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Art Encounter is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and connecting people of all ages and backgrounds through interactive engagement with visual art. All programming is built around the belief that meaningful encounters with original art can open a window to learning and help us better understand ourselves and the world around us.


We have three areas of programming:

• PUBLIC AND MEMBER PROGRAMS

Interactive art tours and exclusive visits to local artists’ studios, galleries, private collections, and special exhibitions in the Chicago area, plus domestic and international art travel. Programs are open to the public, and members of Art Encounter receive discounts and special access, as well as other benefits throughout the year. 

• OUTREACH PROGRAMS

Hands-on educational programs and creative art workshops for public school students, residents of assisted living facilities, and adults with disabilities throughout the Chicago area with fewer resources or access to arts engagement. 

• EVANSTON MURAL ARTS PROGRAM

Our local public art initiative, bringing world-class murals to the Evanston area and beyond. 


We welcome you to learn more about our upcoming programs for the public and more at artencounter.org


The cohesive thread between all our programs is the art encounter: an engaging, inclusive approach to learning rooted in the power of bringing people together through art.

 

Photo by Alyce Henson; artwork by Kelly Sinnapah Mary at the DePaul Art Museum

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Art Encounter is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of our mural program with special programs throughout the year! This October, join Executive Director and mural program co-founder Lea Pinsky for a guided behind-the-scenes walking tour of the large-scale artworks that have transformed Downtown Evanston over the past decade. See some brand new projects, hear stories about the artists and the origins of the artworks, and learn what's coming next for our mural program. Visit artencounter.org/downtown-evanston-mural-tour-2026 to register.

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Join Art Encounter's Sarah Packer and Alex Stevenson for an unforgettable experience meeting artist, collector, writer, poet, photographer, museum curator, and book binder Michael Horvich in his Evanston home.


His condo houses Michael’s Museum, which holds an amazing folk art collection of curiosities, artifacts, miniatures, and discoveries, as well as paintings, photography, handmade books, jewelry, and the artist's own Cornell-like shadow box assemblages. We will discuss the art of collecting and get inside the mind of this dynamic, curious, and expressive Evanston original. Visit https://www.artencounter.org/collecting-and-creating to register.

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Meet at Kavi Gupta Gallery, 835 W. Washington Blvd. 2nd floor, Chicago

With two gallery spaces on Washington St. and one on Elizabeth St. as well as a space in New Buffalo, MI and an additional warehouse to open in Chicago, Kavi Gupta Gallery has become one of Chicago’s premier showcases for contemporary art. Take this special opportunity to meet artist Sherman Beck, one of the ten original members of AFROCOBRA, a foundational Black arts collective formed on the South Side of Chicago in 1968. Discover how Beck brings together abstraction, representation and visually complex patterns in his richly colorful paintings and hear what inspires him. Find out about the AFROCOBRA movement, its tenets, its influence, and how it evolved. We will also discuss Dark was the Night, Cold is the Ground, an installation exhibit by Atlanta-based artist Michi Meko, who explores the paradoxes and contradictions that have shaped his personal history as a southern Black American using large-scale mixed media abstractions.
 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/summer-visions-up-close-personal

Image Credit: Eyes by Sherman Beck, 48x36 inches

 

 

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Meet at Monique Meloche Gallery, 451 North Paulina St., Chicago

Investigate different relationships depicted in two galleries next door to each other. Delve into Cheryl Pope’s Variations on a Love Theme, an exhibition at Monique Meloche Gallery that accentuates personal narratives through her unique textile paintings. In large-scale, beautifully composed works, the artist explores the complex, quiet, emotional shifts between connection and loss in romantic relationships. We’ll talk about Pope’s depictions of male and female relationships in interior spaces as well as her portrayals of nurturing mothers in beach scenes. Gallerist Monique Meloche will be present to explain the Miami-based artist’s unusual textile process and her artistic evolution. Then, at Mariane Ibrahim’s vast space, view works by Oakland-based artist Ian Michael, who discusses gentle relationships between men and women, fluctuating between depicting images with line and with flat areas of color.

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/summer-visions-up-close-personal

Image Credit: Orange You Glad I Said Banana by Ian Michael, 36x31 inches

 

 

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Walking distance approximately .9 miles

Want to learn more about the artists and stories behind Art Encounter’s Evanston murals? Our Executive Director and mural program co-founder Lea Pinsky will take you on a mile-long guided tour of our downtown EMAP murals. We will look closely at several of the large-scale pieces that have transformed the center of Evanston through our program, as well as the beautiful sculptures around downtown. Hear stories about the artists, their artworks, and how the mural magic happens.

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/street-art-sculpture-walks

Image Credit: Mural by Jeff Zimmermann

 

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Meet at Carl Hammer Gallery, 740 N Wells St., Chicago

What is the difference between “outsider” art and other art? What attracted famous artists such as Jean Dubuffet to emulate works by untrained artists and what drew gallerist Carl Hammer to these works? We will be talking with Carl about how he became involved in promoting “outsider” artists and curating exhibits that combine their works with those of very sophisticated trained artists. After discussing some pieces in the gallery, we will view other works in Carl’s private living space above his River North gallery.

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/summer-visions-up-close-personal

Image Credit: Untitled Man in \"High-singing blue\" by Bill Traylor, 17x13 inches

 

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Before founding Art Encounter’s Evanston Mural Arts Program, Lea Pinsky and Dustin Harris oversaw a mural program in Chicago called the Mile of Murals from 2010-2017. This program brought artists from around the world to beautify a long stretch of CTA embankments in the Glenwood Arts District of East Rogers Park. These murals relate the history and impact of local leaders in building this unique and diverse community of neighbors and artists, and address issues of global concern as well. Join Lea Pinsky on a guided tour of the murals, and discover the murals’ stories, subjects, and artists.

Walking distance approximately .8 miles 

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/street-art-sculpture-walks

Image Credit: Mural by Dustin Harris and Lea Pinsky 

 

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Register Here

Join local sculpture artist Jill King for Art Encounter's exploration of the River North Design District’s annual Gallery Walk. Each participating showroom has collaborated with an interior designer to curate a special exhibition of work by an artist of their choosing. Jill, whose work was featured in RNDD's 2017 Gallery Walk, will explore the event's most exciting spaces and lead conversations using Art Encounter's unique, interactive discussion method.

The River North Design District is a pocket design community which boasts interior design offerings accessible to both designers & consumers. The showrooms carry everything from lighting, tile, and rugs to kitchens, plumbing, and furnishings - everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind haven. The participating showrooms provide a shopping experience both unique and personalized. To learn more about RNDD, visit their website.

Image Credit: Image courtesy of River North Design District

 

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This is a hidden treasure that deserves a closer look! Join ceramicist and Art Encounter Art Tours and Travel Manager Sarah Packer for a late morning walking tour of the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park. We’ll view and discuss a selection of the park’s large, three-dimensional creations. Discover the variety of sculptural styles represented by local and international artists while we explore the shape, size, proportion, repetition, rhythm, and balance in these public pieces. Find out how the color choice, texture and materials affect our view and interpretations.

Walking distance approximately .5 miles

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/street-art-sculpture-walks

Image Credit: Sculpture by Patrick McDonald

 

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder, Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art controversies, and interesting art journal readings. Critique Series participants have free access to all Art Encounter Weekend Art Walks. All mediums and skill levels welcome.

To register, please email Joanna Pinsky at joanna@artencounter.org. To learn more, please visit our website.

Image Credit: Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Critique Group

 

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Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 28, Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30, Dec. 7, 2022

Start Time: Group 1: 11:30 am; Group 2: 1:30 pm

Ending Time: Group 1: 1:00 pm; Group 2: 3:00 pm

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/expanding-visions

We are thrilled to announce our fall 2022 Expanding Visions season of visits to artists’ studios and private collections. Join Art Encounter's Artistic Director and Co-Founder Joanna Pinsky to meet passionate collectors in historic and modern homes with interests ranging from abstraction to humor, and extraordinary artists working with a variety of techniques and materials in studio buildings and private homes.

Registration is open to Art Encounter members only. To learn more, please visit our website. To register, please email Sarah Packer at sarah@artencounter.org. To learn more, please visit our website.

Image Credit: Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Expanding Visions at the studio of artist Tim Anderson

 

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Join Lea Pinsky on a walking tour of the incredible murals of the Wabash Arts Corridor in the South Loop this fall. Learn all about the artists who have come from around the world to beautify this vital arts district with breathtaking murals of all styles. We will see incredible works by Hebru Brantley, POSE, MadC, Eelco Van Den Berg, Lousie “Ouizi” Chen, Ruben Aguirre, Ben Eine, and Diosa.

Walking distance approximately 1 mile

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/street-art-sculpture-walks

Image Credit: Mural by Louise “Ouizi” Jones

 

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder, Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art controversies, and interesting art journal readings. Critique Series participants have free access to all Art Encounter Weekend Art Walks. All mediums and skill levels welcome.

To register, please email Joanna Pinsky at joanna@artencounter.org. To learn more, please visit our website.

