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June 18–July 18, 2010
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Pieces of Me: Artwork based on the Drawing Collages of Tony Fitzpatrick
NIPSCO Gallery
Opening Reception Saturday, July 17, 7–9pm
Expressive collages created by Safe Harbor and Boys & Girls Club afterschool students are featured in this unique exhibit. The result of a six week lesson plan that began with writing about a memorable event, the stories and artwork illustrate each child’s life experiences.
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April 24–July 11, 2010
The Spider Music
(detail)
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Tony Fitzpatrick: No. 9, An Artist’s Journey
Hyndman Gallery
Opening Reception Saturday, April 24, 7 pm
No. 9, An Artist’s Journey features drawing collages that blend found objects, symbolic images and poetic narrative in lively and complex works.
Self-taught, Chicago based artist and poet, Tony Fitzpatrick is a former boxer, bartender and radio talk-show host, as well as an occasional movie actor. With a gift for imagery and detailed drawing, Tony's characteristic style is informed by sources such as children's books, field guides, circus posters, tattoo designs and folk art. In November 2009, Newcity named Tony Fitzpatrick the "Best iconic Chicago personality now that Studs Terkel is gone.
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April 24–July 11, 2010
Still Life with Apricots
(detail)
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Carl Holzman: New Still Lifes
Brincka/Cross Gallery
Opening Reception Saturday, April 24, 7 pm
New still lifes by Chicago artist Carl Holzman seek to combine elements of the natural and artificial in fresh ways. Holzman manipulates light and composition to breathe new life into subject matter from fruit to flea market finds ─ creating unified painted images that bring comfort and delight to the viewer.
Born and raised in Topeka, Kansas, Holzman worked for 2 decades in corporate finance. He eventually studied drawing and painting at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and with portrait painter Richard Halstead. In 2007 Holzman left his day job to pursue painting full time. His work has been exhibited at a number of galleries in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.
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April 24–July 11, 2010
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Drawn to Tattoos
Library Gallery
Opening Reception Saturday, April 24, 7 pm
Once limited to a set of stock images referred to as flash, classic tattoos were copied, traded and repeated. As the popularity of tattooing has grown, so to has the market for a more original and artful approach. Conceptualized between artist and collector, these one-of-a-kind expressions are indelible works of art.
Curated by Harlan Thompson, Drawn to Tattoos provides a unique look at the art of tattoo. The daily drawings of Chicago tattoo artists Harlan Thompson, Tim Biedron, Jason Vaughn and Mario Desa cover the walls of Lubeznik Center’s Library Gallery while a digital presentation provides a colorful look at the product of all those drawings ─ celebrating tattoo as art.
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April 24–July 11, 2010
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Twila Beahm: Busting Out
Conference Room Gallery
Opening Reception Saturday, April 24, 7 pm
Hoping to raise awareness of how women have been viewed, used and exploited because of their breasts, this exhibit employs humor and word play to invite contemplation of dark subjects including physical abuse, breast cancer, and body image. Each piece celebrates an individual woman's triumphant spirit and strength.
Artist Twila Beahm, who started this intensely intimate project in 2007, says of the experience, "I came to realize that I was not the potter; I was the clay."
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May 9–June 14, 2010
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Home Grown Art: Home School Students Create
LaPorte County Christian Home School Association
NIPSCO Gallery
This exhibit of children’s art reflects the diverse backgrounds, interests and unique curriculum of these students.
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April 24–May 9, 2010
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Elementary Schools Art Exhibition
Michigan City Area Schools
NIPSCO Gallery
Impressive in both quality and quantity, this striking display of art and fine crafts includes 2- and 3-dimensional work by kindergarten through 5th grade art students.
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January 30, 2010–
April 18, 2010
Eleanor Himmelfarb,
Fandango Celebration
(detail)
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The New Moderns: In Search of Form
Hyndman Gallery
Opening Reception February 5
Download Exhibition Catalog (PDF)
Curated by local artist Carole Stodder, this exhibition features works by seven internationally known artists committed to working in an abstract manner in their exploration of form. Open to subjective interpretation, these colorful works will stimulate your imagination.
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January 30, 2010–
April 18, 2010
Connie Kassal,
The Young Artist
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Seeing the Light
Brincka/Cross and Library Galleries
Opening Reception February 5
Featuring over 30 works by members of the Lubeznik Center Area Artists Association, Seeing the Light invites contemplation of the title theme of light. Diverse and de-"light"-ful interpretations include works of photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media.
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February 27, 2010-
March 28, 2010
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ImageMakers 2010 National Photography Contest: United Through Photography
Boys & Girls Club of Michigan City
Opening Reception March 6, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Since 1960, the ImageMakers Photography Contest has provided aspiring photographers with a chance to express their creativity by taking and developing their own pictures. Club members, ages 7 through 12, are proud to display their favorite film and digital photographs of our Club and our community. Many of the images capture service projects or activities that hopefully will instill the viewers to help others.
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November 21, 2009- January 21, 2010
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Artwork from the Social & Learning Institute for the Disadvantaged
SLID is a non-profit organization in Michigan City that provides instruction to adults with physical, mental and/or emotional disabilities.The Lubeznik Center for the Arts provided the arts instruction to the clients of SLID through a grant from the Duneland Health Council. Their skilled instructor, Debra Sawyer, took the students through a series of explorations of self to create profound self-portraits.
The artwork expresses the likenesses and emotions of the artists in four different mediums; cut paper, oil pastel, ceramic and paper maché.
The core values of SLID are based upon equal justice, human dignity, individualization and a fullness of life. Janet Bloch, Education Coordinator at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, states that, "This exhibit exemplifies these core values not just for this population, but for all people, with a display of joy and verve that are contagious.The show speaks volumes about the human spirit."
Many of the works are for sale and would make wonderful holiday gifts for the art lover in your life. Connoisseurs of self-taught and naive art will not want to miss this exhibit.
For more information, please contact Janet Bloch, Education Coordinator, Lubeznik Center jbloch@lubeznikcenter.org, for the Arts at 219-874-4900 or visit our website at www.lubeznikcenter.org
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December 14, 2009- January 10, 2010
Two Worlds by Margaret Burroughs from the LCA permanent Collection
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Works from the Lubeznik Center Permanent Collection
Hyndman Gallery
Select works from the Lubeznik Center for the Arts' permanent collection will be exhibited in the Hyndman Gallery and will feature prints that have never been exhibited in the LCA galleries as well as some old favorites.
The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation awarded the Lubeznik Center a $25,000 grant to fund the reorganization of the permanent collection. The LCA has spent several years analyzing, organizing, cataloging the collection and is now ready to begin showing the works on a larger scale. This grant funding helped the LCA define its focus: prints, photography, regional artists, and contemporary and mid-twentieth century paintings. As a result of this process the LCA was able to determine which pieces did not fit with its mission and began developing a focus for acquiring new pieces.
Earlier this year Fred Shaffer, a collector of regional artwork, approached the LCA about some pieces he wished to donate. A couple items were selected that were a good fit for the collection including a painting by the late David Langley. This early work, painted in 1964, was an excellent addition and was just exhibited in the David Langley Tribute from August 1 - October 11, 2009. Langley's wife, who made the exhibit possible, had not seen the Shaffer piece in 40 years and was quite touched to have it included. Individuals interested in discussing the donation of artwork should contact CarolAnn Brown at cabrown@lubeznikcenter.org or call 219-874-4900.
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Oct 17- Jan 10, 2010
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Prints & Drawings, Works on Paper
Brincka &
Library Galleries
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The 2009 Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ biennial Regional Juried Art Exhibition is focused on artwork completed on paper and is entitled “Prints & Drawings: Works on Paper". Accepted artists represent all eligible states including Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio. Of the seventy six artists that applied for this exhibition, thirty four were accepted. With an array of works ranging from interactive pieces, to etchings, to traditional figure drawings, there is sure to be something to capture the imagination of art enthusiasts to casual viewers alike.
