tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971448012577367242024-03-18T23:00:55.474-05:00Alicia Forestall-BoehmAlicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-60400562172481658762020-07-28T16:46:00.025-05:002020-07-28T17:00:37.528-05:00Virtual Art Galleries<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">In today's world of COVID-19, experiencing life virtually is our new normal. From classes to work to cultural events we are living our lives while sheltering in place. Temporary closings, limited openings and social distancing, have forced artists, art galleries, art museums, and art organizations to think outside the box to find new ways to present art exhibitions.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span class="break-words"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuWmFNgCJ4v9bavPtArxsiLibhAl37YQmundiETRzHGnQPDa-c_98CCkLTMg0_Y9xwloEUc-ZHhxZPIh7F8I3iaC9B8R53ZJedGZ-ZbC1sJeVEk0S5fHB77BHVykH2_EfDwZJX8_VPbA/s816/CSMM+virtual+art+galleries+logo.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="816" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuWmFNgCJ4v9bavPtArxsiLibhAl37YQmundiETRzHGnQPDa-c_98CCkLTMg0_Y9xwloEUc-ZHhxZPIh7F8I3iaC9B8R53ZJedGZ-ZbC1sJeVEk0S5fHB77BHVykH2_EfDwZJX8_VPbA/w205-h177/CSMM+virtual+art+galleries+logo.jpg" width="205" /></a></div></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"></span><span dir="ltr">With that in mind, I decided to create an online virtual art gallery that can host an exhibition that is engagin</span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">g and informative. One that is visually appealing as well </span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">as
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I have been taking online workshops and reading, reading, reading! My morning routine includes reading everything, well almost everything, in my many inboxes. This includes the New York Times and Washington Post, our local Chicago Tribune, and of course, many online art news subscriptions.<br />
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A recent New York Times article "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/arts/design/faith-ringgold-art.html">Faith Ringgold Will Keep Fighting Back</a>" is worth recommending. In it, artist, author, and activist Faith Ringgold talks about how the pandemic, and the death of her husband, have blocked her creatively but the recent protests, spurred on by the murder of George Floyd, have inspired her to return to her studio. Sometimes we need to wait for inspiration, keeping our eyes and ears open enough to identify it.<br />
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While Ms. Ringgold is best known for her 'painted story quilts,' some of which hang in the Guggenheim Museum in NYC my attention was drawn to a large scale work that she painted in 1967. “American People Series #20: Die”, currently on view at the <a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5233">Museum of Modern Art </a>in New York, (when it reopens) was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Of this painting, she said, “I was just trying to read the times, and to me, everyone was falling down.” The idea that everyone is falling down seems as relevant today as in 1967. <br />
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The works in my new series of sculptures get their name from Faith Ringgold's description of this stunning work of art.<br />
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So much of our world today is falling down literally and figuratively, in little pieces and big. Scary and dramatic, sudden and unexpected, global, historical, and long-overdue moments offer the opportunity for positive change. Hopefully, we can pick up the pieces and create something new and better. <br />
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Follow this link for a video interview of Faith Ringgold in which she talks about “American People Series #20: Die”, her work, and her life. <a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/6674">https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/6674</a> <br />
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<u>Top</u>: Faith Ringold, “American People Series #20: Die”, 1967. Credit: Faith Ringgold/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York; The Museum of Modern Art<br />
<u>Center</u>: (left) Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Falling Down #2, 2020, 4.5"x5"x5.5", mixed media<br />
(right) Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Falling Down #3, 2020, 4.5"x4"x3", mixed media<br />
<u>Bottom</u>: (left) Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Falling Down #4, 2020, 4”x5.25”x4.25”, mixed media<br />
(right) Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Falling Down #5, 2020,4"x5.25"x3.25", mixed media<br />
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<br />Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0Chicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.629798215.955000917433804 -122.7860482 67.801226282566191 -52.473548199999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-18741952542264708502020-04-22T16:00:00.000-05:002020-04-22T16:36:51.474-05:00Creating Art That No One Will SeeOn Friday, March 6th, I attended the opening of BUILD: A Sculpture Show at Oliva Gallery in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. Included in this show was a new sculpture that I created specifically for this <a href="https://mailchi.mp/9e75d8fdb27f/build-a-sculpture-show-3883998?fbclid=IwAR2I2Y-2iZ_U8t0-BXM2xQ4ncvfTHaiXgDmJKq96LTsqh-kNX8L4rTK93lM" rel="noreferrer noopener">exhibition</a>.<br />
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The idea of social distancing was just beginning to take hold, and while many of us in attendance at the exhibition opening were resisting hugging and shaking each other’s hands, none of us could have guessed that in just over a week, the gallery, and most businesses would be closed and we would all be sheltered at home.<br />
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The resulting quarantine has put a pause on all of our lives. Many artists have created art for postponed or canceled solo and group shows that no one will see.<br />
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Fortunately, many museums are offering virtual tours and many art curators and artists are creating virtual online art exhibitions. <a href="http://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-corona-sidestep-virtual-exhibition.html">The Corona Sidestep: A Virtual Exhibition</a>, curated by Joanne Mattera, is an excellent collection of artwork that offers “some visibility to artists whose exhibitions were curtailed.” I am honored that my sculpture, <em>Nothing Stays The Same</em> is included in this online art show.<br />
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Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0Chicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.629798241.4995241 -88.2752452 42.256703099999996 -86.984351199999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-40326976686803719692016-10-24T15:41:00.001-05:002016-10-24T16:07:31.262-05:00It’s Your World For The Moment (Part One)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Last week I spoke to a group of art students at Western Illinois University. I told them about my work, about myself and about the paths that I had taken to get to that moment. When asked to offer up any words of advice that I might have for emerging artists, I told them to "simply get yourself out there...that you never know who would see your work and what opportunity that may bring". I shared my story of how doing just that has led me to where I am now and to an art commission that currently covers every open surface in my art studio.<br />
