neXt gallery at Cedar announces participating artists
St. Charles, Nov. 9 – The neXt gallery at Cedar (920 Cedar Ave. in St. Charles) is pleased to announce the local and regional artists who have been juried into the pop-up art gallery, which will be opening on Saturday, Nov. 19, with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m.
neXt gallery at Cedar Artists:
Audia, Anne Becker, Greta Bell, Guy J. Bellaver, Tony Berardi, Sher Berman, Gary Brown, George Bruce, Judith Bugh, Charles Cassell, Fawn Clarke-Peterson, Patricia Davoust, John Granata, Rita Grendze, Pamela Hamilton, David Hettinger, Hollis, Susanne Keller, Robert J. Krawczyk, Kevin Lahvic, Elaine Lazarus, Natasha Lehrer, Angela McElwain, Maureen McKee, Kathryn Newcome, Anne Marie Piemonte, Janice Rangel, Anne Ressman-Zabinski, Robert Rydin, George Shipperley, Ted Simmering, Laura Stoecker, Chris Westphall, Carol Zack, and Ana Zanic
And announcing:
New to neXt – Emerging and Student Artists from Elgin Community College, Columbia College, and St. Charles Unit District 303.
For more information about the neXt gallery at Cedar check the gallery web site – www.nextgallerystcharles.org. Or call the St Charles Arts Council office at (630) 443-3794.
The St. Charles Arts Council is a 501(c)(3), registered nonprofit Illinois corporation whose mission is to create an organization that serves and promotes the arts and cultural activities in St. Charles, to the mutual benefit of the arts and the community. The SCAC is staffed entirely by volunteers.
Some of the St Charles Arts Council's Arts Business Partners – Arcada Theater/Onesti Entertainment, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, Fox Valley Repertory, Marquee Youth Stage (MY Stage), St. Charles Singers, Steel Beam Theatre, Tony & Friends Art Studio. The SCAC currently produces and sponsors the “neXt gallery” (a pop-up gallery program), and the “Art At Home” series.
About the neXt gallery program:
The neXt gallery Pop-Up Art Gallery program is a collaboration that promotes local/regional artists, the SCAC, and the St. Charles business community. The program is called neXt gallery, because you never know where it will pop up next!
About the St. Charles Arts Council:
The SCAC will serve all those individuals (professionals, amateurs, and students) who produce tangible, consumable works of the imagination and all organizations, businesses, and groups that include and represent those people. This would be arts and cultural activities in their broadest sense, including graphic, plastic, and decorative arts, architecture, crafts, literature and poetry, music, theater, and dance. The primary long-range goal is the transformation of St. Charles into an arts community/an arts magnet/a nationally-known arts market. Ultimately we foresee a municipal arts center, more working artists and opportunities in arts education, many privately-owned galleries, performance venues, and related arts businesses, and a downtown architecture and streetscape conducive to both the aesthetics and business of art. Contact the SCAC for information at (630) 443-3794 or at StCharlesArtsCouncil@gmail.com.
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About the City of St. Charles:
St. Charles, located in both DuPage and Kane counties, is 35 miles west of downtown Chicago. Over 2,100 businesses employ over 34,200 people, consisting of a balanced mix of retailers, restaurants, and manufacturing facilities. The City of St. Charles was recently named one of the “150 Great Places in Illinois” for the combined architectural work of the City Municipal Center, the Main Street Bridge, and the historic Hotel Baker.
The city's recently completed 2014 Strategic Plan includes the following Action Plan: market and promote St. Charles as a friendly, appealing destination, characterized by activities, events, arts, and culture. Capitalize on artistic and cultural resources by supporting local talent and lively venues and activities. Encourage collective civic endeavors to broaden the variety of attractions and events.