with the handmade process of letterpress printing for them, in addition to creating my own calligraphic designs that I design and print.”

The majority of Heintzelman’s client work has been wedding and event invitations, “But I also do a lot of personalized stationery, business cards, and more recently, boxed note cards.”

To encourage people through the pandemic, for example, she has been making hand-lettered and letterpress printed cards emblazoned, “Sending you a socially-distanced hug,” “Hang in there!,” and “Sending Love from Afar.”

“The first printing run of those sold out in a day,” she says. “So, I’ve been printing a lot more. I’m now also working on more wedding announcements, boxed sets of notecards, and holiday cards— designs that I love and would send to my own friends and family.”

Heintzelman’s skills as a teacher are another path forward. She has offered workshops in hand lettering in the past, and, post-pandemic, plans to do an introductory letterpress printing

workshop where people will be able to come and print a set of their own stationery.

“Letterpress printing and hand lettering are such beautiful expressions of art. With printing, I love rolling out the ink by hand, and running each piece through the press. I never tire of it. I think of each and every piece as a little work of art. It’s a joy for me to do this—and, to have the opportunity to introduce others to these processes, too.”

For more information, please visit www.fiorepress.com.

Heintzelman inking the press

Heintzelman’s printing inks

GEMS BEYOND OUR CROWN A TOUR OF GLOBAL ARCHITECTURAL STONES

The residences of the Tribune Tower are part of one of the world’s most fascinating historical exhibits. Colonel McCormick, in his worldwide travels, collected stones to display in the face of the tower. Chicago Tribune correspondents continued the tradition for nearly one hundred years, creating the stone-studded exterior.

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Caroline Older, Ragdale’s new Executive Director, envisions a bright future for the beloved Lake Forest institution.

words

Tricia Despres

LIGHTING THE ARTISTS’ WAY

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photography by April Graves hair & makeup by Leanna Ernest

Older on the first floor of the Ragdale House, built in 1897

HAVING GROWN UP IN Washington, D.C., Caroline Older enjoyed access to great arts institutions that the Smithsonian ensured were free and available to everyone. She was a frequent visitor to the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, which exhibited work by leading contemporary artists in the famous I.M. Pei building.

“I specifically remember an exhibit they had of the works of American abstract expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler,” recalls Older, with excitement. “The East Wing of the National Gallery has enormous walls that held her incredible canvasses. I remember being in awe of the size and scope of Frankenthaler’s abstract paintings.”

This deep appreciation for artists and art has never been more evident than right now, as Older settles into her new position as the Executive Director at Ragdale, the nonprofit artists’ community on the former country estate of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw.

“Ragdale is an incredible respite,” enthuses Older, who has taken on the role from outgoing Executive Director, Jeffrey Meeuwsen, who left Ragdale just prior to Older’s arrival.. “I didn’t understand that until I started working on the campus here. The vast prairie behind the historic house and the sounds of the birds rustling through the trees make it a nurturing and generative environment.”

And it is this environment, combined with giving artists of multiple disciplines the transformative time to work, that attracted Older to take on the prestigious position.

“What was so intriguing about Ragdale for me was that the residents stay here for three to four weeks at a time and build a deep sense of community through shared meals, conversations, and time and space,” she explains. “I also was impressed by the multi-disciplinary approach at Ragdale. From authors to composers to architects to designers, I know building community across disciplines will inspire artists and fuel their thinking in different ways. Finally, I was impressed by Ragdale’s engagement with Lake Forest and surrounding north shore communities through its Ragdale in Schools program and Ragdale Ring architectural competition and events.”

Older has not yet been able to witness the residency related camaraderie in person, as the institution continues to move forward very carefully in light of the ongoing health pandemic, but is enthusiastic about the online programming made available by Zoom and Ragdale’s YouTube channel.

It is the year 2020, after all.

In fact, Older says she is excited and amazed that 2020 led her to Ragdale. Prior to this, Older served for six years as the Executive Director of Chicago Artists Coalition. She brings with her over 25 years of leadership experience within the arts community, especially within the fundraising sector.

