The Glenview Art League Newsletter “Advancing the study and development of fine art in our community”

GLENVIEW ART LEAGUE – 1920 Waukegan Road, #204, Glenview, Illinois, 60025 Website: www.glenviewartleague.org Telephone: 847/724-4007 Email: glenviewartleague@att.net The Glenview Art League is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.

MARCH 2019

President’s CornerPicasso famously said, “All children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.” This quote came to mind as we the 30th Annual Youth Art Fair. Yet again, the freshness and originality of the young artists’ work left me amazed. So many pieces seemed

to speak straight from the heart. Relatives, teachers, friends, and the hardworking GAL volunteers came together to encourage and support these young people. It fills me with gratitude and reminds me of the people who supported me when I was a kid.

An art community can help young people grow up into lifelong artists. A circle of support can give someone courage to pick up a brush or pencil after a long time away. An art community might include teachers and mentors who guide an artist in new techniques and provoke them out of comfort zones. It might include people who look at, respond to, and buy artwork. It might include other artists, in the trenches, who help us see that creative highs and lows are normal, and survivable.

Of course, if you’re reading this you just might be a member of the GAL. This art community has provided art education, exhibit opportunities, art fairs, networking, and social events for artists for more than 60 years. Today, as in the past, it is the creativity and energy of members that keep this art community alive and thriving. Let’s take a moment to appreciate that, and consider how we might more fully support each other.

We welcome your ideas at glenviewartleague@att.net. While you’re at it, send in a special memory or story of a someone who supported or supports you as an artist and we’ll share them in the next issue.

Keep up the creative work!Deb Anderson

SAVE THE DATES - UPCOMING EVENTSTues., March 5, 7 p.m. Demo by Anne Gaines, Mosaic Murals ...Mon., March 18, 7 p.m. GAL Board Meeting, all welcome .........Saturdays in March Saturday Painters Group ................................

(Contact Carol Reagan for details) .................................................Mon., April 15, 7 p.m. GAL Board Meeting, all welcome ...........Wed., April 24 Save the Date: GAL Spring Fling ..........................Tues., April 30 Due date for GAL logo submissions ....................Tues., May 7, 7 p.m. Demo by Fran Vail, Watercolor ...................Sat., June 30 Save the Date: Glenview Summerfest .......................July 27-28 GAL’s 66th Annual Summer Art Fair..........................

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OFFICERSPresident: Deb Anderson Vice President: Sandy SheagrenSecretary: Marilyn PerryTreasurer: Tom Pope

DIRECTORSMimi Branstrom Lee ColpiCindy GitterMaureen HanlonBob LeopoldGloria MoschelBud Sents

Social Media: Amy TaylorAdmin/Editor/Website: Kathie Green

Painting by Steve Johnson.

GLENVIEW ART LEAGUE – 1920 Waukegan Road, #204, Glenview, Illinois, 60025 Website: www.glenviewartleague.org Telephone: 847/724-4007 Email: glenviewartleague@att.net The Glenview Art League is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.

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Best in Show ………………………….… Abeer Faraz, Field People's Choice (Tie) ….… Alexander Kiesau, Henking and!

Sam Spritz, Avoca West 1st Grade: 1st: Angeli Yadav, Once It Clicks

2nd: Hannah Galvin, Henking3rd: Armando Zavala, Nelson

2nd Grade: 1st: Julian Briceno, Once It Clicks2nd: Sam Spritz, Avoca West3rd: Scarlett McConnell, Henking

3rd Grade: 1st: Mehreen Aleem, Hoffman2nd: Alina Noman, Hoffman3rd: Colin Greynolds, Greenbriar

4th Grade: 1st: Ravid Friedman, Ravinia2nd: Emmaline Klatt, Glen Grove3rd: Adam Mankowski, Greenfields Academy

5th Grade: 1st: Peyton Knorr, Hoffman2nd: Ava Yatabe, Kipling3rd: Anusha Saraf, Halfday

6th Grade: 1st: Ruby Pan, Highcrest2nd: Alexandrine Harig, Once It Clicks3rd: Georgees Yahoo, Nelson

