September 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the September Newsletter
You will find:
Board Openings
News from the CSI Committees
3D4D Gallery exhibit
Ongoing Member Exhibitions
President Position Opening!
It's a great time to be a CSI member, and the perfect time to join the board. The CSI board is filled with exceptional volunteers, and the position of President is open. I will be leaving in January, so we need a new leader. During my term, I focused on growth and development. So everything is in place for a new person to maintain the organization. I will work with the new leader this fall, so CSI can continue smoothly. The position requires 2-5 hours per week and comes with many benefits. Look HERE for more information and to nominate yourself or another member.
There is also the option to join as a Board Member at Large. Please take the time to fill out the form by Friday, September 9th, and recommend yourself or another for these positions. It is fun and rewarding to be on the board!!
-Janet Austin
News from the Board
CSI received a DCASE Grant and was awarded $10,000 for 2023!
We got this grant because:
We are a group of almost 200 sculptors, ages in the 20's - 90's and a 501 (c) (3) since 2014. We present artistic vision without censorship.
Our outdoor exhibitions placed sculptures in 40 Chicago parks, in 31 of 50 wards in areas all around Chicago, including the south and west sides.
Our indoor exhibitions reaches Chicago and beyond through art centers, galleries, and collegiate institutions.
Our calls for sculpture are open to anyone. Once accepted, artists are required to join CSI.
We have a strong and diverse board.
We have a functioning gallery in 3D4D, thanks to Ivy Gard and her support, Pia Cruzalegui and her team for the initial set-up, and John Upchurch for follow through in 2022 and organizing a caring gallery team.
We offer educational outreach through the Education programming and partnership with Lathrop homes. Three programs were offered this summer by Anthony Heinz May, Micki Le Mieux, and Kara James.
We support Eco-minded environmental sculpture through partnerships with the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Tree Project, and the new Big Marsh initiative.
We offer ADA accessible tours, thanks to Emily Moorhead Wallace.
Our Grant writing team, who worked for three years submitting applications, includes:
Christine Perri, research, writing, and proofreading
Emily Moorhead-Wallace, exceptional writer
John Upchurch, updated the budget to be clear and correct
Anthony Heinz May, writing and added educational programming outreach for 2022
Thank you to everyone that worked on this grant and to the volunteers that accomplished the items above and more within our budget!!
News from the Outdoor Exhibitions Committee
A shoutout to CSI member, Terry Karpowicz, for installing and deinstalling our outdoor sculptures. Shown here are shots from a recent deinstallation at Garfield Park of Ruth Migdal's Whirling Dervish sculpture.
CSI received a DCASE Grant and was awarded $10,000 for 2023!
We got this grant because:
We are a group of almost 200 sculptors, ages in the 20's - 90's and a 501 (c) (3) since 2014. We present artistic vision without censorship.
Our outdoor exhibitions placed sculptures in 40 Chicago parks, in 31 of 50 wards in areas all around Chicago, including the south and west sides.
Our indoor exhibitions reaches Chicago and beyond through art centers, galleries, and collegiate institutions.
Our calls for sculpture are open to anyone. Once accepted, artists are required to join CSI.
We have a strong and diverse board.
We have a functioning gallery in 3D4D, thanks to Ivy Gard and her support, Pia Cruzalegui and her team for the initial set-up, and John Upchurch for follow through in 2022 and organizing a caring gallery team.
We offer educational outreach through the Education programming and partnership with Lathrop homes. Three programs were offered this summer by Anthony Heinz May, Micki Le Mieux, and Kara James.
We support Eco-minded environmental sculpture through partnerships with the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Tree Project, and the new Big Marsh initiative.
We offer ADA accessible tours, thanks to Emily Moorhead Wallace.
Our Grant writing team, who worked for three years submitting applications, includes:
Christine Perri, research, writing, and proofreading
Emily Moorhead-Wallace, exceptional writer
John Upchurch, updated the budget to be clear and correct
Anthony Heinz May, writing and added educational programming outreach for 2022
Thank you to everyone that worked on this grant and to the volunteers that accomplished the items above and more within our budget!!
News from the Outdoor Exhibitions Committee
Photo credit: Terry Karpowicz
A shoutout to CSI member, Terry Karpowicz, for installing and deinstalling our outdoor sculptures. Shown here are shots from a recent deinstallation at Garfield Park of Ruth Migdal's Whirling Dervish sculpture.
News from the Indoor Exhibitions Committee
SCULPTURE INVASION 2022
CSI Biennial
Koehnline Art Museum
Sculpture Invasion 2022 / CSI Biennial at the Koehnline Museum of Art closes on Friday, September 30.
For those who are in the show, this is a pick-up reminder.
Pick up schedule is Saturday, October 1, 11 AM - 4 PM, and Monday, October 3, 10 AM - 6 PM.
The Indoor Exhibition Committee will work with two board members, Darlys Ewoldt and Christine Forni as co-chairs for upcoming years.