Throughout her career, she has brought that experience to significant arts organizations such as the Whitney Museum, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she also served as Executive Director.

“I embrace the opportunity to lead smaller and midsize arts organizations, because you truly never stop learning,” reflects Older,

Light shines on a bedroom vignette at the Ragdale House.

who holds a B.A. in Art History from Williams College and a Ph.D. in the History of American Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara. “You wear a lot of hats in a position such as this, which keeps the work exciting and challenging with the end goal of making time for artists and supporting their work.”

“Her passion for the arts is something you can feel as soon as you meet her,” adds Jeanna Park, who serves as the President of Ragdale’s Board of Trustees. “She has always been committed to not only the arts, but the artists. She wants to nurture and support the next generation of artists, connecting students with artists and writers so they understand there are viable career opportunities available to them.”

Of course, Park admits that searching for an executive director for one of the oldest and largest artists’ communities in the country during a pandemic had its share of challenges. The search committee, working alongside Sheila Leahy of Lake Bluff-based SAL Consulting, began a nationwide search earlier this year. It quickly became evident that the position at Ragdale would be highly sought after.

“It was a nationwide search, and we received a very positive response from many high caliber candidates,” explains Park. “We did all of our interviews via Zoom which took a little adjustment for all of us. And since Ragdale is about to embark on some incredible campus-wide enhancements, we strongly feel Caroline has the perfect combination of skills to best guide us through this exciting time. We are

fortunate to have her leading such a treasured organization in our community—she will be a great steward for artists now and coming in the next generations.”

Indeed, during a normal year, Ragdale hosts more than 200 creative practitioners from around the world and serves students and teachers from more than 60 regional schools.

In addition to continuing to promote Ragdale both regionally and nationally while strengthening its connection to Chicago, Older says she also looks forward to making the strategic moves that will best set up the arts institution and its historic campus for the future. One of those moves is the establishment of a new dance and composer studio building on the Ragdale property made possible with generous support from the Morrison-Shearer Foundation.

“Ragdale and the Morrsion-Shearer Foundation were working towards creating a new dance and composer studio long before I took the job,” explains Older, who currently resides with her family in River Forest. “But thinking about an organization making a serious investment at a time such as this, and about what that means for dance and music composition for the city and the north shore of Chicago— it is very impressive.”

“We are building two new studios beginning later this year during an unusually quiet time on campus, after receiving the largest gift to Ragdale since the founding of the organization,” adds Park. “These state-of-the-art studios will be a huge positive for incoming dancers and composers, and we are so grateful to the Morrison-Shearer Foundation.”

Ragdale continues to grow despite the uncertainty surrounding everything from the pandemic to politics to ongoing racial tensions, and Older sincerely believes that the pursuit of the arts has never been more important than they are right now.

“Now more than ever we need to continue to nurture the arts and give artists of all disciplines the time, space, and support needed to create their work,” Older concludes.

“The arts play a critically important role in making tangible what often can be intangible,” Older says quietly. “Authors can put concepts into words and make us think and feel differently. Artists can visualize concepts and discomfort and tensions, then make those things physically visible to us. As we address economic, racial, and health tensions, the arts continue to play a vital role in leading us and the nation forward.”

“Now more than ever we need to continue to nurture the arts and give artists of all disciplines the time, space, and support needed to create their work.”

Older on a porch at the Ragdale House

NAUTICAL RETREAT

THE CURATED

BEGINS HERE!

LAKE FOREST’S GREAT UNDISCOVERED GEM

words by Rochelle Newman Rubinoff photography by Wendy Franzen and Laura Carney

TUCKED AWAY in a wooded, southwest corner of Lake Forest, down a picturesque country-like road, and set on an immaculately landscaped campus, sits one of Lake Forest’s best kept secrets: The Stirling Hall Art Center.

It is difficult to enumerate the ways this hidden gem is so special. But the mere mention of its name evokes words of love and devotion usually only found in romantic poetry.

