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April 2025 Newsletter
Chairs Needed
CSI is growing and as we move forward with our community, we decided to change things up a bit in the upcoming year. We revised some of our board chair positions to make room for more networking and opportunities for our members. We are looking for an Outdoor Chair who can arrange ribbon cuttings, press releases and tours/talks about our Outdoor sculptures. We are also looking for an Education Chair who can arrange 3-5 workshops a year for the general public along with a Vice President and a Development Chair for fundraising. As we face a questionable future for the arts, the strength of our organization will be tested, but I hope we will push forward together. - Jyl Bonaguro, President
Click here to download an application and send the completed application to info@chicagosculpture.org. Please use for subject line: Application for CSI [Chair title].
For questions, please contact Gene Skala at geneskala@chicagosculpture.org.
News from CSI Project Space
Image credit: Patience by Shencheng Xu
Call for Entries
Chimera
Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025
Drop off artwork: May 31 and June 1, from 1-5PM
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7, from 6-9PM
Exhibition Dates: June 7 - July 18, 2025
Chimeras are hybrid creatures combining different animals into one creature, some examples which are combined with humans are a centaur (half horse, half human), a mermaid (half human, half fish), Anubis (half human, half jackal). Ganesha (half elephant, half human). Then there are creatures combining different animal parts, like Akhekh - A creature from Egyptian mythology with the body of an oryx and the wings and snout of a bird, and Hieracosphinx – A type of Sphinx that had a hawk head.
We are expanding the definition of Chimera for this exhibition to include any hybrid combining two of more of inanimate or biological objects, such as household objects, machinery, animal, botanical, fungal, or microscopic organisms that normally do not go together, but when combined become a hybrid.
This also has a reference to Dada and Surrealism, described very well with the famous line from Les Chants de Maldoror by the Comte de Lautréamont/Isidore Ducasse: “beautiful as a chance encounter on a dissecting table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella." So, inanimate objects as well as the biological are encouraged as part of any submission to this call.
Curator - Victoria Fuller
If selected for the exhibition, artists must be a current CSI member or sign-up for membership: www.chicagosculpture.org/become-a-member
Learn more about requirements and submit your entry HERE.
Call for Entries
Impressions - Works from Chicago Sculpture International
The Art Institute of Chicago’s summer exhibition, Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World features work of by Impressionist artist. CSI will present an exhibition with similar themes at the Fine Arts Building Gallery. Artists are invited to submit work for consideration for the upcoming exhibition, Impressions – Works From Chicago Sculpture International. The exhibition will be installed in the gallery and courtyard of the historic Fine Arts Building, in downtown Chicago. The exhibition will feature an array of “impressions” of the urban landscape and environment. For example, textures, industrial forms, machinery, architecture, historical influences or comparisons, or environment could be referenced.
Artworks can be displayed on the wall, floor, or pedestals. Smaller pedestal works will be under plexiglass vitrines. 2-D and 3-D work will be considered. Wall hung work must be wired for hanging. Sculptures exhibited in the courtyard area must be suitable for outdoor display. If selected for the exhibition, artists must be a current CSI member or sign up for membership.
Two receptions for the exhibition will take place during the Fine Arts Building’s “Second Fridays” open studios event. More information can be found at:
https://www.fineartsbuilding.com/events/second-fridays/
About the Juror: Stanley Smith, Managing Director of Oakstreet Design, will serve as juror.
Location: Fine Arts Building Gallery and Courtyard, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Click HERE to learn more requirements and apply for this call.
For additional information: info@chicagosculpture.org
Submission Deadline: Sunday, June 1, 2025, 11:59PM
Exhibition Dates: July 11 - August 25, 2025
Notification Deadline: June 20, 2025
Deadline for delivery of work: July 1, 2025
Opening Reception (2nd Fridays): July 11, 2025, 5-9pm
2nd Friday Reception: August 8, 2025, 5-9pm
Exhibition closes: August 25, 2025
Call for Entries:
Materiality in Sculpture: A Dialogue Between Substance and Form
Chicago Sculpture International 2025 Biennale
This exhibition explores the interplay of materials in the realm of sculpture, showcasing works that challenge, celebrate, and redefine our understanding of material substance. To connect your own work to this theme, consider how your choice of medium and subject matter can simultaneously reflect the physical and conceptual aspects. Formats include freestanding, wall hung, interactive, installation & video. Open interpretations of the exhibit theme are welcomed.
About the Juror
Debra Favre is an artist who has exhibited in the Washington, DC and the Chicago areas. She is the past Chair of the Board of the Evanston Art Center and has been a juror on the Evanston Art Center’s Exhibitions Committee for the last 14 years. She studied Fine Arts at McDaniel College in Maryland and at the Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington, DC.
If selected for the exhibition, artists must be a current CSI member or sign-up for membership: www.chicagosculpture.org/become-a-member
Submission Deadline: Sunday, August 3rd, 2025,11:59pm
Notification Date: Friday, August 29, 2025
Exhibition: September 27th, 2025 through November 9th, 2025
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 28th, 2025
Exhibition Location:
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St.
Evanston, IL 60201
Learn more about requirements submit your entry HERE
Questions? Contact info@chicagosculptors.com
Current Exhibitions
Image credit: Dana Major - A Shift in Perception (Light sculptures-artwork)
Shadows - Members Spring Exhibit
Exhibition Dates: March 1 - April 25, 2025
Shadows are more than just the absence of light—they are symbols of the hidden, the fleeting, and the ambiguous. Across psychology, literature, art, and philosophy, shadows have long served as metaphors for the complexities of human experience. They invite us to explore what lies beneath the surface, confront the unseen, and embrace the mystery of what we cannot fully grasp.
Carl Jung’s concept of the “shadow self” speaks to the parts of ourselves we often deny or suppress—the fears, flaws, and truths that challenge our ideal self-image. Yet, in engaging with this shadow, we embark on a journey of self-discovery, finding strength in vulnerability and balance in the dualities of our existence.
Shadows shift, stretch, and dissolve, echoing the impermanence of our world. They remind us to savor the fleeting beauty of the moment, to find wonder in the transient, and to reflect on life’s fragile brilliance.
Exhibiting Artists: Nicole Beck, Charlotte Briskin, Catie Burrill, Bethany Cordero, Helen Dannelly, Christine Forni, James Hajicek, Alex Jarus, Jen Leibowitz, Dawn Liddicoatt, Marianne Lovink, Dana Major, Angela McElwain, Bill Mitchell, Julia Paloma, Kelly Pelka, Thomas Plum, Vaso Georgulis Powers, Marky Salvati, Howard Sandroff, Zelene Jiang Schlosberg, Marvin Shafer, David Vosburg, Sishi Wang, Bruce Webber, Charles Yost
Curator - Micki LeMieux
Image credits: Dana Major - A Shift in Perception (Light sculptures-artwork)
Inaugural Spring Wine Wobble
CSI Project Space Gallery participated in the Wicker Park Bucktown Inaugural Spring Wine Wobble - The Bucktown Edition!
On March 20, the first day of Spring, from 6 -9 pm, the gallery had about 60 visitors from the local business community. Open conversations were had, including the current artwork and artists. Also, a bit of merriment!
Board News
Inclusion Fellowship for AALANA- or BIPOC-identifying Artists/Sculptors
In an effort to expand and enrich our community, CSI Membership is offering three (3) AALANA or BIPOC fellowships in total. The fellowships will be offered to three (3) new AALANA-or BIPOC-identifying artists of exceptional promise and
interest. Fellowships cover the cost of one year's membership dues, a range of perks, and opportunities to exhibit your work.
You will receive the CSI Newsletter with monthly news and Calls for Art, Participation in CSI exhibitions and events, and a Profile page in the Member Directory. We offer the opportunity to be a paid teaching artist through CSI and you can even volunteer to help us run more inclusively by being involved in our many committees and board.
If you're interested in applying for the AALANA/BIPOC fellowship, please click HERE.