Image Credit: Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Critique Group

 

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Night Visions returns this fall with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and experience a live demonstration in the artists' chosen medium.

On October 20, spend the evening in the Evanston studio of sculptor, community artist, and nonviolence educator Indira Freitas Johnson. Find out how Indira has made an impact on the Chicago-area art world and beyond with her public sculptures and intimate community collaborations. Discover what motivated Indira’s white buddha head sculptures, from a series titled Ten Thousand Ripples, that can be found in ten Chicago area neighborhoods including Evanston. Indira’s work was recently installed in the collection of sculptures at the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park at Governor’s State University. Born in India and living in the United States for many years, Indira will share the cultural inspirations behind her work and explain the process she uses to put together her three-dimensional pieces.

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

 

Image Credit: One of many sculptures created by Indira Freitas Johnson as part of her public art project titled Ten Thousand Ripples

 

 

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Art Encounter launched our Evanston Mural Arts Program in 2017 with the goal of enriching the landscape of Evanston with bold, beautiful public art. This fall, we are thrilled to celebrate the program's 5th anniversary and the completion of over 25 murals! Meet us at the Hyatt House in Evanston for tacos from La Principal, music by DJ Teebot, an art raffle, and more! Join us as we toast this milestone with our incredible muralists and esteemed community partners, and help us bring even more murals to Evanston. 

Can’t attend? You can still enter our raffle for a chance to win one of three beautiful, original art prints by Max Sansing, Dalek, and Anthony Lewellen. 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/emap5years

 

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Night Visions returns this fall with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and experience a live demonstration in the artists' chosen medium.

On November 10, enter the Evanston home and studio of award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist Joseph Taylor for an evening of lively discussion. From his figurative and urban landscape paintings to woodcut prints and illustrated posters, see how Joseph uses his deft hand and talented eye for composition in all his art forms. Discover how Joseph’s work as a freelance illustrator specializing in digital vector art for clients including United Airlines, McDonalds, and Mattel demonstrates his artistic aesthetic. Joseph, who teaches studio art for Chicago Community Colleges and the Old Town Triangle Association, will walk us through his process in a medium of his choice.

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

 

Image Credit: Woodcut print by artist Joseph Taylor

 

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder, Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art controversies, and interesting art journal readings. Critique Series participants have free access to all Art Encounter Weekend Art Walks. All mediums and skill levels welcome.

To register, please email Joanna Pinsky at joanna@artencounter.org. To learn more, please visit our website.

Image Credit: Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Critique Group

 

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Night Visions returns this fall with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and experience a live demonstration in the artists' chosen medium.

Artist Jim Bachor knows that there is one thing we can all agree on… our hatred of potholes! This special online event will offer you the opportunity to meet Jim Bachor, whose work has been featured in numerous publications, as we spend an engaging evening getting to know the “Chicago Pothole Artist.” Jim will share the history and humor behind his creations installed in the streets of Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. and explain how he transforms universally-avoided spaces into delightful and surprising mosaics. We will discover how the artist uses an ancient art form and juxtaposes it with contemporary ideas. As we discuss Jim’s artistic journey, we will uncover his inspirations and hear tales of his clandestine street art adventures. We will also view his “safer” commissions and indoor installations. The evening will close with a live demonstration detailing Jim’s process and choice of materials.

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

 

Image Credit: Artist Jim Bachor posing with one of his pothole mosaics

 

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Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder, Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art controversies, and interesting art journal readings. Critique Series participants have free access to all Art Encounter Weekend Art Walks. All mediums and skill levels welcome.

To register, please email Joanna Pinsky at joanna@artencounter.org. To learn more, please visit our website.

Image Credit: Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Critique Group

 

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder, Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art controversies, and interesting art journal readings. Critique Series participants have free access to all Art Encounter Weekend Art Walks. All mediums and skill levels welcome.

To register, please email Joanna Pinsky at joanna@artencounter.org. To learn more, please visit our website.

Image Credit: Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Critique Group

 

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Meeting online! | Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

 

Join us for our Winter Series this January and February! During the coldest time of year, stay warm in the comfort of your own home and meet us on Zoom to investigate work by recently recognized female artists from the twentieth century. Then, in February, join us in person to explore two exhibits featuring artists from different regions in the Americas, focusing first on women artists from South America and the Caribbean at the DePaul Museum and then on artists from the Caribbean diaspora at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.  

Our first session will focus on three recently recognized female artists exploring ideas of spirituality. After years of neglect, Hilma af Klint’s groundbreaking work was featured in a major exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2017. Although abstract, her work was inspired by her devotion to spiritualism of the late 19th and early 20th century. The artist, one of the first to create abstract work, made some effort to display her work before requesting that her paintings remain hidden until two decades after her death, when she believed the public might be ready for them. Belkis Ayón was a Cuban artist who used inventive techniques to create large-scale prints. Her work concentrated on Abukua, a secret male association, originating in Nigeria and brought to Haiti and then Cuba during the slave trade. We will talk about the complex mythologies the artist researched and expressed in her mysterious work. We will conclude with Agnes Lawrence Pelton, known as “The Desert Transcendentalist” for her mystical and poetic paintings. Although exhibited early on and respected by modernist artists, her work was rarely shown, perhaps because she lived off the beaten path of the cultural centers of her day. 

 

Image Credit: Altarpieces, Group X, No.1 by Hilma af Klint

 

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

 

Night Visions returns this fall with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and experience a live demonstration in the artists' chosen medium. 

What happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas when you join us on Zoom for this special evening with artist/sculptor/body painter Robin Barcus Slonina. Get to know Robin’s exciting and unusual work as we discover how she has made a splash in the Las Vegas art scene. Robin, who grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from the SAIC, has exhibited her sculptures and paintings at numerous well-known museums and art galleries, from Chicago and New York to England and back again. We’ll find out what led Robin to using the human body as her canvas and why she made the move to Las Vegas. We’ll also discuss her company, Skin City Body Painting, and her experience co-hosting Skin Wars, a body painting reality competition on GSN with Ru Paul! Our evening will conclude with a body painting process explanation and mini demonstration.

Image Credit: Body painter Robin Barcus Slonina

 

 

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Meeting online! | Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

 

Join us for our Winter Series this January and February! During the coldest time of year, stay warm in the comfort of your own home and meet us on Zoom to investigate work by recently recognized female artists from the twentieth century. Then, in February, join us in person to explore two exhibits featuring artists from different regions in the Americas, focusing first on women artists from South America and the Caribbean at the DePaul Museum and then on artists from the Caribbean diaspora at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.  

Session 2 of our Winter Series will highlight the work of artists Gertrude Abercrombie and Florine Stettheimer. Although these women were both active in their art communities during their lifetimes, their work was not often shown until recently, after their deaths. We’ll delve into Gertrude Abercrombie’s secretive and surrealistic portraits, figures and landscapes and see how she may have influenced the Chicago Imagists. Then we’ll jump into New York City’s theater, jazz and party scenes with Florine Stettheimer, who painted the first feminist nude self-portrait, interracial scenes and images of same sex preference. 

 

Image Credit: Split Personality by Gertrude Abercrombie

 

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Meeting at the DePaul Art Museum | Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

 

Join us for our Winter Series this January and February! During the coldest time of year, stay warm in the comfort of your own home and meet us on Zoom to investigate work by recently recognized female artists from the twentieth century. Then, in February, join us in person to explore two exhibits featuring artists from different regions in the Americas, focusing first on women artists from South America and the Caribbean at the DePaul Museum and then on artists from the Caribbean diaspora at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.  

Our first in-person session of Night Visions will meet at the DePaul Art Museum to discover the work of four Latinx artists who combine their interior imaginations with exterior landscapes to explore concepts of identity. The artists, María Berrío (Colombian, b. 1982), Joiri Minaya (Dominican-United Statesian, b. 1990), Rosana Paulino (Brazilian, b. 1967), and Kelly Sinnapah Mary (Indo-Guadeloupean, b. 1981), push the boundaries of figuration in bold large-scale artworks stressing female imagery to talk about their personal and collective history.

 

Image Credit: Container #7 by Joiri Minaya

 

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Are you a local artist looking for a community of like-minded creatives to discuss and provide feedback on your work? Join Art Encounter's monthly Artist Critique Group! Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. All mediums and skill levels welcome! Meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Program leader Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Artist Critique Group.

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Meeting at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago  |  Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

 

Join us for our Winter Series this January and February! During the coldest time of year, stay warm in the comfort of your own home and meet us on Zoom to investigate work by recently recognized female artists from the twentieth century. Then, in February, join us in person to explore two exhibits featuring artists from different regions in the Americas, focusing first on women artists from South America and the Caribbean at the DePaul Museum and then on artists from the Caribbean diaspora at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.  

