Past Remote Programming

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Friday, September 23rd

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, September 22nd

• 1:00-2:30pm Chicago Sculpture International visiting artist: Kara Johnson - Wood Sculpture Project

Tuesday, September 20th

• 1:00-2:00pm Electric Pink Lemonade Guest Curator Talk with Roland Santana
• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, September 19th

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting

Friday, September 16th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Everyday Heroes Curatorial Committee Panel Discussion

Thursday, September 15th

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting
• NO AFTERNOON VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING

Tuesday, September 13th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Alice Neel and Peter Doig
  • Alice Neel: People Come First Virtual Opening | Met Exhibitions
  • Interviewreihe Kulturtechnik Malen: Peter Doig

• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Friday, September 9th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, September 8th

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting

Wednesday, September 7th

• 10:00-11:15am Chicago Studio Meeting

Tuesday, September 6th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Josephine Halvorson and David Goldblatt
• “Close Encounters” with Josephine Halvorson
• David Goldblatt in “Johannesburg”

• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share

Friday, September 2nd

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, September 1st

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting

Wednesday, August 31st

• 10:00-11:30am North Shore Studio Meeting

Tuesday, August 30th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Slow Unfolding Moments
  • Liz Magor in “Everyone Should Have a Studio”
  • Louis Despont According to the Universe
  • Making & Feeling by Judy Pfaff

• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Friday, August 26th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, August 25th

• 1:00-2:00pm Professionalism Workshop

Tuesday, August 23rd

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Joan Jonas and Vija Celmins
  • Joan Jonas “Drawing”
  • Vija Celmins

• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, August 22nd

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting

Friday, August 19th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, August 18th

• 1:00-2:00pm Professionalism Workshop
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Friday, August 12th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, August 11th

• 10:30-11:30am Career Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Art Talk/Demo: Mosaics
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, August 9th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Andrea Zittel and Robin Rhode
  • “Wagon Station Encampment” Andrea Zittel
  • Robin Rhode in “Johannesburg”
• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Friday, August 5th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, August 4th

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting

Wednesday, August 3rd

• 10:00-11:15am Chicago Studio Meeting
• 1:00-2:30pm North Shore Full Studio Critique

Tuesday, August 2nd

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Barry Mcgee, Margaret Kilgallen, Mary Mattingly
  • Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen in “Place”
  • Mary Mattingly’s Waterfront Development
• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Friday, July 29th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, July 28th

• 1:00-2:00pm Introduction to Artist Residencies
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, July 27th

• 10:00 - 11:30am North Shore Studio Meeting

Tuesday, July 26th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Rackstraw Downes and Sarah Sze "Balance"
  • Rackstraw Downes in “Balance”
  • Sarah Sze in “Balance”
• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, July 25th

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting

Friday, July 22nd

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, July 21st

• 1:00-2:00pm Color Mixing Demo
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, July 19th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Art Institute of Chicago Highlights
  • Joan Mitchell's City Landscape
  • Hopper, Nighthawks
  • Marc Chagall's America Windows
  • Cassatt, The Child's Bath
  • Art Institute Collection
• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Friday, July 15th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, July 14th

• 1:00-2:00pm Painting Exercises
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, July 12th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Dicussion: Highlighting Architecture
  • Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque
  • Art Trip: Columbus Indiana
  • Salisbury Cathedral
• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Friday, July 8th

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting

Thursday, July 7th

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Art Demo: Still Life Drawing
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, July 5th

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Art In Houston
  • Art Trip: Houston
  • Henri Matisse, Woman in a Purple Coat
  • André Derain, The Turning Road, L'Estaque
  • Museum of Fine Arts Houston Collection
• 2:00-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Friday, June 17 

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Dance Party!

Thursday, June 16

• 1:00-2:00pm Thaumatrope Demo
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, June 15

• 1:00-2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, June 14

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Depicting Animals
  • A short film about Henri Rousseau
  • Henri Rousseau's "Tiger in a Tropical Storm(Surprised!)" explained
  • The folk art of Bill Traylor
  • Jean Wilson "Queen Wolf"
  • Jean Wilson "Howlin Wolf"
• 2:00pm-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, June 13

• 10:00-11:10am Curator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Landscape Painting Demo
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Friday, June 10 

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Disability Rights Movement Discussion
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, June 9

• 10:00-11:10am Curator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Portraits
  • Titus Kaphar Robert Pruitt @VMFA
  • Lola Keyezua | Floating nightmares
  • Vincent Jackson
  • Vincent Jackson, Untitled
  • Vincent Jackson, Untitled
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, June 8

• 1:00-2:00pm Egg Tempura Demo
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, June 7

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Home
  • Kitchen Talk: The Art of Steve Prince - SOW
  • Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series
  • Rosena Finister Untitled
  • Rosena Finister Untitled
  • Rosena Finister Untitled
• 2:00pm-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, June 6

• 1:00-2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Friday, June 3 

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing and Discussion: How to Critique
  • Art Critique The Four Steps
  • How to Critique | The Art Assignment
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, June 2

• 10:30-11:30am Career Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Art Talk/Demo: Love Letters
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, June 1

• 10:00-11:15am Chicago Studio Meeting
• No Regular Programming
• 2:00-2:30pm Secretary of State Disability Candidates Forum

Tuesday, May 31

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Judith Scott, Mika Rottenberg and Michael Rakowitz
• 2:00pm-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, May 30

No Programming - Closed for Memorial Day

Friday, May 27 

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Art Talk/Demo: Handmade Books
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, May 26

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Watercolor Demo
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, May 25

• 10:00-11:30am North Shore Studio Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Chicago Full Studio Critique
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, May 24

• 1:00-2:00pm Hasmik Arakelyan Artist Presentation and Comic Book Demo
• 2:00pm-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, May 23

• 1:00-2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Friday, May 20 

• 11:00-11:30am Educator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Artist Talk: Di Liu
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, May 19

• 1:00-2:00pm Art Demo: Figure Drawing
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, May 18

• 1:00-2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Approaches to the Figure
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, May 17

• 1:00-2:00pm Art Demo: Oil Pastel
• 2:00pm-2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15-2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, May 16

• 10:00-11:00am Curator Track Meeting
• 1:00-2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2:00-2:30pm Art Share

Friday, May 13

• No Virtual Programming due to the Brighter Days Art Auction

Thursday, May 12

• 1 - 2:00pm Art Demo: Chalk Pastel
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, May 11

• 1:00 - 2:00pm Portrait demo/activity
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, May 10

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Surrealism
  • Tarsila, the mother of Brazilian Modern Art
  • Betye Saar: The Alpha & Omega
  • Betye Saar RedTime Gallery Tour
  • Raquel Albarran, Albino Horse Pregnant with a Human Baby Pregnant with a Toe
  • Raquel Albarran, The Horse With The Human Meatball Toes And The Owl Carry The Bucket Of Fruit
  • Raquel Albarran, Nose Mugs
  • Leonora Carrington: The Sorceress of Surrealism
• 2:00 - 2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, May 9

• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Viewing and Discussion: Venice Biennial
  • Art Trip: Venice Biennale | The Art Assignment
  • Venice Art Biennale 2022: The Milk of Dreams / Arsenale
  • Watch Now: Frieze Guide to the Venice Biennale 2022
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, May 6

• Educator Track Meeting 11:00am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Guest Curator Talk: Sam Jaffe
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, May 5

• Career Track Meeting 10:30am
• 1 - 2:00pm Art Talk/Demo: Pointillism
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, May 4

• Chicago Studio Meeting 10:00 - 11:15am
• 1:00 - 2:00pm North Shore Full Studio Critique
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, May 3

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Imagination
  • Meet the Artist: Jeffrey Gibson | Whitney Biennial 2019
  • Material & Identity Merge in Jeffrey Gibson's "Like A Hammer" at Seattle Art Museum
  • Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum at Marcia Wood Gallery
  • Louis DeMarco "Cloud Chart
  • Louis DeMarco "Halo Chart"
  • Louis DeMarco "Realities"
  • Louis DeMarco "The Brain"
  • Louis DeMarco "Take Out the Trash"
• 2:00 - 2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, May 2

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, April 29

• Educator Track Meeting 11:00am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Intro to Critique Session 3
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, April 28

• Curator Track Meeting 10:30am
• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Building Creative Flow
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, April 27

• North Shore Studio Meeting 10:00 - 11:15am
• 1:00 - 2:00pm Chicago Full Studio Critique
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, April 26

