Paint, draw, bend, sketch, transform, alter, digitize, glaze, manipulate, shoot, metal-smith, fi re, arrange, compose, forge, look, poke, diagram, learn, change, play, grow, think, perform, teach, communicate, enjoy. Spring Session March 24–June 1, 2014 Evanston Art Center’s 22nd Evanston + Vicinity Biennial June 8 – July 20, 2014 Jurors: Allison Peters Quinn and Sergio Gomez Submissions due March 16, 2014 Our Biennial is one of the Midwest’s largest and most prestigious juried exhibitions, offering artists an opportunity to have their work viewed by two talented curators; Allison Peters Quinn, Director of Exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center and Sergio Gomez, Owner/ Director of 33 Contemporary Gallery and Curator/Director of Exhibitions at the Zhou B. Art Center. Our Biennial will be promoted and viewed by hundreds of visitors, including gallerists, curators and collectors. All mediums accepted. $30 entry fee. Cash and cash equivalent awards will be given. Jurors will select 3 artists to receive a solo show at the Evanston Art Center in 2015 – 2016 timeframe. Calendar March 16 Artist Submission Deadline, All entries due by midnight on 3/16 By April 19 Notifi cation of acceptance Week of May 26 Accepted artworks delivered to Evanston Art Center June 1 – June 6 Installation June 8, 1 – 4pm Opening and Artists’ Reception July 20 Biennial Exhibition closes July 21 – 27 Deinstall and pick up artworks For further entry details please visit our web site at evantsonartcenter.org and go to the EV + Vicinity Biennial link under Exhibitions tab. Please call the Evanston Art Center at (847) 475-5300 with any additional questions. Save the Date Evanston Art Center Spring Benefi t Saturday, May 17, 2014 Join us under the tent for cocktails and a live auction 6:30 pm ~ Silent Auction 8 pm ~ Live Auction Exhibition of art for auction and advance bidding opens April 27 $100 per person, $75 (35 years old and under) Please RSVP by May 14 to 847.475.5300 Proceeds from the auction will benefi t the Art Center’s exhibition, scholarship and youth outreach programs. DEAR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MISSION The Evanston Art Center is dedicated to fostering the appreciation and expression of the arts among diverse audiences. The Art For far too long the visual arts has been reduced to a luxury— Center offers extensive and innovative instruction in broad areas something one does when one has free time and extra money for of artistic endeavor through classes, exhibitions, interactive arts hobbies. It is often discussed like “entertainment”—commonly uttered activities, and community outreach initiatives. in the same breathe as going to the movies or seeing a concert. Pursuing the visual arts as a fi eld of study has long been deemed ENGAGEMENT self-serving, fi nancially risky, too leisurely, and not rigorous. Analogies The establishment of the Evanston Art Center in 1929 was a direct result of civic and cultural leaders working together to realize the surround art, from becoming a star athlete to being Hollywood celebrity. goal of a community center where the arts could be experienced, All this is our culture’s way of diminishing art’s role in society, making appreciated, discussed, and practiced. The Art Center has it seem success in art unrealistic, and to discourage anyone brave continued to be a vital part of the community for over 80 years, enough to be an artist. serving artists, teachers, students of all ages, curators, collectors and connoisseurs, philanthropists, volunteers, work-study students, schools, art galleries, cultural institutions, and nonprofi ts. For us, art is a reason to wake up and begin the day. Visual art, when it Our community outreach and scholarship programs help us reach grips you, becomes a life need no different from air, water, food, shelter, underserved audiences. We continue to offer our constituents electricity, or clothing. In the last year the Evanston Art Center has new and meaningful ways to engage in the arts. The Evanston Art Center has always been connected to its community roots and this taken stock of all of the negative human events around the globe. Like bond will remain a guiding force for the Art Center well into the 21st many of you, we have followed some of the tragedies in our community century. and beyond. One of the many things that lifts our spirits and gives us comfort is the unwavering passion people continually demonstrate to IMPORTANT DATES us. From the artists that show work with us to our committed students Spring dates March 24 – June 1, 2014 and faculty who continue to explore, teach, and learn about visual art; Drop-off and mail-in Ongoing we cannot thank you enough. We continue to push ourselves and our