Our last session of Winter Series will explore the MCA’s exhibition featuring work by artists of the Caribbean diaspora. The demise of the Eastern Block brought cultural changes with an expanded global cultural awareness. Dialogues around identity, especially by those who have suffered systemic oppression, were featured front and center in cultural debates. The forces of this pivotal decade also had a major effect on the production, circulation, and presentation of art from the Caribbean and, in turn, many Caribbean artists impacted artists in the United States. We will explore selected works in this major group exhibition, the first American museum show envisioning a new approach to contemporary art in the Caribbean diaspora. 

 

Image Credit: Figura de Cangrejos by Daniel Lind Ramos, 90 × 72 × 82 in.

 

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Join Joanna Pinsky to explore stimulating gallery exhibits in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood! Meet at Rhona Hoffman Gallery to delve into “….and Friends,” Brooklyn artist Derrick Adams’ colorful, mixed media paintings and functional sculptures referencing the influence of early educational television programs. These intimate paintings in custom-made frames feature Black children with puppets, prior to an awareness of society’s racism. Then, at Western Exhibitions, we’ll discuss Richard Hull’s “Mirror and Bone,” featuring large, biomorphic paintings that shift between abstraction and figuration. We’ll discuss this prominent Chicago artist’s recognizable visual vocabulary, which incorporates art historical references into his distinct painterly style. Next, on the same floor, we’ll see Brooklyn artist Meg Lipke’s first Chicago show at Document Gallery, featuring mixed media works that skirt the boundaries between painting and sculpture. We’ll conclude at Andrew Rafacz Gallery to view their two-person exhibition of Chicago artist Cody Hudson and San Francisco artist Richard Colman. Both artists use bold color and hard-edge shapes in their graphic paintings.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks

 

Image Credit: High Top by Derrick Adams at Rhona Hoffman Gallery

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Are you a local artist looking for a community of like-minded creatives to discuss and provide feedback on your work? Join Art Encounter's monthly Artist Critique Group! Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. All mediums and skill levels welcome! Meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Program leader Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Artist Critique Group.

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From left: Flowering of Choices, Buried in Fallen Leaves, and Believing You by Paula Shur

 

NIGHT VISIONS: PAULA SHUR

Night Visions is back with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Meet us online on Thursday, March 23 as we step into the captivating world of Paula Shur's photography.

WHEN: Thursday, March 23, 2023; 7:00–8:30 pm

WHERE: Meet us on Zoom!

MEMBER PRICE: $20 per session

NON-MEMBER PRICE: $25 per session

Reduced pricing is available for anyone who inquires, as we wish to make our programs accessible for all. To request a reduced fee, please contact Sarah Packer at sarah@artencounter.org.

REGISTER FOR NIGHT VISIONS

Explore the intricate complexities of memory, time, and layered experiences in this special Night Visions program featuring artist Paula Shur. Our host, Sarah Packer, will introduce you to Paula's fascinating artistic journey as a photographer, beginning with simple, rural-themed images and evolving into enigmatic and abstract digital collages of a profound ethereal nature. Learn about Paula's unique perspective and the relationships that have resulted in her mysterious and memorable images. Culminating our evening, Paula will give us a demonstration of the digital manipulation she uses as an art form to produce her unique collages. Paula's work has been shown at the New York Center for Photographic Art, the SE Center for Photography, A. Smith Gallery, Praxis Gallery, and recently at Evanston’s Perspective Gallery. 

 

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Barn Yard Madness by Paula Shur

 

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Link to Register: artencounter.org/expanding-visions

 

Start Time: Group 1: 11:30 am; Group 2: 1:30 pm

Ending Time: Group 1: 1:00 pm; Group 2: 3:00 pm

 

Join us for another exciting season of our signature Expanding Visions program, featuring guided explorations of exceptional local artists’ studios and exclusive private collections led by Art Encounter Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky. 

Registration is open to Art Encounter members only. To register, please email Sarah Packer at sarah@artencounter.org. To learn more, please visit our website at artencounter.org.

Image Credit: From What is Before by Pooja Pittie, left; piece by Marela Zacarías from the collection of Lynn Manilow, right

 

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Link to Register: artencounter.org/expo-chicago

Join Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky to explore highlights of this massive international exhibition featuring leading art galleries from around the world. Discover the latest ideas in art by prominent artists from Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and cities across the United States elegantly presented in Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. Find out why international expositions have become increasingly important in establishing the latest trends in contemporary art and how EXPO has made a major impact on the global art world. Plan to stay after our tour to view some of the special exhibits as well as contemporary and modern works from over 170 exhibiting galleries.

Tour is limited to 18 participants. Cost of entry to EXPO is included in cost of tour.

Image Credit: EXPO CHICAGO 2022, photo by Faith Kelsey

 

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Are you a local artist looking for a community of like-minded creatives to discuss and provide feedback on your work? Join Art Encounter's monthly Artist Critique Group! Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. All mediums and skill levels welcome! Meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Program leader Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Artist Critique Group.

 

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Link to Register: artencounter.org/night-visions

Night Visions returns this spring with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with host Sarah Packer as we meet with artists, explore their work, and discover their artistic journeys. We will learn about the artists' styles, techniques, and ideas before experiencing a live demonstration in the artists' chosen medium. On April 20, meet artist Nina Weiss in her expansive Evanston studio and experience her large and lush paintings up close. See how Nina uses a range of colors, forms, and gestures to create a visual feast that goes beyond traditional notions of a green landscape. By teasing out the complex colors of the natural world, Nina creates layers of contrast, line, and form that will draw you into her work. Get to know Nina through our interactive discussion as we view her work and learn about her 30 year journey in this art genre. Find out about Nina’s travels and explorations, from vistas of the Midwest to Europe and beyond. See how she captures powerful moments that are both evocative and inspiring, resulting from her deep connection to nature and the environment.

 

Image Credit: Prairie #19 by Nina Weiss

 

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Are you a local artist looking for a community of like-minded creatives to discuss and provide feedback on your work? Join Art Encounter's monthly Artist Critique Group! Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. All mediums and skill levels welcome! Meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Program leader Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Artist Critique Group.

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Link to Register: AEbenefit2023.givesmart.com

For 45 years, Art Encounter has been enriching the lives of all we serve through a robust menu of programming, including interactive Public & Member Programs for art enthusiasts; hands-on Outreach Programs for students, seniors, and adults with disabilities; and a local Mural Program uplifting our community with public art. Our annual benefit helps raise essential funds to support our mission: to educate, empower, and connect people of all ages and backgrounds through meaningful engagement with visual art. 

Join us on June 1 at the beautiful Greenhouse Loft in West Lakeview to commemorate our 45th anniversary and celebrate our 2023 Art Impacts Honoree, Tony Karman of EXPO CHICAGO. Enjoy refreshments and cocktails, enter to win a wine basket in our raffle, or bid on our silent art auction. Tickets are on sale now! Visit AEbenefit2023.givesmart.com to learn more.

 

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Register Here

Night Visions returns this spring with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening as we meet with artists, explore their work, and discover their artistic journeys. 

On Thursday, June 8, meet a fascinating local painter and sculptor Jay Allen Hyde in his Evanston home studio and find out how he uses found objects to inspire his work. Enjoy a glass of wine as we delve into Hyde’s playful, vivid images and pop art sensibility, suggesting a range of narratives. Joanna Pinsky will lead the discussion as we get to know our host and learn about his artistic processes along with the personal history that drew him to his creative life.

Image: Painting by Jay Allen Boyd, left, the artist in his studio, right.

 

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Are you a local artist looking for a community of like-minded creatives to discuss and provide feedback on your work? Join Art Encounter's monthly Artist Critique Group! Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of the other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. All mediums and skill levels welcome! Meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Program leader Joanna Pinsky leads a session of Artist Critique Group.

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Join Art Encounter Co-Founder and Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky to delve into stimulating art exhibits in three different areas of Chicago. Discover new spaces and established galleries to see works by diverse national and international artists depicting a wide range of ideas.

We’ll begin our first session at Kavi Gupta with Sky Dances Light, a solo exhibition of new works by celebrated, interdisciplinary Seneca artist Marie Watt, whose bold, multi-sensory visual language celebrates and fosters community connections. The artist creates biomorphic hanging sculptures assembled from tens of thousands of jingle cones, rolled pieces of tin historically fashioned from the circular lids of tobacco containers. In addition to the works’ aesthetic associations, we’ll discuss several other important elements of Watt’s artistic language, including materials related to Indigenous history and gestures intended to spark healing. Next, we’ll view selected works by Gupta’s internationally recognized artists in the gallery’s second floor space. We’ll conclude at the Thomas McCormick Gallery with a solo exhibit of works from the estate of Maurice Golubov (1905-1987). The artist, an American painter, pushed the boundaries of abstraction during America’s golden age of modern art on a personal quest of spirituality as he pursued an alternative dimension. McCormick Gallery Director Mary Beyer will talk to us about the process of representing estates along with representing contemporary artists.

Meet at Kavi Gupta Gallery, 835 W. Washington Boulevard, Chicago

Link to Register:

 

artencounter.org/summer-visions

 

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Join Art Encounter Co-Founder and Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky to delve into stimulating art exhibits in three different areas of Chicago. Discover new spaces and established galleries to see works by diverse national and international artists depicting a wide range of ideas.

