SPECIAL EVENTS For FALL 2011

ART AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB                         SUNDAY  SEPTEMBER 18

Breakfast Buffet and Art Tour
Back by popular demand, Art Encounter is offering a second opportunity to tour one of the largest (over 800 works) and most important private collections in the Midwest.  Highlights include art by Monet, Inness and Motley, as well as major works by Leon Golub, Ed Paschke, Gertrude Abercrombie, William Conger and Dawoud Bey.   Art Encounter President and Chairman of the ULC Art Committee Marsha Goldstein will lead an in depth tour.  A special feature will be a visit to the conservation studio with Collection Curator Elizabeth Whiting.   Proceeds support Art Encounter’s outreach programs.

Place:     Union League Club:  65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago
Time:     9:30 AM – Noon
Fee:       $75

SPACE 900 EXHIBITION                                                 SEPTEMBER 23 & 25

You are invited to Unearthed, the latest exhibition of works by members of this Artists’ Collective.  See how artists Joanna Pinsky, Clark Ellithorpe and Michelle Stone as well as new members Annette Turow and Colleen Conley approach the topic.

Place:     1040 W. Huron, Chicago Lower Level
Time:     Friday, Sept. 23: 5:00 – 8:00 PM   & Sunday, Sept. 25,   2:00- 4:30 PM
Fee:        Free
                                                                                    
SOFA CHICAGO                                                             SATURDAY   NOVEMBER 5

Sign up for an exclusive tour of Chicago’s most imaginative international expo, now celebrating its 16th year, before it opens to the public for the day.  Discover fine art stemming from craft mediums, taken to new extremes in both form and imagination.  Let us guide you through the maze of galleries from around the world featuring work by the most prominent artists as well as new talent in studio glass, fiber works and wood. You will discover humor and poignancy in this extraordinary show.Lunch with other participants and spend the afternoon exploring on your own.  Your Art Encounter entry ticket is also good for the following day.

Please register by October 28th as we must buy tickets in advance.

Place:    Festival Hall A, Navy Pier
          Meet at Will Call Booth in east entry of Navy Pier
Time:     9:45AM – Noon
Fee:       Art Encounter Members $27; Non-members $32; INCLUDES entry ticket

McDONALDS’ CORPORATE ART COLLECTION & The Arts In ELMHURST  TUESDAY, NOV 1

Join Art Encounter’s Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky for a day of art in  Chicago ’s Western suburbs.  Enjoy a rare opportunity to visit McDonald’s extensive art collection of over 4,000 pieces including glass artist Dale Chihuly and sculptor RIchard Hunt.
After a lovely lunch at the Hyatt Lodge on the Hamburger U campus, we will visit the fascinating Elmhurst College art collection featuring Chicago Imagist and Abstractionist Art.  Curator and painter Suellen Rocca will give us a tour of the work that includes Karl Wirsum, Roger Brown, Jim Nutt and Art Green, as well as a history of the Imagist movement.
We’ll also visit the Elmhurst Museum, specializing in late 20th century and contemporary art housed in an award-winning building around McCormick House, one of three residences built by Mies van der Rohe in the US .

Time:    8:30AM - 4:30PM
Fee:       Art Encounter Members $85; Non-members $90;
INCLUDES bus transportation, lunch and admission to collections

TRUNK SHOW                                                                SATURDAY  NOVEMBER 19

Don’t miss this exclusive showing of unique ceramics, jewelry and wearable art in an historic Evanston mansion located on the site of Evanston’s first school.  Ceramicist Nanette Loeff Allen is opening her home for Art Encounter to see her elaborate Tuscany inspired works as well as unique, imaginative works by invited artists.

Time:    11:00AM - 5:00PM
Place:   Call or email Art Encounter for the address
Fee:      $5 admission includes a $5 shopping card good towards any purchase

“Friends” EXCLUSIVE:  JOHN HIMMELFARB AND NEIL GOODMAN SUNDAY DECEMBER 11                                                                                                  
Meet two of Chicago’s most prominent artists working in the former factory building they own together.  Sculptor Neil Goodman creates metal abstract enigmatic forms suggestive of industry. His installation work graces the staircase of Northwestern University’s Block Museum.  Painter, printmaker and sculptor John Himmelfarb was recently featured on Chicago Tonight for his colorful, playful works based on trucks exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Time:  11:00AM – 1:00PM
Fee:     Free and open to “Friends” members only

LOOKING AT WOMEN at the Art Institute           THURSDAYS  FEBRUARY 2012

Join Joanna Pinsky for three sessions at the Art Institute of Chicago to explore how women are portrayed in art from the nineteenth century Impressionist Movement to the present.  We’ll compare the different time periods and how male and female artists represent the female figure.

Dates:  Thursdays, February 9, 16, 23 2012
Place:   The Art Institute of Chicago – meet at the Monroe St. entrance
Time:   11:15AM – 1:00PM 
Fee:      Members:         $75 series; $30 individual sessions
             Non-members: $90 series; $35 individual sessions