2025-2026 Fellowship Year Timeline:
Applications Opens: April1, 2025
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025
Selected Fellows Notified: June 21, 2025
Fellowship Year: July 1, 2025 - July 1, 2026
Completed fellowship submissions must include:
1. Artist Resume - 2 pages max
2. Statement of interest stating why the fellowship is important to you in your career - 300 words max
3. Artist Statement - 150 words max
4. Artist Website - if not available, link to 1 social media account
5. Work Samples - Jpgs 2MB or less Labeled (LastName_FirstName_1)
Eg.Dowager_Milfred_1
Member News
Artist Spotlight - Lynn Basa
CSI member Lynn Basa is being feature in Artwork Archive about managing her impressive art career for over 10 years in the article “Why This Artist Ruins her Own Work on Purpose“. In it Lynn discusses her creative process and why she makes her work "unsellable”. As she explains, “I ask myself: Is this ‘unsellable’? If the answer is 'No,' then I mess it up to the point where it is. It was incredibly freeing—I pushed myself to an extreme I hadn't explored before, and now I'm excited to see how much further I can go." Click here to read the full article.
Synthesize
Exhibition runs thru May 23
Madron Gallery of American Art, 1000 W. North Ave., 3rd Fl, in Chicago.
Four-person exhibition featuring work by Margie Criner, Zach Balousek, Lucie Van der Elst, and John Upchurch, explores the intersection between fine art and music.
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday, plus weekend and evenings by appointment.
Image credits: (left) Universal Index by Yasaman Moussavi; (right) Bushwhacking by Gina Lee-Robbins
Unbounded Territories: Where to Imagine an Alternative
Exhibition Dates: March 1 - April 13, 2025
Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL
Unbounded Territories invites you to question the spaces we inhabit and envision radical alternatives. Drawing inspiration from Borges's "The Library of Babel," the exhibition transposes the author's infinite yet fragmented universe of knowledge into our lived reality. Just as Borges's labyrinthine library reflects the paradoxes of human conditions, Unbounded Territories posits that our contemporary spaces—private, public, and national—are arenas where multiple, intersecting struggles materialize. Unbounded Territories exposes how our surroundings—from city layouts to office designs—shape society's valuation of human work, often dulling our senses and alienating us from our labor. By highlighting the clash between human creativity's boundless potential and the constraints of capitalist spatial arrangements, Unbounded Territories encourages the participants to reimagine our relationship with space. We prompt you to consider how collective action might reconfigure our material conditions, dismantle oppressive structures, and foster new social organizations that awaken our senses and reclaim our full human potential.
Participating Artists: Azadeh Hussaini, Yasaman Moussavi, Zahra Khosroshahi, Linda Abdullah, Farhad Bahram, Elmira Sarreshtehdari, Pia Cruzalegui, Ramin Takloo-Bighash, and Gina Lee Robbins.
Co-Curated by Kaveh Rafie and Azadeh Hussaini
Image credit: Artwork by Cherry Tung
Delicate Nature
March 5 - May 19, 2025, by appointment
Third Floor Gallery at the Union League Club Chicago, 65 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, 60604 IL
Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung, a Hong Kong-born artist currently based in Chicago, showcases her silk paintings and porcelain sculptures, capturing the delicate essence of life.
Above: Sculptures by Richard Pitts
TIME and Space: Painting and Sculpture
Exhibit runs March 6th through April 26, 2025.
Center for the Arts of Homer
72 South Main St., Homer, NY 13077
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11AM - 4PM
“Vision ricochets off shapes to trace a position in time and space” - Kathleen Hulse
CSI member Richard Pitts has a solo exhibition at Center for the Arts of Homer.
Above: Gunnar Theel, Enibas, l992
Gunnar Theel sculpture at the Met
On exhibit through January 10, 2027
“Joy of Art#49”, a sculpture by CSI member Gunnar Theel is in the group exhibit, Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
“In this transhistorical presentation, the Byzantine Crypt’s religious and secular jewelry, textiles, ivory objects, vessels, and architectural sculpture from Early Christian and Coptic monastic sites are complemented and enriched by contemporary sculptures, works on paper, and installations from the 1960s to present day…”
Afterlives was curated by Andrea Myers Achi, Mary & Michael Jaharis Associate Curatorfo Byzantine Art, Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters; and by Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. The exhibition is made possible by the Jaharis Family Foundation.
Click here for more information about the exhibit.
The Met Fifth Avenue
1000 Fifth Avenue, 82nd Street, New York, NY,10028
Hours: Sunday–Tuesday and Thursday: 10 am–5 pm
Friday and Saturday: 10 am–9 pm
Closed: Wednesday
Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1, and the first Monday in May.
Ragdale Tree Project
Artist Talk: Thursday, May 23 at 5PM
Ragdale Foundation 1260 Greenbay Road, Lake Forest IL
Artist talk moderated by Margot McMahon
Seven CSI members, a photographer, and the Ragdale Foundation collaborated to bring the Chicago Tree Project to the Ragdale Foundation. As part of this initiative, eight artists participated in a residency to transform the foundation's beloved 200-year-old elm tree into a work of art.
The Artist Talk's moderator Margot McMahon is grateful to Dr. Richard A. Berger for his inventive surgery technique which allowed her to work with her fellow sculptors.
Collaborating sculptors: Margot McMahon, Jyl Bonaguro, Anthony Heinz May, Nicole Beck, Mia Capadulipo, Fredy Mallqui, and Julia Sulmasy.
Artist in Residence Photographer: Laurie Irwin
Barbara Cooper and Bobbi Meier in a Group Exhibition at the Driehaus Museum
February 7 - April 27, 2025
A Tale of Today: Materialities features fourteen artists who have created, adapted, and restaged artworks in response to specific objects in the Driehaus Museum’s Nickerson Mansion, bringing to light compelling and often forgotten histories in which the material itself is just as important as the message it conveys through its design. With guest curator Dr. Giovanni Aloi.
Major support for Materialities is generously provided by the Driehaus Trust Company, LLC., and Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson, with additional support from Russell Reynolds and Friends of Materialities.
Opportunities for Complimentary Visits to the Exhibition
Free Wednesdays
From 4-7PM every Wednesday evening, admission to the Museum is free for all visitors
Dates throughout the run of Materialities: February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, and 23.
Community Days
Supported by the Terra Foundation, admission is free all day (11am-5pm) during our two Materialities Community Days
Dates: Saturday, March 1 and Saturday, April 5
Image credit: (top) Moorish Idol/Coral Reef by Margot McMahon; (bottom) Untitled (Turkey Tail) by Sandra Wilcoxon
Margot McMahon at Ukrainian Museum of Art
CSI Member Margot McMahon is in a two-person exhibit at the Ukrainian Museum of Art.
Land and Sea: Lichen-Coral
Margot McMahon & Sandra Wilcoxon
April 4th through June 29th, 2025
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave,
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 227-5522
Hours:
Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Margot will also be having an upcoming one-person exhibition at Epiphany Center for the Arts, scheduled for May 9th through July 5th, 2025, Opening Reception: May 9th, 5:30pm
The following opportunities are not sponsored by CSI but may be of interest to our members
Indiana University Kokomo invites you to participate in our 2023-2025 juried, on-loan, outdoor sculpture exhibit on the Kokomo, Indiana campus. Selected artists must be willing to enter into an Art Loan Agreement with IU Kokomo and will be awarded an honorarium of $2000 per piece. IU Kokomo is a regional campus of Indiana University with a vibrant arts program and extensive art collection. We have installed sculpture pads on our beautiful Kokomo campus to display public sculptures on a rotating basis. The third installment of this exhibit will be from July 2025 through July 2027.
Deadline for Submissions: May 1, 2025
Jury will make selections and inform artists by: May 8, 2025
· Delivery and Installation: Month of July – Mid August 2025
· Exhibition Schedule: July 2025 – July 2027.
· Sculptures to be removed: within one month prior to the exhibit’s closing of August 2027.
Application Requirements
Submission Details: Artists may submit up to THREE sculptures for consideration, but each submission will be considered separately. Each submission must include the following:
· A bio/resume describing your experience and exhibition history.
· Three images of the work (front, back and one detail).
· Dimensions (HxWxD) for each submission (the base cannot exceed the 8’ x 8’
cement pad).
· Stated insurance value for each work.
· Each sculpture entry must be submitted individually
How to Apply:
Please register at CaFE.org and complete your profile to sign up for the IU Kokomo Call for Entry.
Call information available by clicking on 2025 Invitation to Sculptors.
Please read it carefully and if you have any questions please contact: gallery2@iu.edu. A contract will be sent upon your acceptance.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility: Artists must own the rights to the artwork, which must be available for the duration of the two-year exhibition period. Artwork must be ready to set on our 8’ x 8’ cement pads. The installation method for each sculpture should be welded tabs or similar easy-install method. The exhibit is outdoors and open to the public, and because of this, certain requirements must be met in order for a sculpture to be considered for display. Fragile or dangerous works will not be accepted. Artwork must be available for the duration of the two-year contract and must be constructed of durable materials that will withstand year-round Indiana weather.