“When people come here for the first time, they are blown away by both the location and the facility itself,” says John Eldridge, recreational program manager of early childhood education, cultural arts, and special events for the Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Department. “A lot of art studios are in warehouses or they’re in the basement, so they don’t have a lot of lighting. Our facility has almost ceiling to floor windows. You know, entire walls are all windows, so it’s just very bright and open.”

Stirling Hall was built in 1927 and designed by architect Edwin Clark, who also designed Ferry Hall

Stirling Hall Art Center is the quiet, creative escape our community needs.

A Stirling Hall artist at work on the pottery wheel

and the Lake Forest Library. It is one of four historical buildings on the Grove Cultural Campus, along with the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center and the Music Institute of Chicago. The city of Lake Forest purchased the property in 1998, and renovation of the buildings began in the early 2000’s.

The success of Stirling Hall can be attributed to the people that run it. Karen Avery has been the director of the facility for the past four years. Originally from Michigan, she moved to Chicago in 1990 and began working as a manager in a doctor’s office. “I picked up The Reader and I found a ceramic studio and started taking classes within days of moving here. I really liked the touch of clay. I mean, people find working on the wheel mesmerizing.”

As the years progressed, Avery became more and more involved at the studio and eventually realized that her managerial skills could be put to better use in the art world. Soon she began assisting at the studio and teaching classes. And while she never had any formal training, it is clear that Avery has always had a feel for clay. In fact, she discovered an amusing anecdote from a kindergarten teacher in her baby book: “Karen is fascinated with clay.”

“Because we’re out in the middle of the woods at the edge of town, people have to know about us to actually come to us. And when they come to Stirling for the first time, they’re surprised we’re here,” Avery says. “They walk through and a lot of them end up

taking either a ceramic class or a painting class with us.”

Laura Carney is a professional potter and part of what she loves about Stirling is the building itself. “It’s just such a beautiful place to work because you have these full-length windows that look out over nature and the light flows in. It is so nice.”

Additionally, Carney shares, “Karen is such a good manager. She’s so knowledgeable and very fair and she brings in these teachers who are at a really high level, higher than most places.” Carney also notes how fortunate they are to have Avery. The state-ofthe-art facility has several high intensity kilns, and working with them requires a great degree of skill and expertise. “People think you just put it in an oven and pop it out. But you have to know a lot to do it properly.”

Kass O’Brien is also a professional ceramicist and several years ago decided she wanted to get back into wheel throwing. “I went and took my first lesson with Karen Avery, and after that, I literally was going there almost every day, because they have an open studio,” she says. She explains that this open studio concept is almost unheard of in most places. “And I

“It’s just such a beautiful place to work because you have these full-length windows that look out over nature and the light flows in. It is so nice.”

Stirling Hall Director Karen Avery in front of the soda kiln shed.

Avery’s office at Stirling Hall displays her pottery work

have to say that the instructors are probably some of the best I’ve ever seen. And I’ve become friends with all of them. It’s a real community. It’s like a family. Everyone is so kind and always open to help or answer a question.”

Should all of this sound intimidating, Avery is emphatic that all levels are truly welcome, and both O’Brien and Carney back her up on this. As they describe it, there is something almost magical and transformative about working with clay. They all basically guarantee that the first piece anyone produces will be ugly—and that is perfectly fine. It is all about the process.

Avery likens it to learning how to play an instrument. “You know that you have to learn to play the notes and scales before you put together the song. So I try to bring that into the classroom. When I’m teaching, it’s like there’s a beginning point here and you work your way through the process. It’s a skill set that is built upon. So the more work that you make, the more time that you come in during open studio and experience it on your own, the faster you’ll become an experienced potter.”

Reopening during COVID has presented its own unique challenges, but Avery has put strict systems in place so they can offer classes. “We’re still trying to be a vibrant community,” says Avery. “We take this really seriously, including requiring masks at all times, temperature taking, and frequent hand-washing.” In order to comply with state protocols, they are limiting the amount of people they allow in any classroom as

well as a total building limit. The legal limit is 50%, and to be safe, they are keeping the capacity just below that.