Fifty-three works comprise this eclectic meeting of the arts; of these, three artists will receive cash prizes and $1500 in purchase awards will be presented. These purchases will be acquisitioned into the Lubeznik Center’s permanent collection. Come out to support regional artists.
Artwork was juried by best-selling author and print artist Audrey Niffenegger, best known for her book “The Time Traveler’s Wife” which was recently made into a move and ran in theaters nationwide. Her new book “Her Fearful Symmetry” is now available in stores. Also juried by LaPorte County book and paper artist, and talented instructor, Andrea Peterson of Hook Pottery Paper.
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Oct 17- Dec 10, 2009
Anne & Margo (1938) © AFS/AFF, Amsterdam/Basel
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Anne Frank: A Private Photo
Album, Photographs by Otto Frank
Hyndman Gallery
"Anne Frank: A Private Photo
Album", is a traveling exhibition on loan from the Anne
Frank Center USA. The opportunity for the public to view
these family photos is rare; the Lubeznik Center is the
only entity in Indiana privileged to display this
exhibit. This project, Anne Frank Family Photos & Other
Stories of our Collective Heritage, will use art as a
vehicle to create awareness of how Holocaust and global
stories are inter-connected with our own Northwest
Indiana historical stories of intolerance, prejudice and
courage. Anne Frank’s message of tolerance and
understanding will help expand our vision of diversity
for today.
Just as in many families, the photo album of the Frank family begins with the birth of the first child. As an amateur photographer, Otto Frank has a single theme: the life and times of his daughters Anne and Margot. Nothing we see in Otto Frank’s photos reveals the horrors that Anne and her family will have to endure. What we now know about the fate of Anne Frank affects our perception of her book, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Equally so, it is impossible to view the photos that portray her life with an impartial eye.
The exhibit consists of photographs, many of which have never been shown to the public. The photos are reproductions from the Frank family albums, some of which have only recently been discovered. A 28-minute award-winning documentary film, “The Short Life of Anne Frank,” will also be shown in the gallery.
Anne Frank: A Private Photo Album, was developed by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and is offered exclusively in North America by the New York based Anne Frank Center USA.
Who is Anne Frank?
Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of rooms above her father’s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
After being betrayed to the Nazis, Anne, her family, and the others living with them were arrested and deported to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, nine months after she was arrested, Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. She was fifteen years old.
Her diary, saved during the war by one of the family’s helpers, Miep Gies, was first published in 1947. Today, her diary has been translated into 67 languages and is one of the most widely read books in the world.
Copies of “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” are available in the Gallery Shop.
Click here for a list of related books and movies of interest to exhibition visitors. (PDF)
Sponsors:
- UBS Financial Services James E. Percifield
- Friends of the Lubeznik Center
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October 17, 2009- November 14, 2009
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Michiana Resources: Artwork by
Adults with Developmental Challenges
Reception
October 17 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm (Chicago time)
Thanks to funding from the Duneland Health Council the Lubeznik Center for the Arts provided weekly on-site art classes for Michiana Resources. Through this on-going program clients developed their drawing & painting skills. Reception October 17 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm (Chicago time)
Michiana Resources Inc. is a rehabilitation agency, developed to help individuals with disabilities and/or vocational disadvantages help themselves. This is done through the cooperative development of an individual program plan to provide vocational, developmental, support and advocacy services for the purpose of enhancing the consumer's ability to become as self sufficient as possible.
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September 24, 2009
6:30 to 8:30pm |
Cassidy and the Sculptors - A discussion with art critic Victor Cassidy & the artists
The Lubeznik Center is proud to present an interview of two eminent sculptors from the region, Neil Goodman and Terrence Karpowicz. The interview will be conducted by the distinguished writer, Victor M. Cassidy, whose work has appeared in art periodicals such as Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, Art Net and on the blog Chicago Now. The panel will be in the Lubeznik Center for the Arts Hyndman Gallery.
Admission is FREE for LCA members and students with valid ID, $4 donation for the general public.
After the opening reception, “Public & Private” exhibit catalogs will be available in the Gallery Shop for $5.
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September 5- October 11, 2009 |
Indiana State Prison: Inmate
artwork
NIPSCO Art Education Studios
Selected artwork by inmates from the Indiana State Prison, located in Michigan City, IN
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The "Sand, Steel and
Spirit" Edition Box, a collaborative artwork by the
Area Artists Association of the Lubeznik Center for the
Arts is on exhibit
at the Center's Conference Room indefinitely.
In 2004, 33 artists each committed to producing a
limited edition of 60 art
works to be enclosed in a specially crafted wood box of
maple and walnut.
The artists who participated each received a box, with
the remainder
earmarked for sale as a fund-raiser for the Area Artists
Association and the
Lubeznik Center for the Arts.
The 2 and 3-dimensional pieces include many media
including prints,
drawings, paintings, digital prints, photographs,
collages, ceramics and
woodworking. The theme of "Sand, Steel and Spirit"
reflects the essence of
the dunes of Lake Michigan and its environs.
The box is a document to the creative spirit of the
region and can be
purchased through the Gift Shop of the Lubeznik Center
for the Arts. Support the Arts - Consider the "Sand
Steel & Spirit" Edition Box as a truly unique addition
to your home or organizational collection.
November, 2004-January,
2005 - Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
March, 2005 - Part of a
Collaborative Projects Exhibit, Columbia College,
Chicago, Il
November, 2005 - Gallery
107, Acorn Theater, Three Oaks, MI
February 2006-Ongoing -
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
April-June, 2006 - Fort
Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
November 2006 - Depot
Gallery, Beverly Shores, IN
View "Sand
Steel & Spirit" online!
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August 1- October 11, 2009
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David Langley Tribute
Watercolor Show
Cross Brincka Gallery and the West Lobby Gallery
Opening Reception August 1 from 7:00 -9:00 pm (Chicago time)
This exhibit is a tribute to the late David Langley, a local water color artist whose work spanned decades and captured the dune/beach/lake life of the shores of Lake Michigan and particularly in Long Beach, IN.
CarolAnn Brown, curator at the Lubeznik Center, states that "Langley was a longtime participant in our annual Lakefront Art Festival and we felt it was only natural to honor his work during the festival", which occurs August 15 and 16 at Washington Park in Michigan City.
“Clever Exit”, shown here, was Langley’s last piece. He finished this piece prior to his death, just days before the 2008 Lakefront Art Festival.
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“Prairie Passage & the Sentinels” (2009) by Terrence Karpowicz and Neil Goodman
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Public and Private: Works by Terrence Karpowicz & Neil Goodman
Hyndman Gallery
Reception August 1 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Chicago time)
Karpowicz and Goodman, both living in Chicago, are accomplished and admired artists who have chosen to show works from private and public collections - hence the title. When asked why these artists were selected to exhibit together Suzanne Cohan-Lange, the Lubeznik Center Board President and Chair of the Exhibitions Committee, explains that "Goodman's work is concept based, where Karpowicz is inspired by objects in nature, yet these contrasting approaches seem to work beautifully together."
Oddly enough, The city of Munster approached the same two artists to collaborate on a public sculpture, ultimately titled "Prairie Passage". it is a 32 foot gateway which defines the entry to Centennial Park on Calumet Avenue in Munster, Indiana. Cohan-Lange states "it is fortuitous that both Munster & the Lubeznik Center chose these two sculptors together in the same year. This helps to bring attention to both efforts and make this more of a regional event."
