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We were founded with the idea that the studio belongs to its artists. The guiding principle behind our studio is to give people an opportunity to shape and be a member of an artistic community; a community that changes with the growing needs of the artists and one that is a contributing member of the larger society.
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Arts of Life offers artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities an alternative career path designed to help enrich their lives as working artists.
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Arts of Life Awarded $120,000 Grant from The Coleman Foundation
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Arts of Life to receive $50,000 grant from Ruth Foundation for the Arts
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Our Winter Classes at The Evanston Art Center and Art Center Highland Park Start this week!!! Enrollment to Our Evanston Class is now full! There is still time to Enroll for our CERAMICS class at The Art Center Highland Park, which is open to people with and without disabilities. Reach out to Annie(at)artsoflife(dot)org for more details.
***Scholarships are available from The Art Center to those who may need them.
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ID 1: Marcelo Añón and Ted Hamel smiling and working in the studio.
ID 2: Red and blue Fall Programming Flyer with a list of classes for highland park art center and Evanston art center.
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#ArtClasses #CeramicsClasses #CeramicsSchool #LearnCeramics #ChicagoCeramics #ArtSchool #ArtClass #CeramicsClass #CeramicsChicago #AllAbilities #IDD #NeuroDiverseArtist #ArtBrut #ArtistsWithDisabilities #DisabledArtist #All ##OpenEnrollment #HighlandParkCeramics #HighlandParkArt #ArtCenter
Our Winter Classes at The Evanston Art Center and Art Center Highland Park Start this week!!! Enrollment to Our Evanston Class is now full! There is still time to Enroll for our CERAMICS class at The Art Center Highland Park, which is open to people with and without disabilities. Reach out to Annie(at)artsoflife(dot)org for more details.
***Scholarships are available from The Art Center to those who may need them.
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ID 1: Marcelo Añón and Ted Hamel smiling and working in the studio.
ID 2: Red and blue Fall Programming Flyer with a list of classes for highland park art center and Evanston art center.
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#ArtClasses #CeramicsClasses #CeramicsSchool #LearnCeramics #ChicagoCeramics #ArtSchool #ArtClass #CeramicsClass #CeramicsChicago #AllAbilities #IDD #NeuroDiverseArtist #ArtBrut #ArtistsWithDisabilities #DisabledArtist #All ##OpenEnrollment #HighlandParkCeramics #HighlandParkArt #ArtCenter
We can’t thank you, our community, enough for your leadership in helping our artists’ careers to flourish. Thanks to over 260 individual donors, we reached our end-of-year goal, raising $140,475 including three fully-secured challenge matches from the Coleman Foundation and two anonymous donors! We are simply blown away by your advocacy and generosity. We now start this year off with incredible momentum, allowing us to launch programming on Chicago’s South Side, invest in our galleries, and expand our program staff to reach more artists than ever before! None of this would be possible without the generous support, and we are so excited for all that this community will make possible in 2024. Thank you!
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ID- Only Trindl in her chair smiling and working on a painting in an offsite art studio.
Pic📸: Annie Soler @rainbowbrainbow
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#ThankYou #Wintergoal #YearEndGoal #Goals #2023Goals #OlyTrindl #ArtsOfLife #SelfTaughtArtist #IDD #NeuroDiverseArtist #ArtistsWithDisabilities #DisabledArtist #WedidIt
We can’t thank you, our community, enough for your leadership in helping our artists’ careers to flourish. Thanks to over 260 individual donors, we reached our end-of-year goal, raising $140,475 including three fully-secured challenge matches from the Coleman Foundation and two anonymous donors! We are simply blown away by your advocacy and generosity. We now start this year off with incredible momentum, allowing us to launch programming on Chicago’s South Side, invest in our galleries, and expand our program staff to reach more artists than ever before! None of this would be possible without the generous support, and we are so excited for all that this community will make possible in 2024. Thank you!
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ID- Only Trindl in her chair smiling and working on a painting in an offsite art studio.
Pic📸: Annie Soler @rainbowbrainbow
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#ThankYou #Wintergoal #YearEndGoal #Goals #2023Goals #OlyTrindl #ArtsOfLife #SelfTaughtArtist #IDD #NeuroDiverseArtist #ArtistsWithDisabilities #DisabledArtist #WedidIt
We are very thrilled to announce our participation in Self-taught artist weekend at (Northern)Western Exhibitions this weekend which will feature Art from Arts of Life’s Noel Herrera, Susan Pasowicz, Hubert posey, Christianne Msall, and Bill Lilly. Please join us this Sunday, January 7th from 12-4pm for the opening of More Drawings about Buildings and Food.
About the Show:
A title derived from a Talking Heads Album, More Drawings about Buildings and Food celebrates Western Exhibitions’ relationship with a fandom of artists from four progressive studios— Arts of Life from Chicago, @landgallery LAND from Brooklyn, @visionariesvoices Visionaries + Voices [V+V] from Cincinnati, and @projectonward Project Onward from Chicago — all non-for-profit studios that provide space, materials, mentorship, and exhibition opportunities to adult visual artists with disabilities.