On July 12, explore a variety of ideas, techniques and materials in several galleries within close proximity. At Patron Gallery, consider Lucas Simões’ exhibit Luscofusco, which roughly translates to the magic hour between day and night. The Sau Paulo-based artist creates evocative sculptures that hover between opposing ideas. We’ll see how his work relates to Mexican born artist Dianna Frid’s elegant mixed-media wall works incorporating embroidered text, graphite, and aluminum leaf. Next, at Rhona Hoffman Gallery, we’ll delve into images depicting race relations, poverty, and civil rights by the renowned photographer Gordon Parks (1912–2006), the first Black American to be hired by Life Magazine. We’ll conclude at Western Exhibitions with Somewhere Between the Eyes and the Heart, featuring striking, mixed-media paintings by Jamaican artist Leasho Johnson and Mega Meadow Liquidation, featuring oil, acrylic, and machine-embroidered stained paintings on silk and drop cloth by artist Ruby T.

Meet at Patron Gallery, 1612 W Chicago Avenue, Chicago.

Image Credit: Baptism, Chicago, Illinois by Gordon Parks

Link to Register: artencounter.org/summer-visions

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Join Art Encounter Co-Founder and Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky to delve into stimulating art exhibits in three different areas of Chicago. Discover new spaces and established galleries to see works by diverse national and international artists depicting a wide range of ideas.

Founded in 1916, inspired by the Art Institute of Chicago’s famous Armory show, The Arts Club of Chicago is a private club and public exhibition space showing internationally-acclaimed artists. Designed by Chicago architect John Vinci, the club offers spacious rooms for changing exhibitions as well as a permanent collection. Join us on July 19 to investigate large-scale narrative paintings by Canadian artist Brenda Draney (b. 1976, member of Sawridge First Nation, Treaty 8) who portrays daily life and special events in her community. In her first United States solo exhibition, Drink from the River, the artist often repeats images, such as figures, pieces of furniture, or architectural features. The images often refer to repeated events, including personal and ancestral history, but are not specific and are open for interpretation. After our discussion, we’ll view selected works from the permanent collection, which includes a range of works by early 20th century masters to current pieces by Chicago and international artists.

Meet at The Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E Ontario Street, Chicago.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/summer-visions

Image Credit: Toast by Brenda Draney

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Experience the convergence of art and design by some of the brightest talents in Chicago this fall at Art Encounter's 4th annual tour of the River North Design District Gallery Walk! Each participating showroom has partnered with an interior designer to curate a special exhibition of work by an artist of their choosing. Artist and sculptor Jill King will lead the group through interactive discussions at this one-of-a-kind event's most exciting spaces. Visit rivernorthdesigndistrict.com to learn more.

Link to Register: artencounter.org/river-north-design-district-tour

 

Image Credit: Image provided by River North Design District

 

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Want to learn more about the artists and stories behind Art Encounter’s Evanston murals? Our Executive Director and mural program co-founder Lea Pinsky will take you on a mile-long guided tour of our Evanston Mural Arts Program murals, where we will look closely at several of the large-scale artworks that have transformed the center of Evanston, including pieces by Shawn Bullen, Ruben Aguirre, Jeff Zimmermann, Anthony Lewellen, Molly Z., Cheri Lee Charlton, Max Sansing, Dalek, and more. Hear stories about the artists, the artworks, and how the mural magic happens. We'll also share what's next for our mural program! 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/downtown-evanston-mural-tour

 

Image Credit: Art Encounter Evanston Mural Arts Program mural in Downtown Evanston by Jeff Zimmermann

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks

Join painter and Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky for Art Encounter’s Weekend Art Walks, where we explore different gallery districts throughout Chicago and discover new ideas and a variety of artistic media through interactive group discussions.

On Saturday, November 4, Joanna will lead the group through three River North galleries. Beginning at Gallery Victor, we will delve into time and memory in an exhibit featuring five artists. These include paintings by Don Pollack, who explores the history of New France in realistic paintings and maps; paintings by William Blake featuring Civil War reenactments; elegantly detailed “Icons” by Richard Gibbons; furniture by the late Jim Rose; and works by muralist, painter, and multimedia artist Marcos Raya. Then, at Jean Albano Gallery, we will explore works by some of Chicago’s renowned wild Imagist artists, including Gladys Nillson and Karl Wirsum, along with unique sculpture by the late Margaret Wharton and more. We’ll conclude at Addington Gallery with a solo exhibition by printmaker and mixed media artist Deborah Maris Lader, who creates fantastic images of nature.

Image Credit: Former Weekend Art Walk in 2018

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WEEKEND ART WALK: RIVER NORTH

Saturday, November 4, 2023, 11:00 am–1:00 pm

 

 

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Mouse Meow by Karl Wirsum, left, and Simply Big by Gladys Nillson, right, at Jean Albano Gallery

 

When: Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, 11:00 am–1:00 pm

Where: Meet at Gallery Victor, 300 W Superior St., Chicago

Member Price: $20 for Basic level members; FREE for all Friend, Patron, and Benefactor level members

Non-Member Price: $25

 

Reduced pricing is available for anyone who inquires, as we wish to make our programs accessible for all. To request a reduced fee, please contact Sarah Packer at sarah@artencounter.org.

 

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The Air and Water Show by Deborah Maris Lader at Addington Gallery

 

Join Joanna Pinsky for a tour of exciting exhibitions in River North Galleries. Beginning at Gallery Victor, delve into time and memory in an exhibit featuring five artists. These include paintings by Don Pollack, who explores the history of New France in realistic paintings and maps; paintings by William Blake featuring Civil War reenactments; elegantly detailed “Icons” by Richard Gibbons; furniture by the late Jim Rose; and works by muralist, painter, and multimedia artist Marcos Raya. Then, at Jean Albano Gallery, explore works by some of Chicago’s renowned wild Imagist artists, including Gladys Nillson and Karl Wirsum, along with unique sculpture by the late Margaret Wharton and more. We’ll conclude at Addington Gallery with a solo exhibit by printmaker and mixed media artist Deborah Maris Lader, who creates fantastic images of nature.

 

REGISTER FOR WEEKEND ART WALK

 

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Night Visions returns this fall with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, and discover their artistic journeys. On November 9, expect an evening of visual surprises as we meet artist Peter Mudd in his lovely north Evanston home, where we’ll discuss his colorful paintings and repurposed material sculptures.

This session meets in person. Visit our website using the registration link below to learn more. 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

 

Image Credit: Work by Peter Mudd

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Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. Critique Series participants have free access to all Art Encounter Weekend Art Walks. This group meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston. All mediums and skill levels welcome! Visit artencounter.org/artist-critique-group or email joanna@artencounter.org for more information.

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Photo by Alyce Henson

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks

 

Join painter and Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky for Art Encounter’s Weekend Art Walks, where we explore different gallery districts throughout Chicago and discover new ideas and a variety of artistic media through interactive group discussions.

On Saturday, December 9, avoid the cold as we explore two neighboring galleries with exceptional exhibitions. We’ll begin with Candida Alverez’s exhibition Multihyphenate at Monique Meloche Gallery to discuss the prominent Chicago artist’s large-scale kaleidoscopic paintings on linen as well as her intimate paintings and drawings on napkins. Known for her exploration of ideas and materials ranging from painting to sculpture, photography, and conceptual work, Alvarez has created abstract imagery that deals with emotions and memories of Maria, the hurricane that devastated her homeland of Puerto Rico and brought her mother to this country. Nationally recognized, her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the M.C.A., the Whitney, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. 

At Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, delve into an exhibition of work by four international artists. Almost here, Almost there, Almost home was curated by Jérôme Sans, a notable French curator and art director who was a co-founder of the prestigious Palais de Tokyo. Artists Joël Andrianomearisoa (Madagascar), Alexandre Gourçon (Paris), Mwangi Hutter (Kenya/Germany), and Tony Lewis (Los Angeles) express complex emotions using reductive artistic means to consider themes of identity. From realism to abstraction, the artists explore the poetry of duality through images of entangling bodies that search for unison, the layering of material, or the meticulous two-fold treatment of textiles or dripping paint.

 

Image Credit: Puerto Rico Hurricane Collage (Villalba) no. 6 by Candida Alvarez

 

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Photo by Alyce Henson

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Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers exhibition opportunities, presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. Critique Series participants have free access to all Art Encounter Weekend Art Walks. This group meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston. All mediums and skill levels welcome! Visit artencounter.org/artist-critique-group or email joanna@artencounter.org for more information.

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

 

Image Credit: Photo by Alyce Henson

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

Join Joanna Pinsky this winter for an in-depth view of six innovative female artists whose work has impacted different artistic and cultural communities. This series includes two online programs and two in-person visits to Chicago museums. For our first session on January 24, join us at the Smart Museum of Art for a retrospective of work by Ruth Duckworth.

