Suburban art museum promotes young artists

The Art Museo at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare, 5300 N. River Road, Rosemont, is putting the future of Chicago’s art scene on display and challenging the public to experience it.

With “Chicago: Rich Source of Young Talent,” works from some of Chicago’s top School of Fine Arts students will be hand-picked and featured within the same gallery space that boasts iconic masterpieces from world-renowned artists. In addition, the Art Museo at ICO will also make scholarship contributions to the selected schools’ art programs.

“Chicago: Rich Source of Young Artists” will open Sept. 16 with a presentation of more than six extraordinary artists — average age, 22 — who are newly graduated or graduating from Columbia College.

Thereafter, the exhibit will rotate every three months for one year, featuring more stars from other Chicago area fine arts programs such as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, UIC and Northwestern. Among the represented will be photographers, painters, designers and more.

“With the art world of Chicago shrinking, losing talent consistently to New York and the West Coast, can these young artists be the future of our area, or will they find more fertile ground somewhere else?” asks ICO Art Museo head curator Martha Schneider of Chicago’s Schneider Gallery.

“The Art Museo at ICO will reward the best works from the finest art students, encouraging them to remain in Chicago so we can benefit from their creativity.”

Work submissions for artists who fit the criteria and want to be considered for representation in “Chicago: Rich Source of Young Artists” can be made by contacting Rose Licavoli at schneidergalleryinfo@gmail.com.