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In June of 2015 I received an email from Amy DeLap and Andrew Jendrzejewski of <a href="http://www.artspacevincennes.com/">Art Space Vincennes</a>. They were offering me a solo show at their gallery. Now, to be perfectly honest, I had to Google Vincennes, not knowing where, exactly, it was located. Well, it turns out that Vincennes, is located in Indiana, our next door neighbor! Founded in 1732 and home to Vincennes University, it is an almost straight 5 hour drive south of Chicago. </div>
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The community of Vincennes was very welcoming and my exhibition was a great success. Chris Jackson, the Director of Begley Art Source at the <a href="http://evansvillemuseum.org/">Evansville Museum</a>, saw my work and reached out to me regarding the possibility of a commission for a new hospice that was to be built by the Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Indiana. I was asked to present a proposal for an art piece that would be hung behind the front desk of the lobby of this new facility. Inspired by my fiber and encaustic wall-hung sculpture "Wallflower", this piece, upon completion will be 3' high and 7'wide and is titled "It's Your World For The Moment".</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Once a preliminary overview of what will be included in the exhibition is made, an initial placement of the works is made. This helps to visualize how the show will look once it is hung. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> It is essential that there is breathing room so that each work can be individually appreciated. </span><span style="color: black;">Another thing that is often essential is a ladder! </span></div>
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The ceiling height and duct work at ARC Gallery in Chicago required me to come up with an alternate way to hang the columns in my piece <i>Spaces We Inhabit</i>. </div>
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<a href="http://amyvanwinkle.com/#home">Amy Van Winkle</a> and I had to come up a number of alternate design plans when installing our collaborative art exhibition <i>The Paths We Choose. </i>The existence of a cement wall and a metal door in our space required us to change the way we hung the 500 piece joint work.</div>
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As many of you know, I am a big fan of right angles. </div>
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My Windows Series consisted of small squares carved into square panels and my Tesserae paintings were created with many square-shaped encaustic tiles. </div>
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I designed custom wood panel frames to house my mini encaustic and fiber cubes.<br />
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Perhaps my cube obsession culminated into the installation <i>Infinite Possibilities</i>. Each one of these unique cubes is installed in a grid formation
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So when the opportunity arose to participate in an art exhibition that was titled The Dot Show I jumped at it!<br />
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Not only will I create an art installation that focuses on this theme, I will work in collaboration with artist <a href="http://www.amyvanwinkle.com/">Amy Van Winkle</a>. Amy and I are both members of <a href="http://www.fusedchicago.com/">FUSEDChicago</a>; Midwest artists who work with the encaustic medium. We will share an exhibition window in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. With a total of 7 windows, these showPODS, run by the <a href="http://chicagoartsdistrict.org/">Chicago Arts District</a>, offer </div>
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Each one of these encaustic and fiber dots is only 1" in diameter and will be installed on the exhibition wall. My initial plan of making 200 of these little guys has grown to a lofty design plan exceeding 500! We shall see!<br />
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<br />Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-68978230110991825702016-02-18T09:45:00.003-06:002016-02-18T10:28:34.947-06:00Spring News!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My blog posts are anything but frequent! In fact my entire art-making has taken a back seat to, well, the rest of my life! The irony of this slip in my online presence is that between my work for the clients of my own company, Chicago Social Media Marketers, and my relatively new position as the Marketing Manager for Northshore Concert Band in Evanston, Illinois, I have been focusing on the promotion of everyone and everything BUT myself and my own art work! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, I am here to say that I am back...for now! I will move forward with the best of intentions to post in a more regular fashion! But, as any resolution, this goal may not be met and my conviction to consistently post to this blog may be short-lived. Only time will tell!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Tactile World</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Towards the end of 2015, I was contacted by <a href="http://milesconrad.com/">Miles Conrad</a>, director of the <a href="http://www.conradwildegallery.org/">Conrad Wilde Gallery</a> in Tucson, Arizona. He was writing an article for <a href="http://www.surfacedesign.org/publications/sda-journal">Surface Design Journal</a> and wanted to include my work. I have shown at this wonderful gallery in 2012 for their<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Seventh Annual Encaustic
Invitational and the following year for their</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Eighth Annual Encaustic
Invitational. The Surface Design Journal is one of the most prestigious publications on textiles in the world. I was thrilled that Miles wanted to include my work in this, one of my favorite publications! I sent Miles images of a number of my sculptures and he chose The Power of Place.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0Chicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.62979819999998241.4995241 -88.275245199999986 42.256703099999996 -86.984351199999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-3249435698393531922016-02-10T16:27:00.003-06:002016-03-03T10:46:38.024-06:002016 Art Exhibitions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">4th Annual Art Competition</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bridgeport Art Center</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> April 2- May 21, 2016 </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">11th Annual Encaustic Invitational: Length x Width x Depth</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Conrad Wilde Gallery</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tucson, Arizona</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Power of Place</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">May 1- June 31, 2016</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Dot Show</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chicago Arts District showPODS</span></span></span><br />
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Space and
Surface: Sculpture and Paintings by
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Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-11000224696254752742015-03-22T14:02:00.001-05:002015-03-22T14:03:49.115-05:00Art Exhibition Themes<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Setting up an art exhibition quite often begins by choosing a theme. A theme can serve to tie all of the included works together. It usually explores a particular concept or idea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am a member of the artists group FUSEDChicago. For our first group show of the year, <u><b>Textual Encounters</b></u> at <a href="http://arcgallery.org/">ARC Gallery</a> in Chicago, we exhibited works that are inspired by the written word. My <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">textural
reference was a quote from the artist Jasper Johns: </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“One likes to think that