Working with clay, Ruth Duckworth (1919–2009) pushed the boundaries of ceramic art, creating monumental abstract sculptures and murals along with small, intimate pieces and functional works. Since her father was Jewish, she fled to England to study art in the 1930s. Originally a stone mason, she turned to ceramics in her 40’s. An invitation to teach at the University of Chicago brought her to this city, where she continued her exploration of the medium for the rest of her life. In this important retrospective, we’ll discuss the range of her art using diverse ceramic materials including porcelain, which she describes as, “a very temperamental material. I’m constantly fighting it. It wants to lie down, you want it to stand up. I have to make it do what it doesn’t want to do. But there’s no other material that so effectively communicates both fragility and strength.”

Image Credit: Earth, Water, and Sky, left; Untitled (Wall Sculpture), right, both by Ruth Duckworth

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

Join Joanna Pinsky this winter for an in-depth view of six innovative female artists whose work has impacted different artistic and cultural communities. This series includes two online programs and two in-person visits to Chicago museums. For our second session on January 31, join us online to meet two artists who have increasingly received international recognition.

Born in 1929, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama moved to New York in 1957 to explore her fascination with infinity by producing paintings, sculptures, and performance art events. While she exhibited alongside major pop artists and her performance pieces, considered outrageous, drew attention in the 1960’s, she decided to return to Japan in 1973. In 1977, by her own free will, she entered a mental hospital where she still resides. Regaining recognition in the 1990’s, she represented Japan in the 1993 Venice Biennale.                    

The daughter of a congressman who protested the Marcos regime, Filipino artist Pacita Abad was expected to go into law and politics, but a move to San Francisco changed her life, and a short marriage to an artist inspired her to pursue art. What remained was a commitment to social activism, and in a remarkable life that included worldwide travel, especially to underdeveloped countries, she created major artworks. She is known for her trapuntos: maximalist hanging textiles embroidered with mirrors from India, cowrie shells from Papua New Guinea, beaded fabric from Indonesia, buttons from the Philippines, and other travel-gathered bricolage.

Image Credit: Yayoi Kusama, left, and Pacita Abad, right, with their work

 

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

Join Joanna Pinsky this winter for an in-depth view of six innovative female artists whose work has impacted different artistic and cultural communities. This series includes two online programs and two in-person visits to Chicago museums. For our third session on February 7, join us online to discover unique approaches to three-dimensional work by two exceptional artists.

Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017), the creator of Agora Big Foot, the installation of 106 headless, armless iron sculptures in Grant Park, began her career working in fiber. With a radical approach to textiles, she created monumental wall pieces, later bringing them off the wall into three-dimensional space. Her work expanded to humanoid sculptures in burlap and gigantic mixed media pieces in wood and metal. Born to a noble Polish family whose parents were part of the Polish resistance to the Nazis, Abakanovicz’s work often speaks to the human condition.

Lee Bontecou (1931–2022) achieved early recognition for her large-scale three-dimensional wall sculptures made from army canvases attached with wires to metal supports. Additionally, she created drawings with soot. After exhibiting and being collected by international museums, the artist dropped out of the spotlight by moving to Pennsylvania and withdrawing from the art world. She never stopped working, producing an imaginative body of wall pieces, mobiles and sculptures in a new direction. Finally agreeing to show her work, a major retrospective was coordinated by curators at the MCA Chicago and Los Angeles’ Hammer Museum. 

Image Credit: Installation of Abakan Red by Magdalena Abakanowicz, left; Untitled by Lee Bontecou, right

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series

Join Joanna Pinsky this winter for an in-depth view of six innovative female artists whose work has impacted different artistic and cultural communities. This series includes two online programs and two in-person visits to Chicago museums. For our fourth and final session on February 14, join us at the MCA Chicago for a guided exploration of American People, a landmark exhibition by Faith Ringgold.

Even if you’ve seen this exhibit, it’s worth seeing it again! We will probe into Faith Ringgold’s work to see how her choices of materials and mediums are instrumental to the content of the work. During her long career, Ringgold, born in 1930, has created paintings, story quilts, sculptures, books, and performance pieces based on social action. As a black artist, she speaks to the history of enslavement and prejudice while celebrating Black American culture. As a woman, her work talks about issues of feminism and identity. Through her highly personal and approachable work, we’ll travel back to the civil rights era and forward to current issues of gender, politics, and racism in this large, innovative exhibition.

Image Credit: The French Collection Part I, #4: The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles by Faith Ringgold

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Meets the third Tuesday of each month February–June

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. This season’s series participants will also have a special opportunity to exhibit their work in a group exhibition opening this May at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston. 

Meets in person at Space 900 Gallery, 816 Dempster Street, Evanston. Register for the full series of five or attend individual sessions. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image: Critique Group participants viewing work by photographer Todd Anderson

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Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024; Meets the third Tuesday of each month February–June

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. This season’s series participants will also have a special opportunity to exhibit their work in a group exhibition opening this May at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston.

Meets in person at Space 900 Gallery, 816 Dempster Street, Evanston. Register for the full series of five or attend individual sessions. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image Credit: Critique Group participants viewing work by photographer Todd Anderson

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

Night Visions returns this spring with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and view demonstrations of their craft. 

On Thursday, March 28, meet us online to kick off our spring 2024 season with emerging Evanston artist Sam Onche! Find out how his artistic journey started in Nigeria and what brought him here to the US. Discover how Sam uses vibrant color and careful abstraction in his oil paintings to create impactful and memorable portraits, which employ collaged African fabrics as a nod to his family and heritage. We’ll also learn about Sam’s work in other mediums, including illustrations for album covers, books, posters, and prints. By the end of our evening, we will understand Sam’s inspiring goal of “uniting all kinds of people to look at his art from a cultural point of view, with hope for a brighter, more equal future.”

Register for individual sessions or sign up for the full series of three. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image Credit: Lady by the well by Sam Onche

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Image: EXPO CHICAGO 2023, photo by Justin Barbin

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Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2024; Meets the third Tuesday of each month February–June

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. This season’s series participants will also have a special opportunity to exhibit their work in a group exhibition opening this May at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston.

Meets in person at Space 900 Gallery, 816 Dempster Street, Evanston. Register for the full series of five or attend individual sessions. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image Credit: Critique Group participants viewing work by photographer Todd Anderson

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

Night Visions returns this spring with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and view demonstrations of their craft. 

On Thursday, April 25, enter the Midwest Clay Guild in Skokie for an evening of discovery as we learn about the guild’s history and meet several of the ceramicists who share this expansive studio space. Each artist will share examples of their work and explain the artistic vision behind their functional and sculptural clay pieces. We’ll also get an inside look at the fascinating technical processes and special skills used by these talented artists, from wheel throwing and handbuilding to the transformative alchemy of glazing.

Register for individual sessions or sign up for the full series of three. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image Credit: Interior of the Midwest Clay Guild studio

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Join Art Encounter Executive Director and Co-founder of our Evanston Mural Arts Program Lea Pinsky for an exploration of art in Skokie! We'll begin with a walk around downtown Skokie to view murals by street artists Jeff Zimmermann, Sick Fisher, Shawnimals, and WRDSMTH before heading to Who Modern, a shop focusing on rare and unusual decorative objects, furniture, and art. There, we'll see Cool Down Hot Head, a career-spanning exhibition of work by Chicago Imagist Errol Ortiz. We'll also visit the gallery connected to Who Modern, a satellite location of Chicago's Western Exhibitions, where we'll view The Politicians (some of them), featuring representations of political figures by seven artists.

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks

Image Credit: Gathering in the Garden by Errol Ortiz

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024; Meets the third Tuesday of each month February–June

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. This season’s series participants will also have a special opportunity to exhibit their work in a group exhibition opening this May at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston.

Meets in person at Space 900 Gallery, 816 Dempster Street, Evanston. Register for the full series of five or attend individual sessions. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image: Critique Group participants viewing work by photographer Todd Anderson

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Visit the Noyes Cultural Arts Center’s first floor gallery this summer to view an exhibition of work by Art Encounter’s monthly Artist Critique Group. Featuring work by: Deb Anderson, Todd Anderson, Michael Berns, Colleen Conley, Cynthia Goldring, Jay Allen Hyde, Mark Mershon, Ellie Routtenberg, Judy Solomon, and Annie Trincot. Curated by Joanna Pinsky.

Noyes Cultural Arts Center First Floor Gallery, 927 Noyes St., Evanston, IL

Hours: Mon.–Fri. 8:30 am-9:30 pm, Sat. 9:00 am–6:30 pm, Sun. 10:30 am–4:30 pm

Image Credit: N/A

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Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

Night Visions returns this spring with after-hours visits and live demonstrations at exceptional artists’ studios! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with Sarah Packer to meet with artists, explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and view demonstrations of their craft. 

On Thursday, May 23, join us at Rita Shimmelfarb’s charming Evanston home and studio, where we’ll discover her ethereally beautiful artworks in glass. Rita will explain how she pushes beyond traditional stained glass methods, combining glass painting with contemporary fused elements and dichroic glass to create vibrantly colored pieces. She’ll also share her personal history, including her immigration to the U.S. from the USSR in 1989 and her first experience seeing stained glass, a transformative moment in her artistic journey.