Transportation: Selected artists are responsible for transportation of the artwork to and from the installation site. The artwork must be delivered as exhibition-ready. The university will supervise installation of the work and will insure the artwork for the duration of the exhibit.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Individual artists must demonstrate an active and sustained practice, be age 21 or older, be established as an Illinois resident, and not be currently enrolled full-time at a college or university in any undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program. $10,000 taxable award.
https://arts.illinois.gov/granting-opportunities/grants-programs/creative-accelerator-fund.html
Monument Response Project
Deadline: April 28, 2025, midnight
Commission Budget: Each artwork commission will be between $15,000 - $40,000, depending on the complexity and needs of the work. This budget is inclusive of all costs and fees for the artist or artist team to execute the project from design, structural engineering, fabrication, site preparation, shipping, and installation.
The Park District, with support from CNL Projects, invites artists or artist teams with a demonstrated history of completing temporary, outdoor installations, performances or ephemeral public artworks (or other relevant experiences) to submit their proposals for the commission of a site-responsive installation or performance-based intervention for one of three selected monuments identified by the Park District and highlighted in the Chicago Monuments Project Report: A Signal of Peace, William McKinley Monument, and General Philip Henry Sheridan. These three monuments are located on Chicago Park District property. This project is an elaboration of the Chicago Monuments Project (CMP) and represents an ongoing initiative to expand Chicago's public art collection and celebrate Chicago’s diverse history and culture. Cortney Lederer of CNL Projects will manage and support this project in collaboration with the Chicago Park District.
Click HERE to learn more about the project and apply.
Call for Entries:
St. Charles Annual Sculpture in the Parks
Deadline: April 30, 2025
Honorarium per chosen sculpture will be $1,500
Artist’s Reception: July 18, 2025
Entry Fee: $25
The Sculpture Committee in partnership with the St. Charles Park District and St. Charles Park Foundation are accepting submissions for sculptors to participate in the year-round Sculpture in the Park Exhibit in Mt. St. Mary Park along the picturesque Fox River in downtown St. Charles, Illinois. One sculpture will be chosen for display in the veranda garden at the Baker Community Center.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Please complete the application form below including images with your submission. Images must clearly labeled with sculptor and sculpture name in one of these formats: JPG, PNG or PDF. A non-refundable entry fee of $25 is required with your application. Sculptors may enter more than one sculpture for consideration. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
For more information, call (630) 513-4319.
Click HERE for the prospectus and to apply.
Call for Entries
Timeless Bodies
Submission deadline: May 22, 2025
Show runs November 7 - December 13, 2025
Oliva Gallery
3618 W. Armitage Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
(847) 922-5736
Friday, 5-8 PM, Saturday, 12-4 PM, and by appt.
Juror: Nancy Pirri
We invite ceramic artists exclusively from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to submit works based on the theme Timeless Bodies for an upcoming annual exhibition at OLIVA GALLERY in Chicago, IL.
Timeless Bodies seeks work that interprets the human form through sculptural realism and abstraction. Throughout history, the human form has been symbolized as a container of life, emotion, and spirit, reflecting both fragility and resilience. How does the body hold and convey our stories, memories or cultural history? Artists are encouraged to celebrate the interplay of form and storytelling in clay.
https://form.jotform.com/nancypirrisculptor77/artist-submission-form
Six-Mile Sculpture Works Outdoor Exhibition
The deadline to apply is 5PM (central) on May 30th, 2025
Honorarium for year-long exhibition is $1,500.
Exhibition begins August 2025.
Six Mile Sculpture Works is excited to announce our third outdoor sculpture exhibition in downtown Granite City, IL! This exhibition is a partnership between Six Mile Sculpture Works, a program of Alfresco Productions, and America's Central Port. We'd like to invite submissions - and please share this invitation with folks you know who might be interested. To get a prospectus for the show, please send all inquiries to SixMileSculptureWorks@gmail.com. The exhibition begins in August of 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/p/Six-Mile-Sculpture-Works-100066231353706/
Call for Entries:
Rock Falls’ Art in the Park Sculpture Walk
exhibition season
Important Dates:
Application Deadline: June 1, 2025
Artwork must be installed by August 22, 2025
Rock Falls’ Art in the Park Sculpture Walk is making preparations for its 8th year of bringing sculptures to its RB&W District. They are now accepting submissions for sculpture art to be on display at the RB&W District Park along the Rock River. This open space park is used by many organizations putting on events and draws people from surrounding communities and states, which will ensure a high amount of visibility for your art throughout the year.
The Rock Falls Tourism Department has opened the selection process to all sculpture artists. The sculptures will be installed at the RB&W District, on August 22, 2025.Artists will be given a $1,250 stipend and will be able to make their sculpture available for purchase. Artists are encouraged to promote their sculpture throughout the year.
Requirements:
• Sturdy sculptures that can withstand all types of weather
• Base dimensions to stay within 4ft x 4ft
• Artist must record an audio for the Otocast app
• Must be able to deliver and install the work.
• Artwork must be installed on August 22, 2025
• Artist must submit pictures of the work they want to display
• Artist responsible for transporting the sculpture to and from the park and making deinstallation arrangements with the park
• Artist must install their own artwork and provide their own installation hardware
Upon request, the City of Rock Falls will help with assisting the placement of sculptures on concrete pads
Requests for boom, lift or crane must be submitted by August 1, 2025.
Benefits:
• $1,250 stipend for 1-year installation
• Exhibitor provides artist with a one-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites for the night of August 22, 2025, only
• Opportunity for the artist to sell and promote their artwork
• Constant exposure for the artist and their sculpture/artwork
• Digital exposure on the Visit Rock Falls website
Notifications go out on July 1, 2025
Location: Rock Falls Tourism 603 W 10th Street
(815)622-1106 director@visitrockfalls.com
Include documents and submit everything (including photos) on or before June 1, 2025, either by mail or as an email attachment to director@visitrockfalls.com. On the artist agreement, you only need to fill out page 3 (top with your name, address, etc.) and then page 4 of the sculpture name and specifications. The rest of the agreement can/will be filled out at a later time if your piece is selected.
Submit your News
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Shows, awards, residencies etc? Submit here 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.
CSI projects are partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency for CSI programming including exhibitions and funding for Project Space Gallery.
CSI is a proud recipient of the Driehaus Foundation Arts and Culture Grant to help support funding and programming.
Above: (right) Ron Gard’s sculpture The Struggle Against Death; (right) Ron in 2014 working in Lincoln Park on one of three tree sculptures, Dying to Survive Nos. #3, #6 & #9.
Acknowledgements
In Memory of Ron Gard
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges Ivy Gard, who in 2020 graciously donated ongoing exhibition space (CSI Project Space) to CSI and its members in memory of Ron Gard and his achievements in sculpture and dedicated service for several years as treasurer of the organization.
Ron’s exquisite and exacting craftsmanship, along with his vast knowledge of materials and methods, is widely regarded and revered by CSI and his circle of peers.
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
CSI projects are partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE).
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency for CSI programming including exhibitions and funding for Project Space Gallery.
CSI is a proud recipient of the Driehaus Foundation Arts and Culture Grant to help support funding and programming.
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March 2025 Newsletter
News from Outdoor Exhibits
Image credits (clockwise): Pandora's Shepherd by Terry Karpowicz (Hamilton Park); Ecoaestheticism by Anthony Heinz May (Humboldt Park); Our City by Shencheng Xu (Ping Tom Memorial Park)
2025-2027 Sculpture in the Parks
Call for Entries
Application Deadline: March 20, 2025, 11:59PM CST
Chicago Sculpture International, in collaboration with the Chicago Park District and parks in the Chicagoland area, is inviting artists to submit proposals for the 2025-2027 Sculpture in the Parks (Park Cultural Centers and Arts in the Parks initiatives) and Ronan Park exhibition season.
Works must be large-scale and suitable for outdoors. They will be installed on hardscape or soft scape (grass), so artists must be prepared for, and make provisions for, either type of installation. Only select sites have concrete pads; all other sites are soft scape. Sculptures will be on view for two years, from October 2025 to October 2027 (exact dates to be determined). Each sculpture will receive a stipend of $4,200.
