December 2023 Newsletter
News from the Outdoor Exhibition Committee
Image credits: (1) Let's Get Going by Terry Karpowicz, (2) Victoria by Chris Wubbena, (3) Nature's Quintet by Stephanie Sailer, and (4) Gourd Man by Shencheng Xu
2023-2025 Sculpture in the Parks
Chicago Sculpture International, in collaboration with the Chicago Park District, is excited to announce that the 2023-2025 Sculpture in the Parks exhibition is now installed with nine new sculptures featured in Chicago area parks. The new sculptures, listed below, will be on display through October 2025. Congratulations and thanks to all the artist for sharing their work.
Austin Town Hall - Carrie Fischer, Queen of Hearts
Berger Park - Shencheng Xu, Gourd Man
Calumet Park - Mike Baur, Cliff
Indian Boundary Park - Kara James, The Gesture of Consciousness
Lincoln Park Cultural Center - Michael Young, Going Up
Marquette Park - Stephanie Sailer, Nature’s Quintet
Ridge Park - Terry Karpowicz, Let’s Get Going
South Shore Cultural Center - David Noguchi, Fish In Space
Tuley Park - Chris Wubbena, Victoria
News from the Indoor Exhibition Committee
CSI artists images left: Eli Kessler, Searching For Connectivity and Stacee Kalmanovsky, Breast Plate with Tartan
Elemental Impact - Volunteers Needed
The CSI Indoor Exhibitions Committee is seeking members who can help greet visitors in the Chase Gallery at Epiphany Center for the Arts throughout the duration of the Elemental Impact exhibit. Please have a look at the dates and times listed below and select and schedule a date and time using this link when you are available to help. We appreciate your volunteering.
Friday, December 8 - Golden Hour (5-8pm) - Epiphany Center for the Arts has other gallery openings that night and a couple music performances, so there will be a lot of foot traffic. It would be great to have CSI volunteers in the gallery. The Director of Programming will be on hand.
Friday, December 15 - Golden Hour (5-8pm) - Epiphany Center for the Arts has free live music, plus a Sanctuary performance happening that night. They will need CSI volunteers in the gallery. The Director of Programming will be on hand for visitors.
Saturday, December 16 - Golden Hour (5-8pm) - We have free live music, plus two performances happening at Epiphany that night, so we'll have foot traffic. They will need CSI volunteers in the gallery since The Director of Programming cannot be there that night.
Saturday, January 6 - (Noon-3:00pm) - We will need CSI volunteers in the gallery. The Director of Programming will be on hand to manage the door.
Saturday, January 13 - (Noon-3:00pm) - We will need CSI volunteers in the gallery and The Director of Programming be on hand to manage the door. Afternoon closing reception, with artists deinstalling and taking home their work from 3:00-4:30pm.
For more information and details please contact info@chicagosculpture.org
News from CSI Project Space
Little, but Bold!
Holiday salon-style exhibit of small artworks
Opening Night: Saturday, Dec. 9, 6-9 pm
48 Artists - 56 Artworks
Little, but BOLD! Is in celebration of all things unmonumental. Often flying under the radar, small things have the special ability to bridge private and public spaces. Within the sculpture field, there has been a projected narrative that bigger is better. We are here to assert that small things can hold the same importance as the largest monument.
Artists: John Adduci, Nikki Anderson, John Bannon, Mike Baur, Nicole Beck, Berthold Boone, Bethany Cordero, Debra Couch, Rob Craig, Eoin Cullen, David Curry, Victor Edwards, Darlys Ewoldt, Lynn Floriano, Victoria Fuller, Mirentxu Ganzarain, Ted Sitting Crow Garner, Set Gozo, Carol Hammerman, Ariana Hocking, Caroline Jacobson, Kara James, Kasia Kay, Fred Klingelhofer, Gina Lee Robbins, Micki LeMieux, Dawn Liddicoatt, Ellen Lustig, Marie Magnetic, Angela McElwain, Stella Moon, Juliette Morris, Scott Mossman, Julia Paloma, Thomas Plum, Vaso Georgulis Powers, Marci Rubin, Howard Russo, Divyangi Shukla, Michele Silvetti-Schmitt, Anne-Joelle Tan, Gunnar Theel, Michele Thrane, Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung, Nancy VanKanegan, Patrick D. Wilson, and Michael Young.
