{"id":"11","title":"Portraits With Impact","starts_at":"2025-06-07 00:00:00","ends_at":"2025-06-29 17:00:00","body":"<p>The Grove Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Downtown Evanston, IL.The focus of the gallery is on painting, drawing and printmaking. The emphasis is on building community, and hosts several fundraisers a year in which revenue from art sales are directed toward various environmental and social causes.</p><p><br></p><p>In 2024, the Grove Gallery opened in Evanston. Impressionistic and Surrealist landscape paintings and prints are available for purchase by both emerging and established artists from the Midwest. Calls for art are posted online to give artists opportunities to apply for group exhibitions.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Exhibitions rotate monthly, and receptions are held on the First Saturday of every month.</p><p><br></p><p>To learn more, please visit our website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.grovegallery.shop/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.grovegallery.shop</a></p><p><br></p><p>Image: Artwork by Nina Weiss</p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1787006803/httctywnyclbvqj46c5e.jpg\"></p>","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"exhibitions","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","updated_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","excerpt":"","is_timeless":true,"organization_id":1674,"highlighted":false,"opening_starts_at":"2025-06-07 17:00:00","opening_ends_at":"2025-06-07 20:00:00","searchable":"'abstract':81B 'alan':147B 'allison':168B 'andrea':127B 'angelou':61B 'arostegui':124B 'artist':26B,54B,122B 'baldwin':63B 'bank':126B 'behl':130B 'beilk':128B 'bruno':163B 'brush':84B 'cannot':98B 'celewicz':132B 'chris':141B 'collia':134B 'color':79B 'communic':72B 'connect':48B 'convent':110B 'convey':105B 'creat':28B 'crutchfield':137B 'daniel':157B 'david':145B 'deeper':47B 'design':87B 'dialogu':43B 'disrupt':109B 'divers':18B 'docken':140B 'element':75B,88B 'emot':36B,106B 'enabl':25B 'endo':167B 'evok':93B 'exhibit':11B,116B 'express':99B 'fernandez':151B 'fernandez-ham':150B 'focus':5B 'foster':45B 'fran':153B 'froeter':142B 'galvan':144B 'genr':24B 'gista':146B 'hamer':152B 'helena':131B 'histor':57B 'historically-relev':56B 'hobscheid':148B 'impact':3A,10B 'impress':115B 'individu':59B,68B 'invit':40B 'isaac':143B 'jame':62B 'jim':171B 'joanna':103B 'john':165B 'joy':154B 'juana':149B 'juror':102B 'level':37B 'local':53B 'malala':64B 'matthei':156B 'maya':60B 'melissa':123B 'mood':94B 'nanci':129B 'natividad':139B 'nolan':158B 'often':97B 'onch':160B 'origin':14B 'paint':15B,51B 'pattern':80B 'patti':161B 'person':21B,70B 'pinski':104B 'pochi':125B 'portrait':1A,8B,23B,101B 'power':91B 'provok':120B 'randal':155B 'rang':19B 'ray':162B 'reflect':17B,41B 'relev':58B 'reson':31B 'respons':107B 'result':112B 'sam':159B 'see':49B 'shape':82B 'shirley':135B 'sitter':69B 'spark':42B 'stroke':85B 'surdo':164B 'symbol':78B 'thought':119B 'thought-provok':118B 'toni':133B 'ultim':39B 'uniqu':50B 'visual':34B,74B 'wang':166B 'winstanley':169B 'word':96B 'work':29B,121B 'yale':172B 'yang':136B 'zarina':138B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1764553809/xhvf8yidvhsmyuu05srw.jpg","calendar":null,"carousel":false,"event_body":"<p>The focus of the&nbsp;<em>Portraits With Impact</em>&nbsp;Exhibition is on original paintings which reflect&nbsp;diverse range of personalities. The portrait genre enables artists to create work that resonates on a visual and emotional level, and ultimately invites reflection, sparks dialogue, and fosters a deeper connection. See unique paintings by local artists of historically-relevant individuals: Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Malala, and more. The individual sitters’ personalities are communicated through visual elements such as symbolic color, patterns, abstract shapes and brush strokes. Such design elements have the power to evoke moods that words often cannot express. The portraits, juror Joanna Pinsky, convey emotional responses and disrupt conventions. The result is an impressive exhibition of thought-provoking work.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Artists: Melissa Arostegui, Pochis Bank, Andrea Beilke, Nancy Behles, Helena Celewicz, Tony Collias, Shirley Yang Crutchfield, Zarina Natividad Docken, Chris Froeter, Isaac Galvan, David Gista, Alan Hobscheid, Juana Fernandez-Hamer, Fran Joy, Randall Mattheis, Daniel Nolan, Sam Onche, Patty Ray, Bruno Surdo, John Wang’endo, Allison Winstanley, and Jim Yale.</p>","name":"Exhibitions","organization_type_id":"1","district_id":"6","telephone":"+1","website":"https://grovegallery.shop","email":"","hours":"F, Sa and Su, 2 to 5 PM ","location":"619 Grove St. Evanston, IL 60201","display_location":"619 Grove St., Evanston, IL 60201","latitude":"0.000000","longitude":"0.000000","contact":"Sarah Kaiser-Amaral","sub_district_id":"25","promoted_at":"2024-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","optional_sort_name":"Grove","paid":true,"position":2,"category_name":"Exhibitions","orgname":"The Grove Gallery","orgslug":"the-grove-gallery","image":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1748615417/mubvew6hx15ejuwavk68.jpg"}