Visual Arts
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Side Street Studio Arts celebrates 8th anniversary with 'You Are Not the Boss of My Art'Mar 01, 2021 10:00 pm - Side Street Studio Arts in downtown Elgin is celebrating its eighth anniversary with a night of visual art and live music on Friday, March 5. Stop by from 6 to 9 p.m. at...
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Playing with Fire: COD alumna finds unique niche in photography industryFeb 23, 2021 10:00 pm - Growing up, Johna Denault spent hours on her homework due to her dyslexia. To find an escape from the stress, she turned to photography. "When I was 12, I started taking...
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Rep. Schneider seeks student artwork for congressional contestFeb 23, 2021 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield is inviting students who live in the 10th House District to participate in the annual Congressional Art Competition. Students are e...
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Best Bets: Joffrey Ballet premieres online 'Boléro'Feb 23, 2021 5:00 am - Ravel revelry The Joffrey Ballet is back with "Boléro," a new online take on Maurice Ravel's famous concert piece by choreographer Yoshihisa Arai. The performance featur...
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Trickster Center in Schaumburg reopening March 2Feb 22, 2021 12:00 am - The Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg will reopen to the public on Tuesday, March 2. Visitors to the center at 190 S. Roselle Road can enjoy Trickster's latest exh...
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Naperville Art League receives $14,825 COVID-19 Response Fund Grant from DuPage FoundationFeb 18, 2021 10:00 pm - Naperville Art League is one of 24 DuPage County nonprofits with a program specific to the arts to receive a grant through DuPage Foundation's most recent COVID-19 Respo...
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New sculpture installation at Morton Arboretum opening April 9Feb 18, 2021 12:00 am - The Morton Arboretum has announced new details for an upcoming exhibit of massive sculptures by South African artist Daniel Popper. The Lisle tree campus ended its wildl...
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West Chicago's Gallery 200's '2020' exhibit opens after postponementFeb 16, 2021 10:00 pm - Earlier this year, a compelling exhibit of art created during the year in which the COVID-19 pandemic started, was delayed due to the very thing that inspired it. The ne...
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Proposals for Aurora art murals due March 1Feb 15, 2021 10:00 pm - Aurora Public Art has updated the dimensions of one project and issued a reminder for a variety of 2021 projects. Themes and locations include a "Mexican Folk Art" mural...
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Elgin art exhibit celebrates Black culture in AmericaFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - When Elgin artist Freddrick D. Wimms was asked just after Christmas to curate an art exhibit for Black History Month, he didn't have much time and didn't know what he wa...