About the EAC

Founded in 1929, the Evanston Art Center has become one of the largest community art centers in Illinois. Created through the efforts of 20 civic organizations, from 1929 to 1943 the Art Center was housed in the basement of the old Evanston Library. In 1942, the Art Center was incorporated as a nonprofit. In 1966 the City of Evanston offered to lease to the Art Center for a nominal fee the Harley Clarke House, a three-story Tudor mansion on the shore of Lake Michigan, just north of Grosse Point Lighthouse on Sheridan Road. Over the years, the interior of the building has been redesigned to maximize space for studio art classes and the exhibition program. It is a classic example of successful adaptive reuse in a historic building that is being preserved through this partnership between the City of Evanston and the Evanston Art Center. The Center also rents classroom space at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston.

The Art Center is supported by generous contributions from the following:
National Endowment for the Arts
Illinois Arts Council
Evanston Arts Council
Francis Beidler Foundation
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
DeStefano Development
Endeavor Realty
Fifth Third Bank
First Bank & Trust of Evanston
The Giles Organization 		Good's of Evanston
Inverscot Fund
North End Mothers Club
North Shore Community Bank & Trust Company
Optima, Inc.
Playboy Enterprises
Roszak ADC
Rotary Club of Evanston Charitable Fund
Clayton Struve Family Foundation
Womens Club of Evanston
. . . and many individual donors


2008-2009 Board of Trustees
Officers
Harold Bauer, President
David Ervin, 1st Vice President
Robert Kaplan, 2nd Vice-President
Karen Hunt, 3rd Vice-President
Allan Drebin, Treasurer
William Lampkin, Secretary

Trustees
George Accattato
Susan Curry
Gregory DeStefano
Julie Gordon
Beth Hart
Bruce Rogers
Lorna Grothe Shawver
Robert Sills
Eric Steele
Sherry Winger

Ex-Officio, Jane Chapman, Past President

Administrative Staff

Alan Leder, Executive Director

Jyl Bonaguro, Graphics & Administrative Coordinator
Larry Boswell, School Registrar & Facility Coordinator
Paula Danoff, Director of Development & Communications
Elizabeth Dorsett, Receptionist
Judith Fenton, Director of Education
Bonnie Katz, Youth Fine Art & Outreach Coordinator
Marcia Levy, Financial Administrator
Annie McNellis, Receptionist
Joyce Sims, Receptionist
Eryn Smith-Moeller, Receptionist