one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For this exhibit</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I wanted to include some of the columns from my sculpture "Spaces We Inhabit". These 15 feet high sculptures were designed to be hung from the ceiling, enabling visitors to walk among them but I was unable to do so in this space. So I
adapted and installed 7 of the columns with this wall hanger.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Spaces We Inhabit", ARC Gallery</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have been in art exhibitions that use an art medium as a means to tie the work together. <u><b>Big Bad Wax</b></u>
at the <a href="http://mountdoracenterforthearts.org/">Mount Dora Center for the Arts</a> in Mount Dora, Florida was a
juried exhibit of works by 36 nationally acclaimed artists that
incorporated the medium of wax.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My sculpture "Place" hanging on the wall at the Mount Dora Center for the Arts</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some exhibitions are created through a collaborative effort. University galleries work with an academic department to create an interesting and educational exhibit. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Vessel 24", Koehnline Art Museum</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.oakton.edu/museum/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Call
and Response: From Artemisia to Frida</span></a></span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> at the <a href="http://www.oakton.edu/about/thearts/museum/">Koehnline Museum of Art </a>in Des Plaines, Illinois was created in collaboration with the Oakton Community College's Women's and Gender Studies Program. This juried art exhibit included artwork by "prominent lacal and naitional women artists...that respond in ways that honor, critique or expand upon techniques and content of groundbreaking female "master" - past and present." My encaustic and fiber vessel series paid homage to Dat So La Lee, a renowned American Indian basket weaver.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"Passages", Swope Art Museum</span></td></tr>
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I was thrilled to have had the opportunity for my first solo exhibition this past December. <br />
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dozen, twelve foot high columns of encaustic and fiber sculptures created by altering
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Transformed Spaces was installed in the <a href="http://artonarmitage.com/category/past-shows/2014-shows/">Art on Armitage</a> Gallery window December 1, 2015 and was up throughout the month. I was lucky enough to have the assistance of my husband Doug. He did all of the ladder work, installing the ceiling hooks which held the sculptural columns. <br />
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I had laid out the cubes of the wall installation Infinite Possibilities
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ART ON ARMITAGE is a window gallery in Chicago that brings art out of the confines of the
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Many thanks to all of you who were able to see my show and thank you to Mary Ellen Croteau at Art on Armitage for this opportunity.
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I love Fall! I always have. I love that the leaves change colors. And I love the crunch of those leaves underfoot when they fall off the trees. I love the crisp smell of the air and the return of all those beloved sweaters from storage. And whats not to love about the return of cool weather food like stews and soups.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Now everyone agrees that Fall includes September and October but how about November or even December? Well, technically the first day of Fall is September 23rd and the first day of Winter is December 21st so I guess Fall is that time in between! </span></div>
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Given that bit of information, I am pleased to announce my <i><b>Fall</b></i> Exhibition Calendar for 2014.</div>
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"The Power of Place" is one of only two sculptures chosen for the exhibit "So Much More". This art exhibition is sponsored by The Artist-in-Residence Program at Swedish Covenant Hospital </div>
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The exhibition dates are November 15 - December 13, 2014. </div>
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The opening reception is November 15, 5-8 pm. </div>
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I was initially drawn to submit to this show when I saw that artist Nnenna Okore was the juror. I have been of fan of
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"Fluidity" was accepted for the "Oil and Water" group exhibition at Woman Made Gallery (685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago). This is the second time I will have shown at this gallery. The show runs from November 14 - December 21, 2014. The opening reception is Friday November 14, 6-9 pm. The gallery has posted images of the work that is included in this exhibition. </div>
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My final show of the year is perhaps my most exciting. I will be having my first solo exhibition of work at <a href="http://artonarmitage.com/">Art on Armitage</a>. This window gallery, located at 4125 W. Armitage in Chicago, is designed to bring art out of the confines of the traditional art gallery and into the realm of the public. "Transformed Spaces" will run throughout the month of December, 2014.</div>
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"Transformed Spaces" will be an expansion of two sculptural installations that I created for the exhibition "Spaces We Inhabit" at the Hairpin Arts Center earlier this year. "Infinite Possibilities" is a wall installation made up of unique 3.5"x3.5"x3.5" cubes. In preparation for this solo show, it has more than doubled in size from it's 15 cube size pictured below.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Knowing that this piece was not finished, I</span> returned it to it's spot in the back of my studio. I lived with this new form, manipulating these five appendages in many different ways until I was sure that this wasn't what I ultimately wanted either!! This time I got out the wire cutters and separated the sections from each other.</div>
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After working with each section on it's own, I ultimately created a wall hung sculpture that consisted of 5 individual and unique works. <i>Persistence of Vision</i> really was a deviation from the form I originally sketched!</div>
Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-43845701238307539332014-08-09T13:35:00.001-05:002014-08-09T13:35:33.843-05:00Blog Hop<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"></span><span style="color: blue;">I was invited by the talented artist <a href="http://guerzonmills.com/">Bridgette Guerzon Mills</a> to participate in a "Blog Hop" in which I answer a few questions about myself and my work and introduce my readers to three creative blog-writing artists. I met Bridgette when she lived in the Chicago-area. We both were members of <a href="http://www.fusedchicago.org/">FUSEDChicago</a>, a group of Midwestern artists that use the encaustic medium in their artmaking. Unfortunately for all of us in the Chicago-area, Bridgette and her lovely family recently moved to the East Coast. Fortunately the internet has made the world a much smaller place, making moves like this one much easier and allowing for a continued sense of community. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5J4i_uZKsLISavKhLJQRoiN9-EI-Io3ACIiG71SZE0h_i2r5MO4ovf3ulQ_gSbG8dYqBwTFSgpO9j1oPVjg55jpsmtt4_YNzAacl9CGFkGV60j2mVnrkIpr18egXnv6JKAY7FeLlV8bM/s1600/bridgette+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5J4i_uZKsLISavKhLJQRoiN9-EI-Io3ACIiG71SZE0h_i2r5MO4ovf3ulQ_gSbG8dYqBwTFSgpO9j1oPVjg55jpsmtt4_YNzAacl9CGFkGV60j2mVnrkIpr18egXnv6JKAY7FeLlV8bM/s1600/bridgette+blog.jpg" height="228" width="320" /></a>Bridgette is an award-winning artist whose mixed media paintings communicate the inherent beauty of nature. The multilayered surfaces of her canvases speak to
