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SPRING BENEFIT ART PARTY & LIVE ART AUCTION 2016

A huge THANK YOU for everyone that came, bought tickets, donated, bid on the auctions, and celebrated with us this weekend. We had a great time, see you next year!

 

To view photos from The Art Party 2016, CLICK HERE.

 

Date: 

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 6:00pm

Experience…The Lives We Touch and the Art We Create

Join us for a night of silent and live auctions, dinner, dancing, and wine!

Mark your calendar for our upcoming benefit – Saturday night, May 14 at 1717 Central Street! The Spring Benefit Art Party will consist of a live auction showcasing art donated by Chicago-area artists and an Experience Auction featuring special, one-of-a kind experiences. The Silent Auction will offer hotel stays, restaurant certificates, sporting game tickets, and more. Attendees will be able to bid on featured items or services while enjoying a sophisticated sit-down dinner.

 

Individual Tickets $200

CLICK HERE to purchase individual tickets to the Art Party.

 

Table Sponsorship available starting at $2500

To purchase Table Sponsorships, please contact the Art Center's Manger of External Affairs, Gabrielle Burrage, at (847) 475-5300 or [email protected].

 

The proceeds from the benefit will help the Evanston Art Center to make arts more accessible to our community by providing scholarships for students in need of financial support, and funding our exhibitions and outreach programs.

Contribute to a Bigger Picture of Arts Engagement

The Evanston Art Center's new facility located at 1717 Central Street is currently being transformed into a hub for arts and culture.

Our Capital Campaign, SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE, which was launched in July has collected $1,811,596 in generous contributuions. With the addition of future pledges, we are now less than $500,000 shy of our overall goal of $2,500,000. Your tax-deductible constributions will enable us to complete the renovation, purchase studio equipment, and move to the new site in May 2015.

We're planning a dynamic mash-up of discipline-specific visual arts studios and mixed-use spaces in which digital fabrication, craft, design, music, movement, film, language, storytelling, social practice, song, and even the culinary arts will be offered. This new community of makers of all ages and backgrounds will be encouraged to take an active role in the life of the center.

WE NEED YOUR CAMPAIGN SUPPORT TODAY!

Please consider being part of this important community arts effort which will benefit many. Send a tax-deductible contribution today.

FOR A LIST OF OUR CURRENT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS Click Here.

EAC's Dialogic Communities Art Discussion Group Convenes at The Smart Museum

Join us at the Smart Museum of Art beginning second Fridays October-December, 2014. We will read and discuss Joshua Decter's new book Art is a Problem. The group will begin by discussing the

preface, introduction, and first 3 chapters of Decter's book. The Smart is located at the University of Chicago, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL. 60637

Meeting 1: Friday October 10, 1-3pm Discussing Preface, Introduction, and Chapter 1 "Institutional Critique and its Discontents"

Fall 2014 Classes Now Ready for Registration

Back to 'art' school time is right around the corner. If you are a current student of the Evanston Art Center you will be receiving your class catalog in the mail in a week. However, you can look through the PDF of the fall class and workshop offerings by clicking here!

The Art Center offers classes in many different disciplines for all ages and experience levels. Please ask us about financial aid and scholarships.

It's simple, find the class or classes you want and then go to our EDUCATION tab on our web site, find your class, and register through our web site. You can also call us at (847) 475-5300 or stop in and register in person at 2603 Sheridan Road. There will be several copies of the catalog at our front desk.