Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Uptown Arts Center Watercolor Invitational - call for entries

ABG Members and friends are invited to submit watercolor art work for:
The Uptown Arts Center Watercolor Invitational  
February 21st thru the 28th, 2016
Ready to hang or if you don't mind, pinned to the wall is fine!

Deadline to drop off your work is Wednesday February 17th.  
Please arrange a time to drop off your art and consignment sheet with Colette Wright Adams.
See email address below.

Consider making a piece in this remarkable medium even if you don't ordinarily use it..

$10 per person with a limit of 2 pieces to go towards hospitality

Our opening will be Sunday February 21st, 2-5pm
Lagoons Sessions Reading series will be Friday evening February 26th 
(we get a large audience) 
Gallery hours and closing Sunday Feb. 28th 2-5pm

Please send a link to your website or photo with your email.
(*if participating I will send you a consignment sheet via return email)
colettewrightadams@gmail.com 

 http://Uptownartscenter.org

Happy New Year!

Sunday, November 1, 2015

ABG Member George C. Clark exhibits at Beverly Arts Center


Beverly Arts Center proudly presents the art exhibition:

Traveler's Sketchbook:

Paintings and Graphics by George C. Clark



November 6th - December 6th, 2015
Atrium and Theatre Galleries

 Artist's reception:  Sunday, November 15th, 2 - 4 pm


"Traveler's Sketchbook: Paints and Graphics by George C. Clark" includes paintings and drawings created on-site from the artist’s own back yard in Chicago’s Independence Park neighborhood to the back roads of Europe. 

This exhibition also includes larger studio landscapes based on on-site sketches and photographs.

 
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655

773.445.3838

Throughout the year, the BAC features  local, regional and national artists in  exhibits that are free and  open to the  public. 
We invite you to visit our four  gallery spaces: East Gallery, Bridge  Gallery, Theatre  Gallery and Atrium.

BAC Business and Gallery Hours:
 
Monday-Saturday, 9am - 9pm
 (Closes 5pm on Friday and Saturday if  there are no evening events.)
 
Sunday, 1pm - 4pmHours subject to change. Please call to confirm hours.
BAC is closed on all major holidays.

ABG Members exhibit in Friends’ ART SALE at Renaissance Court, Chicago Cultural Center - 2 Days Only!

Friends’ ART SALE


 
Hosted by the Friends of Renaissance Court 
 
Limited time only - 2 Day Art Sale! 

Your chance to buy art for your home and gifts for the holidays!
Featuring original artworks by Chicago Artists:
reasonably-priced, beautiful, funky, colorful and serene...that can be yours!
Stop by and have fun at the Holiday shop!

Wednesday, November 4th: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 
Thursday, November 5th: 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.


Renaissance Court at the Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St., 1st fl., Chicago, IL
(North door side)


https://www.facebook.com/events/1483902821918359/


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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

ABG members exhibit at Space Gallery in "Black" from the "Art of the Real" series exhibitions

G  A  L  L  E  R  Y

presents


B  L  A  C  K


 

Exhibition runs October 22nd 2015 - November 28th 2015

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY OCTOBER 22ND 5-9PM

FEATURING:

MARKS AARDSMA  |  TONIA BONNELL  |  MICHAEL BURNETT


NANCY CHARAK  |  NANCY KOENIGSBERG   |  DIANE MCGREGOR


COREY POSTIGLIONE  |  SUSAN SCHWALB  |  SHARON SWIDLER

______________________________ 

 

“… I was no longer working with black… but with the material of black, the surfaces of black… created a light… and this light is a secret light… a light that is not obvious… it was coming out of the black….”
—Pierre Soulages


BLACK is number six in the Art of the Real series shows I have curated for Space Gallery. Each show in this series manifests itself in the “non-objective”: art that is not representational, that contains no recognizable figures or objects, and art that has no intentional derivation from any concrete matter.

The work for BLACK was selected because each artist uses black, not as negative space, but as an opening from which to reveal what lies at the edge of vision.