For more details, click HERE
Click HERE to download a submission form.
Image credits (clockwise): Pandora's Shepherd by Terry Karpowicz (Hamilton Park); Ecoaestheticism by Anthony Heinz May (Humboldt Park); Our City by Shencheng Xu (Ping Tom Memorial Park)
News from CSI Project Space
Image credits: (Left) Active Ingredients, Bill Mitchell (Right) Looking for the refractions in the light, Christine Forni
Shadows: Members Spring Exhibit
Exhibition Dates: March 1 - April 25, 2025
Shadows are more than just the absence of light—they are symbols of the hidden, the fleeting, and the ambiguous. Across psychology, literature, art, and philosophy, shadows have long served as metaphors for the complexities of human experience. They invite us to explore what lies beneath the surface, confront the unseen, and embrace the mystery of what we cannot fully grasp.
Carl Jung’s concept of the “shadow self” speaks to the parts of ourselves we often deny or suppress—the fears, flaws, and truths that challenge our ideal self-image. Yet, in engaging with this shadow, we embark on a journey of self-discovery, finding strength in vulnerability and balance in the dualities of our existence.
Shadows shift, stretch, and dissolve, echoing the impermanence of our world. They remind us to savor the fleeting beauty of the moment, to find wonder in the transient, and to reflect on life’s fragile brilliance.
Exhibiting Artists: Nicole Beck, Charlotte Briskin, Catie Burrill, Bethany Cordero, Helen Dannelly, Christine Forni, James Hajicek, Alex Jarus, Jen Leibowitz, Dawn Liddicoatt, Marianne Lovink, Dana Major, Angela McElwain, Bill Mitchell, Julia Paloma, Kelly Pelka, Thomas Plum, Vaso Georgulis Powers, Marky Salvati, Howard Sandroff, Zelene Jiang Schlosberg, Marvin Shafer, David Vosburg, Sishi Wang, Bruce Webber, Charles Yost
Curator - Micki LeMieux
Above: Patience by Shencheng Xu
Chimera
Call for Entries
Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025
Drop off artwork: May 31 and June 1, from 1-5PM
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7, from 6-9PM
Exhibition Dates: June 7 - July 18, 2025
Chimeras are hybrid creatures combining different animals into one creature, some examples which are combined with humans are a centaur (half horse, half human), a mermaid (half human, half fish), Anubis (half human, half jackal). Ganesha (half elephant, half human). Then there are creatures combining different animal parts, like Akhekh - A creature from Egyptian mythology with the body of an oryx and the wings and snout of a bird, and Hieracosphinx – A type of Sphinx that had a hawk head.
We are expanding the definition of Chimera for this exhibition to include any hybrid combining two of more of inanimate or biological objects, such as household objects, machinery, animal, botanical, fungal, or microscopic organisms that normally do not go together, but when combined become a hybrid.
This also has a reference to Dada and Surrealism, described very well with the famous line from Les Chants de Maldoror by the Comte de Lautréamont/Isidore Ducasse: “beautiful as a chance encounter on a dissecting table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella." So, inanimate objects as well as the biological are encouraged as part of any submission to this call.
Curator - Victoria Fuller
If selected for the exhibition, artists must be a current CSI member or sign-up for membership: www.chicagosculpture.org/become-a-member
Learn more about requirements and submit your entry HERE.
News from Indoor Exhibits
Chicago Sculpture International 2025 Biennale Call for Entries:
Materiality in Sculpture:
A Dialogue Between Substance and Form
This exhibition explores the interplay of materials in the realm of sculpture, showcasing works that challenge, celebrate, and redefine our understanding of material substance. To connect your own work to this theme, consider how your choice of medium and subject matter can simultaneously reflect the physical and conceptual aspects. Formats include freestanding, wall hung, interactive, installation & video. Open interpretations of the exhibit theme are welcomed.
About the Juror
Debra Favre is an artist who has exhibited in the Washington, DC and the Chicago areas. She is the past Chair of the Board of the Evanston Art Center and has been a juror on the Evanston Art Center’s Exhibitions Committee for the last 14 years. She studied Fine Arts at McDaniel College in Maryland and at the Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington, DC.
Submission Deadline: Sunday, August 3, 2025, 11:59pm
Notification Date: Friday, August 29, 2025
Exhibition: September 27th, 2025 through November 9th, 2025
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 28th, 2025
If selected for the exhibition, artists must be a current CSI member or sign-up for membership: www.chicagosculpture.org/become-a-member
Exhibition Location:
Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
Learn more about requirements submit your entry HERE
Questions? Contact info@chicagosculptors.com
News from the Board
New Social Media Specialist
Marisa Dean is thrilled to be joining Chicago Sculpture International as the Social Media Specialist. Passionate about working with non-profit arts organizations, she leverages her skills gained from marketing for theatre organizations across the midwest. She is excited to dive into the world of sculpture with CSI, and to uplift this group of amazing artists on Instagram & Facebook!
Member News
Image credits: (left) Universal Index by Yasaman Moussavi; (right) Bushwhacking by Gina Lee-Robbins
Unbounded Territories: Where to Imagine an Alternative
March 1 - April 13, 2025
Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL
Unbounded Territories invites you to question the spaces we inhabit and envision radical alternatives. Drawing inspiration from Borges's "The Library of Babel," the exhibition transposes the author's infinite yet fragmented universe of knowledge into our lived reality. Just as Borges's labyrinthine library reflects the paradoxes of human conditions, Unbounded Territories posits that our contemporary spaces—private, public, and national—are arenas where multiple, intersecting struggles materialize. Unbounded Territories exposes how our surroundings—from city layouts to office designs—shape society's valuation of human work, often dulling our senses and alienating us from our labor. By highlighting the clash between human creativity's boundless potential and the constraints of capitalist spatial arrangements, Unbounded Territories encourages the participants to reimagine our relationship with space. We prompt you to consider how collective action might reconfigure our material conditions, dismantle oppressive structures, and foster new social organizations that awaken our senses and reclaim our full human potential.
Participating Artists: Azadeh Hussaini, Yasaman Moussavi, Zahra Khosroshahi, Linda Abdullah, Farhad Bahram, Elmira Sarreshtehdari, Pia Cruzalegui, Ramin Takloo-Bighash, and Gina Lee Robbins.
Co-Curated by Kaveh Rafie and Azadeh Hussaini
Above: Artwork by Cherry Tung
Delicate Nature
March 5 - May 19, 2025, by appointment
Third Floor Gallery
at the Union League Club Chicago
65 W Jackson Blvd
Chicago, 60604 IL
Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung, a Hong Kong-born artist currently based in Chicago, showcases her silk paintings and porcelain sculptures, capturing the delicate essence of life.
Above: Ceramic sculpture by Micelle Corazzo at Cliff Dwellers Club.
Five Female Sculptors
Now until March 31, 2025
The show contains seven of Michele Corazzo’s ceramic sculptures positioned with the Chicago lake shore as backdrop. The pieces, five of which I call menhirs, some with heads, and two newer towers or spires, all relate strongly to nature.
Cliff Dwellers
200 S. Michigan Ave.
22 fl. Chicago IL
Hours: Tues. - Fri., 11 am to 9 pm, viewing available with mention of Michele’s name.
Above: Sculptures by Richard Pitts
TIME and Space: Painting and Sculpture
“Vision ricochets off shapes to trace a position in time and space” - Kathleen Hulse
A solo exhibit by CSI member Richard Pitts at Center for the Arts of Homer.
Exhibit runs March 6th through April 26, 2025.
Center for the Arts of Homer
72 South Main St.
Homer, NY 13077
Hours: Tu-Fri, 11AM - 4PM
Gunner Theel sculpture at the Met
On exhibit through January 10, 2027
Joy of Art#49, a sculpture by CSI member Gunnar Theel is in the group exhibit, Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
“In this transhistorical presentation, the Byzantine Crypt’s religious and secular jewelry, textiles, ivory objects, vessels, and architectural sculpture from Early Christian and Coptic monastic sites are complemented and enriched by contemporary sculptures, works on paper, and installations from the 1960s to present day…”
Afterlives was curated by Andrea Myers Achi, Mary & Michael Jaharis Associate Curatorfo Byzantine Art, Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters; and by Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. The exhibition is made possible by the Jaharis Family Foundation.
Click here for more information about the exhibit.