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Composition
  • Archibald Motley Jr.'s Nightlife | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • Richard J. Powell on Archibald J. Motley Jr., Portrait of My Grandmother (1922)
  • Alma Woodsey Thomas Artworks
  • Piet Mondrian - A Journey Through Modern Art
• 2:00 - 2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, April 25

• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, April 22

• Educator Track Meeting 11:00am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Intro to Critique Session 2
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, April 21

• Career Track Meeting 10:30am
• 1 - 2:00pm Art Talk: Art about Art: How We Use Images
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, April 20

• Chicago Studio Meeting 10:00 - 11:15am
• 1:00 - 2:00pm Educators Present Watercolor
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, April 19

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Depicting Place
  • Etel Adnan: The Weight of the World
  • Vija Celmins on her life in (and out of) the studio
  • Drawing Cincinnati: Courttney's Vision
  • Courttney Cooper Cincinnati Map II detail
  • Courttney Cooper Union Terminal
  • Courttney Cooper Image
• 2:00 - 2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, April 18

• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, April 15

• Educator Track Meeting 11:00am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Intro to Critique Session 1
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, April 14

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2:00pm Arts of Life Core Values Session 5: Developing Independence
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, April 13

• 1:00 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, April 12

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: John Marin and Norman Lewis
  • John Marin's Watercolors: A Medium for Modernism
  • The Art of Norman Lewis
• 2:00 - 2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, April 11

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Mark Making
  • Rashid Johnson and his Untitled Anxious Red Drawings
  • Interview with Rashid Johnson
  • Ellen Gallagher | Art 21
  • Rubbing/Loving - Do Ho Suh
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, April 8

• Educator Track Meeting 11:00am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Sewing demo
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, April 7

• 1 - 2:00pm Arts of Life Core Values Session 4: Promoting Self-Respect
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, April 6

• 1:00 - 2:00pm NS Full Studio Critique
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, April 5

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Color
  • Sam Gilliam Interview: Artists Are Supposed to Change
  • Lina Iris Viktor: The Artist That Paints With Gold
  • Lina Iris Viktor exhibition at the Autograph Gallery
• 2:00 - 2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, April 4

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, April 1

• Educator Track Meeting 11:00am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Fabric Arts Presentation
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, March 31

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2:00pm Arts of Life Core Values Session 3: Building Community
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, March 30

• 1:00 - 2:00pm Expo Chicago Preview
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, March 29

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Abstraction
  • William T Williams - A Diamond in A Box
  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction
  • Hilma af Klint
  • Barbara Chase Riboud Interview
• 2:00 - 2:15pm Art Share
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, March 28

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: Australian Aboriginal Artists
• Tate Exhibition Australian Aboriginal Artists
• Aboriginal Art and Meaning
• Emily Kame Kngwarre
• Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula's Kampurarrpa
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, March 25

• Educator Track Meeting 11 - 11:30am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Exquisite Corpse Drawing Activity
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, March 24

• 1 - 2:00pm Arts of Life Core Values Session 2
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, March 23

• 1 - 2:00pm Art Talk: Paper Mache
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, March 22

• 1 - 2:00pm Studio Profile: Creativity Explored
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Monday, March 21

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, March 18

• Educator Track Meeting 11 - 11:30am
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm Demo | Dyeing
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, March 17

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• Career Track Meeting 10:30am
• 1 - 2:00pm Arts of Life Core Values Session 1
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, March 16

• 1:15 - 2:15pm Visiting Artist Talk | Alex Stark
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, March 15

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion: How to see and make
  • How to See | Joan Miro
  • George Condo: The Artist at Work
  • Joan Jonas Drawing Art 21
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, March 14

• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, March 11

• Educator Track Meeting 11 - 11:30am
• 12:00pm - 2:00pm Chicago Studio Award Show
• 2:00pm Dance Party

Thursday, March 10

• 1 - 2:00pm Art History Talk | Art Nouveau
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, March 9

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion: CPAG Virtual Mural Tour of Bronzeville
  • CPAG Virtual Mural Tour of Bronzeville
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, March 8

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion: Elizabeth Murray and Henri Matisse
  • Elizabeth Murray Art 21
  • Henri Matisse - A Cut Above the Rest
  • Henri Matisse Chapel
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, March 7

• 1 - 2:00pm Photo Taking and Editing for Social Media
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, March 4

• 1:15 - 2:15pm Demo | Coiling
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, March 3

• 1 - 2:00pm Art History Talk | Surrealism
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, March 2

• 1 - 2:00pm  Viewing & Discussion | Themes in Contemporary Art: Identity
  • Salman Toors
  • Devan Shimoyama
  • Devin Troy
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, March 1

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Self-representation & Expression in Art
  • Faith Ringgold
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock
  • Marlon Mullen
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, February 28

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2:00pm Screen Printing and Sister Corita Kent
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, February 25

• 1:15 - 2:15pm Guest Curator Talk | Cody Tumblin
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, February 24

• 1 - 2:00pm Art History Talk | Jean-Michel Basquiat & Kehinde Wiley
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, February 23

• 1 - 2:00pm  Viewing & Discussion | Theaster Gates
  • Theaster Gates: Black Vessel
  • Theaster Gates: Collecting
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, February 22

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, Carrie Mae Weems, & Deborah Roberts
  • Thenjwe Niki Nkosi: Gymnasium Walkthrough
  • Carrie Mae Weems Art21
  • Deborah Roberts: One and Many
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, February 21 | Studio Closed for Presidents' Day

Friday, February 18

• 1:15 - 2:15pm Visiting Artist Talk | Matt Bodett
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, February 17

• 1 - 2:00pm Demo | Perceptual Drawing
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, February 16

• 1 - 2:00pm  Demo | Painting Land
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, February 15

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Mickalene Thomas, Wangechi Mutu, & Yinka Shonibare
  • Interview with Mickalene Thomas
  • Wangechi Mutu: Cultural Cutouts
  • Yinka Shonibare Interview
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, February 14 

• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, February 11

• 1:00 - 2:00pm 3Arts Disability Culture Artist Conversations
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, February 10

• Career Track Meeting 10:30am
• 1 - 2:00pm Art History Talk | Black History Month: Early 20th Century through Harlem Renaissance
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Wednesday, February 9

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Kehinde Wiley
  • Getting to Know Kehinde Wiley
  • The Truth About Obama's Painter
  • Kehinde Wiley Reimagines Classic Art
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, February 8

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Jordan Casteel, William Scott, & Kerry James Marshall
  • Jordan Casteel at the New Museum - Virtual Tour
  • William Scott - Peace Worlds
  • Figuring History - Kerry James Marshall
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, February 7 

• 1 - 2:00pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, February 4

• 1:00 - 2:00pm Demo | Painting Clouds
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Thursday, February 3

• 1 - 2:00pm Demo | Collage
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, February 1

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Peter Doig
  • Peter Doig
  • Interview: Peter Doig
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, January 31 | Studio Closed for Staff Inservice

Friday, January 28

• 1:00 - 1:45pm | Volunteer Introductions
• 1:45pm - 2:30pm Zine Making Activity

Thursday, January 27

• 1 - 2:00pm Demo |
• 2 - 2:30pm Art Share

Tuesday, January 25

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Mark Rothko
  • The Case for Mark Rothko
  • Rothko Materials and Techniques
  • How to paint like Mark Rothko
  • Mark Rothko: AB EX NY
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, January 24 

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Henry Darger
  • The Secret Life and Art of Henry Darger
  • Henry Darger: Down the Rabbit Hole
  • Henry Darger Room Virtual Tour
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Art Share

Friday, January 14

• 1:15 - 2:00pm Visiting Artist Talk | JeeYeun Lee
• 2:00pm - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, January 20 

• 1 - 2:00pm Demo | Monoprinting
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, January 19

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Imagined Worlds
  • Adam Green's Aladdin
  • Nicolas Party: At Home in His Studio
  • Jamian Juliano-Villani's Painting Compulsion
  • Detroit Affinities: Jamian Juliano-Villani
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, January 18

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Intuit Exhibition Highlights: Bill Traylor, Sam Doyle, Joseph Yoakum and Inez Nathaniel Walker
  • The Lives and Work of Four Black Outsider and Self-Taught Artists
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, January 17 | Studio Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Friday, January 14