Curated by: Marks Aardsma
Concept by: Sharon Swidler





© 2015 SPACE Gallery | 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver CO 80204
720.904.1088 | mb_space@hotmail.com.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

ABG Member exhibits in "SMALL" at Tom Robinson Studio/Gallery


"SMALL"

Opening: Friday October 16th, 2015
from 5 - 9 pm
Tom Robinson Studio/Gallery
2416 W. North Avenue


Join us for a night of fun events in the WOW district for Chicago Artist Month!
 

Featuring artists: Charlie B. Thorne, Kim Laurel, Tom Robinson,
Loralyn Kumlin, and the young artists from The Cup and Spoon:
Joshua Gaunt, Nikki Kazmar, Salvador Mancera and Emily Eddy.

 

The Small exhibition will run thru November 17th
Open Saturdays: 1 - 4 pm
or call for an appointment: 773-477-7913

art work shown:
"Scout 1" from the kite maquette studies, Kim Laurel  ©2009
"Sunny" from the Small series, Tom Robinson ©2015


http://tomrobinsonartist.com/

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

ABG "Caffeine IX" and “Chicago Portfolio” opens at Old Town Triangle Art Center

Caffeine IX and “Chicago Portfolio”
Another Stimulating Blend of Work from the Artists Breakfast Group
 


October 6 – November 5, 2015

Opening Reception: Sunday, October 11, 2–5 pm

Old Town Triangle Art Center 

1763 N. North Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

The Old Town Triangle Art Center 

is proud to present Caffeine IX and Chicago Portfolio 
In keeping with the Chicago Artists Month theme celebrating The City as Studio, this joint exhibition highlights Chicago as a concept, a gathering of ideas put into action, by a people who are fluid, in constant transition, resourceful, original, and all sharing the backdrop of the city as their studio.

Caffeine IX features works by the Artists Breakfast Group (ABG), a networking and support group for Chicago’s professional artists to gather together sharing information, technical advice, camaraderie and good conversation.

Joining ABG is the Chicago Society of Artists, which is introducing its first portfolio of prints, appropriately titled Chicago, curated by educator and internationally known printmaker Rene Arceo.


Artists Breakfast Group: artistsbreakfastgroup.blogspot.com
Chicago Society of Artists: chicagosocietyofartists.org

Old Town Triangle Art Center
1763 N. North Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: 312-337-1938

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Breakfast members at juried Koehnline Museum Exhibit


The Artists' Breakfast Group is well represented in the upcoming juried Koehnline Museum Exhibit at Oakton Community College. This year's theme is "Feminism Across the Generations." The show is partnered with the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Oakton and the Koehnline Museum. Opening Reception is Thursday, October 1, 5 - 8 pm
 
 
 
Breakfast members who have been selected to exhibit are:
 
Catherine Cajandig
Sandra Holubow
Anita Miller
Julia Oehmke
Judith Roth
Lorre Slaw

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

ABG sister organization The Uptown Arts Center features Chuck Walker in September

The Uptown Arts Center

 

 

Chuck Walker: Mixed Bag exhibition

September 12th - October 10th, 2015

 


Opening Reception: Saturday September 12th, 5 - 9pm    
Regular Gallery hours begin September 19th
Saturdays & Sundays: 2 - 5pm  

Uptown Arts Center   
941 W Lawrence Ave. 4th floor gallery
Chicago, Illinois 



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Thursday, August 27, 2015

the Prospectus for Caffeine IX

It's that time of year again, and we'd like  to get out there. This year we're giving special admission preference to those who are active in The Breakfast We are partnering with the Chicago Society of Artists Portfolio group who have created a collection of prints, aptly called "Chicago," plus holding a workshop to teach 2 color linocut printing, with Rene Arceo, a respected educator whose work is part of the National Museum of Mexican Art. 

CHICAGO/CAFFEINE IX EXHIBIT   
OCTOBER 3 TO NOVEMBER 5, 2015           

The Artists Breakfast Group (ABG) is partnering with the Chicago Society of Artists (CSA) for a shared exhibit as featured in Chicago Artists Month, at the Old Town Art Center Triangle  Gallery, 1763 N. North Park, Chicago.
     Gallery hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday, 10 am to 1 pm.
     Closed Mondays, www.oldtowntriangle.com

Each  Breakfast member is allowed one work for a $20 hanging fee. Only wall hanging sculpture is permitted, no free-standing pedestals. All work must be limited to 24” in any direction. A 10% sales commission will be taken by the Triangle Association, so please price accordingly.

