Time is a’flying, and this coming weekend I will be packing up and putting my wares out at the 13th Annual Tour of Arts & Industry. My booth will be at the Ravenswood ArtWalk Detour in Tent B on Ravenswood and Berteau. The official Art walk kicks off with a reception on Friday, October 3, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2014
“In the Victorian language of flowers, the forget-me-not means friendship, loving remembrance and fidelity.” ~ Witchipedia Forget-Me-Nots are my favorite flower, and when they blossomed in May I took oodles of photos. I had an unfinished diptych laying around so I pulled those cradled boards out and started color-coordinating. I looked up the healing properties […]
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Ayla’s Beads held a Bazaar in Highland Park’s Art Center last weekend and I could not resist going. Having learned from the Bead & Button Show, I took a visual inventory of what I had in stock. I sort of had a budget in mind, but made exceptions for exceptional beads in the 4 rooms […]
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Last Thursday Evanston had two ‘block parties’. One was the official ‘Kits, ‘Cats and Kids Block Party for which the town is painted purple. The Northwestern University and Evanston Township High School Marching Bands performed in call-and-answer style prior to a pep rally for the NU and ETHS football games to be played that weekend […]
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In May I joined Hip Circle Studio to develop more of a fitness routine. Because winter was so long and my social life had me attending numerous potlucks and barbecues my summer clothes remained snugger than last year and I knew I wasn’t naturally walking and stairmastering the winter padding off like I had in […]
“Creating beauty is one of the highest and most healing purposes we can pursue.†~ Trenton Tully in True Balance by Sonia Choquette When I took Shawna Moore’s workshop I learned how to use a butane torch, and loved it. After some research I purchased the Iwatani Cooking Torch, but then never got around to […]
About two years ago The Chicago Botanic Garden implemented Butterflies & Blooms on its grounds. From late May to Labor Day, the garden has a tent that houses numerous exotic butterflies for the public’s viewing pleasure. It is a great way to get up close with these magical creatures. Morphos were abundant this year, and […]
Lauren and Rory Coyne do a lot together, and so it is with exhibits. On the heels of Lauren’s Wolf Peach Opening Friday night, Rory Coyne opened his solo show at Galerie Fledermaus on Saturday. Rory’s inspiration for the show comes from the fire pit or hearth as a gathering place. “It’s not just the […]
We had a big block party on Sunday. Main Street between Dodge and Hinman were transformed into a pedestrian mall from 1 to 6 p.m. The roads were blocked to motor vehicles and an impromptu bike path established. The blocks were lined with booths providing information about various Evanston organizations. Along the way, various musicians, […]
Friday marked the opening of Lauren Levato Coyne’s Wolf Peach show at Packer Schopf Gallery, which shows through October 18. Lauren’s second solo exhibition with Packer Schopf focuses on the ideas of poisoning and her continued thoughts on death via her largest and most elaborate drawings to date. She has been thinking a lot about […]
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