CWCA Calendar
Programs/Events/Exhibits
Jun 9 – Jul 26, 2025
“midwest nature: its beauty and its peril”
– a curated CWCA exhibition
Mayslake/Peabody Estate, 1717 31st St, Oak Brook, IL
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Watercolor and Mixed-media Workshops
Mayslake/Peabody Estate, 1717 31st St, Oak Brook, IL
Enjoy these workshops with CWCA Members Anne Farley Gaines and Sandie Bacon
Sign up for Monoprint Workshop : http://apm.activecommunities.com/fpddc/Activity_Search/22205
Sign up for Plein Air Workshop: http://apm.activecommunities.com/fpddc/Activity_Search/22208
Another opportunity to view "Midwest Nature"!
MORE INFO BELOW
Deadline June 27
Call for Art: Woman Made Gallery
8th Midwest Open
https://womanmade.org/call-for-art/Deadline July 1
Funding Opportunity: Illinois Arts Council
Creative Projects Grant
Award Amount: Up to $12,000
https://marketing.artsalliance.org/webmail/789543/902898525/cd2e3aa0fa161284fbfe449b18f2e3bc2401d1bf6110c8aee4eb0a409720ac14To subscribe to Arts Alliance IL: https://artsalliance.org/sign-up/
July 8
Know Your Rights: ID Documents and Healthcare Access for Trans and Non-Binary People
Seminars: Lawyers for the Creative Arts,
https://law-arts.org/seminars
July 18, 7-10pm
3rd Fridays Open Studios
Bridgeport Art Center
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/bridgeport-art-center-open-studios-third-friday-980549
July 28, 8:30am-5pm
artists PICK-UP ART
Mayslake/Peabody Estate, 1717 31st St, Oak Brook, IL
ARTWORK from "Midwest Nature - its beauty and its peril" needs to be picked up.
Deadline August 15
Call for Art: “Feminist Responses in a Tumultuous Time”
8th Midwest Open
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfE3kowILwOTvFsWzK-Dwff5w5U9Gw_EfSumGKt2oQcglI6tQ/viewform
Deadline August 18
Call for Art: “The Mystical, The Magical, and The Macabre”
Bridgeport Art Center
https://bridgeportart.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/84182
OTHER LINKS
Explore Art Project – free on-line magazine
https://www.exploreartproject.com/
Chicago Gallery News
https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/
https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/
more info
Watercolor and Mixed-media Workshops
Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Mayslake-Peabody, Oakbrook, IL, 10AM – 4PM
Throughout her art career, Sandie Bacon has been concerned about how the natural world and life cycles are to be observed, honored, and protected. Much of her artwork is on the Great Lakes and Oceans. She frequently combines images from mythology and popular culture, oscillating between figurative and abstract approaches in her artwork. Sandie has an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and is a certified Working Artist for Golden Paints. Sandie teaches widely throughout the Midwest and her artwork is shown nationally, represented in many private and corporate collections. She has also won numerous public commissions. She is a Golden Paint Working Artist, Silver Brush Her website is: www.sandiebaconstudio.com email: sandiebacon1@gmail.com Phone: (847) 668-1503 Sandie Bacon’s workshop will be Botanical Monoprints from Native Plants. In her words, “The midwest botanical life is rich and diverse. We will look at real plants, their geometry and relationship to the environment and use them in a series of monoprints made with gellie plates. Think beautiful silhouettes of ferns, linear grasses and a variety of leaves and grasses combined with paint.” For artists of all levels. Paints included. Here is the link to sign up for her morning workshop: http://apm.activecommunities.com/fpddc/Activity_Search/22205
Anne Farley Gaines paints watercolors directly from nature and produces mixed-media works in the studio using a variety of materials. Like Sandie Bacon, she is also a muralist. Her works, which sometimes incorporate ceramic parts, encompass a wide range of techniques. In recent years she has become a member of Artists for Climate Awareness and has given workshops on art related to the environment in several Midwest states. She originated and curated the current exhibition at Mayslake, “Midwest Nature: Its Beauty and Its Peril. At this point in her career, Anne is particularly interested in interpreting scenes near shorelines, coastal regions and waterfalls. She has an MFA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and has completed several public commissions. In 2022 she received an Individual Artists Project Grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. www.annefarleygaines.com; email: GAINESART@yahoo.com (312)203-9964. Her workshop will be Pleine-Aire Interpretations of the Mayslake-Peabody Landscape focusing on an area outside the building where classes are held. Tall grasses and bulrushes are next to a marsh. She will start with a demo that includes plant life and might encourage students to use some actual grasses in the afternoon botanical monoprint segment taught by Sandie Bacon. Paper will be provided. Here is the link to sign up for her afternoon workshop: http://apm.activecommunities.com/fpddc/Activity_Search/22208