Eligibility is open only to members who attend Breakfast meetings and/or dinners.

Delivery of art is Friday, October 2, 10 am – 2 pm 
Exhibit opens Saturday, October 3, 10 – 1 pm
Artists Reception is Sunday, October 11, 2 – 5 pm
Print Workshop with Rene Arceo is Sunday, October 18, 1 – 4pm
All work must remain until the last day of the exhibit November 4
Pick up art work Thursday, November 5,  10 – 2 pm

The Chicago Society of Artists (CSA) will be premiering its first portfolio, appropriately
titled “Chicago”, curator Rene Arcero, teacher and internationally known printmaker.
Both ABG and CSA have some shared members participating in the Caffeine IX exhibit
and portfolio.

The fee for the linocut color print workshop at the Old Town Triangle Gallery with Rene Arceo on Sunday, October 18, 1 to 4 pm, is $25 and artists must bring two unmounted 5x7” or 8x10” linoleum plates one for each of the two colors, a drawing to transfer onto their linoleum, carving tools if available, masking tape, and a pencil.

Deadline for entry to Caffeine IX show is Wednesday, September 9.     
Please mail entry  form to: Ruyell Ho  at 2800 W. Montrose, Apt 301, Chicago, 60618           
Notification of acceptance date is September 25. Please send $20 hanging fee payable to
Artists’ Breakfast Group after you receive the acceptance notification.

Ruyell Ho email:  ruyell@hotmail.com
Sandra Holubow,  organizer coordinator  email:  sandragesso@aol.com


APPLICATION FOR CAFFEINE IX            DUE SEPTEMBER 18, 2015


Name (print)……………………………………………………………………………………………………........

Phone…………………………………………………………Cell……………………………………………………..

email address--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Title…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....

Medium…………………………………………………….Price……………………………Size…………….....




Reminder: After notification of acceptance please send a $20 check payable to the Artists Breakfast Group to Ruyell Ho, at 2800 W. Montrose Ave., Apt. 301, Chicago 60618




…………………………….Please attach lower portion to the artwork…………………………………………..




Name (print)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Phone………………………………………………..Cell………………………………………………………………

email address-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Title…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Medium…………………………………………………………………..Price………………Size……………………..………………….. 

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Alert! Alert!

Guess who's coming to Breakfast?!!!  Yes!  Taking time off from her National Tour and Road Trip, Nancy Charak and her doggie Tux, will be in town for a few days and will be coming to the Breakfast at S&G's next Wednesday August 26.  Yahoo!!   

Judith

Friday, June 5, 2015

ABG Member and Uptown Arts Center Director Colette Wright Adams hosts "Close-up of Japan in Chicago" and Up Coming UAC Events


Close-up of Japan in Chicago
 June 5-10th       
Opening Reception Friday June 5th 5-8pm


5 Artists from Hokkaido -  Obihiro Contemporary Art

Masanori Umeda * Natsuki Kubo * Akemi Kai * Daisaku Ueno * Shinichi Yura

Exhibiting over 40 pieces of  art work, painting, ceramics, Japanese calligraphy, ceramic doll art, books and 3-dimensional work. Included are art works of the original culture of Japan

Friday June 5, 5-8pm Opening Reception: free  Calligraphy demonstration & refreshments
Saturday & Sunday June 6-7, 2-5pm  Gallery open, meet the artists!
Wednesday June 10, 5-7pm  Closing reception
gallery hours by appointment also: 773-450-7246

Uptown Arts Center  (located in the Preston Bradley Center)
941 W Lawrence, 4th floor (elevator access)  Street parking,
2 blocks from Red Line "EL" at Lawrence.

Coming up.... 


