March 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to the March Newsletter
You will find:
News from the CSI Committees
Womens History Month
Show opportunities
Ongoing Member Exhibitions
News from the Outdoor Exhibition Committee
Image: Telos by Ray Katz, and Angele by Chris Wubenna
2023-2025 Sculpture in the Parks
Submission deadline is Friday, April 21, 2023, 11:59 PM CST
Chicago Sculpture International, in collaboration with the Chicago Park District and parks in the surrounding Chicago area, is seeking proposals from artists for the 2023-2025 Sculpture in the Parks Exhibition.
Works must be large scale and suitable for outdoors. They will be installed on hardscape or softscape (grass), so artists must be prepared for either type of installation. Only select sites have concrete pads; all other sites are softscapes. Sculpture will be on view for two years, from October 2023 - October 2025 (exact dates to be determined). Each sculpture will receive a $3000 stipend.
Eligibility:
This RFP is open to professional artists or artist teams 18 years of age or older. Artists whose proposals are accepted, if they are not already CSI members, will be asked to join.
How to apply:
Artists can submit on or two sculptures for review. Click here for submission requirements and application
Image credit: Telos by Ray Katz, and Angele by Chris Wubenna
News from CSI Project Space
CSI Project Space, 1912 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL
At the corner of Cortland and Damen, in the Bucktown neighborhood
Show runs until April 21, 2023
Storytelling through art is as old as history. We use stories to document reality, craft fantasy, teach, learn, symbolize and forge communication. So much sculpture is driven by a narrative, whether we are telling ourselves the story or sharing it with others. Some work externally presents a story, while others hold many within their membrane. We seek to exhibit the drama.
Exhibiting Artists: Janet Austin, Nicole Beck, Berthold Boone, Ted Sitting Crow Garner, Sarah Goodermuth, Carol Hammerman, Caroline Jacobson, Kara James, Stacey Lee Gee, Gina Lee Robbins, Micki LeMieux, Riley Lauren Lynch, Scott Mossman, Olya Salimova, Anne-Joelle Tan, Nancy VanKanegan, Jeremy Wong, Niko Woroniecki, Chris Wubbena
To listen to the artists “tell a story” about their work in the exhibit, use the QR code below:
News from the Education Committee
STARTS Program
(Short-term Teaching Residency Program)
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Provides support of up to $4,500 to eligible Illinois not-for-profit organizations, schools, and school districts for short term residencies focused on hands-on learning experiences conducted by Illinois artists, companies, or ensembles.
Grant requests for fiscal year 2023 are for activities occurring by August 31, 2023.
Open deadline program. Applications must be received no less than eight weeks before the project start date as identified in the application. Applications are reviewed in the order in which they are received and will be accepted through: May 15, 2023. Look HERE for more information.
If anyone is interested to apply, I have contacted Jerome Grand (program director) who explained the program is still open and looking for candidates. Specifics can be found online. Otherwise, feel free to reach out to me: anthonyheinzmay@chicagosculpture.org
International Sculpture Day
International Sculpture Day is April 29, 2023
Look ahead to April and submit images of your work, details about an artist talk, or schedule an open studio afternoon in celebration of International Sculpture Day! International Sculpture Day, our most anticipated event of the year returns on Saturday, April 29th! Join the global sculpture community when you register your event and use #ISDAY on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
Contact isday@sculpture.org or call 609-689-1051 x319 to learn how to participate in International Sculpture Day 2023 or for more information.
Join the International Sculpture Day Mailing list.
REGISTER: Also, for the entire month of May 2023, ISC offers CSI members 50% discount on membership dues!
News from the Membership Committee
Happy Women's History Month!
In honor of this special month, we are including links to some historical CSI Womens’ accomplishments. 94 Women strong; from the website membership page. When you click on a photo of one of these artists, it will take you to an article representing each of the artists’ singular “greatest hit". It is not exhaustive and may not be what these artists chose, but it is IMPRESSIVE! Congratulations Ladies!
If you would like to be included in our April newsletter as we continue to celebrate Women's History month, please send a pic and your “greatest hit” link to Kara Cobb Johnson at karajohnson@chicagosculpture.org.
Click here to view the CSI women’s “greatest hits”
Land Acknowledgment
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.
Land acknowledgments are not rhetorical gestures, but rather calls to action. 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. We also encourage everyone to ask themselves how they may benefit from the continuation of settler colonialism, militarism, and warfare. Confronting these realities allows us to break down our privileges and adopt anti-colonial practices that can one day help us in creating a more equitable society.
To provide immediate assistance to Native American communities in Chicago, you can send donations to the city’s American Indian Center here.