• 1:15 - 2:00pm Artist Talk | Marcus Imani Kennedy
• 2:00pm - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, January 13 

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Horace Pippin & Joseph Yoakum
  • Josiah McElheny on Horace Pippin
  • Horace Pippin's Sunday Morning Breakfast
  • Horace Pippin's Mr. Prejudice
  • Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw at MoMA
  • Joseph Yoakum
  • Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw at AIC
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, January 12

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Andrea Love Stop Motion Animation
  • Tulip Film Trailer
  • Tulip Kickstarter
  • Tulip Puppet Time-lapses
  • NYICFF 2021 Short Film Chats: Tulip
  • Revolution: The History of Hand Spinning Wool Animation
  • Cooking with Wool: Pizza
  • Tulip Film website
• Group Critique

Tuesday, January 11

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Identity in Art: Frida Kahlo, Glenn Ligon, Riva Lehrer, and Claude Cahun.
  • How artists explore identity
  • Frida Kahlo: The Two Fridas
  • Glenn Ligon: I AM A MAN
  • Riva Leher
  • Gillian Wearing reads Claude Cahun
  • Claude Cahun
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, January 10

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2- 2:30pm Group critique

Friday, January 7

• 1:15 - 2:00pm Visiting Artist Talk | Teresita Carson Valdéz 
• 2:00pm - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, January 6 

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Art21 Chicago
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, January 5

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Looking At and Critiquing Art
  • How to Critique
  • Steve Martin on How to Look at Abstract Art
  • How to Look at an Artwork
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, January 4

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Jim Nutt
  • On Nutt
  • How Nutt Paints
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, January 3

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Surrealism
  • Leonora Carrington: Britain's Lost Surrealist
  • Leonora Carrington: The Sorceress of Surrealism
  • Dorothea Tanning
  • Gertrude Abercrombie
• 2- 2:30pm Group critique

Friday, December 17

• 1 - 2:30pm Holiday Gathering
  • New Year's Resolutions
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas Reading
  • Holiday videos
    • Hey Deer!
    • The Lost Letter

Thursday, December 16 

• Career Track Meeting 10am
• 1 - 2pm Demo | Color
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, December 15

• Curator Track Meeting 10am
• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Camille Halvoet
  • Open Your Eyes Wide
  • Artworks
  • More artworks
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, December 14

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Cubism Demo
  • How to paint like Picasso
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, December 13

• 1 - 1:45pm Artist Presentation | Kasey Gabriel
• 1:45- 2:30pm Art-making

Friday, December 10

• 1 - 2pm Looking Out Guest Curator Talk | Jake Troyli
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, December 9 

• 1 - 2pm Demo | Color
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, December 8

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Climate & Art
  • How Climate Changes Art
  • Andy Goldsworthy
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, December 7

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Mark Bradford
  • Layers of Violence
  • Shade: Clyfford Still & Mark Bradford
  • On Painting with Paper
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, December 6

• 1 - 1:45pm Artist Presentation | Bojana Crnomarkovic
• 1:45- 2:30pm Art-making

Friday, December 3

• 1 - 1:40pm Art Presentation | Alex Novy
• 1:40 - 2:30pm Home and Community Based Services Survey Intro

Thursday, December 2 

• 1 - 2:00pm Art Talk & Demo | Color
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, December 1

• 1 - 2:00pm Viewing & Discussion | Julie Mehretu
  • Politicized Landscapes
  • Studio Assistants
  • Interview: The In-between Place
• 2:00 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, November 30

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Yayoi Kusama
  • How to Paint Like Yayoi Kusama
  • Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, November 29

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, November 26 | Studio Closed for Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 25 | Studio Closed for Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 24

• 1 - 2:30pm Thanksgiving Gathering

Tuesday, November 23

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Willem de Kooning Part 2
  • How to Paint like Willem de Kooning Part 2
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, November 22

• 10am Career Track Meeting
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, November 19

• 1:15 - 2:15 Visiting Artist Talk | Ana Garcia JaCome
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, November 18

• 1:15 - 2:15 Art Talk | Performance Art
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, November 17

• 10am Curator Track Meeting
• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Edward Hopper
  • Edward Hopper's Creative Process
  • Masterpiece: Nighthawks
  • Edward Hopper: The Loneliness Thing
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, November 16

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Willem de Kooning
  • Woman
  • How to Paint like Willem de Kooning
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, November 15

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, November 12

• 1:15 - 2:15 Visiting Artist Talk | Georgina Valverde
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, November 11

• 1:15 - 2:15 Visiting Artist Talk | Justin Cooper
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Wednesday, November 10

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk: Scale
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, November 9

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Agnes Martin
  • Art I Can't Show You
  • How to Paint Like Agnes Martin
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, November 8

• 10:30am Demo | Supply Care & Use
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, November 5

• 1 - 2pm RUSH Group Dynamics | Professional Development
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, November 4

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History Talk | Chicago Imagists

Wednesday, November 3

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Andrew Wyeth
  • Entering Christina's World
  • How Andrew Wyeth Made a Painting
  • Andrew Wyeth's Abstract Paintings
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, November 2

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Eat Like Andy Warhol and Exhibition Tour: Andy Warhol at Tate Modern
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, November 1

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, October 29

• 12:30 Halloween Fashion Show/Costume Contest
• 1 - 2pm RUSH Group Dynamics | Professional Development
• 2-2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, October 28

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm | Halloween Art

Wednesday, October 27

• 1 - 2pm Artist Field Trip Highlights: Gray Warehouse and Ruschwoman
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, October 26

• 1 - 2:15pm Viewing & Discussion | Alex Katz: The Artist's Studio, Inspiration, and more about his studio process.
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, October 25

• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Alex Da Corte
• 2- 2:30pm Drawing prompt: Draw yourself in costume

Friday, October 22

• 1 - 2:30 pm RUSH Group Dynamics | Professional Development

Thursday, October 21

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Demo | Pen & Ink Drawing

Wednesday, October 20

• Curator Track Meeting 10:00am
• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Jordan Casteel and Maggie Hambling
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, October 19

• 1 - 2:15pm  Artist of the Month talk: Raina Carter
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, October 18

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, October 15

• 1 - 2:30 pm RUSH Group Dynamics | Professional Development

Thursday, October 14

• 10:30 Career Track Meeting
• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Demo | Watercolor Pencils

Wednesday, October 13

• 1 - 2pm Demo | Color Field Painting
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, October 12

• 1 - 2:15pm  Viewing & Discussion | How Instagram Impacts Contemporary Art: Is Instagram Changing Art? and Art in the Age of Instagram
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, October 11 | Studio Closed for Indigenous Peoples' Day

Friday, October 8

• 1 - 2pm RUSH Group Dynamics | Professional Development

Thursday, October 7

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History Talk | Social Sculptures: Nari Ward and Theaster Gates

Wednesday, October 6

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | In America: A Lexicon of Fashion and Punk: Chaos to Couture
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, October 5

• 1 - 2:15pm  | Hard Edge Painting Demo
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, October 4

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, October 1

• 1 - 2pm RUSH Group Dynamics | Professional Development

Thursday, September 30

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History Talk | More Free Abstraction: Albert Oehlen and Mary Heillmann

Wednesday, September 29

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Yinka Shonibare: Being an Artist and Portraying the Sordid Shadow of Colonial History
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, September 28

• 1 - 2:15pm Art History Talk | Abstract Expressionism
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, September 27

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 24

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Blackiful Exhibition at Creativity Explored: A Blackiful Conversation
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, September 23

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History Talk | Art & Spirituality: Hilma af Klint, Ching Ho Cheng, and Frank Piatek

Wednesday, September 22

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Tracy Emin: What Do Artists Do All Day? Part 1 & Part 2
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, September 21

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo: A Closer Look at Color
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, September 20

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 17

• 1 - 2pm Virtual Interactive Tour | The Frick Collection
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, September 16

• 10:30am Career Track Meeting
• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History Talk | Immersive Installation: Jason Rhoades and Alex Da Corte

Wednesday, September 15

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Sam Gilliam Interview
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, September 14

• 1 - 2:15pm Music & Drawing Exercise
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, September 13

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group: Chris Viau poetry talk
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 10

• 1 - 2pm Virtual Walkthrough | Monet and Chicago
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, September 9

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History Talk | Personal Interiors: Becky Suss and Jonas Wood

Wednesday, September 8

• 1 - 2pm Viewing & Discussion | Art 21: Creative Growth Art Center & Creative Growth Fashion Show
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, September 7

