The Next Meeting For SDA-IL Will Be December 4th

Hi all!

I just wanted to let everybody know that our next meeting will be held in Chicago Heights IL at Union Street Gallery on Sunday December 4th 2016 from 12pm to 2:30pm. Union Street is a lovely gallery and artists studio collective space housed in a landmark historical building in Chicago Heights. I am excited to say that we will have a demo as part of our meeting presented by the wonderful Ausrine Kerr of Ausrine's Arts Room of Evanston. The demo will demonstrate the making of a felted jewelry piece (feel free to take pictures *no flash please* and take notes). As usual we will have a Show & Tell and the meeting will be potluck (so bring a piece of your art, finished or unfinished, and a snack to pass around). Also, Union Street Gallery is having their Handmade Holiday Market through December 17th so you will have a chance to do some shopping for the holidays as well (they also have a wonderful gift shop too!). Please come out and enjoy food, conversation, and the gallery (and feel free to bring a friend). If you can please let me know that you are coming via email or via the comments. Also, you can find more information about Union Street Gallery here and more information about Ausrine Kerr here (click on the Home or More button for drop down info on Ausrine's page).


***Union Street Gallery is located at 1527 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, IL 60411***

***Union Street Gallery Phone Number: (708) 754-2601***


Sincerely,
Frances
SDA-IL Rep.

The Next Meeting for SDA-IL Will Be Sunday October 2nd 2016 at Ausrine's Arts Room of Evanston

Hi all! I just wanted to let everybody know that our next meeting will be held in Evanston at Ausrine's Arts Room on Sunday October 2nd at 10:00am. Ausrine is a Chicagoland fiber artist who works with many fibers and techniques including felting and leather working. Ausrine's Arts Room is both her gallery and her teaching space (yes, she offers classes so take a look at her website). Once again please come out and enjoy good conversation, the latest SDA news, show & tell, and of course snacks. Make sure you bring some of your artwork (finished or unfinished) for show & tell and a snack to share. No, mini-workshop this time around, but show and tell is always fun! Please let me know that you are coming via email or in the comments. Also, you can find more information about Ausrine's Arts Room of Evanston here (click on the home button for drop down info).

The Next Meeting for SDA-IL Will Be Saturday July 16th, 2016 from 11am to 1pm at the studio of Maggie Weiss in Evanston, IL.

Hi! I just wanted to let you all know The next SDA meeting for Illinois will be Saturday July 16th 2016 from 11am to 1pm at the studio of Maggie Weiss in Evanston, IL. This should be another really exciting meeting because I have arranged a mini workshop with Maggie! We will be making thermofax screens to print on fabric with (could be used for paper too). There will be a $10.00 charge towards the cost of screening supplies. Using a thermofax screen is much like silk screening but much less bulky. Things you will need to bring with you is a black and white copy of a design you wish to have burned to the screen no larger than 5” X 7” as well as some fabric to print on. I know you will all enjoy this meeting and Maggies's class space is nice and spacious! As usual we will have a potluck, so please bring a snack to share. If you want to have a look at Maggie's website it is here. You should be receiving the official email tonight. Please let me know if you plan to attend via the comment section, email, or facebook if possible so that I can give Maggie a head count.

The Next Meeting for SDA-IL Will Be Sunday April 3rd, 2016 from 12PM to 2pm at The Chicago School of Shoemaking in Chicago.

image compliments of The Graphics Fairy


Hi! I just wanted to let you all know The next SDA meeting for Illinois will be Sunday April 3rd from 12pm to 2pm at the Chicago School of Shoemaking. This should be another really exciting meeting because I have arranged a mini workshop with Sara (the owner of The Chicago School of Shoemaking) instead of our regular meeting format! We will be learning to make a leather tassel keychain. This is just a taste of beginning leather working. Sara will also be selling discount coupons if you decide you like working with leather and want to take one of her main classes. There is no cost for this mini workshop but there will be a cash donation jar out if you want to contribute a few dollars towards the cost of supplies. I have taken one of Sara's beginning leather working classes and it was a lot of fun (I learned how to make a belt). I know you will all enjoy this meeting and Sara's class space is lovely! Sara also has a small retail section where you can buy leather, grommets, tools, and other leather working supplies if you want to buy more supplies to take home. As usual we will have a potluck, so please bring a snack to share. If you want to have a look at The Chicago School of Shoemaking's website it can be found here. Please let me know if you are coming so that we can have an accurate head count.