both the visual and tactile senses. Her artwork has an ethereal, almost dream-like quality, incorporating a variety of materials including
photography, oil paint, acrylic paint and encaustic. Read her art journal blog to get a glimpse into the thoughts and processes involved in her artwork. <span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><a href="http://guerzonmills.com/blog/">Contemplating The Moon - Bridgette Guerzon Mills' Blog.</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">Here are the answers to the questions that were asked of me for this blog hop project:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Currently I am working on new work for a solo show at <a href="http://artonarmitage.com/">Art on Armitage</a>. This entails an expansion on a number of encaustic
and fiber sculptural ceiling and wall installations </span>that I created for this past spring's exhibition "Spaces We Inhabit". <span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am always creating new sculptures that are
a reflection of my urban environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These works have been increasing in size with an inclination towards
installations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is difficult to say
what the nest year or two will bring as my work evolves as an expression of my
experiences.</span></div>
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<b></b><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Concurrent to my studio
practice, I am a daily social media content creator
for the group FUSEDChicago, writing about local art happenings and providing
publicity for group members. I also provide editorial support for <a href="http://chicagovisitor.net/index.html">ChicagoVisitor.net</a> and it's concurring local travel articles on <a href="http://www.examiner.com/insider-travel-in-chicago/douglas-boehm">Examiner.com.</a></span><br />
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<b> <b>2) How does my work/writing differ from others of its genre?</b></b><br />
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<span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I work with materials such as wax and cheesecloth, wire and
twine, that are familiar and accessible, but I use them in very unique and
innovative ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I consider the </span></span><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">textural aspect of
these materials as I create my streamlined sculptural forms as a way to invite the
viewer to approach each work and to visually explore the elements of color,
shape and movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> My work
considers elements of urban history and change as well as exploring the
physical and mental boundaries of the public and private spaces we
inhabit.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><b><b>3) Why do I do what I do?</b></b></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As a
professional who has spent most of the past 20 years in a creative business
position, an opportunity arose in 2008, allowing me the chance to become a
full-time artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This opportunity permitted me to expand on my creative nature. </span>Spending hours in my studio keeps me sane. It is extremely gratifying to turn an idea into something tangible. To lose oneself in the process of creation is a personally rewarding and satisfying experience.<br />
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<b><b><b><b>4) How does my writing/working process work? </b> </b> </b></b><br />
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How do I describe my<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> creative practice? There are routine </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and intuitive </span>processes within each day. </span><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span>I am never without my sketch book. In it I jot down inspirational images or
ideas. I sketch sculptural forms than may or may not become
reality. I always step into the studio with an idea in mind but that
usually evolves. The majority of my time is spent in my studio creating. I spend a number of hours each day on-line
attending to the business of art;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Photoshop, website maintenance,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>addressing social media needs, networking with artists and educating
myself on the art world.<span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally I will pull
up my inspiration file to get a shot in the arm of just that; inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Outside of the studio, I attend local art
events and exhibitions. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Since I became friends with Bridgette Guerzon Mills, the artist who invited me
to participate in this Blog Hop, through FUSEDChicago, it was a
no-brainer that I make this an all-Fused event by inviting FUSEDChicago members and so I would like introduce the following three creative blog-writing artists. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">ROBIN SAMILJAN</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">After twenty-five years on the east coast, Robin has returned to
Chicago. She has gleaned much inspiration from her new home as is
evidenced in her work. While I am drawn to her images of Chicago, her
new monotypes are really stunning! Robin is currently the Featured
Artist on the FUSEDChicago website. <a href="http://www.fusedchicago.org/member-news/featured-artist-robin-samiljan/">FUSEDChicago Featured Artist.</a> </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqpsUFY6ZG52zk47hu9ZIqVGldaoV14SBlVYmE0JEI1IFLiL8n_1FNKqEW4w-ZqiSKhLGFfZIAc4n57JQtc9tg2BvTFYuwsirteG_8q7O7Op_YlvwUc0uhK8XQqbFKzsGhtzixbPEaFQ/s1600/Robin+image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqpsUFY6ZG52zk47hu9ZIqVGldaoV14SBlVYmE0JEI1IFLiL8n_1FNKqEW4w-ZqiSKhLGFfZIAc4n57JQtc9tg2BvTFYuwsirteG_8q7O7Op_YlvwUc0uhK8XQqbFKzsGhtzixbPEaFQ/s1600/Robin+image.jpeg" /></a>"<span style="font-family: "Gill Sans Light"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I
am inspired to create a balance between what I see and what I feel. Golden hues
of autumn leaves at North Pond, the ominous Gothic shadows standing in front of
the Wrigley building, or the silver reflections from a fresh snow in streetlight
on Broadway Street, evoke feelings that exist forever in my mind. The vintage
buildings along Lake Shore Drive remind me of my childhood and the many visits
and family dinners at my grandparent’s apartment. I paint the brownstones and
skyscrapers surrounded by foliage and perennials and re-discover contentment and
warmth from my past. Having spent 25 years in New England, a move back to
Chicago last June has shifted my artistic focus from rural landscape to urban
surroundings and cityscape." <a href="http://www.robinsamiljan.blogspot.com/">Robin Samiljan Art Blog</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans Light"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Maike and I have shown together in many FUSEDChicago group shows. Her </span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans Light"; font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">art is an expression of the joy and gratitude she finds in everyday life. I am especially drawn to her line of </span>jewelry with it's design of simple movement of line and form. </span><br />
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"Maike van Wijk creates wall
collages incorporating her love of nature, found objects, photography, words,
rubber stamps and encaustics. She also creates steel wire jewelry, Maraviglia, incorporating waxed paper, vintage ephemera and decorative wire. Her
art is an expression of the joy and gratitude she finds in everyday living, with
an aim to share that tranquility with others.
