Visual Arts
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Blues finally get its due at new Chicago museum opening in 2017Nov 01, 2015 7:20 am - CHICAGO - Buddy Guy, the legendary Chicago guitarist, sums up the need for a national blues museum with something that his mother once told him. "She said, 'Son, if you ...
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Oakton faculty art on display in new exhibitionOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - Oakton Community College is featuring the artwork of its faculty members next month at the Koehnline Museum of Art on the school's Des Plaines campus. The free exhibitio...
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New Lombard studio connects artists to communityOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - Emily Suarino has many hopes for her new art studio near downtown Lombard, but most importantly, she wants it to connect people. "We're really trying to put the artist i...
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St. Charles students do Veterans History ProjectOct 26, 2015 11:00 pm - P-ARTS, a St. Charles arts advocacy group, is participating in the St. Charles Arts Council "Celebrating Veterans Through Art" event and neXt gallery Nov. 7-29. It will ...
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Constable: Artist brings Wrigley Field murals into homesOct 25, 2015 7:30 am - During a high school volleyball game in the mid-1970s, Hersey High School player Cathy Weadley gazed up at the giant green-and-gold Grenadier enemy mascot painted on the...
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Lake Zurich student art gets eyes, possible buyers at StarbucksOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Budding Picassos and Monets from Lake Zurich Unit District 95 are getting a visible place for their works to be displayed outside school. Another rotation of student art...
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Stanley Cup returns to Schaumburg Oct. 25Oct 20, 2015 1:00 am - The Stanley Cup, still in the possession of the 2015 champion Chicago Blackhawks, will stop at the Trickster Art Gallery at 190 S. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, from 10 a....
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Smithsonian chief: Don't call it "The Nation's Attic"Oct 18, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - With millions of artifacts ranging from first ladies' dresses to the flag that inspired the national anthem, the Smithsonian Institution has been cheekily k...
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Palatine art school to raise money for scholarshipsOct 15, 2015 1:00 am - For 15 years, Positive Strokes Art School & Gallery in Palatine has provided private lessons and community workshops to spread the benefits of art education. The studio ...
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See how 'Art Works' in unique Geneva settingOct 12, 2015 11:00 pm - See art exhibited in a unique setting Friday night and Saturday at "Art Works" at the Geneva Public Works Department, 1800 South St. The event kicks off with a reception...