Writer and Critic Victor Cassidy states about Goodman's work in the exhibit catalog: "Regardless of whether they represent objects in real life or not, Goodman’s sculptures are always crisp, clear, and quietly authoritative. He has evolved stylistically over the years, but has never lost his center." Of Karpowicz, Cassidy states, "When he works for himself, Karpowicz revels in exploring materials. He constantly tries out new ideas, often risky ones. He may buy a visually interesting stone from a quarry’s junk heap, leave it in his yard until it speaks to him, bring it into his studio, and make it into a sculpture." The catalog was made possible though the support of Indiana University Northwest and Newcomb Integrated Marketing Solutions.
Neil Goodman’s work is intimately linked to the Midwestern industrial landscape where he has lived and worked through most of his career. A professor of art at Indiana university Northwest since 1979, his studio and residence are in Chicago. His sculpture has been commissioned and collected by museums, corporations, convention centers, parks, synagogues and private residences. Goodman's work has been featured and reviewed in “Art Forum”, “Art in America”, “Art News” and “Sculpture Magazine”. His work can be seen at the Chicago McCormick Place South Pavilion, the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, the Burnham Park Children’s Garden at Soldier Field Stadium and at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, IN.
After his undergraduate studies at Albion College, Michigan and graduate work at the University of Illinois, Champaign, Terry Karpowicz was awarded a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship to the United Kingdom, serving as Scholar to the Wind and Watermill Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. There he studied the technical and mechanical aspects of the country’s medieval wind and watermills. He established his sculpture studio in Chicago and has received two National Endowment for the Arts awards, grants from the Illinois Arts Council, and numerous private and public commissions. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and the Soviet Union.
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August 7- September 18, 2009
(exhibit off site)
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"Originals in Black and White" - Members of the Lubeznik Center for the Arts' Area Artists Association explore the use of monochromatic "black & white" in art. By eliminating their use of color artists must address the other elements in their work and thus be challenged look at their process in a new light, so to speak. "Black and White" represents various media, which may include sculpture, paper, ceramics, paint, wood, metal, or photography.
The Area Artists Association is an organization within the Lubeznik Center for the Arts to recognize and encourage active regional artists by providing exhibit opportunities and a support group for juried-member artists to explore topics of mutual interest at regular monthly meetings. |
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Location: South Shore Arts' Substation #9 Gallery at 435 Fayette Street in Hammond, IN.
Hours: Monday – Friday 10 am to 5 pm
Phone: 219/ 933-0200
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July 7- August 31, 2009
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Peace Posters
NIPSCO Art Education Studios
Posters from Life Magazine's coverage of Woodstock are currently on exhibit alongside posters created by students participating in the LaPorte County Coalition of Youth Serving Agencies' Summer Camp.
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Eric Tucker & Derek Walters – Garden Sculpture Installation
This series of outdoor sculptures is a collaboration between Derek Walter and Eric Tucker. The pieces were inspired by their connection to the landscape of Northwest Indiana. It includes ceramic and steel elements that allude to the regions topological attributes. The artists improvised amalgamations of natural and industrial forms around the notion that their sculptures could embody the relationship between those disparate elements.
About the Artists:
Eric Tucker holds a B.A. from Indiana University Northwest and received an M.F.A. from The University of Chicago in 2001. He has been exhibiting his sculpture in solo and group exhibitions in Chicago and other Midwestern venues for the last ten years. Eric currently resides in Northwest Indiana where he maintains and active studio practice and teaches at local colleges.
Derek Walter moved to Chicago from California to earn his MFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. He is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University Northwest and lives in Hobart.
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Wabgonké: Things Made
of White Earth
NIPSCO Art Education
Studios
Reception May 30 from 7:00 pm -9:00
pm (Chicago time)
“Wobgonké: Things Made of White Earth” is an art
outreach project geared towards ages sixty and over.
Project Wobegoké is supported by a grant from the
nationwide MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Program. In
this innovative program the Lubeznik Center for the Arts
will provide arts instruction in sculptural and
functional ceramics to the Elders of the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians in Southwestern Michigan , near
Dowagiac.
“Wobgonké” is a Pokagon word which translates “things
made of white earth.” Teaching artist Jason Wesaw
incorporates Pokagon language into his methods as a way
to interlink participants’ work with their cultural
traditions. He often uses traditional processes to make
his own art and will pass along these techniques and
sensibilities during the 12-week ceramics project.
The MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Program is funded
by MetLife Foundation and administered by the National
Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.
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May 23- July 26
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Interurban Trains & Tourism:
“Reclaiming the Past for the Future”, Burnham
Plan Centennial
Hyndman Gallery
Reception May 30 from 7:00 pm –
9:00 pm (Chicago time)
The LCA is honored to participate
and celebrate in The Burnham Centennial with the city of
Chicago and all its program partners. The exhibit
will feature some of the original lithographs
commissioned in the late 1920's to promote tourism and
economic development between Chicago and South Bend .
These posters, developed as South Shore Posters, are
beautiful examples of vintage artwork portraying the
early 20th century boom of Northwest Indiana.
The tourism and economic development campaign is alive and well today with numerous contemporary paintings by Mitch Markovitz, John Rush and other regional artists featured in this exhibit. Also included in the exhibition are original paintings from South Shore Freight, NIPSCO, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, as well as related works and artifacts from dozens of private collections. Additional highlights will be photos from the Prairie Club dunes/beach corridor from the early 1900's, and Save the Dunes campaign. The exhibit will also include a variety of artifacts and memorabilia from the South Shore Line as well as works from the Lubeznik Center's permanent collection. A DVD production with original music by TM Books and Video will be on view in the gallery. Posters, DVD's and books for train enthusiasts of all ages will be available for purchase in the Gallery Shop.
The Lubeznik Center joins hundreds of other organizations as a program partner in this wide-spread event during 2009. The Burnham Plan Centennial celebrates the Bold Plans and Big Dreams that shaped metropolitan Chicago for the past century and challenges our region’s communities, leaders and institutions to build on the success of the Burnham Plan and act boldly together to shape our future. For more information, about the Centennial, please visit www.burnhamplan100.org.
Click here to Learn About Exhibit-Related Programs & Activities
Funding for this exhibit and its related programs are provided in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Lake Michigan Coastal Program.
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May 23- July 26
Barry Newstat
Jeff Miller
Lloyd Natof
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Regional Masters:
Extraordinary Furniture
Brincka & Library
Galleries
Reception May 30 from 7:00 pm –
9:00 pm (Chicago time)
The collection displayed here is the work of established, mature furniture makers located in Northern Indiana and metropolitan Chicago. The group is almost evenly divided between makers born and raised in our area and makers originating from other parts of the country, but all have chosen to locate their custom furniture making practices in our region.
There is no suggestion here of a regional school of furniture making. Instead, there is a high degree of originality and diversity among these makers. Though some can be understood in the context of national trends in studio furniture, the work of each of these makers is distinctive and identifiable. Each maker represented here develops and produces his or her own pieces from his or her own inspirations. Exhibition curated by John Kriegshauser.
All the makers featured here are accomplished craftspeople who from long experience are intimately familiar with their materials and the processes of transforming those materials into furniture. Featured Artists: John Kriegshauser, Evan (Sandra) Lewis, Jeff Miller, Lloyd Natof, Tom Robinson, Dolly Spragins and Lee Weitzman of Chicago, IL; as well as John Hatlestad of Grayslake, IL; Barry Newstat of Western Springs, IL; David Orth of Marengo, IL; Floyd Gompf of Lakeside, MI; Corey Robinson of Indianapolis, IN; and Thomas Tedrowe of Columbus, IN.