7th Grade: 1st: Alexandera Wesser, Springman2nd: Elif Sude Kurtaran, Springman3rd: Abeer Faraz, Field

8th Grade: 1st: Seungyeon Lee, Field2nd: Rino Calise, Countryside Day School3rd: Christopher Latham, Countryside

Day School 9th/10th: 1st: Dean Kousionelos, Once It Clicks

2nd: Quinn Nimesheim, Loyola Academy3rd: Surabhi Gangadki, Adlai Stevenson

11th/12th: 1st: Hana Choi, GBN2nd: Sevval Kurtaran, GBS3rd: Maya Epstein, GBN

Photos: above, 9th/10th grade winners; above right, spectators view the artwork on display; right: 1st and 2nd place winners for 11th/12th grades.

Artists and volunteers both shine at 30th Youth Art Fair! The Glenview Art League displayed the stunning artwork of 206 young artists at the Youth Art Fair on Saturday, February 23. Prizes were awarded in each grade level, along with Best in Show from the seventh grade and a tie for People’s Choice.

As in past years, classical guitar music was provided by Christopher Laughlin. GVTV sent a camera person, and the Northfield Township Food Pantry gratefully accepted donations of new art supplies and food collected at the event.

Huge thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible, including Mimi Branstrom, Lee Colpi, Sandra Hart, Maureen Hanlon, Cathy Keeler, Jerome Kostecki, Sandra Noble, Mary Olson, Janet Pawlowski, Carol Reagan, Delayne Rittmueller, Pablo Warren, Gloria Moschel, Tom Pope, Bob Leopold, Gayle Fritz, Cindy Gitter, Meredith Anderson, Colin Rogers, Sandy Sheagren, Marilyn Perry, Deb Anderson, Kathie Green, and Barb Zabroske.

2019 YOUTH ART FAIR WINNERS

GLENVIEW ART LEAGUE – 1920 Waukegan Road, #204, Glenview, Illinois, 60025 Website: www.glenviewartleague.org Telephone: 847/724-4007 Email: glenviewartleague@att.net The Glenview Art League is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization.

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Anne Gaines to present mosaic mural projects GAL demo: Tuesday, March 5th at 7 p.m.

GAL welcomes Anne Farley Gaines to speak about her artwork, including complex mixed-media folding screens, shaped wall pieces and murals, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5 at the Glenview Park Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Gaines projects are often collaborative, involving members of the communities where the work will be installed. In her most ambitious project to-date Gaines designed and produced a mosaic and ceramic mural with over 500 students, artists, and other participants in Wichita Falls, Texas, capitalizing on the nature, landmarks, and symbolism of the region.

Currently, Gaines is completing a series of ten 6' by 2' murals with at-risk teens at the Jane Addams Family Resource Center. She embraces the concept of making a positive difference with youth through art-making processes.

GAL Monthly Demo Meetings are held at the Glenview Park Center, 2400 Chestnut Avenue, Glenview, Illinois on the first Tuesday of

February, March, May, September, October and November of 2019 from 7-9 p.m. Meetings are free and open to the public. This event is ADA accessible.

Note: February’s demo with Kristin Haas was canceled due to weather concerns. The GAL looks forward to rescheduling in the fall. Stay tuned for more details.

Above, artist Anne Gaines with one of her mosaic murals; left, Positive Ripple Effect by Anne Gaines

Susan Mart recommends A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline, an excellent book about Andrew Wyeth and the woman who was his model for the painting “Christina’s World.”

Margaret Newman says, “You can't do better than the Art Institute website or other museums in Chicago.”

Deb Anderson recommends the “Creative Peptalk Podcast,” Episode 215 (be warned - very peppy, super-positive).

Steve Johnson recommends the “The Master’s Secrets,” an excellent podcast, which communicates many different artists

views. Steve also recommends a book by Thomas Schaller, Architect of Light, and feels anything by Joseph Zbukvic or Charles Reid (both are watercolor artists) are excellent.