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Maike launched
Maike’s Marvels in 2011 to focus on the artistic and creative life full time.
Exploring the local art world has been a joy and revelation of creativity,
support and inspiration. Maike’s collage work has been in the Evanston Art
Center’s Biennial Member Show, Lincoln Park’s Artrageous events, and <span style="color: #4d22b3;"><a href="http://www.maikesmarvels.com/?page_id=50" title="Kudos">group
exhibits</a> <span style="color: black;">including some curated by
FUSEDChicago. Her creations are
available for sale on Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaikesMarvels">(Maike's Etsy Shop</a>) and at Aurora Rose Boutique in Lemont. With roots in
The Netherlands and Germany, Maike is trilingual and enjoys incorporating
cultural memories and linguistic quirks into her work. She currently resides in
Evanston, IL." <a href="http://www.maikesmarvels.com/?page_id=21"><span style="color: black;">Maike Van Wijk's Blo</span>g</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">AHAVANI MULLEN</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4d22b3;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: purple;">Ahavani is an award-winning artist and teacher. Her paintings are meditative and contemplative. I am fascinated with her intuitive process as it is so different from my own. I am happy to include her in this Blog Hop event. </span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yNNMzbd4FGkKgZooWcaaGTu-zrBe3HDpr9wzSSBDwSqdfsPPmk_itqqkz6687Sb7AZaUgKi0vseflkYrL3ajFYG1GDG6k9WOOP9faimmPglLbWcxzJ4wFRoKc3veCblwtWnUvwaZJk4/s1600/ahavani+mullen+with+surprise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yNNMzbd4FGkKgZooWcaaGTu-zrBe3HDpr9wzSSBDwSqdfsPPmk_itqqkz6687Sb7AZaUgKi0vseflkYrL3ajFYG1GDG6k9WOOP9faimmPglLbWcxzJ4wFRoKc3veCblwtWnUvwaZJk4/s1600/ahavani+mullen+with+surprise.jpg" /></a>"My works have evolved from silence. Embracing stillness and reverence, this extends from the work's germination as a seed, through its progression to a fully blossomed piece. The imagery I create is intended to be experimental, using color as a vehicle for a moment of contemplation. I have exhibited nationally and was recently awarded a grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. I will be featured in the next issue of Studio Visit magazine and my next solo exhibition will be at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois. I live in Chicago and work out of my studio in the Logan Square neighborhood." <br />
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://ahavani.wordpress.com/">Ahavani Mullen Studio Blog</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Be sure to check out Robin, Maike and Ahavani's blogs next Saturday, August 16, 2014 to learn more about their work, see the answers to their Blog Hop questions and meet the creative individuals they have invited to participate in this unique event.</span></div>
<b></b>Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-36120274378848405902014-07-07T08:35:00.000-05:002014-07-07T08:35:38.306-05:00Award of RecognitionI am pleased to follow up my last post with this announcement that my encaustic and fiber sculpture "Passages" received an Award of Recognition in the 70th Annual (WVE) Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition at The Swope Art Museum.<br />
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Juror Carter E. Foster, the Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings at the Whitney Museum of American Art, wrote this statement for the exhibition program.<br />
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"Surrealism is alive and well. Whether through startling disjunctions of scale, eerie elimination of detail, strange juxtapositions or simply playful twists on observed reality, many of the artists I chose for this year's exhibition find endless richness in tinkering with the world while remaining fully part of it, without resorting to abstraction. Some mined their psyches or that of an imagined other quite playfully and optimistically, without the darker undercurrents often common in this type of work. On the other hand, the terror of the mind's unknown or blacker recesses was not feared at all by others. Art has the privilege of distance bringing even the unspeakable to our protected selves.<br />
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Surrealism is alive here in painting in particular, though some of the most intriguing examples are three-dimensions, with a fetishistic, reliquary-like quality that is appealing and original.<br />
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Painting's elasticity and durability was also a strong constant. I was thrilled to see such a thriving community of oil painters. The medium's demise is always overstated-flexibility and practically means that once one masters its technical basics, endless interesting riffs are possible, and there was no shortage of that among the rich trove of image types submitted to this exhibition. The long tradition of exploring pictorial space and finding a tension between flatness and depth is richly apparent and beautifully mined with much variety.<br />
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It was heartening in general to find an interest in mastering the craft of making, whatever the medium. Ceramics is clearly having it's moment in Indiana as with the rest of the world-it seems to be thriving everywhere these days, laudably so. I also enjoyed seeing certain artists push the use of language and the body, a mini-theme for this show.<br />
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In a world truly saturated with images, in which the image seems to be overtaking and ruling so many aspects of our daily lives, and over which we seem to have less and less control, even while gaining more and more access, it is a real pleasure to find those who are willing to take control themselves and use imagination fearlessly and with great confidence."<br />
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<span class="userContent">The exhibition runs from June 28-August 23, 2014.<br /><a href="http://www.swope.org/explore/annual-exhibitions/wve/">Swope Art Museum</a> </span><br />
<br />Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-5847105102719082802014-07-02T16:39:00.001-05:002014-07-02T16:44:43.003-05:00Summer Exhibition<br />
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With much of my time spent creating new works, I have expended little energy on submitting to summer exhibitions. The Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana has had an annual exhibition for the past 69 years. The 70th Annual Wabash Valley Juried
Exhibition includes the work of artists residing in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. <br />
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This year's exhibition was jurored by
Carter E. Foster, the Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings at the
Whitney Museum of American Art. The opportunity to position my work in front of this jurors eyes was all the motivation I needed to find the time to submit to this show.<br />
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I entered three encaustic and fiber sculptures; <br />
"Unfulfilled Dream", "Passages" and "Living Together-But-Separate Lives".<br />
The first two were chosen and included in this exhibition. <br />
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<span style="color: black;">In my last post I talked about my preparation for the exhibit "Spaces We Inhabit" and the two sculptural installations I created for this show. This post is a collection of images from the exhibition. </span><br />
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"Spaces We Inhabit" at the Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago.</div>
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Me with my installation <i>Spaces We Inhabit</i>. It consisted of 7 ceiling-hung columns, each 15' long. The cubes themselves vary in size from 1.5"x1.5"x1.5" to 4.5"x4.5"x4.5".</div>