Click Here to View Catalog & Pricing (PDF)
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March 14- May 17
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Other Voices: Ricardo
Manuel Díaz & Truman Lowe, 2d & Sculpture
Hyndman
Gallery
Reception March 14 from 7:00 pm –
9:00 pm (Chicago time)
Chicago artist Ricardo Manuel Díaz was born in
Guantánamo , Cuba , and immigrated to the United States
in 1968. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has also
studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
and the Unite Pedagogique d’Architecture #3, Ecole d’Art
et Design in Versailles , France . Routed in the
émigré’s experience, his work explores the idea of
psychic passages and issues of displacement, isolation
and transformation. Díaz’ work has been described as a
darker, deeper vision of folk art (Allison Hersh,
Savannah Morning News, April 2005).
He was forced to
leave his home in Cuba at the age of 11, and his art is
rooted in the émigré experience——exploring “the idea of
psychic passages” (Jackie Otto-Miller, January 2008). He
likens his works to poems without words. Díaz describes
his art as being “concerned with the fragility of human
existence, the individual and the fictitious distinction
between the self and the external world as separated
realities . . . A silent season, the space that exists
between our thoughts and actions—between experience and
memories.” His focus is bringing Art into Life and Life
into Art.
Truman Lowe holds a Master's of
Fine Arts degree from University of Wisconsin , Madison
, and has been teaching sculpture classes there for over
25 years. In 1998 he was among the first six artists
awarded the Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American
Fine Art.
His resume also includes serving as Curator of
the Smithsonian Museum of Contemporary American Indian
Art.
Mr. Lowe, a Native American sculptor of the
Ho-Chunk Nation, has been teaching sculpture at the
University of Wisconsin , located in Madison , for over
25 years. He is also currently the curator for the
American Indian Contemporary Collection for the
Smithsonian Institute. Lowe blends a reverence for the
nature and spirit of materials with contemporary visual
art forms. He has a minimalist, organic approach to
creating sculpture, often integrating wood and paper.
The juxtaposition between Díaz and Lowe’s work is an
encounter into sublime calm, yet still within an ear
shot of chaos and thunder.
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March 14- May
17
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Animation: Ideas that Move
Brincka
& Library Galleries
Reception March 14 from 7:00
pm-9:00 pm (Chicago time)
Curator Dave Knoebber will assemble story boards, posters and other supporting materials from 5 major Columbia College Chicago animation films. These films will be shown simultaneously through out the exhibition along with displayed 2D work from Columbia College Chicago students and alumni. If you were ever curious about how animation comes to life this is the exhibit for you. This exhibit will take you from inception to the finished film.
Each of the films are from the senior level Animation Production Studio course, where (under the advising/guidance of an Animation instructor) anywhere from 7-16 students from all different backgrounds of animation (hand-drawn 2d, 3d computer, stop-motion animation, alternative styles of animation) join together for an ENTIRE YEAR of production. The first semester of the course focuses on creation of story, concept, storyboards, sound-effects, character development, and art direction...all of the pre-production steps that a major Hollywood studio would go through. Then, the entirety of second semester focuses on animation production...students are creating shots, key poses, environments, following through with all of the planning from first-semester...and literally animating their hearts out, in order to successfully complete an animated short in 16 weeks.
The films will be exhibited via gathered production art, character sketches, storyboards, etc. as well as the actual playing of the films themselves. Exhibit sized movie posters for APS projects will be displayed along side the production art.
Films on Display:
Gum and Get It |
Spelling Bee |
Instructor:
Joseph E. Merideth
Animators:
Joan Riano
Nick Nykaza
Nick Hopkins
Shira Caplan
Chris Padgett
Jose Morales
Ibrahim Emara
Jeff Bucina
Daniel Oljaca
Joe Melendez
Sean Connolly
Denise Adan |
Instructor:
Ron Fleischer
Animators:
Caitlin Lehman
Steve Amm
Kristin Byrnes
Devin Cardosi
Chris Cihon
Trevor Dertz
Nate Farmer
Tim Kane
Victor Santiagos
Graham Sher
Won Song
Lisa Wade |
Off The Wall |
Common Thread |
Instructor:
Karen “KJ” Mathieson
Animators:
Aranda, David J.
Arias, Xavier C.
Bermejo, Ricardo
Bruce, Daniel
Covert, Drew
Galicia, Rachel
Gattorna, Chris
Ligas, Derrick
Pajak, Joseph David
Pearson, Andrea
Pusateri, Steven
Schuch, Brian M.
Sica, Louis
Tanco, Milton
Wardzala, Chris |
Instructor:
Paloma Trecka
Animators:
Matt Avery
Shanna Bayer
Gabrielle Carol-Dolci
Andrew Edwards
Mei Koshimizu
Robert Lovelett
Stuart Marsh
Curt Rabinak
Akira Thompson |
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March 15- April 30, 2009
(exhibit off site)
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Area Artists Association Exhibit at the LaPorte County Convention & Visitor's Bureau.
An exhibit by members of the Area Artists Association of the Lubeznik Center for the Arts will inaugurate the opening weeks of the new LaPorte County Convention & Visitor's Bureau location in Marquette Mall. Twenty-two juried artists will show an overview of their work ranging from pastel drawing to oil painting and watercolor to photography.
Participating artists include:
Carol Block, Tom Brand, Laurie Schirmer Carpenter, Kathy Gleser, Susan Henshaw, Laurel Izard, Larry Jensen, Julie Kasniunas, Connie Kassal, George Kassal, Deborah Landry, Rich Manalis, Amy Davis Navardauskas, John Opie, Lynn Retson, Clinton Rigg, Patty Mershon Schaefer, Edwin Shelton, Carole Stodder, Melissa Washburn, Gwynne Winsberg and Kitty Wolf.
The Area Artists Association is an organization within the Lubeznik Center for the Arts to recognize and encourage active regional artists by providing exhibit opportunities and a support group for juried-member artists to explore topics of mutual interest at regular monthly meetings.
The Visitor's Bureau is open seven days a week from 10am to 4pm and is is located in Marquette Mall at 4073 S. Franklin St. in Michigan City, Indiana. For more information: 219-326-8115.
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April 1- May 1 |
Michigan City Area Schools
- artwork by middle school students
NIPSCO Art Education
Studios
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May 4- May 23 |
Michigan City Area Schools
- artwork by elementary school students
NIPSCO
Art Education Studios
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March 14- March 26 |
Boys & Girls Club Image
Makers
NIPSCO Art Education Studios
Photography by members of the Boys & Girls Club of
Michigan City as part of the Boys
& Girls Club ImageMakers: National Photography
Program. This comprehensive photography program
encourages girls and boys to learn and practice
photography, expressing themselves in creative and
innovative ways. The national initiative delivers a
state-of-the-art photography curriculum, provides
photographic resources and opportunities for Club
members to compete on a national level. ImageMakers
provides local, regional and national recognition
through an annual photography contest. Winning photos
will be displayed nationwide at museums as well as at
BGCA's annual National Conference.
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Jan 10- March 8, 2009
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Trivialities of Deportment, Will Pergl
Hyndman
Gallery
Reception January 10, 2009 from 7:00 pm – 9:00
pm (Chicago time)
Will
Pergl is a professor of sculpture at Milwaukee Institute
of Art and Design. This one man show of installation
and objects is an adventure in the sublime to the
absurd.
“Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which
can be easily learned if one does not happen to know
them; manner is personality—the outward manifestation of
one’s innate character and attitude toward life. Emily
Post, the grandmother of American etiquette.
Just
as Emily Post saw manners made up of trivialities of
deportment, Pergl sees this body of work comprised of
trivial systems that are balanced and braced in
structures and form.
Working with an affinity for minimalism and process my
efforts in the studio produce objects that appear to be
ubiquitous and invented, assertive and unstable, logical
and absurd in equal measure. Akin to totem poles this
build-up of elements tells a story about the culture it
comes from. A culture that puts pressure on itself to
produce, acquire and abandon in a constant state of
flux.
