Shows

Doug Stapleton and Karena A Karras
have a two person show entitled
"From What Are Dreams"
at the......
'Eyeporium Gallery' OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, April 3, 2009 - from 7-10 pm 1543 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 -
for more information pleases call - 773.782.1744

Stapleton's work consists of fantastic mixed media collage mixed media collages of hybrid bird/human characters. Stapleton holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute and is assistant curator at the Illinois State Museum. His other artistic forays revolve around performance. http://www.dougstapleton.blogspot.com/
Karras is a 3rd generation Chicago native whose work consists of stylized human/animal/plant hybrids. Alchemy, metamorphosis and mythology richly inform much of Karras's work. Karras is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute. http://www.karenakarras.com/
Exhibition - Through Friday, May 1, 2009.

James Mesple has a show up at

Printworks

311 W. Superior Street, Chicago

Opening Friday, March 27, 2009 from 5pm-7pm

Several of our breakfast members have done recent interviews:

Ken Gold has done an exciting interview discussing his art and his work with animals. Click here to check it out! http://www.strangeclosets.com/?p=2631

To read a new interview with Karena A Karras
by Italy's Claudio Parentela please go to the 'permalink' at :
http://variationsinnortherndegradations.blogspot.com/2009/03/interview-with-karena-karras.html

"Alison" is one of eight framed works on paper by GEORGE C. CLARK

that will be featured in the Palette & Chisel Academy's Spring Cleaning Sale

Saturday, March 28, from 11:00am to 4:00pm, featuring work priced under $300.00

The Palette & Chisel Gallery Is located at 1012 N. Dearborn Street in Chicago.

Basia Krol has a new exhibition at the Vanderpoel Museum
"Circles"
artists reception Sunday, April 5th, 2pm-4pm
exhibition continues through May 5th, 2009
Vanderpoel Museum
Ridge Park field house, 96th street and Longwood drive, Chicago, IL
more info; http://www.vanderpoelartmuseum.org/ or http://www.barbarakrol.com/

A collaboration between Chicago artists

Fletcher Hayes and Kim Laurelis part of

the Finestra Art Space 2009 installation series,

"Integration = Form + Context + Concept".

Opening reception: Friday, March 13, 5-9 p.m.

Finestra Art SpaceThe Fine Arts Building

410 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 516,Chicago, Illinois 60605

Tel: (847) 977-0526http://www.finestraartspace.com/

Hours: 2-6 p.m. Friday - Saturday, and by appointmentIntegrant Element Lab

Karena Karras will be one of the 14 women whose work will be shown in

Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 14th, 2009 from 8-11pm

On view March 14th-April 12th, 2009

Dabora gallery , 1080 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY.

Helena Engel will be participating in the Pool Show in New York, NY

"Initiation"

March 6-8, 3 to 10

at 37 W 24th St, in Chelsea.

This show runs concurrently with Armory, Bridge, Scope and Fountain.
Opening is on March 6, 6-10.

Shelley Gilchrist has work in"Metamorphosis: Contemporary Statements in Encaustic,"

a juried exhibit at Haydon Art Center in Lincoln, Nebraska until March 30th.

Victoria Fuller is part of a three person show at
The Sears Tower Lobby at 233 S. Wacker Dr.2
other artists featured: Gordon Powell, and Robert Hudson
Curated by Nixon Art Associates, sponsored by U.S. Equities Asset Management.
show runs Jan. 26 - April 15.

Eleanor Spiess-Ferris has the first of three upcoming exhibits"SORROW OF SWANS"

This exhibit at Elmhurst College is a Survey of Works from 1980 to 2006

The show runs form February 26-April 1, 2009

Elmhurst college is at 190 Prospect Ave.

Elmhurst, IL 60126

"Helicopter, Volk Field, Wisconsin," a photograph by GEORGE C. CLARK,

will be shown in FREEZE, a juried photography exhibit at

The Art Center

1957 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, Illinois

from March 6 to 29, 2009.

A linocut print by Catherine Cajandig part of the portfolioBestiary y Nahualesexhibited at the El Paso Museum of Artl Arts FestivalPlaza El Paso, TX.from March to September of 2009