Member News
Members are welcome to submit news regarding exhibitions and professional development achievements to info@chicagosculpture.org. We would love to see what you are doing!!
In Reciprocity:
Humans & Nature
Exhibition Dates: March 8 - April 7, 2023
Closing Reception and Artists' Talk: Thursday, April 6 (begins at Noon)
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Governors State University
1 University Parkway
University Park, IL 60484
Invited Artists: Deanna Krueger, Joanne Aono and Christine Forni (Left to Right)
The ghostly, dreamlike, floating images by Joanne Aono, the photograms utilizing plant fossils and animal bones, and compositions on glass by Christine Forni, and the mixed media pieces inspired by microscopic cellular structures, or macroscopic images of Earth’s terrain by Deanna Krueger, come together in the Visual Arts Gallery to find a way back to the Sacred Earth. This art is inspired by agriculture, herbalism, preservation, and the notion that all life is intertwined, and it investigates the ordinary to find the fascinating, the present moment to reveal the long distant past, and mixed media materials to embody universal experience.
Gallery hours are variable this semester, please confirm with jstevenson@govst.edu prior to visiting.
Image Credit: Deanna Krueger, Joanne Aono, and Christine Forni (Left to Right)
Depth of Field: A Solo Exhibit by Doug DeWitt
March 5 - April 1, 2023
Sunday, March 5th, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Reception and First Sunday Tea & Talk with the artist
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm
Free and Open to the public.
Komechak Art Gallery
Kindon Hall
Fifth Floor
Benedictine University
5700 College Road, Lisle, IL
Click here to see more of Doug’s work.
Teetering: An Exhibition by Bobbi Meier
Exhibition Dates: March 4 - April 9
A new exhibit at 10 Fold Projects, “Teetering: An Exhibition by Bobbi Meier,” will open with a reception for CSI member Bobbi Meier on Saturday, March 4, from 5–7 p.m. at the 10 W. Washington gallery in downtown Greencastle. Meier, a Chicago-based visual artist, will travel to Indiana to attend the opening and offer an artist talk at 5:30 p.m. Both the exhibit and Saturday’s reception are free, and the public is welcome.
“Exploring the tactile nature of materials, Bobbi creates a dialogue between hard and soft, playfulness and discomfort, abstraction and figuration,” Maggie Leininger, co-founder and director of 10 Fold Projects, observed. “Her work reflects the complexity of lived experiences, encouraging an emotional response from those who view it.”
Contact: Maggie Leininger, Director
708-203-6843 10foldprojectsgallery@gmail.com
The following are not CSI sponsored projects,
but may be of interest to our members:
Three Requests for Qualifications
1. Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts
The Art-in-Architecture Program of the Capital Development Board is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create permanent original public art for the Fine Arts Complex at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.
The Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts “foster(s) curiosity and critical thinking, illuminating the human experience through collaboration, applied learning, and artistic practice.” It includes the School of Music, Wonsook Kim School of Art, School of Theatre and Dance, and the Creative Technologies Program. In addition, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, University Galleries, Design Streak, Normal Editions Workshop, and the String Project celebrate the arts and community collaborations.
Interior Artwork Design Stipend: $1,000
Exterior Artwork Design Stipend: $3,500
The budgets for the project are:
Interior Artwork Budget: $90,000
Exterior Artwork Budget: $200,000
Click hear to download the RFQ and apply for the call
Application Deadline: Friday, April 13, 2023, 4:30 P.M. (Applying before the final deadline is encouraged.)
2. Quincy Veterans Home
The Art-in-Architecture Program of the Capital Development Board is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create FIVE permanent original public art pieces for the Long-Term Care Facility (LTC) at Quincy Veterans Home in Quincy, Illinois. These public art commissions and potential purchases are open to all professional artists that live and work in the state of Illinois.
Project Summary: The Quincy Veterans Home is currently undergoing a $230 million construction enhancement project to upgrade and replace many of its aging buildings and provide upgraded amenities to its veteran residents. Founded in 1886, it was originally known as the Soldiers and Sailors Home. It is now the largest and oldest veterans' home in Illinois. This project will add a new 261,000-square-foot residential Long-Term Care Facility and a 74,000-square-foot independent living building. The project also includes upgrades to existing buildings, infrastructure, utilities, hardscaping, and landscaping to support the new facilities. Art will be an integral part of the entire campus. In addition to providing beauty to the built environment, artwork will provide a sense of placemaking to create an atmosphere of home and well-being for the entire Quincy Veterans Home community—residents, families, staff, and volunteers.
The design proposal fee ranges from $1,500 to $3,000 and artwork budget ranges from $75,000 to $200,000.
Click here to download the RFQ and apply for the call.