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<i>Infinite Possibilities </i>on the wall to the left.<i> <a href="http://afboehmnews.blogspot.com/2013/10/inspiration.html">The Power of Place</a></i> and<i> <a href="http://afboehmnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/make-no-little-plans.html">Make No Little Plans</a></i> on pedestals. On the wall - two paintings by Mary Zeran between two paintings by Emily Rutledge.</div>
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<i>Moving Day </i>on the wall to the left, <i>Place</i> on the pedestal, paintings by Emily Rutledge on the wall and a peek of my installation <i>Spaces We Inhabit</i> between the wall and column.</div>
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Emily Rutledge (left) and Mary Zeran.</div>
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The 7 columns of <i>Spaces We Inhabit</i> .</div>
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A detail shot of <i>Spaces We Inhabit</i>.</div>
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This side of the display walls are viewable from the street and include three paintings in the foreground by Emily Rutledge and a painting by Mary Zeran. Two columns of <i>Spaces We Inhabit</i> are visible at the end.</div>
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<i><a href="http://afboehmnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/make-no-little-plans.html">Make No Little Plans</a></i> on the pedestal and<i> Infinite Possibilitie</i>s on the wall in the background.</div>
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The artists of "Spaces We Inhabit" - myself, Mary Zeran and Emily Rutledge.</div>
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Four of my sculptures were displayed on pedestals.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> <a href="http://afboehmnews.blogspot.com/2013/10/inspiration.html">The Power of Place</a></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></td></tr>
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<br />Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0Chicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.62979819999998241.4995241 -88.275245199999986 42.256703099999996 -86.984351199999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-76397453908315280062014-05-06T13:44:00.000-05:002014-05-06T13:44:08.907-05:00Spaces We Inhabit
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Back in November of 2013, artists Mary Zeran and Emily
Rutledge approached me with the idea of putting together a proposal for an
exhibition of our work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What evolved was
“Spaces We Inhabit: Sculptures and Paintings by Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Emily
Rutledge and Mary Zeran” at the Hairpin Arts Center in Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was familiar with Hairpin having exhibited
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light-filled windowed space situated in a historical building in Chicago’s
Logan Square neighborhood. In my last blog post <a href="http://afboehmnews.blogspot.com/2013/12/winter-exhibition-news.html">"Winter Exhibition News"</a> I
mused about turning a new wall hanging sculpture, “Place”, into a multi-piece
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My vision of the a multi-columned hanging sculpture was just the challenging project that would amply fill the long
cold Chicago winter days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this is
how my ceiling hung installation “Spaces We Inhabit”, named after the exhibit
that inspired its creation, came to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, I wanted to create a wall installation of 25 unique cubes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each cube began with a 3.5”x3.5”3.5” wooden cube
form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The materials for the cubes ranged
from encaustic to fiber to paper, twine and wire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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as each cubes’ unique design stemmed from paintings and sculpture that I had
made in the past. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The small size of my studio,
which would likely be described as “cozy” in the real estate world, slowly
shrank as each column and cube was completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>As the drop off date for the exhibition approached I began to ask myself
if I had bitten off more than I could chew with the decision to create two new
large-scale sculptural installation works!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My initial plan to create 7, 15” columns was achieved but “Infinite
Possibilities” shrank to 15 cubes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
the final number of cubes made my plan of a grid-design impossible, I was very
happy with the resulting asymmetrical installation.</span></div>
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“Spaces We Inhabit: Sculptures and Paintings by Alicia
Forestall-Boehm, Emily Rutledge and Mary Zeran” at the <a href="http://hairpinartscenter.org/events/event/the-spaces-we-inhabit/">Hairpin Arts Center</a>,
Logan Square, Chicago. <span style="color: windowtext;">May 9-June 8, 2014 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m sending two of my newest sculptures to Florida this
month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am especially pleased that both
were accepted as it was the first time I had submitted either for an
exhibition.<em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place</em> is the largest work
I have created to date, measuring 6’7”, twice that if it is laid out from end
to end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I plan to pursue <em>Place</em> as a
series that will be hung as a multi-piece installation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Passages</em> has been a work in progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made the base last year and it sat off to
the side in my studio waiting for inspiration. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over time this base changed shape until I came
upon the decidedly boat-like form it is today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It then returned again to that “place of contemplation” off to the side
in my studio until one day I spied the roll of copper wire I had in a container
of wire and cords.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like the
combination of metal with wax and fiber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The small sections of copper wire impale the smooth waxed surface of the
form bringing a menacing sense to this simple, still and serene form. This certainly might be my love-hate relationship with water coming out. Nothing would make me happier than to sit on the porch of a beach house looking and listening to the ocean all day but you would be hard pressed to get me in that same water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Place </em>and<em> Passages</em> are both included in "Big Bad Wax" at
the Mount Dora Center for the Arts in Mount Dora, Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This national juried encaustic exhibition was
juried by Kim Bernard and Susan Loden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This exhibition runs January 10 – March 2, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opening reception is January 10, 2014,
6-8pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="http://mountdoracenterforthearts.org/">http://mountdoracenterforthearts.org/</a><a href="http://mountdoracenterforthearts.org/"> </a><br />
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am a member of FUSEDChicago, a group of Chicago area artists using the
encaustic medium. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of our missions
is to advance public awareness of encaustic art through exhibitions of member
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This</span> is a group of extremely
talented artists and so the many group exhibitions that have been held have
been truly excellent events.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I am happy that <em>Make No Little Plans</em> is included in the next FUSEDChicago group exhibition, “Fused” held at the Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights, Illinois.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show is curated by </span><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Jessica Segal and will run from January 15 – February 8, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opening reception is January 17, 2014.</span></span><br />