Phone-in and walk-in Begins February 24, 2014 public programming so that we may contribute to what we view as an Make-up week June 2 – 8, 2014 unmeasurable life essential. Classes without minimum enrollment are cancelled 3 days before fi rst class. Something drives us to be here and to do this thing we call art. This tells me that we have all experienced that important moment of CONTENTS aesthetic joy or strange discomfort. What we love about art is that Workshops & Spring Tryouts p 4 gnawing pain mixed with massive excitement alongside a crushing wave of melancholy one gets while looking at or making art. In 1934 art Ceramics p 7 educator John Dewey published “Art as Experience.” Dewey described Design p 8 all aspects of visual art is like having an experience. In the community Digital Media & Photography p 8 art center, we choose to achieve and share this understanding with Drawing & Painting p 9 one another. The classrooms here at the Evanston Art Center teach us Figure Sculpture p 12 that art is not entertainment—it is a way of seeing, thinking, being, and Jewelry & Metalsmithing p 12 experiencing our world. The art center sees no division between art and Metal Sculpture p 14 life. Around here, art is life and that is the way we like it. Printmaking p 15 Youth and Teen Classes p 16 Sincerely, Spring Break Camp p 16 W. Keith Brown, Director of Education Support Our Annual Fund The Evanston Art Center’s classes, exhibitions and community engagement programs serve individuals of all ages from over 80 zip codes. Your generous donation to our Annual Fund will ensure that EAC continues the breadth and depth of its arts programming and will allow for new EAC community initiatives, that will positively impact thousands of people, such as our Art Van, “ArtVanGo” that will offer pop-up art activities in diverse neighborhoods, a Design Department, professional development opportunities for teachers, and special IPad classes. Please consider giving to the Evanston Art Center today and help EAC continue to touch the lives of artists, students and community partners with exceptional arts experiences. Workshops NEW SPRING TRY OUTS 1-Day Open Workshops Come explore the visual arts and Evanston Art Center studios in some of these one-time hands-on courses. Enjoy instruction by our gifted faculty and make something new! 6011 1-DAY DRAWING THE FIGURE (4/12) Sarah Kaiser 1-4pm EAC Member $75/Non-member $90 6012 1-DAY PAINTING THE FIGURE (4/19) Jill King 1-4pm EAC Member $75/Non-member $90 6351 1-DAY JEWELRY (4/26) Noel Yovovich 1-4pm Love jewelry? Love tools? Come check out the Art The School at Evanston Art Center Center’s jewelry studio, and create a unique silver ring for your own (or someone else’s) fi nger. EAC Member $65/Non-member $80 Here at the Evanston Art Center we pride ourselves on offering art classes taught by highly qualifi ed teaching artists 9168 2-DAY NAKED COLOR THEORY that are inviting and inspiring. We promote friendly small Nina Weiss Saturday 3/8, 10 -4pm class-sizes where students are given individual attention Sunday 3/9, 1-4pm 2North and the freedom to explore multiple media and styles of art Strip away the mysteries of color theory! Through visuals, discussion, experimentation, making. Class descriptions are often the vision of our art and the application of theory, students gain an understanding of color in art. Psychological and school and faculty, but remain fl exible when students enter scientifi c theories will be used to teach color relationships and mixtures. Students create the classroom. If you want to try something new, our staff compositions using colored paper, collage will work with you to achieve your goals. materials, and water-based paints. Skill-Level All Levels Ages 15+ EAC Member $170/Non-member $185 To learn more about our dynamic faculty please visit our faculty bios page on the EAC website: 9403 1-DAY FAST & FURIOUS SILKSCREEN www.evanstonartcenter.org/school/faculty Maggie Weiss Saturday 3/8, 10am-4pm 2North The Evanston Art Center offers year-round workshops and classes to Not quite a car chase but just as exciting! Create youth, teens, adults, and seniors. We have been serving individuals and a silkscreen in a matter of seconds using retro technology! Check out this intriguing method and communities around Chicago for over 80 years. you’ll be hooked. Students bring a black and white high contrast image to class for creating a screen and printing with paint and other mediums. One To schedule a time to discuss course offerings with the Director of large (7” x 9”) thermofax silkscreen is included in Education, please call the Evanston Art Center at 847.475.5300 your class fee; more may be purchased. 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