Emerging Woman Artist Award & Exhibit
Jul
23
to Aug 30

Emerging Woman Artist Award & Exhibit

Arts to Hearts Project presents the Emerging Woman Artist Award biannually to celebrate and uplift young, emerging women artists from all over the world. This award is designed specifically for young and up-and-coming women artists to provide them with a fresh, open platform to showcase their work. The platform specifically sheds light on the undiscovered works of artists from around the world. With each round of the award, we aim not only to curate a fresh, exciting batch of artists and award winners but also to create further resources in the form of funds, exhibits, access to our global network, and books to help them grow their art career.

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Chicago Works
Jul
10
to Sep 10

Chicago Works

  • Erin Elizabeth O Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For their summer exhibition, the Jackson Junge Gallery is interested in the ways that Chicago does (and doesn't) work. Between public transit, roadwork, infrastructure, social and economic disparity, and the varied neighborhoods that make up the city, Chicago has a lot to offer in terms of inspiration. The Jackson Junge Gallery asks artists to ruminate on CHICAGO WORKS, a show that will spotlight Chicago artists and the ways in which they interact with their city. On view July 14 - September 10, 2023

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May
5
6:00 PM18:00

Botanical Watercolor Card class

Join me in my art studio as I demonstrate ways to use watercolor to create botanicals and colorful washes for your own cards. Supplies, light snacks and beverages will be included. You will leave with several beautiful cards of your own design and an introductory knowledge of how to use watercolor as a stationary medium.

This is an intro level class, so no previous experience with watercolor is required. This class is intended to be a fun and relaxing time making art in the spirit of celebration and generosity. The goal is to have fun and maybe learn a little in the process.

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Oct
7
to Jan 10

10x10 Art Show

  • Jackson Junge Gallery (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

TEN by TEN is an exhibition for emerging and established artists in and around Chicago with the aim to inspire new work. With the subject matter left entirely up to the artists and the only constraints being size and the ability to hang from the wall on a wire, TEN by TEN times TWO offers collectors a slice of what is going on in many different arts scenes in Chicago.

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May
9
to May 26
Auction

Bailey House: Benefit Auction 2022

Bailey House proudly presents its 34th Annual Gala & Auction, which benefits housing and other lifesaving programs for thousands of New Yorkers each year. This year’s silent auction features a robust body of work by emerging and established artists including Catherine Opie, Duane Michals, Mark Beard, and many others. Works have also been graciously donated by The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and Herb Ritts Foundation for the event's LIVE auction.

Bailey House will hold its Gala & Awards Reception on May 25th at THE POOL in NYC. For more info visit bit.ly/baileyhouse2022.

Founded in 1983 by a coalition of compassionate community leaders responding to the AIDS crisis, Bailey House was the first community-based organization in the country to address poverty, homelessness, food insecurity, mental health, substance use, and chronic illness to improve health outcomes for marginalized, low-income New Yorkers living with HIV.

Bidding is open exclusively on Artsy and will close on May 26th at 12:00 PM EDT.

To bid on my ballpoint pen drawing click here.

All 2D works in the auction have been framed courtesy of Bailey House Gala & Auction's Presenting Sponsor, Chelsea Frames.

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Oct
15
to Oct 31
Exhibition

Dreams and Nightmares

  • Fulton Street Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Friday, October 15th.

This month’s show will feature the works of both FSC members, as well as other Chicago area artists, with a theme of characterizations . Dreams and Nightmares feature a variety of images, compositions and depictions stirring our imaginations with delusions, hopes and fear.

There are three 1-hour viewings with a 40-person capacity on opening night: 7PM, 8PM, and 9PM.

Several artist studios will be open for you to enjoy as well.

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Femme
Mar
19
to Apr 19

Femme

The enduring feminine spirit is diverse, ever-changing, a mystery, and beautiful all wrapped up into one. As far as art can remember, we have been drawn to the female archetype in all her complexities and contradictions. Her strength and vulnerabilities, her value, her abilities, and all of her possibilities. FEMME celebrates women, their allure, and their place in humanity.

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PRIMORDIAL SOUP
Nov
7
to Nov 22

PRIMORDIAL SOUP

PARADICE PALASE welcomes folks to the last reception of the year, for the 2nd Annual Members Exhibition. Primordial Soup features 22 of our artist members based across the US, co-curated by PP member Cami Ledy.

The show is on view 11/7 - 11/22, 2020.