* The Chicago School of Shoemaking is located at 3717 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 on the 1st floor. Ring doorbell 113 *

Press Release for SDA-IL artist member Kathy Weaver...

Mimetic Concerns by Kathy Weaver

Kathy Weaver’s Robots
Featuring February and March 2016: Kathy Weaver – Five Exhibits.

Kathy Weaver’s robots will be tripping into the uncanny valley in the Chicago area in the next two months. Weaver’s robots and nano-technology forms can be seen in five separate exhibits: at The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art; H.F. Johnson Gallery; Carthage College in Kenosha; The Cliff Dwellers Club; Dan Addington Gallery, Chicago; and, and Zia Gallery, Winnetka.

Sentience
Opening Reception: Friday, February 5, 6:00 - 9:00
February 5 - March 27, 2016
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 Chicago Ave.
Chicago, Il 60622

In “Sentience,” five Chicago-based artists embrace mediums of construction, assemblage or collage in a range of vastly differing practices. Though David Criner, Marcos Raya, Tom Torluemke, Kathy Weaver and Stacia Yeapanis each work within their own unique artistic intentions, their works share a strangeness that results from the tension of commingling imagination with the stuff of everyday life.

Throes of Progress II: Kathy Weaver, Jacqueline Moses and Dominic Sansone
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 11, 4:30 -7:30 p.m.
February 2 - March 19, 2016
H.F. Johnson Gallery
Carthage College
2001 Alford Park Drive
Kenosha, WI 53140

In “Throes of Progress II” artists Jacqueline Moses, Kathy Weaver, and Dominic Sansone question the price of progress in an industrialized techno landscape. Is unchecked growth, in industry and the military, a path to intellectual and economic advancement? The serious subject matter delivers a surprise in dynamic color and gallows humor.


Kathy Weaver at Cliff Dwellers
Cliff Dwellers
Opening Reception Wednesday, February 3, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
February 2 - April 4, 2016
200 S. Michigan
Chicago, Il 60604

Organic airbrushed forms derived from nanotechnology and artificial intelligence will be on exhibit at the 106 year old Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago. Perched on the 22nd floor overlooking Millennium Park, the club, at 200 S. Michigan, counted among their members Louis Sullivan, Roger Ebert, Daniel Burnham, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Weaver’s work on exhibit will include large stitched fiber works on satin as well as painted, embroidered and burned works on paper. On March 8th,, at a noontime event to honor International Women’s Day, Weaver will make a presentation of her work.

Of Materials, Fiber and Book Arts
: Melissa Jay Craig, Ted Preuss, Kathy Weaver, and
 Invited Artists
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 19, 5:00 -7:00 pm
March 19 - April 30
Zia Gallery
548 Chestnut, Winnetka IL 60093

Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare
Opening Reception: Friday, March 4, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
March 4 – March 30
Dan Addington Gallery
704 N. Wells St., Chicago, IL 60654

For further info:
See Kathy Weaver's website here.

***Reminder: The Next Meeting for SDA-IL Will Be This Sunday February 28th, 2016 from 11AM to 1pm at LillStreet Loft in Chicago***

Hi! I just wanted to remind you all of our next meeting which will be this Sunday February 28th 2016 at the LillStreet Loft from 11AM to 1PM. SDA-IL, Craft/Work, & LillStreet Art Center invites you to the event listed below. Please feel free to bring a friend if you think they would be interested. Nora Renick Rinehart (a teacher at LillStreet Art Center and the new Textile Dept. Director at LillStreet) and fellow artist Rachel Wallis will be giving the talk described below:

"Hirst, Don’t It? Revealing the Invisible Labor of Female Fiber Artists in Twentieth Century Art."
Women fiber artists have engaged in the core concepts of Modern Art, including color theory, geometry, and abstract composition, in ways that have not always been acknowledged within contemporary art movements. However, any history of Modern Art cannot be complete if it refuses to include the work and ideas of women and fibers. Through research, writing and an accompanying quilt project, artists Nora Renick Rinehart and Rachel Wallis (otherwise known as Craft/Work) have documented the parallel history of fiber art and artists in Contemporary Art (beginning with the often overlooked artists of the Bauhaus Weaving Workshops) and reinserted their ideas and practices into one of the most talked about works of Post-Modern Art on the market today. Please join Nora & Rachel for a slide presentation of their project which will be followed by a discussion period and pot-luck style brunch.

Sunday, February 28th, 11am-1pm
Lillstreet Loft
4437 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

!Please bring a dish or drink to share with the group!

Thank you,
Nora Renick Rinehart (Artist/Speaker)
Rachel Wallis (Artist/Speaker)
Frances Krueger-Jackson (SDA-IL Representative)

You can RSVP at the Facebook event page created just for this event... HERE

*** Also, one more note: a SDA-IL member coming to our event is looking for donations of embroidery hoops and floss. She is an art teacher and she wants to do an embroidery project with all her students. So any hoops or extra floss you have hanging around and want to get rid of (and/or are willing to donate in the name of art), please bring them to Lillstreet Lofts. She will accept them gratefully. ***

The Next Meeting for SDA-IL Will Be Sunday February 28th, 2016 from 11AM to 1pm at LillStreet Loft in Chicago

Hi!
I just wanted to let you all know about our next meeting which will be Sunday February 28th 2016 at the LillStreet Loft from 11AM to 1PM. I am really excited about this because I have arranged a speaking event instead of our usual meeting! Craft/Work, LillStreet Art Center & SDA-IL invites you to the event listed below. Feel free to bring a friend if you think they would be interested. Nora Renick Rinehart (a teacher at LillStreet Art Center) and fellow artist Rachel Wallis will be giving the talk described below:

"Hirst, Don’t It? Revealing the Invisible Labor of Female Fiber Artists in Twentieth Century Art."

Women fiber artists have engaged in the core concepts of Modern Art, including color theory, geometry, and abstract composition, in ways that have not always been acknowledged within contemporary art movements. However, any history of Modern Art cannot be complete if it refuses to include the work and ideas of women and fibers. Through research, writing and an accompanying quilt project, artists Nora Renick Rinehart and Rachel Wallis (otherwise known as Craft/Work) have documented the parallel history of fiber art and artists in Contemporary Art (beginning with the often overlooked artists of the Bauhaus Weaving Workshops) and reinserted their ideas and practices into one of the most talked about works of Post-Modern Art on the market today. Please join Nora & Rachel for a slide presentation of their project which will be followed by a discussion period and pot-luck style brunch.

Sunday, February 28th, 11am-1pm
Lillstreet Loft
4437 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640

!Please bring a dish or drink to share with the group!

Thank you,
Nora Renick Rinehart (Artist/Speaker)
Rachel Wallis (Artist/Speaker)
Frances Krueger-Jackson (SDA-IL Representative)
RSVP directly to my email or you can RSVP at the Facebook event page created just for this event... here

The Next Meeting for SDA-IL Will Be Saturday January 23rd 2016 at 1pm at Union Street Gallery.

Hi all,
I just wanted to tell everybody that our next meeting will be held in Chicago Heights, IL at the Union Street Gallery on Saturday January 23rd, 2016 at 1pm. So, if you missed visiting this wonderful gallery last time you have another chance! Please come out and enjoy good conversation and hear the latest news from the SDA. We will also be having a show and tell where you can bring a piece of your art to get help with, or just to show. We will of course have our usual potluck so please bring a dish to share. Union Street has a very lovely gallery and is an artists studio collective space in a landmark historical building located in Chicago Heights (they also have a wonderful gift shop too!). This meeting should be just what the doctor ordered to get those creative juices running. I hope to see you all there! If possible please let me know if you're coming. Also, you can find more information about Union Street Galleries here.