Register for individual sessions or sign up for the full series of three. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image Credit: Stained glass piece by Rita Shimelfarb

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024; Meets the third Tuesday of each month February–June

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/artist-critique-group

Develop your ideas through in-depth group discussion of your work and the work of other artists, led by Art Encounter’s Artistic Director and co-founder Joanna Pinsky. This series covers presentation of work, gallery information, discussion of current art topics, and more. This season’s series participants will also have a special opportunity to exhibit their work in a group exhibition opening this May at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston.

Meets in person at Space 900 Gallery, 816 Dempster Street, Evanston. Register for the full series of five or attend individual sessions. Art Encounter members receive a discount.

Image Credit: Critique Group participants viewing work by photographer Todd Anderson

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Join Art Encounter’s Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky to explore exciting exhibits in galleries throughout River North. Beginning at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, discover paintings by the late Vera Klement, one of Chicago’s most original and remarkable artists. Combining heavy brushstrokes and thin washes, Klement juxtaposes images that initially seem unrelated but, upon inspection, suggest multiple connections both personal and universal. From there, we’ll continue investigating representational images at Rosenthal Fine Art, Inc., featuring The New Realism: works by famous twentieth century artists using different approaches to portraying actuality, including work by Jerry Ott, Jack Beal, Raphael Soyer and Claes Oldenburg. We will conclude at Gallery Victor with incredible graphite drawings of nature by Don Pollack, as well as selected works by other artists in the gallery’s recently expanded space.

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/summer-visions

 

Image Credit: Artist Vera Klement poses with her painting Midnight Birds in 1999

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Join Art Encounter’s Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky to explore exciting exhibits in galleries throughout West Town. Starting at Povos Gallery’s Chicago Avenue space, we’ll see Fights, a solo exhibit by William Schaeuble. Discover why this young artist’s entire exhibit sold out at the opening and why he has been picked up by a New York gallery. Through images that are surrealist and abstracted, Schaeuble questions the absurdity of conflicts in a variety of sorts and magnitudes with a sense of humor. He draws on his own personal experiences as an outdoorsman and bird watcher for his subject matter. Then, at Patron Gallery, we’ll view Las raíces conversan por debajo de la tierra by indigenous Mexican artist Noé Martínez. Inspired by his ancestral Huastecan texts, visual culture, and collective oral narratives, the artist creates paintings and sculptures speaking to the trauma of indigenous cultures through colonization. We’ll also discuss Amidst Relations, beautifully rendered intimate graphite images by Scottish artist Richard Maguire, who explores the history of race and sexuality in Britain and India.

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/summer-visions

 

Image Credit: The Schaeuble Brothers Wrestling by William Schaeuble

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Join our Executive Director and mural program co-founder Lea Pinsky on a guided tour of murals along Chicago Avenue in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago from Ashland Avenue to Damen Avenue. We will look at works by CZR PRZ, Miguel A. Del Real, Ouizi, Eelco, Lauren Asta, Anthony Lewellen, and more! Many of these murals were created with support from gallery Chicago Truborn, which we will visit along the way. Our tour will end at an art-filled bakery, so stay for a bite if you can!

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks

 

Image Credit: Mural by Eelco outside of Chicago Truborn gallery

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Experience the convergence of art and design by some of the brightest talents in Chicago this fall at Art Encounter's tour of the 9th Annual RNDD Fall Gallery Walk! Each participating showroom has partnered with an interior designer to curate a special exhibition of work by an artist of their choosing, inspiring anyone who wants to make their home a beautiful haven. Art Encounter will lead the group through interactive discussions at this one-of-a-kind event's most exciting spaces.

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/river-north-design-district-tour

Image Credit: Featured work from the 9th Annual RNDD Fall Gallery Walk

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Join Art Encounter for a Tour of the RNDD Fall Gallery Walk Showrooms

 

Experience the convergence of art and design by some of the brightest talents in Chicago this September at Art Encounter's tour of the 9th Annual RNDD Fall Gallery Walk! Each participating showroom has partnered with an interior designer to curate a special exhibition of work by an artist of their choosing. Art Encounter will lead the group through interactive discussions at this one-of-a-kind event's most exciting spaces.

Tour leader and sculptor Jill King, whose work was featured at the 2017 River North Design District Gallery Walk, poses in front of her work. Photograph by Yancey Hughes.

 

When: Saturday, September 7, 2024, 11:00 am -12:30 pm

Where: River North Design District; meeting location will be shared prior to tour

Price: $25 (Discounted for Art Encounter members) 

 

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Art Encounter is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, empowering, and connecting people of diverse ages and backgrounds through interactive encounters with visual art. Our broad range of programs foster community, creativity, and a greater understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Founded in 1978, Art Encounter has been serving Chicago and the surrounding area for over 40 years. To learn more about our public art tours, community outreach, and mural program, visit artencounter.org.

 

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Want to learn more about the artists and stories behind Art Encounter's Evanston murals? Executive Director and mural program co-founder Lea Pinsky will take you on a mile-long guided tour of our murals in Downtown Evanston, including Max Sansing's recently completed piece–our largest mural to date! We will look closely at several of the large-scale artworks that have transformed the center of Evanston, including pieces by Shawn Bullen, Ruben Aguirre, Jeff Zimmermann, Anthony Lewellen, Molly Z., Cheri Lee Charlton, Max Sansing, and Sholo Beverly. Hear stories about the artists, the artworks, and how the mural magic happens. We'll also share what's next for our mural program!

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks-evanston-murals

 

Image Credit: Mural by Max Sansing at the Davis St. Metra station in Evanston

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Night Visions is back this fall! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with program leader Sarah Packer as we meet exceptional Evanston artists in their homes and studios to explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and view demonstrations of their craft. 

Join us this October in the lovely Evanston home of dance and fine art photographer Ren Picco-Freeman. Discover Ren’s unique perspective while we learn about the special techniques she uses to capture the human body in motion and the beautiful feats of ephemeral athleticism that inspire her work. While Ren shares her artistic vision, we’ll see how she creates a range of emotionally evocative photographs: from joyful, colorful, gravity-defying dancers to black and white images of soulful, dark figures in urban settings. Ren will also discuss her rising career, including her work as the in-house photographer for Moonwater Dance Project and her photo that was chosen as the Chicago Reader’s June 27th cover.
 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

Image Credit: Photo by Ren Picco-Freeman

 

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Join Joanna Pinsky to explore three exciting exhibits in the Kinzie Corridor, part of West Town’s growing gallery district, beginning with the new SECRIST | BEACH gallery. The gallery’s vast 5,000 square foot space is divided into sections featuring both a curated salon-style group exhibition and a solo show of work by Anne Lindberg. In addition to her vibrant, linear works using graphite and colored pencil, Lindberg has also created an extraordinary site-specific sculpture made with volumes of fine chromatic thread pulled taught through space.

Next, at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, discover sculptural work by French artist Eva Jospin, who composes forest and architectural landscapes out of a variety of materials. The artist, who has won several European prizes, creates individual sculptural reliefs and installation pieces from corrugated cardboard.  

And next door, at Monique Meloche Gallery, view vivid paintings by Chicago artist Jake Troyli. Delve into the young artist’s often absurd figurative narratives that consider preconceived notions of identity and the value structures often assigned to black and brown people. The artist has included self portraits within many of the works.

 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks

 

Image Credit: Petite Forêt by Eva Jospin at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery

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Night Visions is back this fall! Treat yourself to an adventurous evening with program leader Sarah Packer as we meet exceptional Evanston artists in their homes and studios to explore their work, discover their artistic journeys, and view demonstrations of their craft. 

Gather in the charming Evanston apartment and home studio of artist Melanie Deal for a delightful evening exploring the art of paper and mixed media collage. Using a precise process and a keen eye for pattern and structure, Melanie creates visually-stimulating and intricately-made pieces of art. We’ll hear how her career in publishing gave her access to a wide variety of printed materials, influencing not only her choice of medium but also the themes that inspire her subject matter. Hidden within the organized patterns of shape and color, we’ll discover the humor, wit, and nostalgic references that harken to her childhood love of comics, paper dolls, and pop culture. At the end of the evening, Melanie will explain and demonstrate her process for planning and implementing the designs for her highly-unique collages.
 

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/night-visions

Image Credit: Adaptation by Melanie Deal

 

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To brighten this dark time of year, delve into the ideas and imaginations of three early 20th century artists for whom color was a key artistic element. We'll learn how these artists were influenced by Cubism while spawning roots in Surrealism, and talk about how their fascinating life stories affected their work. This program also includes recommended videos to get a sense of what the artists were like in person.