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo: Colored Pencils
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, September | Studio Closed for Labor Day

Friday, September 3

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator | Ricardo Partida
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, September 2

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History Talk - Hairy Who: Jim Nutt, Gladys Nilsson, and Karl Wirsum

Wednesday, September 1

• 1 - 2pm Viewing | Black Panther's Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Breaks Down Her Iconic Costumes
  • Jack O'Sullivan, Wauconda, 2018
  • Jack O'Sullivan, Black Widow Panther, 2021
  • Cole Fox, Black Panther, 2018
  • Alex Scott, Black Panther, 2018
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, August 31

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, August 30

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
•  2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, August 27

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Danny Frownfelter
• 2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Thursday, August 26

• 1 - 1:45 Art-making
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History | Free Abstraction
  • Tal R
  • Amy Sillman

Wednesday, August 25

• 1 - 2pm Georgia O'Keefe Museum Virtual Tour & Discussion
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, August 24

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Transparent vs. Opaque
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, August 23

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
•  2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, August 20

• 1 - 1:45 Art Presentation | Omair Hussain
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Artistic Inspiration Conversation | Art & Fear-Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Art Making

Thursday, August 19

• 1 - 1:45 Art Presentation | Ava Makenali
• 1:45 - 2:30pm Art History | "Grand Gestures"
  • Lynda Benglis
  • Katherina Grosse
  • Claire Ashley

Wednesday, August 18

• 1 - 2pm View & Discuss | Virtual Conversation: Michelle Obama and Amy Sherald - Art Institute Chicago
• 2- 2:30pm Group Critique

Tuesday, August 17

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Drawing with Charcoal
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie

Monday, August 16

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
•  2 - 2:30pm Group Critique

Friday, August 13

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 2:15 Accessible Chair Yoga | Breathing & Stretching
• 2:15 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, August 12

• 10:30am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History | World Building
  • Ichiko
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock

Wednesday, August 11

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Viewing
  • Theaster Gates Explores the Politics of the African-American Experience
  • TheasterGates.com
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, August 10

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | All About Erasers
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, August 9 | Studio Closed for Staff In-Service Day

Friday, August 6

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Album Cover Artwork | Aaron Kleeblatt | Wear your favorite band t-shirt today!!!
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, August 5

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History | California Conceptual Art
  • John Baldessari
  • Ed Ruscha

Wednesday, August 4

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Viewing | Tate: What are Archives? Animating the Archives
• 2 - 3pm Arts of Life Archive Tour

Tuesday, August 3

• 10 - 11:30am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Rendering Cast Shadows
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, August 2

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, July 30

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Carol Pyes | July Artist of the Month
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, July 29

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History | Figurative Painting
  • Jason Fox
  • Katherine Bernhardt
  • Joyce Pensato

Wednesday, July 28

• 10 - 11:30am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Viewing
  • Pop Art: An Introduction
  • In One Brushstroke, Lichtenstein Tells the Story of Pop Art
• 2 - 3pm Art Making Prompt | Draw a landscape or an indoor scene, then add a giant version of your favorite food into the scene
  • Claes Oldenburg, Spoonbridge and Cherry
  • Claes Oldenburg, Dropped Cone

Tuesday, July 27

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Painting in Layers: Part 3
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, July 26

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Politics Discussion Group

Friday, July 23

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, July 22

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History | Funny Art
  • Tyson Reeder
  • Tony Tasset
  • Scott Reeder

Wednesday, July 21

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Strategic Planning Session & Feedback | Denise Fisher

Tuesday, July 20

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Painting Layers: Part 2
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, July 19

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, July 16

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Viewing | David Hockney
  • In The Studio With David Hockney
  • David Hockney | Painting "November Tunnel"
  • David Hockney on Vincent VanGogh
  • David Hockney in the Now
  • David Hockney
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, July 15

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 2 - 3pm Art History | Post  Minimalism
  • Agnes Martin
  • Dona Nelson
• 1 - 2pm Art Making

Wednesday, July 14

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Strategic Planning Session & Feedback | Denise Fisher

Tuesday, July 13

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Painting Layers: Part 1
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, July 12

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, July 9

• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist Talk | Rebecca Jantzen
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, July 8

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History

Wednesday, July 7

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, July 6

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Chalk Pastel 2
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

June 21 - July 5 CLOSED FOR SUMMER BREAK

Friday, June 18

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator Talk | Adam Parker Smith
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, June 17

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History | Narrative Figurists
  • Dana Schutz
  • Nicole Eisenman

Wednesday, June 16

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, June 15

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Chalk Pastel 1
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, June 14 

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 1 - 2pm Art Making

Friday, June 11

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, June 10

• 10:30am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History | Minimalist Artists
  • Frank Stella
  • Ellsworth Kelly
  • John McCracken

Wednesday, June 9

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Met Exhibitions | Alice Neel: People Come First Virtual Opening
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, June 8

• 1 - 2:15pm Demo | Rendering Diverse Skin Tones II
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, June 7 

• 10 - 10:30 am Politics Discussion Group
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 1 - 2pm Art Making

Friday, June 4

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Art of the Heist
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, June 3

• 10:30-11:30 Instagram Workshop
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History
  • Chris Ofili
  • Peter Doig

Wednesday, June 2

• 10 - 11:15am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, June 1

• 1 - 2:15pm Art Talk | Haerim Lee
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, May 31 - CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Friday, May 28

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 1:45pm Art Presentation | Alex Novy
• 1:45 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, May 27

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10:30-11:30 Instagram Workshop
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk | American Ceramics Renaissance
  • Kitaoji Rosanjin
  • Peter Voulkos
  • Ken Price

Wednesday, May 26

• 10 - 11:30am NS STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, May 25

• 1 - 2:15pm Art Talk | Becky Kubica
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, May 24

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, May 21

• 1 - 1:30pm Art Making
• 1:30 - 2:30pm Visiting Artist | Lucie Van der Elst
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, May 20

• 10:30-11:30 Instagram Workshop
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, May 19

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Art Making
• 1:15 - 1:45 Art Presentation | Christina Marquez

Tuesday, May 18

• 1 - 2:15pm Community Forum | Disability & Identity: Navigating the Nuances of Identifying Language
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, May 17

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, May 14

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Christina Zion
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, May 13

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk

Wednesday, May 12

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, May 11

• 1 - 2:15pm Community Forum | Disability & Identity: Navigating the Nuances of Identifying Language
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, May 10

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, May 7

• 1 - 3pm Art Making | Imagine you've been appointed to design the next public sculpture in Millenium Park, Chicago. What will it look like? How will it tell your story? Consider how public sculpture gets used by the public. How do you feel about interactive art installations?
  • Anish Kapoor, "Cloud Gate"
  • Jaume Plensa "Crown Plaza"

Thursday, May 6

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk | Funk Artists
  • Joan Brown
  • Robert Arneson

Wednesday, May5

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, May 4

• 10am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2:15pm Art Demo | Rendering Diverse Skin Tones
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, May 3

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 30

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Art Making | Draw a portrait. Focus on capturing the look on the person's face rather than what they look like.
  • Marlene Dumas "Love Sick"
  • Danny Frownfelter "Miley Cyrus"

Thursday, April 29

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk | Celebrities as Subject Matter
  • Sam McKinniss
  • Elizabeth Peyton
  • Andy Warhol

Wednesday, April 28

• 10am NS STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 27

• 1 - 2:15pm Block Museum Art Talk | Brianna Heath
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 26

• 1 - 2pm Chris Viau | Poetry Reading
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 23

• 1 - 2pm Master Class Series | Displaying Your Collection / Living with Art
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, April 22

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art History | Odili Odita and Michelle Grabner presented by Alex Keller
  • Odili Odita
  • Michelle Grabner
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, April 21

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 20

• 1 - 2:15pm Art Demo | Guache
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 19

• 1 - 2pm Film Viewing & Discussion | Cultural Influence and Representation
  • Marela Zacarías Goes Big & Goes Home | Art21
  • Bisa Butler: Quilting for Culture
  • Art Minute with Lauren Applebaum: Bisa Butler, The Storm, the Whirlwind and the Earthquake
  • Bisa Butler: Photo and Chicago Inspiration
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 16

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Guest Artist Talk | Haerim Lee
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, April 15

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Coping through Art Making
  • Art Challenge During Covid-19
  • Art Activity for Stress Management
  • Art for Anxiety, Stress and Creativity
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, April 14

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 13

• 1 - 2:15pm Art Demo | Guache
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 12

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 9

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator Talk | Pari Ehsan
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, April 8

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Marcelo Añón | Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, April 7

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 6

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2:15pm Color Mixing Demo
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 5

• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Agnes Martin & Jack Whitten
  • Jack Whitten | 'The Political is in the Work' | TateShots
  • Jack Whitten, "Homage to Malcolm X," 1970
  • Jack Whitten, "Asa's Palace," 1973
  • Jack Whitten on Mapping the Soul
  • Jack Whitten, "Soul Map", 2015
  • Artist Agnes Martin - 'Beauty is in Your Mind' | TateShots
  • Agnes Martin, Buds, 1959
  • Agnes Martin, Summer, 1964
  • Agnes Martin, Untitled, 2004
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 2

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Master Class Series | Building a Collection
• 2 - 3pm Art Making
• Relationships on Tap | This free opportunity through Illinois Self Advocacy Alliance occurs on the 3rd Friday of each month from 10-11am. Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here. These monthly gatherings are a time for individuals with disabilities to ask questions, learn and explore the topic of healthy relationships. All conversations will be confidential.