Kittie Yohe recommends The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook: Landscapes and The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook, both written by Gordon MacKenzie. Kittie discovered this book last year. “I am not a landscape painter, but this book has many great ideas and techniques that I am interested in.” Kittie feels that the basics can be applied to any a level and it is a great teaching book.

GAL asked: Is there a book, podcast or other creative or art related resource you'd like to recommend to the GAL community? Here are your responses:

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Welcome our newest members Join us in welcoming four more new members! Contact information will be sent soon with updates to the 2019 roster. We are happy to see the GAL grow and we celebrate these new member artists.

• Timothy Downs (Pencil/Charcoal) Glenview • Lois Johnson (Acrylic & Oil) Glenview • Renata Maliszewski (2D Mixed Media) Northbrook • Edie Ottoman Risher (Acrylic on Canvas) Lake Bluff

We also gladly announce that Cindy Gitter has joined the GAL board as a director.

Open call for new logo design Send in your ideas for a GAL logo by April 30, 2019

All GAL members are encouraged to submit ideas for a new GAL logo. Submissions are due by April 30. A prize will be awarded to the creator of the selected design. Things to keep in mind: the logo needs to work well in single color and full color applications, and read well at large and small sizes. Send ideas through email or postal mail.

Save the date for the Summer Art Fair on July 27 and 28, 2019 Applications now available.

New to art fairs? Have any questions? Let us know and we’ll do our best to put you in touch with an experienced artist or fair-goer who can help. The SAF is 99% volunteer-staffed, and there are many opportunities to help out. Contact the GAL if you would like to be a part of this amazing community event.

Joseph Chomyn is exhibiting a piece of his pottery in the St. Joseph Valley Watercolor Society Show, located at the Jewish Federation Building, in South Bend, Indiana. Joseph is currently selling his pottery in the following three gift shops. The Midwest Museum Of American Art Gift Shop in Elkhart, Indiana, the Lubeznik Center Gift Shop in Michigan City, Indiana and The Dot Shop at the South Bend Regional Museum Of Art In South Bend, Indiana.

Teresa Gierwielaniec Rozanacki is showing two digital graphics (titled “Wave II” and “Wave III”) at the Oak Park Art League Gallery from February 8 until March 2. The exhibit is called, “My Kid Can’t/Can Do That: Accomplished Abstraction.”

Steve Johnson is exhibiting in the “Nature’s Palette” show at Emily Oaks Nature Center, 4650 Brummel St. in Skokie. Opening reception, is scheduled for Friday, March 1, from 7-9 p.m. and the exhibit runs from March 1 to April 29.

Iris Jutovsky will be exhibiting her work, “Fishing in the Mekong” at the North Brook Public Library, from April 11 through to May 31. Stop by and visit!

Sandy Sheagren is exhibiting from March 22 through April 26 at the “Inside The Box Exhibition” presented by the Arts of Life OPEN Gallery located at 1963 Johns Drive, Glenview. She is also exhibiting in Celebrating the Genius of Women’s 8th Annual Competition, Women in the Arts, March 9-April 23 at the Orlando Public Library in Orlando, Florida. Reception is scheduled for March 23 from 2-4 p.m.

Les Scott will be part of a juried show at the Gallery on 16th, at the Racine Art Center in Racine, WI. His scratchboard painting is titled “Ursus Horribilis Autumnus” and the show runs from February 20 to April 4. He also has a painting called “A Symphony In Three Movements” at the Lemon Street Gallery in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Kay Thomas will be exhibiting with Art Makers North at the ARC Gallery, 1463 W Chicago Avenue, in Chicago through March 2.

MEMBER NEWS

GAL o!ers the 2019 Robert Sherman Fine Art Scholarship The GAL is now accepting applications for the 2019 Robert Sherman Fine Art Scholarship. Interested twelfth grade students should submit an application with images of 10 pieces of artwork by March 31, 2019. The scholarship is open to residents of Glenview and students in District 225, who plan to study art in college. For more information and applications, see www.glenviewartleague.org.

Save the date for the

GAL’s Spring Fling Wed., April 24, at the Glenview Park Golf Club