For our first session, we'll explore Russian and French artist Marc Chagall's work over his lifetime to see how he used color to express emotions, sometimes conflicting within the same work. We'll also discuss his vibrant range of work in different mediums, from theater sets and murals in post-revolution Russia to stained glass works and mosaics.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series


Image Credit: Cow with Parasol by Marc Chagall

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To brighten this dark time of year, delve into the ideas and imaginations of three early 20th century artists for whom color was a key artistic element. We'll learn how these artists were influenced by Cubism while spawning roots in Surrealism, and talk about how their fascinating life stories affected their work. This program also includes recommended videos to get a sense of what the artists were like in person.


For our second session, we’ll focus on Sonia and Robert Delaunay. Branching from Cubism in pre-WWI Paris, this married couple developed a vibrant visual language combining color and geometry. At times their work is extremely alike, while at other points they have distinct differences. Robert created ballet sets; Sonia created ballet costumes. When economic times were tough, Sonia brought her artistic vision to advertising, marketing, and her wearable art.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series


Image Credit: Composition F325 (Study for Rythme Coloré) by Sonia Delaunay

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We’ll be staying warm for this January gallery walk by visiting four exhibition spaces located within the same building: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Volume Gallery, Western Exhibitions, and Document Gallery. 


Beginning at Rhona Hoffman Gallery, one of Chicago’s premier spaces representing an array of internationally-recognized artists, we’ll explore a group show of four artists with Chicago connections. We’ll see unique and diverse works using a variety of mediums and materials, including Anne Wilson’s use of hair, Richard Rezac’s crafted sculptures, Julia Fish’s oil paintings based on music, and works on paper by the late feminist artist Nancy Spero.


We’ll then make a stop at Volume Gallery to see This is Not a Plate, a collection of provocative art plates by Howard Kottler (1930-1989), before examining the idiosyncratic portraiture of Julia Schmitt Healy at Western Exhibitions. While viewing the artist’s work made of traditional materials combined with surprising elements like fiber and hair, we’ll discuss the concept of what makes an artwork a portrait. 


We conclude at Document Gallery with Exhibit B, a group exhibition of international artists who bend the use of traditional materials from photography to fiber to create patterns and shapes that reference the history of art, literature, and cultures. Included are artists Julien Creuzet, Natani Notah, John Opera, Tom Schneider, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Kazuhito Tanaka, and Claude Viallat.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walk


Image Credit: Empty People Series: Hairstyles by Julia Schmitt Healy at Western Exhibitions

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Join Joanna Pinsky of Art Encounter for guided tours and interactive discussion at two stimulating museum exhibitions this winter! On February 12, we will be visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art to explore their latest major exhibition, The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020.


For decades, critics have periodically claimed that “painting is dead,” suspecting that new technologies would end hands-on creativity. Painting endures in spite of this refrain, often combining new mediums and approaches in addition to raising questions about what constitutes an artwork. This fascinating exhibition explores the history and influence of technology on the art form, including traditional paintings, early photo silkscreen printing, paintings designed with computers, new paint mediums, videos, and documented performance art.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series


Image Credit: Afterimage, Rainbow Disturbance (Painting in its Archive) by Sarah Sze

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Join Joanna Pinsky of Art Encounter for guided tours and interactive discussion at two stimulating museum exhibitions this winter! On February 26, we will be visiting the Art Institute of Chicago to explore their latest major exhibition, Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica.


Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to experience the Art Institute’s latest major exhibition on a special private tour! We will be visiting the museum while it is closed to visitors to view and discuss a show that has been five years in the making. Project a Black Planet is the first major exhibition to survey the art and culture of Pan-Africanism through more than 350 objects, including painting, sculpture, installation art, film, and sound. We’ll first meet with a Director from the Art Institute who will share the behind-the scenes evolution of this exhibition as well as the ideas and concepts of Pan-Africanism, then we'll discuss works made by artists of the African diaspora across four continents, spanning from the 1920s to the present. This special session is limited to 20 participants.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/winter-series


Image Credit: Revival Meeting by Benny Andrews

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Join Art Encounter program leaders Joanna Pinsky and Sarah Packer for an expertly-guided coach bus trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin! We’ll explore their famous art museum, stop by Saint Kate: The Arts Hotel for lunch and a tour of their galleries, discover a nonprofit print-making studio with a local artist, and visit a beautiful private art collection. 


Pick-up and drop-ff locations available in both Chicago and Wilmette. Use the link below to view the full itinerary or register online, and email Sarah Packer at sarah@artencounter.org with any questions.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/day-trip-art-of-milwaukee


Image Credit: Milwaukee Art Museum


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Join Art Encounter at the beautiful LeTour Brasserie in Evanston this May for our spring benefit and art auction, Kaleidoscope. Enjoy delicious French-Moroccan fare, cocktails, a raffle, and a silent art auction, all while supporting Art Encounter’s broad menu of community art programs and initiatives. We will be celebrating the impact and legacy of our 2025 Art Impacts Honorees: Natalie van Straaten, Founder of Chicago Gallery News, and her successor Ginny B. Van Alyea, Publisher of Chicago Gallery News. We will also recognize Community Partner of the Year Andy Vick, Executive Director of Downtown Evanston, for his commitment to advancing public art in Evanston and his support of Art Encounter’s mission.

Kaleidoscope will provide essential funding for Art Encounter’s work throughout the greater Chicago area, which includes educational outreach programs for schools, senior homes, and social service agencies; art discussion programs for the public in artist studios and exhibition spaces; and a local mural program that makes art accessible to everyone in our community.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/kaleidoscope-2025

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Join Art Encounter's Joanna Pinsky for an expertly-guided Saturday morning tour of exhibitions at GRAY Chicago and Corbett vs. Dempsey in West Town, two of the city’s premier galleries.

Beginning with Apparitions at GRAY Chicago’s immense space, we’ll delve into paintings and sculptures by world-renowned artists who have pushed the boundaries of representation over the past century. Whether invoking a spiritual realm, physical decay, or fleeting time, the artists have pursued traditional and inventive mediums to create a liminal space between what vanishes and what continues to exist. Among the 20 artists exhibited, we'll see works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Theaster Gates, Alberto Giacometti, Susan Rothenberg, Kara Walker, Ana Mendieta, Jean Dubuffet, and Rashid Johnson.

Next, at Corbett vs. Dempsey, we’ll discuss multimedia works by Rosa Barba, an Italian artist who uses cinematic film as a basis for sculptures, installations, and performances that address a range of themes from environmental to the mythological. This futuristic artist has exhibited world-wide including a large installation at MOMA. At the same gallery, we’ll jump back in time to view works by important Chicago artists of the 1950’s and 60’s who exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center.


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walk

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Mark your calendars for our bus trip to Rockford, IL, a city bursting with artistic energy and local charm! Join Art Encounter's Sarah Packer and Joanna Pinsky to visit a local muralist in his studio, take a guided tour of the Rockford Art Museum, explore the city's renowned public art, and meet a unique collective of artists.

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/day-trip-art-of-rockford

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Want to learn more about the artists and stories behind Art Encounter's Evanston murals? Executive Director and mural program co-founder Lea Pinsky will take you on a mile-long guided walking tour of the large-scale artworks that have transformed the center of Evanston. We will look closely at pieces by Shawn Bullen, Ruben Aguirre, Jeff Zimmermann, Anthony Lewellen, Molly Z., Max Sansing, and Sholo Beverly. Hear stories about the artists, the artworks, and how the mural magic happens. We'll also share what's next for our mural program!


Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walk


Image Credit: Mural by artist Max Sansing in Downtown Evanston

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Explore Chicago’s West Town gallery scene with Art Encounter co-founder Joanna Pinsky. Begin at Patron Gallery with a solo exhibition by Bethany Collins, a multidisciplinary artist whose works examine the relationship of language and race, history and identity. Working with 19th century musical scores and US Dept of Justice reports, she erases, obscures, and rewrites the text.  

Switching gears, we head down the street to Volume Gallery for an exhibition of richly-colored weavings by California based artist Porfirio Gutiérrez, who brings the techniques of his Zapotec background to his modernist work.

Next, we examine intricate large scale representational graphite drawings by Journie Cirdain at Western Exhibitions. The gallery is also featuring fanciful, delicate paintings on paper and mixed media sculpture by Italian born, New York based artist Simone Mantellassi.

Our morning ends at Document Gallery with a two person show of sculptors Kiah Celeste and Gordon Hall, who work with functional items such as fluorescent lights and cast hangers mixed with art materials to create poetic and thought-provoking artworks.

Image Credit: Previous Weekend Art Walk at GRAY Chicago

Link to Register: https://www.artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks

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Please join Joanna Pinsky in the Kinzie Corridor on Saturday, November 8 at 11:00 am to view three thought-provoking and visually-exciting exhibitions.


Beginning at Corbett Vs. Dempsey, we’ll delve into ceramic sculptures composed of unexpected disparate shapes and wild colors by Magalie Guérin. Now residing in Marfa, Texas, the Canadian artist has exhibited her paintings in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, and Berlin. At the same gallery, we’ll discuss \"Daily Forecasts: July 19–October 14, 2020\" by Sadie Benning, a multimedia artist who is internationally recognized for her work in video, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and sound.