The
manner in which we produce and in turn are shaped by
these artifacts is a source of fascination and unease. Pergl
is engaged with the idea that this interchange between
our mental architecture and our physical world continues
to grow and crystallize with or without gaps in
understanding. |
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Jan 10- March 8, 2009 |
Unveil Chi, Steve Skinner & Deborah Landry
Brincka
& Library Galleries
Reception January 10 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Chicago
time)
Regional artist’s Deborah Landry & Steve Skinner will
exhibit water color, ceramic and found objects. These
small found objects reveal stories and the characters
that inhabit them. |
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Jan 21- Feb 22, 2009 |
Hey U G L Y's Hue-Man Being Art
Project (tm)
NIPSCO
Art Education Studios
Reception January 21 from 7:00 pm –
9:00 pm (Chicago time)
The Hue-Man Being Art Project(tm) is a
diversity-driven program to impress upon students, and
illuminate to adults, that we are all brothers and
sisters simply "hued" variously. Students ages 9 to 19
were invited to draw pictures of people of various hues
interacting in harmony. Each piece includes text
explaining the artist’s thoughts on the importance of
living together in harmony regardless of skin color.
Fifty pieces were selected from all of the entries and
will be exhibited in art centers across the country and
published in a book that will be sold internationally.
Hey U G L Y exists for the sole purpose
of helping tweens and teens achieve personally and
academically by discovering their uniqueness, inner
beauty and talents to help them counter challenges such
as bullying, eating disorders, violence, substance
abuse, delinquency and suicide.
Learn more about the Hue-Man-Being Art
Project
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Nov 14- Jan 3,
2009 |
"Gert's
Gang:Gertrude Habart as a Mentor" - In conjunction
with "Under the Influence", LCA presents an exhibit
focused on regional artist and educator Gertrude Harbart
and her students.
Gertrude Harbart, who died in 1999, was a Michigan City
artist whose works are in the permanent collections of
Purdue University, Indiana University, University of
Notre Dame , the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the
Lubeznik Center for the Arts. In 1956 she began a
weekly series of art sessions with local artists that
continued for over 40 years. Many of the artists who
went on to organize the Area Artists Association as part
of the Blank Center for the Arts (now the Lubeznik
Center for the Arts), owe their understanding of formal
composition and contemporary processes to these
energizing sessions.
The
exhibit will show works from the permanent collection by
Harbart alongside works by her protégés, highlighting
the parallels between them. Members of the group who
are exhibited include Toni Lynn Clem, Chesterton; Connie
Kassal, Long Beach; Beth Montgomery (deceased), Long
Beach; Jack Panozza, Pines; Pat Mershon-Schaefer, Long
Beach; Mary Schmitt (deceased), Michigan City; Ann
Sweeney, Trail Creek; Jane Susnis, Michigan City and
Mary Kay Valleau, Boston, MA (formerly from Michiana,
MI.)
Gert’s gang is curated by Connie Kassal and Carole
Stodder and is sponsored by the Lubeznik Center's Area
Artists Association.
Brincka & Library Galleries
Reception: November 14, 7-9pm
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Nov 14- Jan 3,
2009 |
Under the Influence:
Emerging Artists and their Mentors
According to
Greek mythology, Mentor is the name of the person
whom
Odysseus
entrusted the care of his son
Telemachus. Telemachus set out on many famous
adventures that have now become known as an "odyssey."
Amongst his many
exploits, Telemachus found himself within the Trojan
Wars. Mentor was Odysseus' trusted adviser and wise
counsel as well as tutor to Telemachus. Mentor's
name has been tailored into our language (with a lower
case "m") as a term for wise and trusted counselor and
teacher. Today people in every walk of life have been in
the positions of mentor/mentee; mentors rarely refer to
themselves as such. In the arts, the role of the mentor
is one who cultivates students to recognize and conquer
self doubt and to develop discipline and ownership of
content and artistic stature. The bonding of mentor and
mentee often rewards each with a wealth of shared ideas,
inspiration and a reverent respect for each other.
Under the Influence: Emerging Artists and their Mentors
is an exhibition of works by 5 university
fine art
faculty members and their mentee's either past or
present. The institutions invited to participate in
this exhibit include Notre Dame, St Mary's, Purdue;
Lafayette,
Valparaiso University and
Indiana University Northwest. Each faculty member
was asked to select 2 or 3 current students or alum that
they have mentored to exhibit work.
Under the Influence is an inspired juxtaposition
of mentor and mentee work in ceramics, sculpture, fiber,
video, installation and painting. The Opening Reception
is
November 14 from 7-9pm (Chicago time).
Sponsors:
Indiana University Northwest
Derek Walters
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Medium: Ceramics
Mentees: Brenda Farris & Amy Miller Hill
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University of Notre Dame
Maria Tomasula
Professor of Art, Art History,
The Michael P. Grace, Chair in
Arts and Letters (Collegiate Chair)
Medium: Painting
Mentees: Adam Fung & Justin Miller |
Purdue University
Lisa Lee Peterson
Chair and Graduate Professor
Professor of Woven Textile Design / Fiber Art
Mentees: Havva Halaceli & Jess May
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Saint Mary's College
Krista Hoefle
Assistant Professor of Art / Gallery Director
Medium: Video and Installation
Mentees: Dorothy Schultz & Esther Maria Probst
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Valparaiso University
Michele E. Corazzo
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
Medium: Ceramics
Mentees: Brian Morfitt, Michelle Wehner & Patricia
Korzeniewski
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Learn about
Exhibit-Related programs
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Sept 13- Nov 9
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The Clothesline Project
- The Clothesline Project (CLP) is a program started on
Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence
against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by
violence to express their emotions by decorating a
shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be
viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence
against women. This exhibit represents the women from
the Stepping Stone Women's Shelter, who have
participated in their own local project. |
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Sept 13- Nov 9 |
Ping/Pong
The Presence of Absence
Two exhibits
featuring the work of Chicago artist Jens Brasch. The
artist states that "language, or discourse, is
fundamental to any art." Brasch's work is an
interchange between representation, language and an
object and conveys variety of meanings.
Brincka Gallery
Reception: September 13, 7-9pm
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Sept 13- Nov 9 |
International
Ceramics Exposition:
Art Brings the World Together
This collection contains work from a number
of founders of American ceramics as well as
international artists from Latvia, Lithuania, India,
the Republic of Georgia, Norway & Russia. It also
showcases younger artists as well as those with a
regional connection.
Curator:
John Wilson
Hyndman Gallery
Reception: September 13, 7-9pm
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July 12- Sept 7 |
Childrens’ Artwork from The Bridge
- Artwork from children living at “The Bridge”, a
program serving survivors
of domestic violence in LaPorte County, will be
exhibited in the NIPSCO Art Education Studios. The Bridge
two-year transitional program provides a safe
environment for women and their dependent children and
is designed to promote self-esteem and
self-sufficiency.
Opening Reception July 12 from 7-9pm. |
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July 12- Aug 30 |
St John's Bible
Prints (Library Gallery) - An exhibition of 20
prints on loan from the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
at St. John's University in Collegeville, MN. Opening
Reception on July 12 from 7-9pm.
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Saint John’s
Abbey and University seek to ignite the spiritual
imagination of believers throughout the world by
commissioning a work of art that illuminates the Word of
God for a new millennium. The Saint John’s Bible will
be the first commissioned handwritten, monumental,
illuminated Bible in the modern era. It will incorporate
many of the characteristics of its medieval
predecessors: it is being written on vellum, using
quills, natural handmade inks, hand ground pigments and
gild such as gold leaf, silver leaf and platinum.