Lowell Thompson"s DOWN in UPTOWN
 
Coming in July 2015
An Exhibition which includes the artist's paintings, books and profound conversations

Coming in September:
CHUCK WALKER...a painter's painter
and
2nd quarterly A Lagoons Session Reading: 
Friday September 25th 8pm, featuring Katherine Chronis

Coming in October:
3rd Floor Balcony: an alternative art space curated by Eden Unluata

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

ABG Members Exhibit at the THE INDEPENDENCE PARK FINE CRAFT FAIR - May 9th - Noon to 4:00 pm

Power shop for Mom at the "Petite-Bijou-Galore" table of treasures
by Kim Laurel and Fletcher Hayes
 
GIPNA Fine Craft Fair - 8th Annual
Saturday, May 9th 2015
12:00 to 4:00 pm
 

LOCATED AT THE ABBEY PUB:
3420 W. GRACE, CHICAGO, IL. 60618

FREE ADMISSION; OVER 30 LOCAL ARTISTS;
FREE RAFFLE TICKET GIVEN WITH EVERY ART OR CRAFT PURCHASE


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Thursday, April 23, 2015

ABG members in "Impressions: Printmaking Invitational" - Kavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles

Impressions: Printmaking Invitational
Kavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles





Printmaking works of art by six artists from Chicago to DeKalb will be on display for "Impressions: Printmaking Invitational," a show of fine art printmaking work by area artists. This visual display will run April 24 through May 22, in the Kavanagh Gallery at Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles, with an opening reception Friday, April 24 from 5:30 - 8:00 pm.

Selected works will reflect a variety of printmaking processes, including mono print, monotype and oil monotype, intaglio, gelatin, woodblock, lithography and etching. Mixed media work combined with prints will also represented.

The talented artists who were invited to participate in this show are: Dorothea Bilder (DeKalb),
Elisabeth Dzuricsko (Lisle), Deborah Maris Lader (Chicago), JoAnne Laudolff (Batavia),
Kim Laurel (Chicago) and Nancy Staszak (Woodridge).


Fine Line Creative Arts Center is a nonprofit art school offering adult classes and guest artist workshops in a range of fine arts. Two galleries are included on the Fine Line campus, featuring local to international artists. For information, please visit www.fineline.org.


What: "Impressions" Gallery Show
Where: Fine Line Creative Arts Center - Kavanagh Gallery
37W570 Bolcum Rd., St. Charles, IL
When: April 24 - May 23, 2015
Reception: Friday, April 24, 5:30 - 8 pm.
Gallery Hours: Mondays - Saturdays, 10 am - 5 pm
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Info: www.fineline.org, 630-584-9443

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/batavia-geneva-st-charles/community/chi-ugc-article-impressive-invites-on-display-2015-04-09-story.html

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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Hi again, ArtistsBreakfastGroup groupies!  Reminder!


Coming this week!!!   Two days only - Saturday & Sunday!



Below are two "excerpts" of what you will see of my figurative drawings and Sandra's abstract paintings...

Saturday April 11 and  Sunday April 12 - 10am to 4pm - browse or buy, enjoy wine and refreshments, music and conversation - at the studio - 8 W. Monroe, Apt. 407, just west of State Street… in Chicago!

Judith

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Small Works Exhibit

Marian Carow and Bill Whiteside have been juried into the 38th Annual Harper College Small Works Exhibit at Harper College, 1200 W. Algonquin Rd., Palatine, IL. The show, which features the works of 20 artists from all over the US, runs from March 2 through April 2, with a March 10 Opening.
Check out the link below for a view of the exhibit:
 
http://goforward.harpercollege.edu/services/arts/

Monday, February 9, 2015

ABG Member Colette Wright Adams exhibits at Uptown Arts Center - Mysteries & Loves: transcending emptiness

Colette Wright Adams and Mariusz Zaleski 
MYSTERIES & LOVES: transcending emptiness
Paintings and Works on Paper
February 14th - Opening Reception 5-8pm 
Gallery hours: Saturdays 3-5pm Sundays 1-4pm thru February 29th



Uptown Arts Center Upcoming Exhibtions:

February 27th, Friday  
Lagoon Editions presents 
"Destruction Instructions"
 Paul J  Ryan book release and reading  7:30pm  


March 8th, Sunday
Opening Reception 2-5pm
Solo Show thru March 28th
Still Pictures: Closeups
Margaret Buchen





 





April 10th 
Opening Reception 5-8pm 
thru April 29th
New & Selected Paintings
Daniel Cleary 
(Stay tuned for studio hours open to the public)

July 1-31, 2015   
Lowell Thompson's tour-de-force  "Down in Uptown
an engaging record of his 10 years in a Chicago neighborhood he calls "Chicago's most colorful community".  (Specific dates to be announced)





Uptown Arts Center in Preston Bradley Center, 4th floor  
941 W. Lawrence Ave. Chicago, IL

The Uptown Arts Center, housed in a series of iconoclastic spaces within the historic Preston Bradley Center, \has created shared art studio and workshop spaces, exhibition galleries, and boutique performance arenas.  
We welcome the synergy of experiences and place to inform our unique vision of a supportive and nurturing artistic community.