Thursday, April 1

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Self Assess through Art
  • Feelings Check-In Routine Through Art
  • Self Care Through Art
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 31

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 30

• 1 - 2:15pm Clay Demo | Barbara Jenkins
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 29

• 10am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 26

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist Talk | Sam Szabo | Sam Szabo is a cartoonist and writer from the North Shore of Massachusetts. For the past ten years, she has printed and self-published her comics. Sam is currently based in Chicago, IL.
• 2 - 3pm Art Making
• Relationships on Tap | This free opportunity through Illinois Self Advocacy Alliance occurs on the 3rd Friday of each month from 10-11am. Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here. These monthly gatherings are a time for individuals with disabilities to ask questions, learn and explore the topic of healthy relationships. All conversations will be confidential.

Thursday, March 25

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Dialogue With The Inner Critic
  • Art Activity to Overcome Your Inner Critic
  • How to Overcome the Inner Critic Voice When you are Making Art
  • Facing the Inner Critic Through Art
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 24

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 23

• 10am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Block Museum of Art Guest Curator Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 22

• 1 - 2pm Artist Overview | Oaklee Thiele
  • Conversations on Disability with Artist and Disability Advocate Oaklee Thiele
  • Oaklee Thiele Exhibit Visual Description Tour at Quincy Art Center
  • This is How We Came to Be: A Handler's Bond with her Service Dog By Oaklee Thiele
  • My Dearest Friends Project
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 19

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Artist & Activist Dred Scott Aims to Propel History Forward
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, March 18

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Scribbling with your Eyes Closed
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
  • Ref.4
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 17

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 16

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Whitney Fragrassi: Tattoo Art
  • Midwest Classic Tattoo
  • Instagram
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 15

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 12

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm ARC of Illinois | Anti Racism Training (passcode: antiracist1!)
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, March 11

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Body Scan
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 10

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 9

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Smart Museum
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 8

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 5

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator Talk | Katie Kimmel
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, March 4

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Making Mandalas
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 3

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 2

• 1 - 2pm Art Films
  • What Gordon Parks Saw
  • Gordon Parks Interview (2000)
  • Gordon Parks & Atmosphere of a Crime
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 1

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, February 26

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
  • The Long Dream | MCA Chicago Exhibition Tour
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Curator | Sky Cubacub | Art Persona: Building Celebratory Worlds
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 25

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Drawing With Your Eyes Closed
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 24

• 1pm CHI STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 23

• 10am NS STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Anna Kramer
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, February 22

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, February 19

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist | Holly Cahill
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 18

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Drawing with your non-dominant hand
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
  • Ref.4
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 17

• 1 - 2pm 1 - 2pm Artist Talk | Russell Copenharve
  • White House, 2021
  • Cheeseburger, 2020
  • Hot Dog, 2020
  • Israel, 2019
  • Mountains, 2017
  • Church, 2018
  • Chicago Cubs, 2018
  • Sea Ocean, 2019
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 16

• 1 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, February 15

NO PROGRAMMING | Closed for President's Day

Friday, February 12

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Curator Talk | Sage Studios | The Nostalgia Show
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 11

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Feeling Map
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 10

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 9

• 1 - 2pm Composition Demo | Anna Kramer
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, February 8

NO PROGRAMMING | Staff In-Service Day

Friday, February 5

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist | Katie Chung
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 4

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Guided Meditation with Nature Sounds
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Take Care, SMART Museum Virtual Tour
  • Sonja Alhäuser, Flying Feast, 2012
  • Kerry James Marshall, Slow Dance, 1992-1993
  • DO YOU KNOW: You have the right to take risks!! | Self-Determination
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 3

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique | Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 2

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | 5 Senses Guided Meditation
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Reinvent an everyday object to be ridiculous and/or useless.
  • Robert Gober "The Silly Sink"
  • Robert Gober "X Crib"

Monday, February 1

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, January 29

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Artist Talk: Chris Viau
  • Chris Viau, Sun Setting in the Woods
  • Chris Viau, Ice Fishing
  • Chris Viau, Sunset on Shoreline
  • Chris Viau, Mountain Top
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 28

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Yoga For Hands, Fingers, Wrists
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Jonas Gerard Live Painting
  • Danielle Wright about Marilyn Wong: Catching Spirit
  • Marilyn Wong
  • Marilyn Wong, Untitled, 2013
  • Marilyn Wong, The Woman A Model, 2014
  • Marilyn Wong, Untitled, 2018
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 27

• 10am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique | Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 26

• 10am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Mindful Breathing Meditation with Alli Simon
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Combine two things that don't normally go together
  • Meret Oppenheim, Breakfast In Fur: Fun fact: "Breakfast in Fur" was the first work of art in the MOMA, NYC, by a woman.
  • Dave Thompson, Underground Gummi Worms

Monday, January 25

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, January 22

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Artist Talk: Nikki Heusman
  • Nikki Heusman, Going to School in the 60s
  • Nikki Heusman, New Kids Move Into the Block
  • Nikki Heusman, Diana Ross and Tracey
  • Nikki Heusman, Van Gogh
  • Nikki Heusman, In Africa
  • Nikki Heusman, Potato Eaters
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 21

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Guided Meditation on Self Love
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • The Two Visits: Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago | The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Some Dawn: Kiki Lechuga-Dupont and Growing Concerns Poetry Collective | The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Charles White Retrospective
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 20

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 19

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Mindful Breathing
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw something that is more useful than beautiful
  • Andy Warhol "Brillo Boxes"
  • Russell Copenharve "Suitcase"
  • Edward Weston "Pepper No. 30"
  • Russell Copenharve "Mailbox"
  • Art or Prank? The Art Assignment

Monday, January 18

ALL PROGRAMMING CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

Friday, January 15

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Ardillio Anderson
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 14

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm 5 Minute Meditation You Can Do Anywhere
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Black Excellist: 10 Trailblazing Black Visual Artists
  • The Pioneers of Britain's Black Art Movement - BBC
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 13

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 12

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Deepak Chopra Living Carefree
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw yourself in disguise. Consider movie characters, mythological creatures, pop culture figures.
  • Cindy Sherman at the National Portrait Gallery
  • Characters, Cindy Sherman
  • Becky Kubica, Becky Ghost Buster
  • Becky Kubica, Becky Potter in Family
  • Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21
  • Cindy Sherman, Madonna

Monday, January 11

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, January 8

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art History Talk
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 7

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
  1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Gratitude Meditation
• 1:15 - 2pm Art and Empathy | The Art Assignment
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 6

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 5

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Relaxing Wheelchair Yoga
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw an object that fascinates you without worrying about why you feel interested in it.
  • Renata Berdes "Grab Bar"
  • Renata Berdes "Invacare Bed Rail"
  • Rene Magritte "Les Vacances de Hegel"

Monday, January 4

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, December 18

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 3pm HOLIDAY PARTY!!!