In addition to adult classes, Stirling also has a popular children’s program, run by art supervisor Debra Lerman. Even during COVID, children five-years-old and older can sign up for classes ranging from ceramics and pottery to drawing and painting. There is even a teen program where students can explore work on the wheel. “She’s so special,” Carney expresses, when speaking of Lerman. “She has quite a following.”

O’Brien concurs with that sentiment, and says that when she sees the kids come out of Lerman’s classes, “There is so much joy. And it is such a nice activity because it really calms them.”

“I think it’s therapeutic for anyone who does ceramics. It’s a good stress reliever. I know for me personally, being able to go to this studio that I belong to and just work all day, and get away from the tension right now, it’s very peaceful.”

And who wouldn’t want some of that feeling right about now.

For more information on Stirling Hall or to register for classes, please visit the Lake Forest Parks and Recreation website at lfparksandrec.com. Stirling Hall Art Center 60 E. Old Mill Road, 847-810-4688.

Laura Carney pitcher

Kass O’Brien’s work in the home of a collector

Bricks used to close the soda kiln take on color

Laura Carney vase

PLASTIC SURGERY UPDATE

PRX-T33 BIOREVITALIZATION

words by Steven Bloch, M.D.

When evaluating a patient I’m always balancing riskreward. Ideally, we would all want maximum improvement with no risk and no downtime. Unfortunately, that is a fantasy. I also have to evaluate lifestyle and come up with a game plan that fits the patient’s time frame.

PRX-T33 combines hydrogen peroxide with TCA and Kojic acid to produce skin tightening effects without downtime, pain, surgery, or peeling. T33 solution uses hydrogen peroxide to moderate through pores in the skin—permitting the TCA to penetrate into the dermis where it creates collagen and activates tissue fibroblasts. PRX-T33 can be used anywhere on the face and body and has a lasting, immediately visible effect.

Since PRX-T33 bypasses the outer epidermal layer and helps stimulate the deeper dermal layer, it eliminates much of the downtime and risks associated with peels.

This treatment is safe for all skin types and all seasons. Patients can expect to see improvement with:

• Lift and tightening

• S cars

• Tone and texture

• Pigmentation

• Stretch marks

This treatment can be combined with other treatments.

If you think this is something you may want, I suggest you make an appointment so that we can customize a treatment program that fits your lifestyle and needs.

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ODNEY SMITH (1947-2016) was a celebrated photographer whose whimsical work invited comparison to that of surrealist painter Rene Magritte. Long acclaimed for his iconic black and white images that combine portraiture and landscape, Smith created enchanted worlds full of subtle contradictions and surprises. Using only film and light, his un-retouched, dream-like images are matched in quality by the craft and physical beauty of his prints.

Smith’s career as a photographer spanned four decades and immersed him in editorial assignments for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and W Magazine as well as fashion shoots for Bergdorf Goodman, Ralph Lauren, Paul Stuart, and others. All sought to tap into his brilliant eye and unique style, as well as his affinity for spontaneity, humor, and surrealism. “I trust my instincts to get to the heart of the matter. Once I find the right location and the right

light, everything else follows from there.”

Smith’s work took him to beautiful locations around the world including some of Chicago’s most iconic settings.  He captured the image above during his 1997 Chicago photoshoot—one of many that combine his wit, grace and humor, against a backdrop of the lakefront and other architectural monuments.

Today Smith’s work is shown at museums and galleries and collected by private individuals. The Estate of Rodney Smith is dedicated to preserving his archive and sharing it with audiences around the world who appreciate his signature aesthetic and whimsical sense of humor.

Jessica with Camera, Chicago, Illinois, 1997 and other work by Rodney Smith is available through Anne Loucks Gallery, 309 Park Avenue, Glencoe, 847-835-8500, www.loucksgallery.com.

Jessica with Camera, Chicago, Illinois, 1997, archival pigment print. ©Rodney Smith.

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