The Met Fifth Avenue
1000 Fifth Avenue
82nd Street
New York, NY,10028
Hours:
Sunday–Tuesday and Thursday: 10 am–5 pm
Friday and Saturday: 10 am–9 pm
Closed: Wednesday
Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1, and the first Monday in May.
Ragdale Tree Project
Artist Talk: Thursday, May 23 at 5PM
Artist talk moderated by Margot McMahon
Seven CSI members, a photographer, and the Ragdale Foundation collaborated to bring the Chicago Tree Project to the Ragdale Foundation. As part of this initiative, eight artists participated in a residency to transform the foundation's beloved 200-year-old elm tree into a work of art.
Collaborating sculptors: Margot McMahon, Jyl Bonaguro, Anthony Heinz May, Nicole Beck, Mia Capadulipo, Fredy Mallqui, and Julia Sulmasy.
Artist in Residence Photographer: Laurie Irwin
The Artist Talk's moderator Margot McMahon is grateful to Dr. Richard A. Berger for his inventive surgery technique which allowed her to work with her fellow sculptors.
Ragdale Foundation
1260 Greenbay Road
Lake Forest IL
Barbara Cooper and Bobbi Meier in
Group Exhibition at the Driehaus Museum
February 7 - April 27, 2025
A Tale of Today: Materialities features fourteen artists who have created, adapted, and restaged artworks in response to specific objects in the Driehaus Museum’s Nickerson Mansion, bringing to light compelling and often forgotten histories in which the material itself is just as important as the message it conveys through its design. With guest curator Dr. Giovanni Aloi.
Major support for Materialities is generously provided by the Driehaus Trust Company, LLC., and Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson, with additional support from Russell Reynolds and Friends of Materialities.
Opportunities for Complimentary Visits to the Exhibition
Free Wednesdays
From 4-7PM every Wednesday evening, admission to the Museum is free for all visitors
Dates throughout the run of Materialities:2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12. 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23
Community Days
Supported by the Terra Foundation, admission is free all day (11am-5pm) during our two Materialities Community Days
Dates: Saturday, March 1 and Saturday, April 5
Image credit: (top) Moorish Idol/Coral Reef by Margot McMahon; (bottom) Untitled (Turkey Tail) by Sandra Wilcoxon
Land and Sea: Lichen-Coral
CSI Member Margot McMahonis and Sandra Wilcoxon are in a two-person exhibit at the Ukrainian Museum of Art, which opens on April 4th and runs through June 29th, 2025
Opening Reception: April 4th, 2025, 1:00pm
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 227-5522
Hours: Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Margot will also be having an upcoming one-person exhibition at Epiphany Center for the Arts, scheduled for May 9th through July 5th, 2025, Opening Reception: May 9th, 5:30pm
Margot will also be having an upcoming one-person exhibition at Epiphany Center for the Arts, scheduled for May 9th through July 5th, 2025, Opening Reception: May 9th, 5:30pm
Image credit: (top) Moorish Idol/Coral Reef by Margot McMahon; (bottom) Untitled (Turkey Tail) by Sandra Wilcoxon
The following are not CSI sponsored projects
but may be of interest to our members
Creative Accelerator Fund 2026
Individual artists must demonstrate an active and sustained practice, be age 21 or older, be established as an Illinois resident, and not be currently enrolled full-time at a college or university in any undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program.
$10,000 taxable award. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
https://arts.illinois.gov/granting-opportunities/grants-programs/creative-accelerator-fund.html
Six-Mile Sculpture Works Outdoor Exhibition
Six-Mile Sculpture Works is excited to announce our third outdoor sculpture exhibition in downtown Granite City, IL! This exhibition is a partnership between Six Mile Sculpture Works, a program of Alfresco Productions, and America's Central Port. We'd like to invite submissions - and please share this invitation with folks you know who might be interested. To get a prospectus for the show, please send all inquiries to SixMileSculptureWorks@gmail.com. The exhibition begins in August of 2025. Thanks! We look forward to seeing your entries!
The deadline to apply is 5PM (central) on May 30th, 2025.
Honorarium for year-long exhibition is $1,500.
Exhibition begins August 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/p/Six-Mile-Sculpture-Works-100066231353706/
Rock Falls’ Art in the Park Sculpture Walk exhibition season
Call for Entries
Important Dates:
Application Deadline: June 1, 2025
Artwork must be installed by August 22, 2025
Rock Falls’ Art in the Park Sculpture Walk is making preparations for its 8th year of bringing sculptures to its RB&W District. They are now accepting submissions for sculpture art to be on display at the RB&W District Park along the Rock River. This open space park is used by many organizations putting on events and draws people from surrounding communities and states, which will ensure a high amount of visibility for your art throughout the year.
The Rock Falls Tourism Department has opened the selection process to all sculpture artists. The sculptures will be installed at the RB&W District, on August 22, 2025.Artists will be given a $1,250 stipend and will be able to make their sculpture available for purchase. Artists are encouraged to promote their sculpture throughout the year.
Requirements:
Sturdy sculptures that can withstand all types of weather
Base dimensions to stay within 4ft x 4ft
Artist must record an audio for the Otocast app
Must be able to deliver and install the work.
Artwork must be installed on August 22, 2025
Artist must submit pictures of the work they want to display
Artist responsible for transporting the sculpture to and from the park and making deinstallation arrangements with the park
Artist must install their own artwork and provide their own installation hardware
Upon request, the City of Rock Falls will help with assisting the placement of sculptures on concrete pads
Requests for boom, lift or crane must be submitted by August 1, 2025.
Benefits:
$1,250 stipend for1-year installation
Exhibitor provides artist with a one-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites for the night of August 22, 2025, only
Opportunity for the artist to sell and promote their artwork
Constant exposure for the artist and their sculpture/artwork
Digital exposure on the Visit Rock Falls website
Notifications go out on July 1, 2025
Location:
Rock Falls Tourism
603 W 10th Street
Rock Falls, IA
(815)622-1106
director@visitrockfalls.com
Include documents and submit everything (including photos) on or before June 1, 2025, either by mail or as an email attachment to director@visitrockfalls.com. On the artist agreement, you only need to fill out page 3 (top with your name, address, etc.) and then page 4 of the sculpture name and specifications. The rest of the agreement can/will be filled out at a later time if your piece is selected.
Submit Your News
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Shows, awards, residencies etc? Submit here 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.
CSI projects are partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency for CSI programming including exhibitions and funding for Project Space Gallery.
CSI is a proud recipient of the Driehaus Foundation Arts and Culture Grant to help support funding and programming.
Above: (right) Ron Gard’s sculpture The Struggle Against Death; (right) Ron in 2014 working in Lincoln Park on one of three tree sculptures, Dying to Survive Nos. #3, #6 & #9.
In Memory of Ron Gard
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges Ivy Gard, who in 2020 graciously donated ongoing exhibition space (CSI Project Space) to CSI and its members in memory of Ron Gard and his achievements in sculpture and dedicated service for several years as treasurer of the organization.
Ron’s exquisite and exacting craftsmanship, along with his vast knowledge of materials and methods, is widely regarded and revered by CSI and his circle of peers.
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
Cover image: Patience by Shencheng Xu, mixed media
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February 2025 Newsletter
News from Outdoor Exhibitions
Call for Entries:
2025-2027 Sculpture in the Parks
Chicago Sculpture International, in collaboration with the Chicago Park District and parks in the Chicagoland area, is inviting artists to submit proposals for the 2025-2027 Sculpture in the Parks exhibition season (Park Cultural Centers and Arts in the Parks initiatives) and Ronan Park exhibition season.
Works must be large-scale and suitable for outdoors. They will be installed on hardscape or softscape (grass), so artists must be prepared for, and make provisions for, either type of installation. Only select sites have concrete pads; all other sites are softscape. Sculptures will be on view for two years, from October 2025 to October 2027 (exact dates to be determined).
Each sculpture will receive a stipend of $4,200.
Application Deadline: Thursday, March 20, 2025, 11:59PM CST
Eligibility:
This call is open to professional artists who are at least 18 years of age. Artists whose proposals are accepted will be asked to join CSI if they are already not a member. There are many membership benefits, including exhibition and networking opportunities, a presence on our website and access to valuable professional information. See what we’re all about at: chicagosculpture.org/become-a-member.
Also, exhibitors must have Commercial General Liability Insurance (Primary and Umbrella) on an occurrence basis with limits not less than $1,000,000 single limit per occurrence and $2,000,000 in the aggregate for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage.