When:
Opening Reception Sunday, January 7th from 12- 4pm
Exhibition on view through February 10, 2024
Where:
Western Exhibitions @westernexhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave
Skokie, 60077
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A flier with a red frame and a painting in the center. the painting is Michael Pellew: David Byrne, 2022. Acrylic on wood, 32.5h x 60w x 9d in. There is text on top that says “More Drawings about Buildings and Food” and at the bottom it says, “January 7, 2024 - February 10, 2024 (northern) Western Exhibitions, Skokie”.
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#WesternExhibitions #NoelHerrera #SusanPasowicz #HubertPosey #ChristianneMsall #BillLilly #DavidBryne #TalkingHeads #SelfTaughtArtist #IDD #NeuroDiverseArtist #ArtBrut #ArtistsWithDisabilities #DisabledArtist #ProgressiveStudio #ArtGallery #ChicagoArtGallery #Chicago #ChicagoArt #SkokieArt #Art
We are very thrilled to announce our participation in Self-taught artist weekend at (Northern)Western Exhibitions this weekend which will feature Art from Arts of Life’s Noel Herrera, Susan Pasowicz, Hubert posey, Christianne Msall, and Bill Lilly. Please join us this Sunday, January 7th from 12-4pm for the opening of More Drawings about Buildings and Food.
About the Show:
A title derived from a Talking Heads Album, More Drawings about Buildings and Food celebrates Western Exhibitions’ relationship with a fandom of artists from four progressive studios— Arts of Life from Chicago, @landgallery LAND from Brooklyn, @visionariesvoices Visionaries + Voices [V+V] from Cincinnati, and @projectonward Project Onward from Chicago — all non-for-profit studios that provide space, materials, mentorship, and exhibition opportunities to adult visual artists with disabilities.
When:
Opening Reception Sunday, January 7th from 12- 4pm
Exhibition on view through February 10, 2024
Where:
Western Exhibitions @westernexhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave
Skokie, 60077
-Image Description:
A flier with a red frame and a painting in the center. the painting is Michael Pellew: David Byrne, 2022. Acrylic on wood, 32.5h x 60w x 9d in. There is text on top that says “More Drawings about Buildings and Food” and at the bottom it says, “January 7, 2024 - February 10, 2024 (northern) Western Exhibitions, Skokie”.
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#WesternExhibitions #NoelHerrera #SusanPasowicz #HubertPosey #ChristianneMsall #BillLilly #DavidBryne #TalkingHeads #SelfTaughtArtist #IDD #NeuroDiverseArtist #ArtBrut #ArtistsWithDisabilities #DisabledArtist #ProgressiveStudio #ArtGallery #ChicagoArtGallery #Chicago #ChicagoArt #SkokieArt #Art
💥We are starting off the new year with an awesome exhibition. In just 2 weeks, on January 19th, Join us at Circle Contemporary Chicago for the opening reception of Jesse, guest curated by Peter Anastos. We hope to see you all there!
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Matias Añón, Chris Austin, Joey Center, Noel Herrera, Bill Lilly, Lawrence M., Johann Mun, Nancy Olson, Lucy Walsh, Jean Wilson
WHEN:
Opening reception:
January 19th, 2024
5:00-8:00 pm
WHERE:
Circle Contemporary Chicago
2010 W Carroll Ave
Chicago, IL 60612
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A Flyer that shows an image of a J made out of a checkered pattern with text at the bottom that says “1/19/24-03/03/24” over a brown cardboard textured background.
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#ArtOpening #ArtExhibit #ChicagoArtExhibition #ArtsOfLife #CircleContemporary #Art #Chicago #ChicagoArt #ChicagoEvent #Jesse #MatiasAñón #ChrisAustin #JoeyCenter #NoelHerrera #BillLilly #LawrenceM #JohannMun #NancyOlson #LucyWalsh #JeanWilson
💥We are starting off the new year with an awesome exhibition. In just 2 weeks, on January 19th, Join us at Circle Contemporary Chicago for the opening reception of Jesse, guest curated by Peter Anastos. We hope to see you all there!
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Matias Añón, Chris Austin, Joey Center, Noel Herrera, Bill Lilly, Lawrence M., Johann Mun, Nancy Olson, Lucy Walsh, Jean Wilson
WHEN:
Opening reception:
January 19th, 2024
5:00-8:00 pm
WHERE:
Circle Contemporary Chicago
2010 W Carroll Ave
Chicago, IL 60612
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Image Description:
A Flyer that shows an image of a J made out of a checkered pattern with text at the bottom that says “1/19/24-03/03/24” over a brown cardboard textured background.
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#ArtOpening #ArtExhibit #ChicagoArtExhibition #ArtsOfLife #CircleContemporary #Art #Chicago #ChicagoArt #ChicagoEvent #Jesse #MatiasAñón #ChrisAustin #JoeyCenter #NoelHerrera #BillLilly #LawrenceM #JohannMun #NancyOlson #LucyWalsh #JeanWilson