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Do you ever find yourself in need of a change? Maybe it's a change as
small as a new haircut or maybe it takes the form of a new look to a room
in your house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps you don’t want a
new look, but a new attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe
what you seek is a new view of your life or your work? <br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>For a while now I have wanted to change my website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to keep the basic design simple and
focus on showing my artwork in a straightforward way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also wanted to assimilate various social
media platforms into my website in order to create a more complete web presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My final revisions included tying in this
News Blog into my website in order to
offer quick snapshots into what is going on in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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I hope you like my “new and improved” website!<br />
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<o:p><a href="http://www.afboehm.com/">www.afboehm.com</a></o:p><br />
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Thanks to Doug Boehm, my web designer, for taking all of my handwritten
notes and turning them into my new website.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<br />Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-15302767364184902362013-10-31T10:13:00.002-05:002013-10-31T10:18:40.332-05:00Fall Exhibition News<h2 class="me">
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It is always nice to receive an invitation. Although, today it is usually in the form of an evite, non-the-less it is always nice to be asked. <br />
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As an artist, it is especially nice to be asked to participate in an exhibition. I was very happy to receive such an invitation last month from Beate Minkovski, the director for Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. The jurors for the upcoming exhibiton. <em>From the Earth</em>, Mary Stoppert and Carmen Perez have invited me to exhibit three of my sculptures; <strong>Vertical Lines, Unfulfilled Dream</strong> and <strong>Coming Together.</strong><br />
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This will be my first exhibition at Woman Made Gallery. <em>From the Earth</em> runs from <span style="font-family: Calibri;">November 15 to December 22, 2013. The opening reception is November 15, 2013, 6-9pm. </span><br />
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Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-57163612543876361132013-10-08T17:31:00.001-05:002013-10-31T10:16:55.605-05:00Inspiration<br />
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am inspired by the urban landscape. I am drawn to the innate sense of
randomness, clutter and change that can define an urban existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The landscape
of the city and its architecture can seem unwelcoming with its hard edges and
its overflow of inhabitants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
actuality, there is an inherent harmony that exists in a city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The visual repetitiveness and symmetry of the
buildings themselves to the city plans they fill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The cacophonies of sounds that can, with
their aspect of constancy, make for a soothing element of dependability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And while certainly, there is a certain
discordant relationship among some city dwellers, there is a remarkable
interchange of order among the majority of inhabitants. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I am also inspired by those people, whose visions helped to create this world. </span></span></span></div>
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This remarkable artist is known for his large-scale, minimalistic sculptures
that invite the exchange between the viewer, the site and the piece
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His large steel works are often
site-specific and are designed to dwarf the viewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am drawn to his work as it often has a
feeling of flowing movement and is always complex in its simplicity. With my own
sculptures, I try to pare down basic elements of color, shape and movement into
elegant simplified forms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I explore the
right angled urban world and how people live in this environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How they interact with the spaces, the architecture
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Earlier this year I was contacted by Kelley Baum, a teacher at Franklin Fine Arts school in Chicago with a request that I participate in the school's annual Arts Day. I was happy to have been asked and eager to participate in this annual event. Every year artists from all areas of the arts are invited to spend the day with the student body. This year artists included dance companies, authors, theater companies, visual artists, actors and musicians. <br />
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I have some experience with teaching art in the classroom. During the 2005-2006 academic year, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I designed and
implemented a weekly comprehensive art education curriculum for a Montessori class of children ages 6-9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This curriculum amounted to a hands-on trip through art history. The challenge was to create weekly projects that not only followed the history of art but were engaging and workable with the ages included in the classroom. We began with one of the earliest examples of art, cave paintings. Working with clay each student created his/her own individual section of a cave wall and carved and painted it using the original cave painting images for inspiration. Well, needless to say, working with clay was a big hit with 6-9 year olds. It was a messy but successful first class! Throughout the year we progressed through the history of art. We made papyrus scrolls with glue and brown paper bags (which was messy and therefore a hit!) which we decorated by adding each students name in hieroglyphs. The students got to feel what it must have been like for Leonardo de Vinci to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel when they created drawings on boards fastened to the bottom of their chairs. They also were introduced to artistic concepts such as cubism, surrealism and abstract expressionism. During one class I told the children about Jean Arp and the idea of chance. By tearing pieces of paper, dropping them onto a sheet of paper and gluing them down where they fell, each student was able to create their own collage using the law of chance. This also taught them the importance of letting things happen and being ok with that lack of control. That was probably one of the most important lessons taught in art class that year; to let things happen, to embrace that your art was not like the example or the student sitting next to you. "Happy accidents" became my mantra and I repeated it more times that I can remember during that year of art.</span></span><br />
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Alicia Forestall-Boehmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047218067639791024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297144801257736724.post-56601716955320535982013-07-13T10:33:00.001-05:002013-10-31T10:18:15.807-05:00Summer Exhibition NewsWell summer has taken it's time getting to Chicago but it is finally here! The cool rainy weather has kept me indoors and in the studio creating work. I am happy that many of these new pieces have been included in area exhibitions. <br />