“This exhibit is one of only a small number of truly
historic events of our time. It brings the words of the
Bible straight into my (or one’s) heart through
interpretive art.” ~ Mary Morrow
Learn More
Sponsors:
Ed & Sharon Raab
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July 12- Sept 7,
2008 |
Everyday
Mysteries: Photographs by Kay Westhues (Brincka
Gallery)
Westhues' project was inspired by her memories of
growing up on a farm in Walkerton, Indiana and
observing, first hand, the shifting cultural identity
that occurring over time and through changing economic
development. She often finds humor in the odd
juxtapositions found in contemporary rural life and
works with the intention to celebrate this kind of life,
without idealizing it. Westhues has exhibited
extensively in Indiana. Opening Reception on July 12
from 7-9pm. |
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July 12- Sept 7 |
Elliot Balter
Retrospective (Hyndman Gallery)
"Beyond a single viewpoint sculpture is dynamic in
all it’s dimensions. More than a flat, staid item on a
wall, sculpture lives in our three dimensional world
wherever it is placed. Elliott Balter sought a dynamic
life and found it through his sculpture." - Shelley
Balter
All along Balter was an educator. He worked at spreading
knowledge - formally in the classroom setting, in his
backyard or throughout the community. He was an
instructor of Art and Humanities, founding what was, at
that time, one of the nation’s premier secondary Art
education programs at the School of the Art Institute in
Chicago. In the community he was appointed a member and
then Chairman of the Skokie Fine Arts Commission. Along
the way bringing to Skokie the likes of Seymour Rosofsky,
Dance Theater of Harlem, and many others in a myriad of
different forms of Art. And he served as member, and
then as President of the Chicago chapter of the Alumni
Association of the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago.
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June 28 & 29,
July 5 & 6, July 12 & 13 (3 weekends only) |
Area Artists
Association Exhibit - Acorn Gallery’s "Last Hurrah"
After eight years Acorn Gallery will be closing. The
Area Artists Association, who exhibit at many area
venues, will show their recent work in the Acorn's final
exhibit. The exhibit, running for 3 consecutive
weekends, will include artwork by Carol Block, Tom
Brand, Kevin Firme, Susan Henshaw, Laurel Izard, Larry
Jensen, Connie Kassal, George Kassal, Rich Manalis, Amy
Davis Navardauskas, John Opie, Barbara Ramion, Clinton
Rigg, Patty Mershon Schaefer, Sara Scherberg, Edwin
Shelton, Carole Stodder and Ann Sweeney. Watch the LCA
schedule for more shows by the Area Artists Association.
Opening Reception June 28 from 6 – 8 EDT at the Acorn
Gallery, located at 16142 Red Arrow Highway in Union
Pier, MI. For more information call 269-469-5278. |
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May 10- July 19,
2008 |
High School
“Photography Now” Exhibition at the LaPorte Savings Bank
In conjunction with the Lubeznik Center's "Photography
Now" Exhibit, LaPorte Savings Bank (located at 710
Indiana Ave, LaPorte, Indiana) is hosting the Juried
"High School Photography Now Exhibition". All LaPorte,
Porter, St. Joseph, and Berrien County high school
students were eligible to submit their photographs.
Congratulations to the four students receiving
recognition for their fine work: Elena Dimitriouskas from
Valparaiso was awarded 1st Place; Brand Brown, also from
Valparaiso, was awarded 2nd Pace; Katie Kester from
Michigan City and Alex Srendnoseloc from Portage
received Honorable Mentions.
Exhibiting
Students include Brandon Brown, Emily Hale,
Bethany Silox, Emily Wozniak, Allie Neulieb, Jasmine
Dabney, Elena Dimitriouskas, Jen Cervak, Stephanie
Schoman, Sarah Heckman, Ashley Gallant, Colleen
Mansfield, Ashlee Jones, Jamie Powers, Katie Kester and
Alex Srendnoseloc. |
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April 26- July 6 |
"Originals in
Black and White" - explores the use of
monochromatic "black & white" in art. With this theme,
the Members of the Lubeznik Center's Area
Artists Association will both compliment and
contrast with the "Photography Now" exhibition in the
Hyndman gallery. By eliminating their use of color
artists must address the other elements in their work
and thus be challenged look at their process in a new
light, so to speak. "Black and White" will contrast with
the Hyndman exhibit with various use of media, which may
include sculpture, paper, ceramics, paint, wood, metal,
or any other media that artists may choose to work with,
including photography. The Area Artist Association is
challenging its members to create and think in new ways
and this exhibit is no exception.
In the Brincka & Library Galleries
Reception: April 26, 7-9pm
Artists represented include: Carol
Block, Tom Brand, Amy Davis Navardauskas, Joel DeGrand,
Kevin Firme, Amanda Freymann, Susan Henshaw, Jon Hook, John Horwitz,
Larry Jensen, Connie Kassal, George Kassal, Deborah
Landry, Rich Manalis, John Opie, Andrea Peterson, Lynn
Retson, Clint Rigg, Patty Schaefer, Sara Scherberg,
Robert Stanley, Carole Stodder, Valerie Taglieri, Ron
Wennekes, Gwynne Winsberg, and Kitty Wolf.
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April 26- July 6 |
Pre-Olympic
Photographic Workshop Exhibit-
American and Chinese photographers work together to
document pre-Olympic events and preparations.
The workshop was
formed by a cooperative effort of Z & W
International, LLC and the Photojournalism Department
of the School of Journalism of Renmin University in
Beijing China. Two
American photographer/professors (Larry
M. Kushner & Joel P. DeGrand) worked
with the faculty of the Photojournalism Department at
Renmin University to develop the curriculum and
conduct the workshop. Learn
more |
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April 26- July 6 |
“Photography Now,” is
an invitational photographic exhibition featuring the
work of nine artists based in Chicago, Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia. The exhibit of large format images
focuses on the work of individuals working “now” as
opposed to a collection of works revolving around a
theme.
Artists:
David
Aschkenas, of Philadelphia, PA, transports
the viewer centuries back to ancient Rome;
Howard Bojornson’s close-up look at nature
reveals the phenomenon of life and death in the
natural world; Patty Carroll’s
representation of her fantasy world is a contemporary
look at the past; Terry Evans’s
expose of modern steel companies demonstrates the
process of making steel and the cost to the
environment; Ben Gest’s seamless
constructs become formal portraits taken at informal
moments; Dennis Marsico, of
Pittsburgh, PA, takes a whimsical look at the current
administration’s pitfalls, and how the religious right
has influenced politics; Cecil MacDonald Jr.’s
photographs, of his daughters interacting in a magical
world of childhood fantasy, walk a thin line between
snapshots and staged photographs; Colleen
Plumb looks at how animals live and die as
they adapt to the space where humans choose to live;
and Jean Sousa describes visually the
contrast between the hardness and permanence of stone
and the soft, vulnerable, impermanence of flesh.
Photographers represented here are based in Chicago
unless otherwise indicated.
Curator: Joel DeGrand
Hyndman Gallery
Reception: April 26, 7-9pm
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April 14- May 16 |
The Michigan City Area Schools will
present student work by elementary-school students
from Mullen, Joy & Edgewood Schools. |
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Feb 23- April 20 |
Jerry Hyndman
Tribute
Celebrate the work of the area
architect and Lubeznik Center patron. Jerry Hyndman
was the original designer of the Lubeznik Center
facility as well as numerous area homes, schools and
businesses. He was greatly respected as an architect
and as a person.
Sponsored By: Gerry
and Laurel Byrne, Jerry & Julia Mickelson, Rod Lubeznik,
Steve Glidden, and Dr. John and Therese Luce.
