Past Events and Programs

Crab Tree Farm
Lake Bluff, IL
Saturday, June 29, 2013
10 am – noon
RSVP by Wednesday, June 26
Limit: 40 people
EAC Members $30

Over 250 guests attended Evanston Art Center’s Spring Benefit, and many left with a unique piece to bring home, funding the Art Center’s exhibition, youth outreach programs and scholarships. While viewing interesting and unique art pieces throughout the Art Center, guests also enjoyed food and appetizers as well as lively music and dance.

Take a graffiti workshop, watch the film "Louder than a Bomb" or a demonstration from the University of Hip-Hop at the Evanston Art Center. We're hosting a 3-day educational program from May 3 through May 5 around street art called Street Arts as Public Pedagogy: Learning From the Margins.

Dialogic Communities is an experimental multi-month participatory art and culture discussion series that is free and open to the public. In conjunction with Insight Arts’ Craig Harshaw Dialogic Communities seeks to inspire thoughtful dialogue and reinvigorate the spirit of community while serving as a productive social model. This informal discussion invites regional community members, scholars, and the public to discuss a range of topics in art and culture (e.g. contemporary art history, theory, criticism, unique artist projects, the everyday, and visual and material culture). 

Saturday's performance by artist and musician Scott Carter and his band mates Jesse Butcher and Alex Gartelmann was a smashing success! Over thirty audience members watched the artists/musicians play and ultimatley, destroy, the installation. The piece will be on view through this Thursday. Images from the performance will be in our Image Gallery later this week.

Join Us! The screening is Sunday, March 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Rotary International Building auditorium.
Over 30 young filmmakers will have their films shown at the Red Carpet Screening event on Sunday. Awards will be given in several categories.

On Sunday, February 10 between 1 and 4 p.m. there will be more to see in our galleries than our Faculty Exhibiton - you will also see some of our faculty. A selection of our talented teaching artists will offer free demonstrations on various art-making techniques right in the galleries. There is no fee, just drop in and learn something.

February 10 is also the final viewing day of the Faculty Exhibition and The Body, Real or Imagined exhibition up in our 2nd floor Studio Gallery. Don't miss these exciting shows.

Dialogic Communities: Repairing the Social Bond

The Evanston Art Center's 10th Annual Winter Arts & Crafts EXPO features original, handmade works of jewelry, ceramics, fiber, metal, glass, painting, photography, mixed-media and more. All proceeds from the EXPO sale will benefit EAC's ongoing exhibition, scholarship, and outreach programs. Based on enthusiastic community support, our 10th year will run for 32 days and represent approximately 100 artists. 

How has the Evanston Art Center made a positive difference in your life? Did learning a new skill help you find a job? Was the artwork you did in class exhibited or win an award? Did you fall in love? Were you accepted into a BFA or MFA program?

Send your stories to ‘[email protected]’ or mail to Evanston Art Center, 2603 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL 60201, att.: testimonials. Please send in by March 1, 2013. We will select three stories and celebrate the individuals who sent them at our Spring Benefit Gala on May 18, 2013.

EAC's August 11th screenprinting workshop by Jay Ryan was a huge success being fully subscribed with 20 participants. Our apolgoies to those on the waiting list. We will try to get Jay back again for another workshop. Also, our own Michael Jackson, EAC teaching artist in our printmaking studio at the Noyes building, also teaches screenprinting.

Join Art after 5 coordinator and celebrated artist Linda Kramer, for a visit to a private art collection and garden featuring an exceptional collection of Works on Paper. You will see pieces by Picasso, Miro, Rauschenberg, and notable German expressionists including Max Beckmann.

First in the series of programs: Friday, June 15, 6 - 9 pm. In the coming year, the Evanston Art Center plans to present several educational programs designed to engage the audience in conversations about contemporary art, social practice, and other topics relevant to our communities. We encourage you to join us.

Program hosted by the Evanston Art Center, 2603 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL (847) 475-5300

TRAUMA, TECHNOLOGY, & RESISTANCE:

A Three-Month Series of Art, Dialogue, and Action Nights of Insight

Our summer 2012 exhibition, Night Sky, looks to the heavens for inspiration. Humans have used the night sky to navigate, mark the passage of time, and impart meaning to their lives for thousands of years. As technology has advanced, our connection to the night sky has atrophied—not simply because we have gained greater control of our environment, but also because we no longer can see the Milky Way and many constellations due to light pollution.

Through informal discussion, the Evanston Art Center was fortunate enough to connect with Thomas Comerford and Melika Bass for a filmscreening of Indian Boundary Line, 2010 and Shoals, 2011. The Evanston Art Center’s Education Program is honored to present two films that we feel connect to our local cultural heritage and explores the idea of imagined history in the Midwestern landscape. 

Melika Bass’ Shoals, 2011

New Art Examiner co-founder Derek Guthrie and an intergenerational panel of local art writers discuss the historical significance and future of art criticism in Chicago. The dialogue will touch upon the current discourses of modern and postmodern approaches to art criticism, art writing, new arts journalism, institutional authority and influence (art schools, art museums, etc.) as well as contemporary art strategies that are shaping culture now. The perceived goal of this event is to establish certain histories and commonalities that can move our city forward.