Curated by Micki LeMieux
Exhibition Dates: Dec. 9, 2023 – Jan. 26, 2024
CSI Project Space is located at 1912 N Damen, Chicago, IL.
News from the Education Committee
There is one more exciting educational art workshop scheduled for mid-December this year. I look forward to sharing this workshop and photos with our members in the January newsletter.
We are always looking for fun art workshops to share with The Boys and Girls Club at the Lathrop Homes. We are looking for art projects that can be completed in one hour with the children. Artist stipend.
If you have an idea for an art workshop, please contact mickilemieux@chicagosculpture.org
News from the Board
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
THANK YOU CSI MEMBERS
Our 300+ membership keeps growing thanks to community contributions!
Your Chicago Sculpture International contributions support:
(Northern Illinois University, College of Lake County, Epiphany Center for the Arts)
and many other yearly opportunities to showcase your work.
THANK YOU
CSI is a 501(c)(3) organization - Any amount is welcome
(All donations/contributions are tax-deductible)
To donate online via our website portal click HERE
For personalized assistance, please contact info@chicagosculpture.org
Interested to become a sponsor? Click HERE
Land Acknowledgement
The City of Chicago, and its surrounding areas, have always been and always will be, home to numerous Native American communities. As a team dedicated to the uplifting of Indigenous People's sovereignty everywhere, we recognize that each program and exhibition associated with this project is taking place on the traditional homelands of the Council of Three Fires - the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa - as well as the Menominee, Miami, and Ho-Chunk Nations. Further, we acknowledge that Chicago is home to one of the largest urban Native American communities in the US. We therefore invite each of our non-Indigenous colleagues to learn more about the forced removal of many of the communities listed above from the state of Illinois and to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into their line of work. To provide immediate assistance to Native American Communities in Chicago, you can send donations to the city's American Indian Center here
Current CSI Exhibitions
CSI artists images left: Larsa Kena, Glider and Maki Hajikano, Ambiguous Border #4 Architecture #2
Elemental Impact
November 17, 2023 to January 13, 2024
Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 421-4600
Chicago Sculpture International Juried Exhibition at the Epiphany Center for the Arts
This exhibition takes interest in the parts that make up the whole, and how a single element can impact the world at large. Much like a single choice in material or form can change an entire piece, each work in a collective can change and impact the whole by proximity.
The works chosen for this exhibition have a strong sense of material choice and presence that is both able to stand on its own while also engaging with its environment and the works around it in a way that fundamentally changes the experience of the space.
Exhibiting Artists:
Brad Cahill | Nicholas D’Alessandro | Christine Forni | Michael F. Gallagher | Mirentxu Ganzarain | Set Gozo | Maki Hajikano | Ariana Hocking | Azadeh Hussaini | Kara Cobb Johnson | Stacee Kalmanovsky | Beth Kamhi | Larsa Kena | Eli Kessler | Seonyoung Lee | Connie Noyes | Julie Mars | Bill Mitchell | Stella Moon | Bryan Northup | Lisa Nelson Raabe | Jeanne Reilly | Gina Lee Robbins | Marci Rubin | Howard Russo | Stephanie Sailer | Olya Salimova | Dominic Sansone | Zelene Jiang Schlosberg | Yvette Kaiser Smith | Diane Tang | Roberta Ulrich-de Oliveira | Nancy VanKanegan | Yimei Zhu
Curated by Kaylee Fowler
CSI artists images left: Larsa Kena, Glider and Maki Hajikano, Ambiguous Border #4 Architecture #2
Call for Entries
The Poetry of Sculpture
Chicago Sculpture International Juried Exhibitions at Prairie State College - Christopher Art Gallery
Entry Deadline: December 8, 2023
Show Runs: February 5 - 29, 2024
Opening Reception: February 7, 11AM - 1:30PM
Closing Reception and pick up work: February 29, 4 -7 PM (work may be removed at 7PM)
Applicants must be CSI members
Sculptors are invited to enter up to three works in the Chicago Sculpture International Juried Exhibition at Prairie State College – Christopher Art Gallery
The exhibition will be juried and curated by Beth Shadur.