Thursday, December 17

• 10 - 11:30am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Relax, Ground, and Clear
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended viewing | Art Trip Washington D.C. | The Art Assignment
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, December 16

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, December 15

• 10 - 11:30am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Viewing & Discussion | Ugly Art
  • Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden Of Earthly Delights (Hell panel)
  • Ivan Albright, Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Frida Kahlo, Henry Ford Hospital
  • Pablo Picasso, The Weeping Woman
  • Norman Catherine, Dog of War
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, December 14

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, December 11

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Epiphany Center Virtual Exhibition Walkthrough: Aaron Baker, Ephiphany Center for the Arts Director of Art and Programming, will be joining us for a virtual walkthrough of BUILD Chicago and Arts of Life, a group exhibition featuring the work of Arts of Life artists Raina Carter, Danny Frownfelter, David Krueger, Tony Perez, Dave Thompson, Rebecca Turner, Maria Vanik, and Jean Wilson. This exhibition will be on view in The Catacombs at Ephiphany through January 17th.
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, December 10

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Calm Body-Afternoon Reset
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended viewing | Art That Brings Me Comfort-The Art Assignment
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, December 9

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, December 8

• 1 - 2pm Art and emotion: communicating feelings through subject, light, color, line, composition and more
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, December 7

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, December 4

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING | MOCP Virtual Tour This is What Democracy Looks Like |
• 1 - 1:30pm Meditation | Guided Meditation for Gratitude & Confidence
• 1:30 - 2:30pm Curator Talk | Good Weather
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, December 3

• 1 - 2pm Recommended viewing
  • With East Village exhibition, the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat comes home
  • Jean Michel Basquiat Filmed Drawing and Painting
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Head), 1981
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat, Notary, 1983
  • Ref 1. Garrol Gayden, Untitled, 2015
  • Ref 2. Garrol Gayden, Untitled, 2015
  • Ref 3. Garrol Gayden, Untitled, 2015
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, December 2

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, December 1

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Boost Your Creativity + Inspiration
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw 5 things you would see on a walk in your neighborhood. Try to capture the "mood" of the place you live.
  • Nick McPhail "Cul De-Sac"
  • Russel Copenharve "Mailbox"
  • Holly Elander "Headed Home"

Monday, November 30

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 11am Oak Wealth Advisors Thank you presentation for Russell Copenharve
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 27

• STUDIO CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

Thursday, November 26

• STUDIO CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

Wednesday, November 25

• 10 - 11:30 NS STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 3pm THANKS-SHARING SOCIAL! Bring an item to virtual programming to share with the group!

Tuesday, November 24

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, November 23

• 10 - 11:30 CHI STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 1:30pm CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 20

• 1 - 2pm Steve Harhaj artist of the month talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, November 19

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • "Close Encounters" with Josephine Halvorson
  • David Goldblatt in "Johannesburg"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, November 18

• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist: Jane Frey
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, November 17

• 1 - 1:15pm Simple Stretches for Artists
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw the shapes you see around you
  • Franz Ackerman | Artsy
  • Franz Ackerman | White Cube
  • Umberto Boccioni
  • Umberto Boccioni | The Met

Monday, November 16

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 13

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator Talk | Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im of Et al.
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, November 12

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Liz Magor in "Everyone Should Have a Studio"
  • Louise Despont According to the Universe
  • Making & Feeling by Judy Pfaff
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, November 11

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, November 10

• 1 - 2pm Artist Talk | Nick McPhail
• 2 - 2:15pm Meditation for Beginners
• 2:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw yourself doing something you love but can't do because of COVID
  • Seurat, Bathers at Asniéres
  • Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
  • Charles Avery, Widewalls
  • Charles Avery, Grimm

Monday, November 9

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 6

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, November 5

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Drawings: Joan Jonas
  • Vija Celmins in "Time"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, November 4

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, November 3

• 1 - 1:15pm Breathing Meditation
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Select random colors out of your collection and draw/paint only using those colors.
  • Vincent Van Gogh, Poets Garden
  • Van Gogh, The Bedroom
  • Monet, The Argenteuil Bridge
  • Claude Monet
  • Carine Brankcowitz

Monday, November 2

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, October 30

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION! Wear your costume to virtual programming, and we'll watch It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown together!

Thursday, October 29

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Robin Rhode in "Johannesburg"
• 2 - 3pm Dave Thompson | Artist of the Month Talk

Wednesday, October 28

• 9:30 -10:30 NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 10:30 - 11:30 CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, October 27

• 1 - 1:15pm Belly Breathing Meditation
• 1:15 - 2pm Esther Ruiz | Curator Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making | Draw how you feel using lines.
  • Julie Mehretu
  • Jen Stark

Monday, October 26

• 10 - 11am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, October 23

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 22

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Mary Mattingly's Waterfront Development
  • "Wagon Station Encampment" Andrea Zittel
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, October 21

• 10 - 11am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Kindness Meditation
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw what reminds you of growth
  • David Thorpe
    • David Thorpe at Maureen Paley
    • David Thorpe, We Never Sleep
  • Jean-François Millet
    • About the Artist
    • Millet, The Gleaners

Tuesday, October 20

• 1 - 2pm VOTING WORKSHOP
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, October 19

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Visiting Artist | Clara Tomaz

Friday, October 16

• 11am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 15

• 10:30 - 11:30 CAREER & CURATOR TRACK WORKSHOP | How to Talk About Your Art Practice
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen in "Place"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, October 14

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, October 13

• 1 - 1:15 Meditation | Body Scan
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making: Draw yourself as a mythical creature
  • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
    • Artist Info
    • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones: Patterns & Rituals at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
    • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones | Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
  • Laura Ball
    • Artist Info
    • Laura Ball | David B. Smith Gallery

Monday, October 12 | CLOSED-INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY

Friday, October 9

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 8

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing: Sarah Sze in "Balance"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, October 7

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, October 6

• 1 - 1:15 Meditation | Engaging Your Senses
• 1:15 -2pm Art Making: Tell a story using pictures.
  • Ethan Murrow
  • Joe Biel
• 2 - 3pm Art Demo | Anna Kramer

Monday, October 5

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, October 2

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 1

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Rackstraw Downes in "Balance"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, September 30

• 9:30 - 10:30am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 10:30 - 11:30am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Spoken Word Poetry: Disruptors
  • Disability poem by Emzzie
  • The Daily Commute - Disability Spoken Word [CC]
  • "An able disabled"- a slam poem|Alex Slaney
  • Arvind Nandakumar - "That's Just Your Autism Speaking"
  • Beyond the Wheelchair//Spoken Word Poetry
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, September 29

• 1 - 1:15 Meditation | Mindful Breathing
• 1:15 -2pm Art Making: Draw your happy place.
  • Paul Noble
  • At the Studio with Paul Noble
  • David Jien
• 2 - 3pm Value & Form Demo | Anna Kramer

Monday, September 28

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 25

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk | Watercolor

Thursday, September 24

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Joan Mitchell's City Landscape | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • Hopper, Nighthawks
  • Marc Chagall's America Windows | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • Cassatt, The Child's Bath

Wednesday, September 23

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 22

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Voting Workshop

Monday, September 21

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 18

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1:30pm CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Protest Workshop with Jason Lazarus

Thursday, September 17

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Art Trip: Columbus Indiana
  • Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque

Wednesday, September 16

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 15

• 1 - 2pm Art Making: What do you want the world to know? Use words and symbols to create a work of art. Send a message to the masses!
  • The Art of Jenny Holzer
• 2 - 3pm Intro to Jason Lazarus
  • JasonLazarus.com
  • Instagram

Monday, September 14

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Relaxing Wheelchair Yoga
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of someone you'd like to dedicate your drawing to today. What do they like? Create a detailed composition using some of their favorite things.
  • Nicole Appel "Vintage Tools"
  • Nicole Appel "Animal Eyes and Russian Boxes"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk: Contemporary Still Life

Thursday, September 10

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Colour Breathing 3 Minute Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Create a drawing using three of your favorite foods.Use repetition and color to bring the foods in your composition together.
  • Kenya Hanley "Menu"
  • Kenya Hanley "Untitled"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Art Trip: Houston
  • Ref.1 Henri Matisse, Woman in a Purple Coat
  • Ref.2 André Derain, The Turning Road, L'Estaque

Wednesday, September 9

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 3 Minute Meditation: Creativity
• 10:30am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a portrait of someone. Include objects that hint at their personality.
  • Alejandra Hernández "Shoe"
  • Alejandra Hernández "Bubu"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Body Scan Meditation by Go Zen
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw one of your favorite places.
  • Raina Carter "Shining Light Tokyo"
  • Raina Carter "Japanese Culture Center"
• 1-2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Neck Pain Stretches & Exercises
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a scene someone would see if they looked into your home?
  • Benny Andrews "Grandmother's Dinner"
  • Benny Andrews "Dinner Time"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3 pm Artist of the Month Talk: Maria Vanik