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Feb 23- April 20
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Green Architecture
- showcases projects that have been built or are being
built within a 200-mile radius of Michigan City,
Indiana, and offers a look at the ways local architects
have integrated environmental concerns in their
design.
Curators:
Thomas Forman of Tryon Farm Institute and Rachel Forman of Edward
Noonan & Associates
Hyndman Gallery
Reception: February 23, 7-9pm
Curators' Statement
Sponsored
By:
Edward Noonan
(Developer, Architect/Tryon Farm)
See Green Events
Green Day
Celebration at Tryon Farm / House Walk
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March 8- 29 |
Photography by members of the
Boys & Girls
Club of Michigan City
Funded
by the Circuit City FounBoys & Girls Club
ImageMakers: National Photography Program
-dation,
this comprehensive photography program encourages
girls and boys to learn and practice photography,
expressing themselves in creative and innovative ways.
The national initiative delivers a state-of-the-art
photography curriculum, provides photographic
resources and opportunities for Club members to
compete on a national level. ImageMakers provides
local, regional and national recognition through an
annual photography contest. Winning photos will be
displayed nationwide at museums as well as at BGCA's
annual National Conference.
Opening Reception March
8 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. The BGC of MC would like to
offer a special thanks to Bukva Imaging and the
Michiana Humane Society.
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February 23- April 3 |
The Michigan City Area Schools will
present student work by middle-school students from
Krueger, Barker and Elson Middle Schools. |
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Jan 19- Feb 16 |
Artwork by
Opportunity Enterprises consumers
NIPSCO Art Education Studios
Reception January 24, 6-8 pm |
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Dec. 1- Feb. 16,
2008 |
Indiana
Visionaries - works from Artistic Spirit
Gallery in Indianapolis (in the West Lobby). Featuring
visionary artists Jerome Neal, Kevin Green, John Wade
& Rae. All works for sale. Please visit our
Gallery
Shop for a preview.
Reception Rescheduled to January
13, Noon - 3
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NOTE: If you make a purchase on the Artistic
Spirit Gallery website, please indicate that you found
them through a connection with the Lubeznik Center and
a percentage of the sale will benefit the Lubeznik
Center.
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Dec. 15, 2007- Feb. 16, 2008 |
Works on Paper and
Parchment by Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer
Brincka Gallery
Reception Rescheduled to January
13, Noon - 3
Artist Statement
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Dec. 15, 2007- Feb. 16, 2008 |
Contemporary
American Folk Art: The Arient Family Collection
The outsider artist has historically been
viewed as someone both untrained and often
disconnected with reality as perceived by other
people. How does the age of instant communication,
widely available classes and books on art, and near
universal literacy affect and effect that definition?
This exhibition examines a number of contemporary
American artists and asks us to sort out the meaning
and relevance of the terms: folk, self-taught,
outsider, naive.
Curator: David Sokol
Hyndman Gallery
Reception Rescheduled to January
13, Noon - 3
View
On-Line Catalog |
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Dec 15-Jan 13,
2008 |
Artwork by
Michiana Resources consumers
NIPSCO Art Education Studios
Reception Rescheduled to January
13, Noon - 3 |
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Sept. 15- Dec. 9 |
“US Steel Gary
Works Photographic Collection”, on loan from
Indiana University Northwest Calumet Regional Archives
in the NIPSCO Art Education Studios.
The collection
comprises about 2,200 black & white images of the
construction and operation of USS Gary Works and the
City of Gary, spanning the years between 1906 and
1971. The bulk of the collection, compiled for a
bi-centennial celebration exhibition, represents
images taken between 1906 and 1931. You can find
more
information or
take a tour of the collection.
Artists' Reception is October 6 from 1:00 -
3:00 pm. |
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Sept. 15- Dec.
9 |
“Making Hay
while the Sun Shines” in the Brincka and
Library Galleries, features collaborative interpretive
art pieces by Area Artists Association members Jon
Hook and Andrea Peterson. Works are inspired by
environmental ideas and utilize indigenous
materials. Artists' Reception is October 6 from 1:00 -
3:00 pm. |
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Sept. 15- Dec. 9, 2007 |
Richard Hunt: Past &
Present - Internationally
acclaimed sculptor Richard Hunt has studios in Benton
Harbor, Michigan as well as Chicago. The artists work
will appear in drawing, maquette, sculpture and large
scale photo enlargements. Hunt's bronze piece, "Hybrid
Figure", adorns the entrance of the Lubeznik Center for
the Arts. Opening Benefit on September 15 at 6:00 pm
(tickets required -
click here
for details)
About the Artist Exhibit-Related Educational
Programs
September 20
7:00 pm
Women of Purpose and Power Choir, led by Sharon
Jackson, President of the Revival Center Church of God’s
women’s ministry in Michigan City, will present a
powerful evening of upbeat gospel music, guaranteed to
move and inspire your spirit. President Sharon
Jackson’s vision and purpose is to help bridge gaps in
the community and abroad with women of all
nationalities, races and denominations, changing lives
in a positive manner, in order to build the kingdom of
God through anointed music. Accompanied by a pianist and
drummer, and directed by the Reverend DeWitt Jackson,
the choir will perform in the Lubeznik Center’s Hyndman
Gallery. A $3 donation is requested and Lubeznik Center
members are free.
September 27
7:00 pm
Richard Hunt: A Sculptor for our Time,
presented by Joan Chesterton, will outline many aspects
of Richard Hunt’s life and work. Topics covered
will include: his early life, ongoing career, formal
qualities of his works, and his lasting legacy and
contribution to the contemporary art and sculptural
worlds. Chesterton, a professor emerita at PNC, is
a gifted presenter who offers something for those with
or without art expertise. She has given many
presentations at the Lubeznik Center and has been well
received by art buffs and casual visitors alike. This
fascinating and insightful presentation will be for one
night only in the Lubeznik Center’s Hyndman Gallery.
A $5 donation is requested and Lubeznik Center members
are free.
September 29
2:00-4:00 pm
Family Sculpture-Making Workshop will require
participants to think outside of the box. Bring
your own treasures or take advantage of the assortment
of materials that will be available to tape, paint,
and glue your own unique piece of sculpture.
Edwin Shelton, the Lubeznik Center's Education
Director, will guide families through the process of
turning scrap into sculpture in the NIPSCO Art
Education Studios. A $3 donation is requested
and Lubeznik Center members are free.
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July 21-
September 2 |
"Summer of Love"
- (NIPSCO Art Education Studios) featuring 60's
psychedelic posters from famous venues such as the
Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore, featuring the great
musicians of the time. Artwork on loan from Michael &
Trisha Weaver, Ronald Cohen and Carolyn Saxton.
Opening Reception on August 3rd
from 5-8pm, during First Friday @ Five - admission $5.
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July 21-
September 2 |
Work in Progress: Vestiges of the Creative
Moment (Brincka & Library Galleries). An
exhibit featuring works by members of the Area Artists'
Association. Finished works will be shown in tandem with
images of the work in progress to demonstrate the
creative process in all of its incarnations. Artists'
Reception July 21 from 7-9 pm in the Brincka & Library
Galleries. |
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July 21-
September 2 |
The Nature of Art (Hyndman
Gallery) will bring together regional and national
artists, who are inspired by the environment, both
natural and man-made. The exhibition includes artworks
crafted of materials gathered from nature alongside
imagery which documents our precarious relationship with
the environment. Artwork which speaks to the natural and
environment issues of the Midwest, especially Indiana,
will be featured. Curated by Elizabeth Kelly Karpowicz. Artists'
Reception July 21 from 7-9 pm.