News from the Education Committee
Summer Workshops
Micki LeMieux / Kara James / Anthony Heinz May
Thank you to the LATHROP HOMES Boys and Girls Club
Chicago Sculpture International has wrapped up Summer Educational Outreach Programming with three successful workshops all through the Boys and Girls Club of Lathrop Homes. Thank you to: Micki LeMieux, Kara James, and Anthony Heinz May who helped facilitate outreach for CSI and engaged our youth in the growing possibilities of creativity as a universal connection without limitation!
Fall Art Workshop
Kara Cobb Johnson
Wooden Ships
Based on a larger work entitled "Wooden Ships", by teaching artist Kara Cobb Johnson, this in-person or online workshop will introduce a sculptural assembly technique of painted planes. Students will be encouraged to use their own artistic aesthetic to embellish rough altered disc shapes and create new assembled forms viewable from all angles. Student artists will have fun discussing both fictional and real narratives that arise from these works with classmates. We hope this workshop will be hosted by Arts of Life, a group of creatives who are challenged by intellectual and developmental disability. Please find their collective space at: www.artsoflife.org
Stay tuned for more, and as always, any CSI member with an idea for a ~60 minute workshop they want to lead in-person or online will receive a $500 stipend for the generosity of their time. Please help support the CSI mission to reach new and exciting heights. If you have any ideas e-mail: CSI Education Outreach Committee
3D4D Gallery
Exhibit runs through September 30th, 2022
Upcoming Show:
Femininity, Memories & Allegories
Opening September 9, 6-8pm
Artist Talk September 10, 3-5pm
Curator Felix Suazo (Venezuela, Miami) brings together Nikki Renee Anderson (Chicago) and Lisu Vega (Venezuela, Miami) for a two-woman show presenting sculpture and installation artworks that dialogue on themes of gender and memory through form.
3D4D Gallery
1912 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL
(at the corner of Cortland and Damen, in the Bucktown neighborhood)
Gallery hours: Th - Sa, 1 to 6pm
Members News
Studio Sale
After a lifetime of creating, CSI member Bruce Niemi is closing his studio in Kenosha, Wisconsin. To all CSI artists interested in purchasing materials and tools from it, there are more than be listed! Depending on how quickly items move, the sale may be extended into late Fall. For more details and information, please contact Suzi Niemi at (847) 372-1209.
CSI member Doug DeWitt will be included in Mid-Autumn Artists Salon, a one-night event on Saturday September 10th from 5-9pm.
Schweitzer Environmental Center
Schweitzer Woods Forest Preserve
16N690 Sleepy Hollow Rd,
Dundee Township, IL 60118
Where: Osaka Garden South Bridge Entrance behind the Museum of Science and Industry
When: September 24 & 25, 4 - 6pm
In Place: Drawing You Outside
CSI member Christine Forni, collaborates with choreographer Irene Hsiao on an audience-participatory experience combining drawing with music and dance on Jackson Park's Wooded Island. Charcoal, paper, and drawing boards will be provided. More details on @DrawingYouOutside and @irenechsiao on Instagram. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and by an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
Read about Janet Austin's sculpture Attached in the Evanston Round Table.
Photos: Janet Austin, Attached
Image: Charles Yost, Windy City Windsock-Stealth Drone
Through the month of September, CSI member Charles Yost’s hometown of Morrison, Illinois will be exhibiting his outdoor sculpture Windy City Windsock-Stealth Drone along with 13 of his other sculptures. Morrison, Illinois is the county seat of Whiteside County, a two-hour drive West of Chicago. For more information and specific locations of the sculptures, please contact Charles via his CSI website Member Directory page.
Image: Lilach Schrag, Adam/Skin
Adam (left), ink and pastel on sewing patterns, artificial leaves, 41 x 100 in.
Skin (right), tissue and parchment paper, artificial plants, spray paint, varnish, metal ornament, Tyvek, staples, tree bark, 100 x 35 x 63 in.
CSI member Lilach Schrag, along with Sherry Carver and Robert McCann will be in a three-person exhibit titled Layered Meanings at Evanston Art Center from August 27th through October 2nd. Though vastly different in their artistic expressions, Layered Meanings presents the viewer with complex explorations of personal and societal alienation, contradiction and conflict found in modern life. The works invite the viewer to look deeply and thoroughly to find metaphors, examine the stories told and find the meanings.
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
(847) 475-5300
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-6 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 9 am-4 pm
RAW is a weekend-long celebration of the Ravenswood local creative community. Explore historic architecture, artist studios, manufacturers, and see work from hundreds of local creators. The event, stretching from Lawrence south to Waveland along Ravenswood Ave, includes open studios and galleries, pop-up performances and activations, and an outdoor arts market featuring over 50 local artists.
Click here for more details.
Click here to RSVP via Facebook.
Looking for seasonal work? Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures is currently hiring seasonal drivers and ice carvers. Feel you're up to the task to carve a block? Come try it out? Pm/dm me if you or someone you know is perfect for our brand of fun. DRIVERS: Go interesting places, meet lovely people, set up "cool" items!
If interested, please contact CSI member Max Barajas at Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures at maxicedesigns@gmail.com.
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.