Thursday, September 3

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Morning Meditation with Deepak Chopra
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What makes you feel safe and comfortable at home? Draw it.
  • Salman Toor "Three Friends"
  • Salman Toor "Ghost Story"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Kitchen Talk: The Art of Steve Prince - SOW
  • Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series
  • Ref.1 Rosena Finister Untitled
  • Ref.2 Rosena Finister Untitled
  • Ref.3 Rosena Finister Untitled

Wednesday, September 2

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Body Scan Meditation (Tame Anxiety)
• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How do people come together in your community? Draw it.
  • Jacob Lawrence "Harlem Street Scene"
  • Jacob Lawrence "The Card Game"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Breathing Meditation
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you looked forward to doing at home when you were younger.
  • Ref.1 Rosena Finister "Untitled"
  • Ref.2 Rosena Finister "Untitled"
• 1-2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, August 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Stretch Routine for Artists
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What scene do you think you'd come across in the jungle? Draw it.
  • Henri Rousseau "The Repast of the Lion"
  • Henri Rousseau "Cheval attaqué par un jaguar (Jaguar Attacking a Horse)
• 1 - 3pm Art Making
• 2pm Group Critique
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 27

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation to Boost Creativity + Inspiration
• 10:30 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a wild animal doing something you normally wouldn't see it do.
  • Alex Scott "Family of Ferrets"
  • Alex Scott " The Lion Who Wears Roller Skates"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • A short film about Henri Rousseau
  • Henri Rousseau's "Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)" explained
  • The folk art of Bill Traylor
  • Ref. 1 Jean Wilson "Queen Wolf"
  • Ref. 2 Jean Wilson "Howlin Wolf"

Wednesday, August 26

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Feeling anxious? Take deep breaths in sync with this!
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10:30 - 11:30am Curator Talk: Box Box Box Sun Sun Sun
• 1 - 2pm POETRY GROUP *We are going to finalize the book title and take a group photo today*
• 2 - 3pm Voting Workshop

Tuesday, August 25

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindfulness Breathing Directed Doodling
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of an animal. Which of its features and characteristics stand out to you? Draw that animal in a way that also makes those features stand out to others.
  • Jean Wilson "Queen Wolf at Night"
  • Jean Wilson "Happy Wolf"
• 1 - 3pm Art Making: Reflect on a moment in your life and draw it. Add animals into your composition to help tell the story.
  • Bill Traylor "Untitled" (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog)
  • Bill Traylor "Man and Large Dog"

Friday, August 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 6 Movements of the Spine
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a self-portrait. What do you want others to notice about you? Keep this in mind while you draw today.
  • Titus Kaphar "Twisted Tropes"
  • Titus Kaphar (work from the Jerome Project)
• 1 - 3pm Art Making: Use bright colors and bold shapes to draw a portrait of someone who is close/important to you.
  • Vincent Jackson "Colorful Man"
  • Vincent Jackson "Lady Elegant"
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 20

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Drawing the Breath Meditation
• 10:30 - 11:30am Studio Visit: Crochet | Whitney Fragrassi
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Curate 757 Season 4, Ep. 4 | Titus Kaphar
  • Artist Robert Pruitt @VMFA
  • Lola Keyezua | Floating Nightmares
  • Vincent Jackson
    • Ref 1: Vincent Jackson, Untitled
    • Ref 2: Vincent Jackson, Untitled

Wednesday, August 19

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Body Scan Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a few objects that are important to you and imagine that they are a part of your body. Now draw your self-portrait with that in mind.
  • Robert Pruit "Usher Board President"
  • Robert Pruit "Steeped"
• 1 - 2:30pm CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, August 18

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Inner Strength
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a mask that represents a specific moment in your life.
  • Ref 1: Keyezua "Fortia" (Latin for "strength")
  • Ref 2: Keyezua "Fortia" (Latin for "strength")
• 10:30am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, August 14

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation and Visualization for Empaths
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw what your food would look like if it were alive.
  • Raquel Albarran "Cheeseburger Deluxe with Fruits and Toes"
  • Julie Curtiss "No place like home"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 13

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Yoga For Hands, Fingers, Wrists
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a few objects that are important to you. Arrange them in ways that you wouldn't normally see them.
  • Betye Saar "Black Girl's Window"
  • Betye Saar "Black Girl's Window" (close up)
  • Betye Saar "Black Girl's Window (close up)
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Tarsila, the mother of Brazilian Modern Art
  • Betye Saar: The Alpha & Omega
  • Betye Saar RedTime Gallery Tour
    • Raquel Albarran, Albino Horse Pregnant with a Human Baby Pregnant with a Toe
    • Raquel Albarran, The Horse With The Human Meatball Toes And The Owl Carry The Bucket Of Fruit
    • Raquel Albarran, Nose Mugs

Wednesday, August 12

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 3 Minute Meditation: Creativity
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Identify areas of Carrington's pieces that seem unreal. Think of an everyday scene to draw. While drawing it change parts of it so that it starts break away from reality.
  • Leonora Carrington "And Then We Saw The Minotaur!
  • Leonora Carrington "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, August 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation | Body Scan For Relaxation, Tension and Stress Release
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a landscape inspired by a dream you've had. Try to capture the weirdness of dreams by making some areas unrecognizable or far larger than they are in real life.
  • Tarsila do Amaral "Composição (Figura só)"
  • Tarsila do Amaral "O Lago" (The Lake)
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Workshop: Contemporary Artists with Disabilities | by Haerim Lee

Friday, August 7

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Adaptive Yoga | Wheelchair
• 10 - 11:30am Virtual Studio Visit: Whitney Fragassi
• 1 - 2pm Art Making: If you could travel anywhere imaginary where would you go? Draw it.
  • Jack O'Sullivan "The Night Agraboh"
  • Jack O'Sullivan "Dragons the Hidden World"
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 6

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am A Meditation for Overcoming Obstacles | Deepak Chopra
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What does a safe/comfortable space look like to you? What would it need to have? Draw this place.
  • Uzumaki Cepeda "Safe Space"
  • Uzumaki Cepeda "Teenage Bedroom"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Stephen Wiltshire News Profile
  • Stephen Wiltshire draws Mexico City Panorama
    • Stephen Wiltshire Mexico City Drawing
  • Drawing Cincinnati: Courttney's Vision
    • Courttney Cooper Cincinnati Map II detail
    • Courttney Cooper, Union Terminal
    • Courttney Cooper | reference image
  • Etel Adnan: The Weight of the World

Wednesday, August 5

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Seated Stretches
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a place outside that you haven't visited in a while. Select a few colors you don't use often to draw it.
  • Etel Adnan "Sans Titre"
  • Etel Adnan "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, August 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Morning Mindfulness Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a city you like. Highlight your favorite parts.
  • Ref 1: Courttney Cooper "Untitled" 2015
  • Ref 2: Courtney Cooper "Untitled" 2015
  • Ref 3: Stephen Wiltshire "Aerial View of Chicago with lake Michigan"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, July 31

• 10am - 12pm Covid Protocol Training Session: There is no virtual programming today. Instead, we are conducting a staff training session online. Interested artists, families and providers are welcome to join the training session.
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 30

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Chair Yoga to Stretch You Out
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Create a drawing using markings inspired by Ellen Gallagher's work.
  • Ellen Gallagher "eXelento"
  • Ellen Gallagher "eXelento" (close-up)
  • eXelento (close-up #2)
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Rashid Johnson and his Untitled Anxious Red Drawings
  • Interview with Rashid Johnson
  • Ellen Gallagher | Art 21
  • Hung Kei Shiu
    • Hung Kei Shiu Untitled (Multicolor Dots and Dashes)
    • Hung Kei Shiu Untitled (From Landscape Fragment)
    • Hung Kei Shiu Untitled IV

Wednesday, July 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 6 Movements of the Spine
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw an image that describes how you've been feeling lately. Transform that image by layering new markings on it.
  • Rashid Johnson "Untitled Anxious Audience"
  • Rashid Johnson "Two Standing Broken Men"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm VOTING WORKSHOP