How to apply:
Artists can submit one or two sculptures for review. Your submission should consist of:
• Two digital images per sculpture. Please send .jpg images (1.5MB in size or less), and use the following filename convention: 1. Lastname_title.jpg (e.g., 1. Rodin_The Thinker, front view.jpg; 2. Rodin_The Thinker, backview.jpg).
• A Completed Application
Put images and application into a zip folder and send it to info@chicagosculpture.org.
Your subject line will be “Submission: Sculpture in the Parks 2025-2027”.
News from CSI Project Space
Photo credit: Australia by Darius K
Call for Entries: Shadows
at CSI Project Space
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Drop off artwork: Feb. 22 - 23, from 1-5 pm
Opening: Saturday, March 1, from 6-9 pm
Exhibition Dates: March 1 - April 25, 2025
Shadows are more than just the absence of light—they are symbols of the hidden, the fleeting, and the ambiguous. Across psychology, literature, art, and philosophy, shadows have long served as metaphors for the complexities of human experience. They invite us to explore what lies beneath the surface, confront the unseen, and embrace the mystery of what we cannot fully grasp.
Carl Jung’s concept of the “shadow self” speaks to the parts of ourselves we often deny or suppress—the fears, flaws, and truths that challenge our ideal self-image. Yet, in engaging with this shadow, we embark on a journey of self-discovery, finding strength in vulnerability and balance in the dualities of our existence.
Shadows shift, stretch, and dissolve, echoing the impermanence of our world. They remind us to savor the fleeting beauty of the moment, to find wonder in the transient, and to reflect on life’s fragile brilliance.
Learn more about requirements submit your entry HERE
News from Indoor Exhibitions
Call for Entries:
Chicago Sculpture International 2025 Biennale
"Materiality in Sculpture: A Dialogue Between Substance and Form"
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: Sunday, August 3rd, 2025,11:59pm
Notification Date: Monday, August 25, 2025
Exhibition: September 27th, 2025 through November 9th, 2025
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 28th, 2025
This exhibition explores the interplay of materials in the realm of sculpture, showcasing works that challenge, celebrate, and redefine our understanding of material substance. To connect your own work to this theme, consider how your choice of medium and subject matter can simultaneously reflect the physical and conceptual aspects. Formats include freestanding, wall hung, interactive, installation & video. Open interpretations of the exhibit theme are welcomed.
About the Juror
Debra Favre is an artist who has exhibited in the Washington, DC and the Chicago areas. She is the past Chair of the Board of the Evanston Art Center and has been a juror on the Evanston Art Center’s Exhibitions Committee for the last 14 years. She studied Fine Arts at McDaniel College in Maryland and at the Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington, DC.
If selected for the exhibition, artists must be a current CSI member or sign-up for membership: www.chicagosculpture.org/become-a-member
Exhibition Location:
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St.
Evanston, IL 60201
Learn more about requirements submit your entry HERE
Questions? Contact info@chicagosculptors.com
News from the President
Chairs Needed
CSI is growing and as we move forward with our community, we decided to change things up a bit in the upcoming year. We revised some of our board chair positions to make room for more networking and opportunities for our members. Less work, more fun ideally… We have freed the Outdoor Chair from contracts and Excel and instead are really looking for an Outdoor Chair who can arrange ribbon cuttings, press releases and tours/talks about our Outdoor sculptures. We are also looking for an Education Chair who can arrange 3-5 workshops a year for the general public. As we face a questionable future for the arts, the strength of our organization will be tested but I hope we will push forward together. - Jyl Bonaguro, President
If you feel inspired, please email Gene Skala at geneskala@chicagosculpture.org
Social Media Specialist
CSI is looking for a savvy energetic Social Media Specialist that can lead CSI out of the unengaged dark ages and into the bright future of viral posts with dynamic original content. If you feel qualified or know of someone then please look at the job description on CAR and send us your info!
Application deadline: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 11:59PM
New International Exhibitions Chair
We are excited to announce Shencheng Xu as our new International Exhibitions Chair. We will be having a cultural exchange exhibition with his colleagues in China this year at Project Space. We look forward to opening up CSI to International exhibition opportunities for our members.
Member News
Curatorial Conversation with Jeff Stevenson and
Terry Karpowicz
Join us for a wine reception and talk:
Thursday, February 20, 2025
6:00-7:30pm wine reception, with remarks at 6:30 p.m.
21c Museum Hotel
55 E. Ontario St.
Chicago, IL 60611
21c Museum Hotel Chicago and theNate are excited to be collaborating to present the next Curatorial Conversation. Director and Curator of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park (theNate) and the Visual Arts Gallery at Governors State University, Jeff Stevenson will be in conversation with artist Terrence Karpowicz to discuss his artwork and career.
Terrence Karpowicz lives and works in Chicago, creating sculpture in a variety of media. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he received degrees from Albion College in Albion, Michigan and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before being awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study with Jim Davies, British master millwright. The experience with Davies provided definition in Karpowicz’s search for a personal aesthetic. The artist continues to value a supreme degree of craftsmanship coupled with an honest approach to his use of materials.
Karpowicz has served in leadership positions with Chicago Sculpture International and Sculpture Fields at Montague Park and has become a pillar of the artworld in Chicagoland and beyond. Any artist making and exhibiting sculpture in our region has likely met and worked with Terry. His artistic excellence and generosity of spirit has been a benefit to many.
He has received two National Endowment for the Arts awards, four grants from the Illinois Arts Council, The Newhouse Award, and numerous public and private commissions. He has exhibited throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and in the Soviet Union. Karpowicz has received seven commissions for public sculpture from the State of Illinois and his work is held in collections of the City of Chicago, Oklahoma City, and the U.S. General Services Administration.
News from Chicago Tree Project
Ragdale Tree Project Artist Talk
Thursday, May 23 at 5PM
Ragdale Foundation
1260 Greenbay Road
Lake Forest IL
CSI and the Ragdale Foundation collaborated to bring the Chicago Tree Project to Ragdale’s grand and ancient elm. Eight artists met to sculpt during a residency Ragdale’s beloved elm tree.
Member News
Sculpture by Scott Mossman
Work by Scott Mossman in School of the Arts Alumni Excellence
Jan 27 to Feb 21, 2025
Opening Reception: Feb 7, 5-7p
University of Nebraska Omaha
314 Weber Fine Arts Building
6505 University Drive South
Omaha, NE 68182
Celebrating five decades of School of the Arts Alumni Excellence: 54 Mavericks spanning 51 years. Works selected by jurors Patrick Drickey (Gallery 1516), Jean Sitzman (Friends of Art) and Zaleski (UNO Art History 2023). Held in concurrence with the UNO Art Club Exhibition.
Learn more HERE.
Barbara Cooper and Bobbi Meier in Group Exhibition at the Driehaus Museum
February 7 - April 27, 2025
A Tale of Today: Materialities features fourteen artists who have created, adapted, and restaged artworks in response to specific objects in the Driehaus Museum’s Nickerson Mansion, bringing to light compelling and often forgotten histories in which the material itself is just as important as the message it conveys through its design. With guest curator Dr. Giovanni Aloi.
Major support for Materialities is generously provided by the Driehaus Trust Company, LLC., and Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson, with additional support from Russell Reynolds and Friends of Materialities.
Opportunities for Complimentary Visits to the Exhibition
Admission to the Museum is free on Wednesdays from 4 to 7pm for all visitors
Dates throughout the run of Materialities: Februrary 12, 19& 26; March 5, 12, 19 & 26; April 2, 9, 16 & 23
Community Days
Supported by the Terra Foundation, admission is free all day (11am-5pm) during two Materialities dates, Saturday, March 1 and Saturday, April 5
15ē (Fifteenth element) collective
Studio 433
5339 W. Lake
Chicago, IL
Artist Olya Salimova invites CSI members to her Studio433 (5339 W Lake) where she and her studio partner Lillian Heredia, also CSI member, host studio maydans (maydan, a place of people gathering) every fifteenth of the month. 15ē is a collective of friends dedicated to art and word, whether pronounced, written, performed, gestured, translated, invented, forgotten.
On February 15th, we are going to listen to a short reading from a book The Second Detective performed by the book's author Shannon Mullally. After the reading, a creative re-reading will follow. We believe that language is a material to sculpt with and its presence penetrates all physical and intellectual surfaces of artwork.