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Friday, February 6, 2015

Art Exhibit at The SG By Breakfast Groupers

Catherine Cajandig, Ruyell Ho, Sandra Holubow, and William F. Whiteside, longtime members of the ABG, currently have works on exhibit at our meeting place,  S & G Restaurant, 3100 N. Lincoln Ave. Come join us.
 

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

ABG Members exhibit in Convergence: The Poetic Dialogue Project at the UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART

http://uima-chicago.org/poetic-dialogue/

Convergence: The Poetic Dialogue Project

UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE
OF MODERN ART

2320 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622

Opening reception:
Friday, February 6, 2015
6:00 - 9:00pm


February 6 - March 22, 2015

The upcoming exhibition, Convergence: The Poetic Dialogue Project, curated by Chicago-area artist and curator Beth Shadur, is an exhibition of collaborative works created by twenty pairs of visual artists and poets. The exhibition includes renowned visual artists and poets from throughout the United States (and a poet from Canada).

The Poetic Dialogue Project is an ongoing project that came about after a wonderful meeting of hearts and minds in 2004 at the Ragdale Foundation between poet Lois Roma-Deeley and Shadur, as both explored the parallel creative process of artist and poet. Since their meeting and dialogue at that time, Shadur and Roma-Deeley have undertaken a number of collaborative projects. Out of her own collaboration, Shadur created the idea of The Poetic Dialogue Project. Since 2004, four traveling exhibitions have been curated by Shadur, with various pairings of artists and poets. In 2009, the last exhibition, Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue, was premiered at the Chicago Cultural Center. The excitement of this ongoing project has been in the creation of new works outside established paradigms of artistic discipline, and in artist and poet taking their work in new creative directions.


Pairings: Visual artists / Poets

Jane Fulton Alt / Martha Collins
Granite Amit / Jan Beatty
cat chow / Rosemary Willey and Maggie Dietz
Laura Ann Cloud / Francisco Aragón
Sergio Gomez / Maurice Manning
Donna June Katz / Maurya Simon
Heidi Kumao / Kate Gale
Kim Laurel / Micheline Maylor
Lynda Lowe / Joseph Heithaus
Susan Mackin-Dolan / Honorée Fanone Jeffers
Renee McGinnis / Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Zach Mory / Kevin Prufer
Bonnie Peterson / Maggie Anderson
Mark Pomilio / Rigoberto Gonzalez
Beth Shadur / Lois Roma-Deeley
Eleanor Spiess-Ferris / Daniel Tobin
Vivian Visser / Peggy Shumaker
John Pitman Weber / Michael Heller
Cynthia Weiss / Margaret Rozga
Connie Wolfe / Annie Finch

Featured image:
Darner Dragonfly (Anax junius), Kim Laurel and Micheline Maylor collaboration.

Take a sneak peek of the collaboration at: http://vimeo.com/118283307

EVENTS:
Opening reception: Friday, February 6, 2015 (6-9pm, with remarks on collaboration at 7pm)

Panel Discussion:
Saturday, February 7, 2015 (2-4pm),
panel on the collaborative process will be presented by several pairs of artists and poets

Joseph Heithaus and Margaret Rozga, Poetry reading: March 14, 2015 (2pm)

UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE
OF MODERN ART


2320 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622

773 227-5522

Regular hours: Wed – Sun
12:00 – 4:00pm

http://uima-chicago.org/poetic-dialogue/

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Rita Dianni-Kaleel

"The Order Of Chaos" by Rita Dianni-Kaleel is included in a group exhibition at the Jackson Junge Gallery,1389 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago. Exhibit runs from Jan. 23-Mar.1.  Opening Reception Friday January 23, 6-9PM

Website: www.diannifineart.com