Fountain Square Arts Festival
Features more than 150 artists, food and musical entertainment, plus FamilyFest, an interactive activity area for kids and families overseen by the Evanston Art Center.
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Jun 8th 2014 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial
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
ECF awards $258,330 to twenty-eight organizations
On May 29, 2014 ECF and community members celebrated the missions and accomplishments of Evanston's non-profit community. The many organizations who will receive ECF competitive and strategic grants of nearly $800,000 in 2014 were honored at the celebration. (EAC listed as one of the grant recipients.)
EVANSTON ART CENTER ÔÇ£PERMEATED SURFACESÔÇØ EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION AUGUST 10, 2014
The Evanston Art Center’s “Permeated Surfaces” exhibition is a highly anticipated event of artistic musicality and fluidity. Alison Svoboda’s raw edges of torn paper, Cydney Lewis’s twisted bits of discarded plastic, and Sandra Perlow’s layering of printed and painted paper, creates movement permeated with notes of dissonance.
AA&AÔÇÖs Howard Sandroff presents ÔÇ£The Obsessive ImageÔÇØ, Thursday, May 8th, 7:00 PM, Evanston Art Center
AA&A’s Howard Sandroff presents “The Obsessive Image” – a presentation and reflection on the relationship between his sculptures and musical compositions - his obsession to freeze the time and motion of music into static spatial constructions, which are now his welded steel sculptures.
The Evanston Community Foundation Awards Over $250,000 at 2014 Grant Awards Celebration on May 29
The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) awarded $258,330 tonight, Thursday, May 29, in response to community needs and opportunities at the 2014 Grant Awards Celebration. Including Erika's Lighthouse: A Beacon of Hope For Adolescent Depression--Evanston Art Center.
EVANSTON ART CENTER ÔÇ£PERMEATED SURFACESÔÇØ EXHIBTION OPENING RECEPTION AUGUST 10, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
06/16/2014
CONTACT: Paula Danoff, [email protected]
847-475-5300, ext 206
THE EVANSTON ART CENTER INVITES THE PUBLIC TO THE “PERMEATED SURFACES” OPENING RECEPTION ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1-4PM.
EXHIBITION: Permeated Surfaces
DATES: August 10 – September 21, 2014
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, August 10, 1 - 4pm
On June 7 the Evanston Arts Community Opens its Studios
Evanston is home to a thriving arts community of practicing artists and thriving arts organizations. “There is tremendous excitement for the first Open Studios Evanston, with more 50 artists and arts organizations participating,” says event producer Lisa Degliantoni.
EAC Announces Artists to Exhibit in 22nd Evanston + Vicinity Biennial
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Paula Danoff, [email protected]
(847) 475-5300, ext.206
EVANSTON ART CENTER ANNOUNCES ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT IN THE 22nd EVANSTON + VICINITY BIENNIAL OPENING JUNE 8th WITH ARTISTS RECEPTION FROM 1PM to 4PM
Evanston Art Center introduces new Board Member: John Jacobs
The Evanston Art Center’s newest Board member, who is an Evanston resident, will bring the Art Center valuable expertise in the architectural realm
“We’re thrilled to have John R. Jacobs as part of our dedicated team of Trustees, staff, donors, faculty, and volunteers as we look forward to identifying a new, state-of-the art facility for the Art Center’s future home.”