For instructions how to get toStudio433, please text Olya Salimova at (517) 315 7349, or send an Instagram message to @olyasalimova_art or @fifteenth_element
Images: (Above) Margot McMahon; (Below) Sandra Wilcoxon
Margot McMahon at Ukrainian Museum of Art
CSI Member Margot McMahon is in a two-person exhibit at the Ukrainian Museum of Art, which opens on April 4th:
Land and Sea: Lichen-Coral
Margot McMahon & Sandra Wilcoxon
April 4th through June 29th, 2025
Opening Reception: April 4th, 2025, 1:00pm
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773 227-5522
Hours: Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Margot will also be having an upcoming one-person exhibition at Epiphany Center for the Arts, scheduled for May 9th through July 5th, 2025, Opening Reception: May 9th, 5:30pm
The following are not CSI sponsored events but may be of interest to our members
Chicago Public Library’s 2025 Makers-in-Residence
Artist Residency Call
If you're a maker who's excited to share your craft and skills, you might be our next Maker-in-Residence.
The application closes at 11:59 p.m. on February 25, 2025.
As the Chicago Public Library Maker-in-Residence, you will lead classes that invite library visitors to share in your craft and you will create a work that will be displayed at the Harold Washington Library Center Maker Lab window on State Street.
Two residencies are available. Each residency runs for 12 weeks, with the first term running from April to June and the second term running from August to October.
The Makers-in-Residence will:
• Facilitate six classes for library patrons at the Harold Washington Library Center.
• Access Maker Lab equipment and staff assistance.
• Interpret local culture or history using their craft, Maker Lab tools and additional supplies.
• Create a work incorporating themes explored with class participants.
• Have their work exhibited at Harold Washington Library Center.
• Be compensated $6,000 for the 12-week residency.
• Have a supply budget of $800.
Classes may be in-person, online or developed as how-to videos. Classes can be scheduled on Monday evenings between 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturday afternoons at 2 p.m., with Wednesday mornings as an alternate possibility.
You’ll work 10 hours per week which includes scheduled Meet the Maker events so library visitors can learn about your work, your project and classes. Learn more about previous Makers-in-Residence.
About You
You are a current Chicago resident and can show a State of Illinois ID, Illinois Driver's License, Chicago City Key with your Chicago address, or be able to show two pieces of current ID. One of these must include your name and Chicago address
You can create an environment where participants feel comfortable sharing their stories. You have time-management skills and ideas on where to source materials with a $800 supply budget. You have a vision on how to fill a window approximately 7' by 7'with your thematic work. Your class ideas offer variation in technique or material.
Preference will be given to themes exploring any of the following: storytelling, community, connection, and curiosity.
Questions about the residency or application? Contact makerspace@chipublib.org.
The Maker-in-Residence program is in its eighth year and is generously funded by the Chicago Public Library Foundation.
Click here for more information and to fill out the application.
Call for Entries: Rooted in Rockford: Art and Tree Science at Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to maintain a living museum for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of all people. Our organization will develop Rooted in Rockford: Art and Tree Science at Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden, a seasonal outdoor exhibit for onsite display in 2025 -2026 that blends tree science with artistic interpretation of the concept of “roots” both literally and figuratively. The exhibit will feature artworks submitted by Illinois-based artists in order to comprise the exhibit itself. The exhibition will include interpretive signs that will combine educational content with narrative expression by artists related to the respective pieces chosen for inclusion. A total of 8 artworks will be selected for inclusion.
Artworks approved for this exhibition will be displayed outdoors for a period of approximately one
year, beginning no later than June 7, 2025 and continuing until May 30, 2026. Artworks shall be installed in select locations along paved, accessible paths at the facility.
Artists shall propose, via submission, to provide artworks from their existing collections or to create original artworks created specifically for this exhibit in relation to the theme “Roots” .
All Artists must be Illinois resident
All pieces must be available for sale. Botanic Garden receives 10% commission on artwork sold,
Artworks will be located on public display for approximately one (1) year from June 7, 2025 concluding on May 30, 2026.
Artists will receive a $4,000.00 stipend per piece selected for the one-year period.
Important Dates:
• Application Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:00PM
• Review and Selection: March 1st– March 14th, 2025
• Artist Notification: No later than March 21st, 2025
• Installation Dates: The installation window is expected to start May 12, 2025 and be
completed on or by June 7th, 2025.
Location:
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
2715 S. Main St.
Rockford, Illinois.
(approx. 2 miles south of downtown and 1.5 miles north of US Highway 20)
Unfolding Art Exhibition
Two-Person exhibit: Zsofia Otvos and Melissa Kolbusz
Unfolding is a solo exhibition by Zsófia Ötvös.
Good Times is a solo exhibition by guest artist Melissa Kolbusz of WIRED jewelry.
CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
(corner of N. Damen & W.Cortland)
in the Bucktown neighborhood.
Special Events:
Opening Night Reception:
Saturday, February 8th, from 6-9PM
Thursday, February 13 - Grow Up!
Friday, February 14 - Love Note, Kris Rab (performing original and standard songs)
Closing Reception: Thursday, February 20th, 5-9PM
Ötvös is a portrait artist of both real and imagined characters. She will showcase paintings from major milestones in her career. In her earlier works, Ötvös explored the themes of emotions, using the female form as her vessel. Later, as her attention grew outward from the inner world, she began embracing fashion and attitude choices that she observed people make.
Guest artist Melissa Kolbusz is the founder of WIRED jewelry. She designs handmade, wearable artwork from reclaimed and surplus materials. Marrying aesthetics and environment, Kolbusz salvages components such as rubber, alternator wire, tubing, and craft beer cans. One-of-a-kind and limited edition, these pieces are inspired by industrial wastelands, underwater creatures, and the Chicago music scene. Melissa is a bold proponent of sustainability and solutions through design.
For more information, visit www.zsofiaotvos.com
Call for Entries: Rock Falls’ Art in the Park Sculpture Walk exhibition season
Rock Falls’ Art in the Park Sculpture Walk is making preparations for its 8th year of bringing sculptures to its RB&W District. They are now accepting submissions for sculpture art to be on display at the RB&W District Park along the Rock River. This open space park is used by many organizations putting on events and draws people from surrounding communities and states, which will ensure a high amount of visibility for your art throughout the year.
The Rock Falls Tourism Department has opened the selection process to all sculpture artists. The sculptures will be installed at the RB&W District, on August 22, 2025. Artists will be given a $1,250 stipend and will be able to make their sculpture available for purchase. Artists are encouraged to promote their sculpture throughout the year.
Requirements:
Sturdy sculptures that can withstand all types of weather
Base dimensions to stay within 4ft x 4ft
Artist must record an audio for the Otocast app
Must be able to deliver and install the work.
Artwork must be installed on August 22, 2025
Artist must submit pictures of the work they want to display
Artist responsible for transporting the sculpture to and from the park and making deinstallation arrangements with the park
Artist must install their own artwork and provide their own installation hardware
Upon request, the City of Rock Falls will help with assisting the placement of sculptures on concrete pads
Requests for boom, lift or crane must be submitted by August 1, 2025.
Benefits:
$1,250 stipend for 1-year installation
Exhibitor provides artist with a one-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites for the night of August 22, 2025, only
Opportunity for the artist to sell and promote their artwork
Constant exposure for the artist and their sculpture/artwork
Digital exposure on the Visit Rock Falls website
Notifications go out on July 1, 2025
Location:
Rock Falls Tourism
603 W 10th Street
(815) 622-1106
director@visitrockfalls.com
Include documents and submit everything (including photos ) on or before June 1, 2025, either by mail or as an email attachment to director@visitrockfalls.com. On the artist agreement, you only need to fill out page 3 (top with your name, address, etc.) and then page 4 of the sculpture name and specifications. The rest of the agreement can/will be filled out at a later time if your piece is selected.
Submit your News
Have any news to share?
Shows, awards, residencies etc? Submit here 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.
CSI projects are partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency for CSI programming including exhibitions and funding for Project Space Gallery.
CSI is a proud recipient of the Driehaus Foundation Arts and Culture Grant to help support funding and programming.
In Memory of Ron Gard
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges Ivy Gard, who in 2020 graciously donated ongoing exhibition space (CSI Project Space) to CSI and its members in memory of Ron Gard and his achievements in sculpture and dedicated service for several years as treasurer of the organization.
Ron’s exquisite and exacting craftsmanship, along with his vast knowledge of materials and methods, is widely regarded and revered by CSI and his circle of peers.