Educational Programs in conjunction with "The Nature of
Art" |
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June 2- July 15,
2007 |
"Visions from Prison
II" in the NIPSCO Art Education Studios, features
artwork by Indiana State Prison inmates. See
On-Line Exhibit |
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June 9- July 15, 2007 |
"Subjective Nature"
(Brincka and Library Galleries) An exhibition of three
Area Artists Association members who live, and get their
inspiration, in the vicinity of the Indiana Dunes. Each
artist selects elements of nature to express an idea or
feeling of their own design. Ron Wennekes works in oils,
demonstrating distinct use of texture and color in his
landscapes; Valerie Taglieri's paintings capture the
luminescence of the sky over Lake Michigan; and Howard
Bjornson's photographs reflect the linear richness of
the Great Marsh. The Opening Reception is also on June 9
from 7:00 - 9:00 pm (Chicago time). |
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June 9- July 15, 2007 |
Size Matters: Scale in
Contemporary Art (Hyndman Gallery). Why would
someone sew a 60 foot long dress or construct a three
inch tall house? What are we to think about a "baby"
that requires a fork lift? These are the very questions
posed by the curators of the upcoming exhibition
entitled "Size Matters: Scale in Contemporary Art" at
the Lubeznik Center for the Arts opening June 9. Meet
the artists at the Opening Reception on June 9 from 7:00
- 9:00 pm (Chicago time).
Although the art world began producing larger and larger
works throughout the 20th century and certain cultures
have created miniatures for centuries, this exhibition
showcases those artists who create work that
specifically addresses issues of scale. Curated by
artist Suzanne Cohan-Lange. Works exhibited will range
from the enormous to the minute; from ominous, to
hilarious!
Featured artists: Pate Conaway, Judy Horwich, Carl Kock,
Joyce Rebora, Nicholas Sistler and Jill Summers of
Chicago, IL; Joel DeGrand of Beverly Shores, IN; John
Koelle of Lake Forest, IL; Julie Laffin of Harvard, IL;
Nina Levy of Brooklyn, NY; and Eileen Mueller Neill of
Riverwoods, IL.
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thru June 3 |
Safe Harbor Art
Exchange with Peru (Library Gallery) -
A
selection of artworks by 4th and 5th grade Safe Harbor
after school students in Michigan City will be exchanged
with the art made by Peruvian elementary school
students. Some of the Michigan City student
images represent animals from our Great Lakes Region or
interpretations of Peru. Local art instructors, Jessica
DeCaro and Anne Lute, presented to Peruvian culture,
history and geography material to the students. This
collection will be shipped to Peru by mid-June with the
cooperation of the Oak Park Rotary Club in Illinois.
Peruvian student display dates TBA. |
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thru May 31 |
“Children’s Art Exhibit” (NIPSCO
Art Education Studios) - Instructors Susanne Vigen and
Sunny Gardner-Orbovich selected student artworks from
Joy, Edgewood, Knapp and Marsh Elementary Schools. This
class-work demonstrates student understanding and
interpretation of Egyptian, African, Aztec, Mayan
cultures. The students have also explored approaches to
paper sculpture, weaving and painting. Many ceramic
works are influenced by the imagery associated with the
Mexican Day of the Dead Celebration. This exhibition
demonstrates both rich student imagination and skillful
instruction by dedicated art teachers. |
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March 31- May 27, 2007 |
Robert Stanley: Oversoul (Brincka
Gallery) - This series of works reflect Yin-Yang, the
Asian symbol for a joining of opposites. These opposites
include the now and the infinite, the bold and the shy,
the joyous and the sad, and the light and the dark. Most
works are new; some, a few years old. They include
acrylic paintings, prints, fresco, collage, and
over-painted drawing. Stanley is a member of the
Area Artists Association. |
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March 31- June 3, 2007 |
"Latino
Impressions: Portraits of a Culture" (Hyndman
Gallery) - focuses on the historic and current
artistic trends of the Latino/a community, featuring
works by local, regional and international artists,
including works on loan from the collections
of Maria Bechily and Scott Hodes, Gilberto Cardenas,
Dr. Tom Carlson, Jack & Dani Lane and Shirley Lubeznik. "Latino
Impressions"
will investigate a variety of themes, including
personal and political identities, mythic symbols,
preserving memory and rights of passage. Curated by
Carol Ann Brown.
Opening Reception March 31, 2007 from 7-9 pm.
Such notable
artists as Rufino Tamayo, Rafael Coronel, Diego
Rivera, Claudia Fernandez, and
Jesus Lugo
will be represented.
Exhibiting artists: Patricia Acosta, Alfredo Arreguin, Juan Angel Chavez,
Juan Compean, Ricardo Compean, Anita Garza, Michael
Hernandez de Luna, Blanca Lopez, Jesus Lopez, Martina
Lopez, Jesus Lugo, Marcos Raya, Sydia Reyes, Edra
Soto, and Maria Tomasula.
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March 31- April 29, 2007 |
"Poetas y Pintores:
Artists Conversing with Verse" (NIPSCO Art Education
Studios) - a collaborative project sponsored by the
National Endowment for the Arts, initiated by the Center
for Women's InterCultural Leadership at Saint Mary's
College and the Institute for Latino Studies at the
University of Notre Dame. Curators paired up 12
artists with 12 poets and challenged artists to create
works around a favorite poem. This exhibit demonstrates
a variety of styles tastes and techniques. Opening
Reception March 31, 2007 from 7-9 pm.
More information about
Poetas y Pintores |
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March 3- March 27
Chris
Kruz works on a project at Opportunity Enterprises. |
"Art from the
Heart" - An exhibit showcasing artwork
created by local artists with disabilities from
Opportunity Enterprises. Opening Reception at the
Lubeznik Center on March 3 from 7 - 9 p.m.. Meet the
OE artists and staff! Refreshments will be served.
Opportunity Enterprises is a
non-profit organization serving challenged individuals
in the Porter & Lake counties since 1967. OE provides
many programs, including art enrichment, to promote
self-sufficiency and life choices for challenged
individuals. Revenue generated through the sale of
artistic creations helps support art programming at OE.
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Jan 27- March 25, 2007
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Regional
Juried Art Exhibition 2007 (Hyndman and
Brincka Galleries). Work by artists living within
150 miles of Michigan City. Various 2 &
3-dimensional media will be represented. Opening
Reception will be January 27th from 7-9pm -
awards will be
announced,
all artists welcome! |
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Dec 16- Jan 21, 2007
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“Women’s Journeys
in Fiber” is an exhibition of process projects
created by members of the North Shore Weavers Guild, the
North Suburban Needle Arts Guild, and the Illinois
Quilters Inc. For such projects, participants meet
regularly to discuss their ideas and progress. The core
group of twenty women has been working together for
eight years. There are
2 different projcets represented in this show -
"Blooming
Botanicals" and
"Purse-n-alities".
Exhibiting artists will
have their hand-made items available to sell at the
Fiber Arts Trunk Show in the Main floor lobby and
Gift Shop on December 17 from noon to 4:00 pm - a great
opportunity to shop for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts.
(Exhibited gallery pieces are not for sale). The
Artist Reception will be near the end of the exhibit
on January 13 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Artists:
Jan Aaron, Marion Beam, Patty Benbow, June Burrows, Cat
Chow, Madelyn Gaul, Jan Gerber, Alice Jenks, Mary
Krebs-Smyth, Sheryl & Glen Kinney, Cindy Kuo, Kay Lange,
Joy Lavrencik, Anita Luvera-Mayer, Elizabeth Mini,
Vivian Morrison, Jeanne Reed, Virginia Reisner, Sheila
Schaeffer Hirsh, Barbara Schneider, Sally Schoch,
Carolyn Seng, Linda Sorkin Eisenberg and Loraine
Stillman.
More fiber art
will be on display in the upstairs galleries
including quilted art by
Kathy Brooks and crocheted fiberglass by
Yvette Kaiser Smith.
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Scott Hodes