Visual Arts
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for August 2024Sep 05, 2024 7:50 am - August was a month for capturing the vibrant colors of summer with photos of birds and butterflies, flowers and frogs.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Deer Path Art League’s 69th annual Art Fair on the Square breaks attendance records in Lake ForestSep 04, 2024 8:25 am - The Deer Path Art League (DPAL) proudly celebrated the 69th annual Art Fair on the Square this past Labor Day weekend, marking a monumental return to the historic Market Square in downtown Lake Forest.
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Festivals Sept. 6-12: Festival of the Vine, Sandwich Fair, Art on the Fox and moreSep 03, 2024 2:15 pm - Mark your calendars for the Sandwich Fair, Festival of the Vine, Art on the Fox, Winfield Good Old Days, Mundelein Arts Festival, Scandinavian Day Festival, St. Charles Jazz Weekend and more happening this week.
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Preserve Collaborative, selected to create art installation as part of Farm/Art DTourSep 03, 2024 12:02 pm - Lake Zurich residents Cathy McCauley and Shari Gullo, and Pamela Self of Arlington Heights, collectively known as Preserve Collaborative, have been selected to create a l...
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Paint the Prairie weekend in Northbrook will include 20th anniversary celebration of Trail Through TimeSep 03, 2024 11:40 am - The Northbrook Park District's newest event, Paint the Prairie, takes place Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8, at Techny Prairie Parks and Fields, where community members can watch artists painting the splendor of nature all weekend.
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Award-winning Harper College students discover the therapeutic power of artAug 28, 2024 11:30 am - Harper College students Lain Dennis and Jefferson Sobczak grew up in different parts of the U.S., have different educational paths and employ their artistic talents in wildly different ways.
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Labor Day Weekend Festivals: Buffalo Grove Days, Last Fling, Summer Sunset Festival and moreAug 27, 2024 11:54 am - Mark your calendars for Buffalo Grove Days, Chicago Jazz Festival, Anime Magic! 2024, Naperville Jaycees Last Fling, Taste of Polonia Festival, Wauconda Street Dance, Sandwich Fair and more happening this week.
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Big art blossoms in downtown Aurora muralAug 26, 2024 1:34 pm - Giant, cheerful flowers have popped up in downtown Aurora, with a new mural called “Aurora In Bloom.”
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There’s plenty to see this fall at Chicago area museumsAug 26, 2024 11:06 am - There’s plenty to see at suburban and Chicago museums, including the Adler Planetarium and the Shedd Aquarium, which debut new, permanent exhibitions this fall.