Photos: (left) Ron Gard’s sculpture The Struggle Against Death (lef; (right) Ron in 2014 working in Lincoln Park on one of three tree sculptures, Dying to Survive Nos. #3, #6 & #9.
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
Visit the American Indian Center’s website.
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Cover photo:
Margot McMahon Moorish Idol/Coral Reef
Mixed Media
January 2025 Newsletter
News from CSI Project Space
Photo credit: Australia by Darius K
Call for Entries: Shadows
at CSI Project Space
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Drop off artwork: Feb. 22 - 23, from 1-5 pm
Opening: Saturday, March 1, from 6-9 pm
Exhibition Dates: March 1 - April 25, 2025
Shadows are more than just the absence of light—they are symbols of the hidden, the fleeting, and the ambiguous. Across psychology, literature, art, and philosophy, shadows have long served as metaphors for the complexities of human experience. They invite us to explore what lies beneath the surface, confront the unseen, and embrace the mystery of what we cannot fully grasp.
Carl Jung’s concept of the “shadow self” speaks to the parts of ourselves we often deny or suppress—the fears, flaws, and truths that challenge our ideal self-image. Yet, in engaging with this shadow, we embark on a journey of self-discovery, finding strength in vulnerability and balance in the dualities of our existence.
Shadows shift, stretch, and dissolve, echoing the impermanence of our world. They remind us to savor the fleeting beauty of the moment, to find wonder in the transient, and to reflect on life’s fragile brilliance.
Learn more about requirements submit your entry HERE
Photo credit: Australia by Darius K
Little but Bold! CSI Member Benefit Art Auction
Thanks to all bidders and winners, attendees, volunteers, and our sponsors for supporting CSI and making the evening a terrific success! So far we sold 21 sculptures and raised over $6,500 dollars. There's still some great pieces that need homes for the holidays. All proceeds support the CSI exhibition and outreach programs and CSI members!
An online silent auction of available works will continue through January 26th.
Bid online or in person at the Project Space gallery (1912 N. Damen, Chicago, IL) on available artworks.
Bid often and bid high!
Click here to view photos from the Live Auction
Huge Thanks to our CSI member Volunteers. You made it happen! Spencer Gale - Comedian and Auctioneer, Caroline Jacobson and Musa Ghaznavi - Mixology Specialists, Cherry Tung and Thomas Plum - Food Art Design and Darlys Ewoldt - Packaging Expert along with the talented CSI members Micki LeMieux - Gallery Director, Gene Skala, Managing Director, and Anthony Heinz May, Grants Chair.
Special Thanks to our amazing Sponsors Cast Wines, Letherbee Gin and Nando Peri-Peri for providing fine wine, excellent cocktails and delicious foods!
Little, but BOLD! is in celebration of all things un-monumental. 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. The Little, but BOLD! CSI Member Art Auction exhibit runs until Sunday, January 26, 2025.
Artwork by: Pinar Aral, Janet Austin, John Bannon, Lynn Basa, Jyl Bonaguro, Wallace Bowling, David Curry, Darlys Ewoldt, Lynn Floriano, Mirentxu Ganzarain, Ted Sitting Crow Garner, Set Gozo, Carol Hammerman, Lillian Heredia, Terry Karpowicz, Kasia Kay, Kelly Lawler, Micki LeMieux, Marianne Lovink, Yicen Liu, Ellen Lustig, Deana Bada Maloney, Anthony Heinz May, Michelle Meyer, Jordan Mozer, Frederick B. Napoli, Thomas Plum, Paul Russell, Howard Sandroff, Marvin Shafer, David Skora, Gunnar Theel, Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung, Roberta Ulrich-de Oliveira, Nancy VanKanegan, Patrick D. Wilson, Charles Yost, Shencheng Xu, and Haijun Zhang
News from Indoor Exhibitions
Call for Entries:
Chicago Sculpture International 2025 Biennale
"Materiality in Sculpture: A Dialogue Between Substance and Form"
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: Sunday, August 3rd, 2025,11:59pm
Notification Date: Monday, August 25, 2025
Exhibition: September 27th, 2025 through November 9th, 2025
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 28th, 2025
This exhibition explores the interplay of materials in the realm of sculpture, showcasing works that challenge, celebrate, and redefine our understanding of material substance. To connect your own work to this theme, consider how your choice of medium and subject matter can simultaneously reflect the physical and conceptual aspects. Formats include freestanding, wall hung, interactive, installation & video. Open interpretations of the exhibit theme are welcomed.
About the Juror
Debra Favre is an artist who has exhibited in the Washington, DC and the Chicago areas. She is the past Chair of the Board of the Evanston Art Center and has been a juror on the Evanston Art Center’s Exhibitions Committee for the last 14 years. She studied Fine Arts at McDaniel College in Maryland and at the Corcoran School of Art and Design in Washington, DC.
If selected for the exhibition, artists must be a current CSI member or sign-up for membership: www.chicagosculpture.org/become-a-member
Exhibition Location:
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St.
Evanston, IL 60201
Learn more about requirements submit your entry HERE
Questions? Contact info@chicagosculptors.com
Member News
Xfinity Chicago Streetrace NASCAR trophies
by Nicole Beck
Nicole Beck partnered with Vector Custom Fabricating for the laser cut steel uppers, Lloyd Mandelbaum at his Chicago Crucible for the cast aluminum bases, and Superior Awards for the logo plates in Berwyn. They produced 5 full-size replicas of the Xfinity Chicago Streetrace NASCAR trophies for the 2024 winning team of Kaulig Racing and their driver Shane van Gisbergen. The trophy design was cgi-generated with Beck's design collaborator, Libertyville hometown neighbor Rob Magiera which was then translated into CAD drawings by Nathan Overley at Vector. Beck did the assembly and hand painting with One Shot enamels to match the Chicago flag colors. The design is based on an abstraction of the Buckingham Fountain as the base replicates the unique shape of the fountain surround and upright spirals represent the tallest water sprays in the world. As you may know, the CSR NASCAR racetrack is loops around the Buckingham Fountain through LSD, Columbus, Michigan Ave and Jackson Streets.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9GcoGAsFL4/
Over, Around and Through
Ceramics by Nancy VanKanegan and paintings by Jeffrey Sanderson
Sanderson and VanKanegan share an abiding interest in scale, shape, form and movement in developing and defining their works. Impulse and reaction while making guides their methods of improvisational intuitive creation, confronting and arranging the tension between the quixotic and the logical.
Opening reception Friday January 17 , 5-9 p.m.
Exhibition runs through Friday , February 28
ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S. Iron Street
Chicago, IL 60609
(224) 522-4525
Hours:
Mon - Fri by appt only
Sunday open 12-5
Third Fridays 5-9 p.m.
https://www.instagram.com/vankanegan/
https://www.instagram.com/jeffreysanderson/
The following are not CSI sponsored projects but may be of interest to our members
Clay Fans Club Fundraiser
Fellow CSI member Set Gozo is in need of a Kiln for a small studio at Bridgeport Art Center. Every bit of assistance will help. Go fund me link at https://gofund.me/73c0fae9
Submit your News
Have any news to share?
Shows, awards, residencies etc? Submit here 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.
CSI projects are partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency for CSI programming including exhibitions and funding for Project Space Gallery.
CSI is a proud recipient of the Driehaus Foundation Arts and Culture Grant to help support funding and programming.
In Memory of Ron Gard
Chicago Sculpture International acknowledges Ivy Gard, who in 2020 graciously donated ongoing exhibition space (CSI Project Space) to CSI and its members in memory of Ron Gard and his achievements in sculpture and dedicated service for several years as treasurer of the organization.
Ron’s exquisite and exacting craftsmanship, along with his vast knowledge of materials and methods, is widely regarded and revered by CSI and his circle of peers.
Photos: (left) Ron Gard’s sculpture The Struggle Against Death (lef; (right) Ron in 2014 working in Lincoln Park on one of three tree sculptures, Dying to Survive Nos. #3, #6 & #9.
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
Visit the American Indian Center’s website.
Copyright (C) 2025 Chicago Sculpture International. All rights reserved.
This is the newsletter for Chicago Sculpture International.
Our mailing address is: Chicago Sculpture International 3141 North Hoyne Ave Unit 4 Chicago, Il 60618 USA
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Cover photo:
Patrick D. Wilson
"Cloud Form", 2024
Bronze
8 x 8 x 6 in.