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Staci Boris, Chief Curator for the Elmhurst Art Museum juried two of my sculptures, <em>Vertical Lines</em> and <em>Considering Mies</em>, into the Summer Show at Water Street Studios in Batavia. I am thrilled to learn that I was chosen as an Honorable Mention artist in this show.<br />
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The name of this sculpture, <em>Vertical Lines</em>, was influenced by the artist Robert Mangold. He is known for translating basic elements such as line and shape into paintings that express simplicity of form yet evoke complex ideas. I loved that he described a circle as being 2 bent vertical lines. <br />
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Chicago is known for it's architecture and we embrace the influence that architect Mies van der Rohe’s has had on our city. His architectural style is noted for its extreme clarity and simplicity followed a “less is more” philosophy. He sought structural order and balance in his architecture; seeking a balance between interiors and exteriors through the use of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. <em>Considering Mies</em> indeed does "Consider Mies"!<br />
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Closer to home, I have two sculptures in the exhibition Encaustic USA at ARC Gallery in Chicago. I was so happy that my Mother-in-Law and Father-in-Law, Marion and Roland Boehm were able to attend the opening artist reception! Jurors Shelley Gilchrist and Paul Klein chose <em>Make No Little Plans </em>and <em>Living Together-But-Separate Lives</em> for inclusion in this outstanding show. These two pieces were also exhibited together at the <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Wright
Gallery of Art at the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">College
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em>"Make no little plans; they have
no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make
big plans; aim high in hope and work."</em></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />— Daniel Burnham
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Architect Daniel Burnham, whom some consider the
inventor of urban planning, offered a vision of what he believed a civilized
city should look like at a time of urban disorder. </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">He believed that a city could be both beautiful
and efficient. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His work sought to merge
things often thought of as opposite such as business with art and the practical
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Just about 6 blocks from my house, along the Chicago river, is a huge hole in the ground. It is 76 feet deep and 110 feet wide and is all that is left of the vision of what was to be the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The 2000 foot Spire, designed by famed architect Santiago Calatrava, was to be an architectural wonder in a city renowned for it's architecture. Ongoing real-estate woes ultimately resulted in the abandonment of the project and the eyesore that remains. <br />
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"Unfulfilled Dream" is the first in a series of sculptures that consider
the impact that water has on Chicago’s urban landscape. With beautiful
Lake Michigan outlining the city to the east, the Chicago River that winds its
way throughout the city and the many lagoons and waterways, water has indeed
had an impact on this city. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Water is an
element that, among other things, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can determine
presence of place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is at once
familiar and yet can convey a sense of mystery and the unknown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be viewed as restorative and at the
same time it can be a formidable force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Water
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Santiago Calatrava equated his design for the ill-fated Spire to an
imaginary smoke spiral rising from a campfire built along the Chicago River by
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I do not like the cold. I know that many people are eager for the start of
winter. They are happy to embrace the snow and the cold and all things winter.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not immune to the beauty of newly fallen snow and
the wondrous vision of the world enveloped in a white veil during a snowstorm
but I prefer to experience this while tucked away in my home without any need
to head out into all of this splendor. Needless to say, I am one of the many people
that are eager for the start of spring. I love spring. Nature comes to life,
replacing the dull colorless landscape with polished green and lovely flecks of
color. One of my favorite signs of spring includes the return of boats to our
harbors. While sailing along Lake Michigan this early in the year would
undoubtedly be chilly to say the least, this action speaks to the optimistic expectation
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Within and Beyond<br />
11x11x8<br />
encaustic, hand-dyed fiber, wire</td></tr>
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Eighth Annual Encaustic Invitational<br />
Conrad Wilde Gallery <br />
439 N. 6th Ave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Tucson, Arizona<br />
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I am happy that my sculptures will again be included in the Conrad Wilde
Gallery’s Annual Encaustic Invitational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This exhibition runs from March 2, 2013 – April 27, 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be two artist’s receptions - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March 2 and April 6, 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tendency of Thought<br />
18x18<br />
encaustic, fiber on panel</td></tr>
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Two shows this spring are group exhibitions featuring members of
FUSEDChicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FUSEDChicago is a group of
Midwest artists that work in the encaustic medium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These group shows are always outstanding,
offering an engaging look at the incredible range of this medium. <a href="http://www.fusedchicago.org/">www.fusedchicago.org</a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Searching for The Infinite in the Finite<br />
16x20<br />
encaustic, fiber on panel</td></tr>
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FUSEDChicago 3<br />
Second Floor Gallery<br />
Fine Arts Building<br />
410 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago <br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>FUSEDChicago 3</u></i> is the third
exhibition of paintings by members of this group at Chicago’s Fine Arts
Building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This historical building boasts
the last remaining manually operated elevators in the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show runs through February 28, 2013. Opening
reception February 8, 6:00-8:00pm<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living Together-But-Separate Lives<br />
5x8x9<br />
encaustic, fiber, wire, twine</td></tr>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">FUSEDChicago:
A Group Encaustic Exhibition </span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Wright Gallery of Art</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">College of Lake County</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">19351 W. Washingon Street</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grayslake, Illinois</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">This exhibition runs from March 1, 2013 – April 7, 2013<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Opening reception March 1, 7:00-9:00pm<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make No Little Plans<br />
9x9x9<br />
encaustic, fiber on panel</td></tr>
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