Final Deadline: Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 4:30 P.M.
3. Chicago State University Health Simulation Labs
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create permanent original public art for the Health Simulation Lab in Douglas Hall at Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois.
The Committee is interested in artwork that explores wellness, well-being, and health within a broader context including economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, the neighborhood and the built environment, and the social and community context. The committee does not intend for the artwork to be limited to iconography related to the healthcare field.
The piece must be durable, safe, and cost effective to maintain with limited annual maintenance.
The Committee does not wish to limit artists. Artists are offered the walls throughout the second floor and the ceiling space above the oval conference room as potential locations for their artwork. The artwork can consist of one piece, multiple pieces, or an installation.
Click here to download the RFQ and apply for the call
Final Deadline: Friday, April 28, 2023 4:30pm
City of Batavia’s
West Cemetery Sculpture Competition
Call for Sculpture Proposals
The City of Batavia, Illinois announces a sculpture design competition for a work of public art. In 2021, the City completed construction of a columbarium structure within its west cemetery. The west cemetery was originally established in 1845. It consists of 21 acres of wooded property, just west of the Fox River. The City desires to have a work of public art installed atop the new columbarium structure (see photo). The sculptural work will become a woven part of the fabric of the cemetery and will remain in place for at least the next century. As such, the sculpture should present a timeless design that reflects a level of reverence, honor and dignity befitting of those who rest within the cemetery.
The City has budgeted up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) for commission of the completed and installed sculpture. The actual award value, as well as timing of distribution, will be negotiated with selected the artist prior to the commission grant. A $500 stipend for materials will given to five (5) finalists for the creation of maquettes.
Submission deadline: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Pentwater Sculpture Opportunity
RFP for outdoor sculpture 2023
Six curated sculptures will be on display for summer 2023.
To download the RFP with full details and submission information HERE.
Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Biennial
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
In 2008, the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum established a sculpture biennial exhibition to support working artists. The Museum invites artists working in sculpture to submit work for the 2023 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition. This year we have expanded our eligibility to Great Lakes bordering States. This call is open to all artists working in sculpture who reside in the Great Lakes States of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Submission deadline: April 20, 2023.
Awards: Merit awards are monetary prizes awarded by the juror. 1st place, $2,500; 2nd place, $1,500; 3rd place, $1000; 4th place, $750
Application fee for 1 to 3 entires: $25 for MFSMs, $35 for Non-members
For details and to apply, visit: marshallfredericks.org/rbjse
Calling all Metal Workers/Artists!
Participate in UIC Study
Detecting Lead & Other Metals in Saliva and Exhaled Breath
The study focuses on metal workers/artists in the Chicagoland area and their exposure to heavy metals that may be affecting their health. This can include welding, soldering, brazening, or any process which would produce high amounts of dust particles with metals (such as certain paints or grinding). We would like to monitor your work area for dust samples as well as collect bio-fluid samples prior to the beginning and at the end of the next project you plan to work on.
Here is a breakdown of the work our team would be doing as well as the approximate duration:
· Administer a short survey – (1 time only during the first visit, 15 minutes)
· Monitoring airborne dust at your workspace utilizing a stationary instrument as well as personal monitor attached to your clothing (1st and 2nd visit from morning to afternoon, stationary device would stay at the workspace throughout the study)
· Collect samples of your exhaled breath, saliva, blood, and urine – (1st and 2nd visit, ~ 1 hour per visit)
All information collected will be anonymous so as to protect your privacy, however the data collected from your workspace will be shared with you so as to inform you of any hazards that may be present.
You will be compensated $50 for each of the two visits ($100).
If you are still interested in the study, kindly respond to this email at uicheavymetal@gmail.com to schedule a time that works best for you. We understand that having extra bodies when you work can be a hinderance and will do the best we can to minimize any extra interactions.
Request for Proposals
2023 Wicker Park Fest - Arts Area
The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce and Special Service Area #33 in Chicago are accepting proposals for the Arts Area at the 2023 Wicker Park Fest. This Arts Area is intended to enhance the Wicker Park Fest experience and contribute to the rich and vibrant neighborhood art scene. Artists are invited to propose highly compelling, professional quality visual artwork and/or interactive installations, or other engaging works of art that are free-standing or self-sustained and can be exhibited during fest hours.
Stipends range on average $5,000 but cannot exceed $10,000.
The festival will take place the weekend of Friday, July 28th through Sunday, July 30th.
Deadline to Apply: Friday, April 21, 2023
Click here for details and about how to apply
While you're here...
Have any news to share? Shows, awards, residencies et al.? Send the particulars along to info@chicagosculpture.org, and we'll include them in an upcoming newsletter.
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.