For more information and to apply here.
Member News
Tabulsa Rasa Inflight
Member and vice president Jyl Bonaguro has a solo exhibit called "Tabula Rasa Inflight” at Evanston Art Center..
Nov 4 - Dec 17th, 2023
Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street, Evanston, Illinois
Gallery Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9am–6pm
Friday: 9am–5pm
Saturday–Sunday: 9am–4pm
Beneath the Visible
Member Laurie LeBreton’s 80 paper tapestries will be exhibited in Beneath the Visible, a showcase of work by artists in Hyde Park Art Center’s Center Program 10 program.
Beneath the Visible translates impermanence, cyclical events, and transformation. By reflecting on the cultural, environmental, and social layers of their work, artists enact poetic research processing beyond immediately apparent material. Fragments are re-constructed into blueprints. What was once an idea becomes a detectable dimension.
Opening reception: December 9th, 2023 - Noon to 4pm
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL
Hours:
M-Th, 10am to 7pm; Fri 10am-4:30pm
Sat, 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm
The following are not CSI sponsored projects
but may be of interest to our members:
Entry Deadline: December 15, 2023
No entry fee
In its 23rd year, the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit is continuing its mission to encourage public encounters with art while going about daily lives. Professional 3-D artists are invited to create and install sculptures at identified public sites. A $2,000 honorarium will be awarded for each selected work – half paid at contract signing and balance at installation. Artwork will remain on display for one calendar year. At least 40 sculptures will be included in the 2024 Exhibition.
Learn more and apply HERE.
Olathe's Annual Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Entry Deadline: January 2, 2024
Notice of selections to artists: March 6, 2024
Art Delivery Deadline: June 3, 2024
Exhibition dates: June 10, 2024 - May 5, 2025
The City of Olathe is seeking large-scale, three-dimensional sculpture entries or temporary art installations. Olathe's annual Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit supports the City's vision to build the identity of Olathe, activate public spaces, and connect people to the community through art. Public art can help tell Olathe's stories, engage people in meaningful ways and provide valuable, interactive experiences. All sculpture entries will be juried by the Olathe Public Art Committee, and selected sculptures will remain on display in Olathe for a one year period.
Learn more and apply HERE.
RFQ for Southern Illinois University - Public Art Project
The Capital Development Board Art-in-Architecture Program is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create permanent original public art for the Health Sciences Building at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. This public art commission for a terrazzo floor is open to all professional artists, artisans, or artist-led teams that live and work in Illinois.
Deadline to apply is Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
Learn more: https://cdb.illinois.gov/.../siue-health-sciences...
Ring Out for Art - 2024 Call for Artists
Jefferson Matters: Main Street, Tower View Team, Home State Bank and the Greene County Supervisors
invite sculpture artists to submit an artwork application to participate in the 9th Annual Ring Out for Art
public art exhibit. Ring Out for Art is a temporary outdoor exhibit, displayed on the Bell Tower Plaza
located in the National Historic District in Jefferson, Iowa from May until the end of October each year.
Selected artists are paid a $1000 stipend from Home State Bank for use of their artwork ($700 on delivery and $300 on pickup)
Learn more and apply HERE.
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While you're at it, your profile and images on CSI’s website are important. When CSI applies for grants and upcoming shows, images are solely chosen from those you have uploaded to our website. Please take a minute to look over what you have posted and make sure you are presenting the best work. Member Shelley Gilchrist sgilchristart@gmail.com has volunteered to help you if you need it, so feel free to contact her.
CSI projects are partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