Next, we’ll visit Richard Gray Gallery’s immense warehouse space to see a major exhibition by Theaster Gates, one of Chicago’s most important artists, renowned for his interdisciplinary blend of ceramic sculptures, mixed media wall pieces, installations, and social practice. In \"Oh, You’ve Got to Come Back to the City,\" Gates brings together a new series of tar paintings, sculpture, and installation to form an allegory of the city in decay and the potential contained within its ruins. The exhibit runs concurrently with his show at the Smart Museum, which we will explore in our upcoming Winter Series.

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Winter Series 2026: Collaboration


Wednesdays, 1:00 pm | Online: 1/14, 1/21 | In-Person: 2/11, 2/18


Join Joanna Pinsky for two Zoom programs and two in-person museum visits exploring different concepts of what it means to collaborate on the production of art, including creating work with another individual, partnering within oneself to portray different aspects of one’s interior, and incorporating communities into the art-making process.

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Winter Series 2026: Collaboration


Wednesdays, 1:00 pm | Online: 1/14, 1/21 | In-Person: 2/11, 2/18


Join Joanna Pinsky for two Zoom programs and two in-person museum visits exploring different concepts of what it means to collaborate on the production of art, including creating work with another individual, partnering within oneself to portray different aspects of one’s interior, and incorporating communities into the art-making process.

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Winter Series 2026: Collaboration


Wednesdays, 1:00 pm | Online: 1/14, 1/21 | In-Person: 2/11, 2/18


Join Joanna Pinsky for two Zoom programs and two in-person museum visits exploring different concepts of what it means to collaborate on the production of art, including creating work with another individual, partnering within oneself to portray different aspects of one’s interior, and incorporating communities into the art-making process.

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Are you looking for an opportunity to share and discuss your creative practice? Our monthly Artist Critique Group offers a positive and productive space to develop your ideas through in-depth conversations. Bring your complete or in-progress work and join our supportive artist community. All mediums are welcome!


Join us for an individual session or register for the full five session series.


Series participants will have free access to all of Art Encounter's Weekend Art Walks, and will also have an opportunity to show their work in an exhibition at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in September 2026.


Group meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston, IL.


Email program leader Joanna Pinsky, Artistic Director and Co-founder of Art Encounter, at joanna@artencounter.org with any questions.


When: Tuesdays, 1:00–3:00 pm

Where: Space 900, 816 Dempster St., Evanston

Member Price: $35 per session; $140 for full series of 5 sessions

Non-Member Price: $45 per session; $175 for full series of 5 sessions


Spring 2026 Series: Feb. 17, Mar. 17, Apr. 21, May 19, Jun. 16


Flexible pricing is available for anyone who inquires. Please email annie@artencounter.org for our “pay what you can” registration form.


Register and Submit Payment


Visit artencounter.org/artist-critique-group for more information.

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Winter Series 2026: Collaboration


Wednesdays, 1:00 pm | Online: 1/14, 1/21 | In-Person: 2/11, 2/18


Join Joanna Pinsky for two Zoom programs and two in-person museum visits exploring different concepts of what it means to collaborate on the production of art, including creating work with another individual, partnering within oneself to portray different aspects of one’s interior, and incorporating communities into the art-making process.

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Are you looking for an opportunity to share and discuss your creative practice? Our monthly Artist Critique Group offers a positive and productive space to develop your ideas through in-depth conversations. Bring your complete or in-progress work and join our supportive artist community. All mediums are welcome!

Join us for an individual session or register for the full five session series.

Series participants will have free access to all of Art Encounter's Weekend Art Walks, and will also have an opportunity to show their work in an exhibition at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in September 2026.

Group meets at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston, IL.

Email program leader Joanna Pinsky, Artistic Director and Co-founder of Art Encounter, at joanna@artencounter.org with any questions.


When: Tuesdays, 1:00–3:00 pm

Where: Space 900, 816 Dempster St., Evanston

Member Price: $35 per session; $140 for full series of 5 sessions

Non-Member Price: $45 per session; $175 for full series of 5 sessions

Spring 2026 Series: Feb. 17, Mar. 17, Apr. 21, May 19, Jun. 16

Flexible pricing is available for anyone who inquires. Please email annie@artencounter.org for our “pay what you can” registration form.


Register and Submit Payment

Visit artencounter.org/artist-critique-group for more information.

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Get to know Chicago's galleries and the contemporary art world at large with our interactive Weekend Art Walks! On March 21, we'll view and discuss sculptures, photographs, embroidery, and more in four West Town locations: Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Western Exhibitions, Document Gallery, and the newly-opened Elise Seigenthaler Gallery.


Learn more or register at artencounter.org/weekend-art-walks.

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Discover the latest ideas in contemporary art from around the world with an expertly-guided tour of EXPO CHICAGO, the city's premier international art fair. Art Encounter Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky will lead the group through highlights from EXPO's 130+ exhibitors, facilitating dynamic group conversations that explore the artists' diverse approaches to subject matter, materials, and technique. Visit artencounter.org/expo-chicago-international-highlights-tour to register.

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Get to know Chicago's galleries and the contemporary art world at large with our interactive and expertly-guided Weekend Art Walks.


Visit two expansive West Town galleries with Joanna Pinsky to explore intriguing exhibitions based on personal and magical narratives. Read on for more details below, or visit our website  learn more.


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At SECRIST | BEACH, we’ll discuss The Strange Task featuring works on paper, sculpture, and video by New York-based artist Liliana Porter. For over six decades, the artist has incorporated endearing found objects, toys, and figurines in small-scale installations to investigate themes that reflect the human condition. Along with the solo exhibition, the gallery has curated UNREAL, an invitational survey looking at contemporary anxieties through surreal expressions of everyday life.


Next, we’ll visit Mariane Ibrahim Gallery to seeThe Horizon Keeps Moving by Jennifer Rochlin (pictured), a solo exhibition of large-scale ceramics and paintings depicting personal narratives. Having received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999, the Los Angeles-based artist draws from her memories and impressions of this city in ceramic vessels and images interweaving the horizon line above the lake, the river, and the city’s grand architecture along with its intimate spaces of bars, alleys, and porches.

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Artist Talk: Sun, August 16 | 3 pm

Space 900 Gallery | 816 Dempster St, Evanston

Join us for a special exhibition at Space 900 Gallery in Evanston featuring new work by three artists who have painted in our mural program: Molly Z., Miguel A. Del Real, and Dustin Harris, our mural program's co-founder. See what happens when mural artists move their energy from the street to the studio! A portion of proceeds will support Art Encounter and our mural program.

Visit our website for more information on the show, and read on below to learn about each artist's work with our mural program. 

Dustin Harris is our mural program's co-founder, as well as a sculptor, painter, and muralist for over two decades. In addition to overseeing all of Art Encounter's mural projects with Lea Pinsky, he has contributed three murals to the program as an artist: first in 2017 with Lea on their collaborative work titled Live Your Dreamat Church St and Darrow St near Mason Park; next in 2018/2023as a solo artist with the vibrant and colorful Portal mural at the South Boulevard CTA underpass; and finally in 2026, he once again partnered with Lea to create a “gateway mural” for Evanston’s Ashland Arts District at Simpson St and Ashland Ave. Artist Website: dustinharris.biz

Molly Zakrajsek a.k.a. Molly Z. (Chicago) is a prolific artist who has worked with us on three community-engaged mural projects. In 2019, she worked with fine art students from Evanston Township High School on a patterned mural at the Grove St Metra underpass, where students contributed their own original patterns within the larger design. In 2022, she painted a bold and bright community-engaged mural at the new Trulee Evanston senior living residence, working with residents and neighbors to paint her original design. Finally, in 2024–25, she led murals in four Wilmette elementary schools with over 400 4th graders, bringing their unique patterning into biomorphic compositions that reflect the identity of each school. Artist Website: mollyz.net

Miguel A. Del Real (Chicago) is an accomplished painter and muralist who worked with us in the summer of 2025 to create our first-ever ground mural for Orrington Plaza in downtown Evanston. The abstracted floral design uses a colorblind-accessible palette to create an immersive, interactive experience for pedestrians and a lovely view from above for those in the nearby Orrington Plaza building. Outside of his work with us in Evanston, he painted the iconic Bears mural on Dempster St and Chicago Ave. Artist Website: delrealink.com


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Join Art Encounter at the Ravenswood studio of Chicago painter Marcia Festen to explore her unique process of painting with ink, pigment powder, oil pastels, and other media on flexible, translucent film. See how Marcia’s large-scale works explore change through loosely-drawn organic imagery that does not resolve into a fixed or final structure. Engage in a lively discussion of Marcia’s work, watch a demonstration of her process, and have the chance to step into the artist’s shoes by experimenting with materials and intuitive mark-making. No experience is necessary! The event will be led by Art Encounter’s Alex Stevenson and Sarah Packer.


Visit artencounter.org/materials-and-mark-making to register.

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