Gallery Show and Artist Reception for Jeanie Griffin at Windsor Park
Carol Stream, Ill. – January 24, 2013 – Windsor Park, a Covenant Retirement Community in Carol Stream, invites the community to view a collection of artist Jeanie Griffin's vivid pastel portraits of children. A reception for Griffin will be Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6 – 7:30 p.m. in the Centrum of Windsor Park, 124 Windsor Park Drive.
The gallery show is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Commissioned by people throughout the country, Griffin created the portraits to benefit the Young Men's Educational Network of Chicago, a Christian ministry.
Griffin's art has been in five national juried art shows, along with many local shows and public galleries. The Glen Ellyn artist studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art in Chicago. She pursued graduate study in medieval art history at the University of Chicago.
The Windsor Park Center for Lifelong Learning joins Windsor Park in co-sponsoring the gallery show. For more information about the gallery show or other events hosted by the Windsor Park Center for Lifelong Learning, call Hannah Detig at (630)510-5201.
Other upcoming events at Windsor Park are listed on the website. Arrange for a personal tour of Windsor Park by calling the marketing department at (630)510-4700 or via email at wpmarketing@covenantretirement.org.
Windsor Park is a faith-based, nationally accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community located at 124 Windsor Park Dr., Carol Steam, Ill. It is administered by Covenant Retirement Communities Inc., a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church. For more information on Windsor Park, visit www.WindsorParkIllinois.org.
About Jeanie Griffin:
The work of Jeanie Griffin is concentrated in painting with pastels. In addition to five juried art shows, she has won 13 awards at various DuPage Art League shows. Additionally, she has participated in group and solo shows at the Glen Ellyn Library, the Central DuPage Pastoral Counseling Center, and the Faith Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn.
Solo shows of Griffin's drawings from the Apocalypse were held at First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn, First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton, Southminster Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn, and at the Power Auditorium in Singapore. Jeanie Griffin can be reached at (630) 469-3087.