Reception is Friday 11/13, 6-9pm. Come in your witchy best - we’ll have fun Friday the 13th goodies for those who attend the opening :)

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REALITY AND ART
Sep
2
to Sep 27

REALITY AND ART

Reality, Realism, Representation. Art is often about searching for and expressing reality, whether literally or conceptually. In our last juried show, “Consciousness of Abstraction”, we were interested in the movement away from imagery. This exhibition is a continuation of the conversation— from the considering of abstraction to the considering of its sibling genre, realism, reality and representation — or Reality and Art.

This environment of shifting and contradicting truths, denial of science, proliferation of ‘alternative facts,’ and manipulations of imagery makes understanding reality and truth an illusive undertaking. The artist’s striving to express and understand reality becomes more complicated with this shifting appropriation of what is mere perception and what is reality. This show includes work that is representational in both the traditional sense of being compelled to express what you see and reality as a conceptual sense of using the contemporary current environment as a reference.

(Image: Give Me Your Tired Your Poor by Barbara Hansen)

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Clearly Human
Jun
19
to Aug 1
Exhibition

Clearly Human

  • St.Louis Artist Guild (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The St. Louis Artists’ Guild is proud to host Clearly Human IV, an all-media group exhibition of artwork focused on the human figure. Clearly Human gives a comprehensive look at the many ways of representing the human figure, from traditional to contemporary, realistic to fanciful, beautiful to unsettling. The exhibit seeks a diverse view of humanity representing subjects varying greatly in gender, age, ethnicity, and nationality. The artists are encouraged to use the figure to explore a wide variety of themes, including definitions of beauty, perceptions of history, relationships with nature, and moments of everyday life.

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Congruence
Jun
12
to Aug 26

Congruence

JUROR STATEMENT

Congruence

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To be congruent means to be in harmony, agreement, and compatibility.


The artists I selected from this recent call for I Like Your Work Podcast Summer Juried Exhibition had a high degree of personal congruence that stood out. I found that many of them had harmony in their portfolios and how they presented their work for the call to art.


Being an artist is a lifetime process. It means constant evolution and honing of one’s skillsets for the mediums and methods of artmaking. The 500+ applicants gave me the challenge to call out who was meeting that challenge now as a creative.


I got to review portfolios from around the United States and abroad, see wonderful ideas and processes in action and appreciate the incredible amount of diversity that is available in how someone decides how to make art and what their artwork is really about. I saw many refreshing ideas including weaving with street posters and working with color and color combinations that were stunning.


Many of the artists had ideas that were energizing and thought-provoking and some of them literally took me away as I wondered if they were exploring imagery from memory, imagination, or their backyard or hometown.


It was a pleasure to get to know all of you through what you shared and I congratulate the accepted works and urge those who had works that were not selected to stay the course and keep making art!


-Bridgette Mayer
Bridgettemayer.com
Bridgettemayergallery.com

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2020 Works on Paper Online Exhibition
Jun
12
to Jul 1

2020 Works on Paper Online Exhibition

Medford Arts

June 12 - July 5, 2020
Exhibition Chairs: Diane Emerson & Susan Barnes
Juror: Wendy Wagner
Wendy earned a BFA in Painting at Moore College of Art & Design
and completed an Advanced Fine Art Program at Studio Incamminati
where she is currently a fellow. Both are located in Philadelphia, PA.

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Watercolor 2020
Feb
22
to Aug 30

Watercolor 2020

  • Norris Cultural Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The popular annual exhibit returns to the Norris Gallery, featuring original works in water-based media. Exhibit dates are February 22 through April 11. The gallery is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is always free.

A free, public reception and awards presentation will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

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Featured artist at Theatre Y
Jan
17
to Feb 16

Featured artist at Theatre Y

Starting January 10th my paintings will be on display in the lobby of Theatre Y during their production of “Juliet”.

A stark, intensely visceral, emotionally devastating reimagining of Theatre Y’s signature one woman show, this second iteration of Juliet marked the second collaboration with director Karin Coonrod.  Performed at the Royal George Theater, the production introduced Visky’s seminal text to a wider Chicago audience.  Staged in a black box space on a bare circular steel platform, Juliet’s absent husband’s coat hung suspended from the ceiling.  This production of Juliet coupled arresting elements of full force physicality and abstract movement with Lorraine’s emotionally rich embodiment of the title character.  The show received an international tour, playing in both Italy and Serbia.

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Collaborative show with Esoteric Dance Project
Nov
22
8:00 PM20:00

Collaborative show with Esoteric Dance Project

“Expectations” features three world-premieres. Co-Artistic Directors Christopher Tucker & Brenna Pierson-Tucker exhibit two new projects with another from EDP’s fourth Choreographing Mentoring Program recipient Timothy Tsang. EDP also collaborates with visual artist Erin ONeill, who creates intimately personal work that will be displayed in the gallery space, drawing the audience into an entirely emersive experience throughout the performance.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door.

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