Tuesday, July 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Drawing the Breath Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Minnie Pwerle's works are filled with movement. First, use lines and circular shapes to draw something loose and free-flowing. Then, use lines and circular shapes to draw something that is much tighter and more bunched together.
  • Minnie Pwerle "Awelye Atnwengerrp"
  • Minnie Pwerle "Awelye Atnwengerrp"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk: Landscape

Friday, July 24

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation: Connect with Earth and Nature
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: "Loudemar" is a fictional island/universe created by artist Louis DeMarco. The island can be seen as a tool for dealing with everyday challenges. If you were to own an island, what it look like? What would it need to have for you to want to live there? Draw it.
  • Louis DeMarco (Image description: "Thought problem dark clouds rolling into the Loudemar sky")
  • Louis DeMarco "Halo Chart"
  • Louis DeMarco "Fortress of Loudemar"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 23

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Seated Tai Chi
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Imagine that you could time travel. Where would you go? Draw it.
  • Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum "Glean"
  • Pamela P Sunstrum "Sentinel"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Meet the Artist: Jeffrey Gibson | Whitney Biennial 2019
  • Material & Identity Merge in Jeffrey Gibson's "Like A Hammer" at Seattle Art Museum
  • Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum at Marcia Wood Gallery
  • Louis DeMarco
    • Louis DeMarco "Cloud Chart"
    • Louis DeMarco "Halo Chart"
    • Louis DeMarco "Realities"
    • Louis DeMarco "The Brain"
    • Louis DeMarco "Take Out the Trash"

Wednesday, July 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Calm Up Meditation: With an Ocean View
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a scene from the life of an imaginary character. What are they like and what kind of world do they live in?
  • John Bankston "Farewell"
  • John Bankston (Ref. 2)
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, July 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Deep Breathing Exercises for Beginners
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a flag for planet Earth; one that represents a better/brighter future. What would it look like?
  • Jeffrey Gibson "Keep on Moving"
  • Jeffrey Gibson Recording (description of "Keep on Moving")
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Watercolor Demo

Friday, July 17

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Beach Walk - Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw your favorite animal using high contrast colors.
  • Norval Morrisseau "Sitting Bear"
  • Norval Morrisseau "Sweatlodge Ceremony Inside Turtle"
  • Complimentary color wheel
• 1 - 1:30pm Art Making
• 1:30 - 3pm Artist Social! Bring one meaningful object to discuss with the group!!
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 16

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Color Breathing 3 Minute Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Lina Viktor uses mostly black, white, gold, and blue in her work. Use these colors (can use yellow if you don't have gold) to draw an image that is inspired by her work.
  • Lina Viktor "XXVI Refuge from the aftermath…A Reckoning to come"
  • Lina Viktor "Black Union"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Sam Gilliam Interview: Artists Are Supposed to Change
  • Lina Iris Viktor: The Artist That Paints With Gold
  • Lina Iris Viktor exhibition at the Autograph Gallery
  • Ethel Revita
    • Ethel Revita Untitled (Ref.1)
    • Ethel Revita Untitled (Ref.2)
    • Ethel Revita Untitled (Ref.3)

Wednesday, July 15

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Relaxing Nature: Whale Songs and Ocean Waves
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What would a color explosion look like? Draw one using only warm colors.
  • Sam Gilliam "Untitled"
  • Sam Gilliam, (Ref. 2)
  • Warm vs cool reference
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, July 14

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Relaxing Wheelchair Yoga
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a place and pretend you see a disco ball floating there. Disco balls are made up of small mirrors, each reflecting the light around them. What colors do you see on the disco ball? Draw a pattern using the colors you see in your mind.
  • Ethel Revita "Untitled (Disco Ball)"
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, July 10

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation: Lion's Breath
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Look at the first painting by Al Loving. Imagine that you're breaking the shapes apart and transforming them into something new. Draw what that new image would look like.
  • Al Loving (ref. 1) Untitled
  • Al Loving (ref. 2) Untitled,
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Collage Demo with Max Guy
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 9

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Yoga For Hands, Fingers, Wrists
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of someone you're close to. How do they make you feel? Draw that feeling using only lines and 5 colors of your choice.
  • Grace Rosario Perkins, Reference #1
  • Grace Rosario Perkins and Olen Perkins (father), Reference #2
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Grace Rosario Perkins: FBAIR Summer 2016
  • Grace Rosario Perkins: A Hidden Hair
    • Example: Grace Rosario Perkins: Greyscale Painting
  • Art This Week-At the Amon Carter-Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis
  • Allura Fong
    • Examples
      • Allura Fong Untitled 2019
      • Allura Fong Untitled 2019
      • Allura Fong Untitled 1 2005

Wednesday, July 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation: Setting a Morning Intention
• 10 - 11:30am NS STUDIO MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a shape of your choice. Rotate your page then draw a different shape. Keep doing this until you've filled up your paper.
  • Frances Roberts, There's a Party with Different Designs
  • Frances Roberts, Everybody Like Different Squared Circled Colors
• 1 - 2:30pm CHI STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, July 7

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Movement: Unlock Your Spinal Mobility
• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a shape multiple times across your page, slightly changing/warping the shape each time you draw it.
  • William T Williams "1940"
  • William T Williams, Texas Lady
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • William T Williams - A Diamond in A Box
  • Barbara Chase Riboud Interview
  • Let's Talk About Intellectual Disabilities: Loretta Claiborne

Monday, July 6

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Colors Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you've done or would like to do this Summer without drawing objects or people. Instead, focus on using color, lines, shapes, and patterns.
  • Norman Lewis, Ritual
  • Norman Lewis, Florence
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Thursday, July 2

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation on Being Present
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Select four of your favorite objects. Arrange these objects in front of you, then draw them.
  • Nikki Heusman, Still Life Fresh Apples
  • Robert Duncanson, Still Life with Fruit and Nuts
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Kate Gainer, part 02 of 10: "Black, disabled, and female in Atlanta"
  • The Board Behind the World of Flyboy, Hebru Brantley
  • Hebru Brantley & Eve Ewing on the Story Behind Nevermore
  • Robert Duncanson "Mount Orford" (1864) Audio Tour
  • Robert S. Duncanson "Landscape with Sheep"

Wednesday, July 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Diaphragmatic Breathing
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a part of your daily life. Think of ways to balance your composition while working today.
  • Horace Pippin, Victorian Interior II
  • Horace Pippin, Interior
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Watercolor Demo

Tuesday, June 30

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Sensory Overload Guided Meditation
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How does Alma Thomas use Color in these pieces? What effect does it have? Draw a pattern inspired by your favorite part of nature.
  • Alma Thomas, A Fantastic Sunset
  • Alma Thomas, White Roses Sing and Sing
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Archibald Motley Jr.'s Nightlife | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • Richard J. Powell on Archibald J. Motley Jr., Portrait of My Grandmother (1922)
  • Alma Woodsey Thomas Artworks
  • Keri Gray: Disability Rights in Black 2020

Monday, June 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Senses Grounding Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How does Archibald Motley use space in his paintings. Think about this while drawing a scene of your choice today.
  • Archibald Motley Jr., Nightlife
  • Archibald M Jr., Blues
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, June 26

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation For Self Love and Healing
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Select a picture (from an album, magazine, book, etc.) or object to draw. While working, don't focus on the details. Draw the colors and lines you see.
  • Marlon Mullen | NIAD
  • Marlon Mullen, Untitled
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Tour: Brian Malnassy
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, June 25

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Creativity and Artmaking
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Select and draw an object that reminds you of your childhood.
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock, The Den
  • Trenton Dolye Hancock, Plate of Shrimp
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Quilt artist Faith Ringgold: THREADS
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock: Real Biography
  • Marlon Mullen: The Language of Color
    • Reference #1
    • Reference #2

Wednesday, June 24

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Breathing Exercise - Mindfulness Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of an animal that you like. What do you like about it? Give it a personality and draw it.
  • Dorrie Reid, Blizzard
  • Dorrie Reid, Untitled
• 1 - 3pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, June 23

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Inner Strength
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a memory that has had a surprising impact on you.
  • Mark Bradford, Strawberry
  • Mark Bradford, The Devil is Beating his Wife
  • Bonus pic: Bradford working in his mother's beauty shop ,Foxyé Fair, in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, c. 1980.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day
  • Shade: Clyfford Still / Mark Bradford
  • Deborah Roberts : One and Many
  • Dorrie Reid | NIAD
    • Reference #1
    • Reference #2
    • Reference #3
    • Reference #4

Monday, June 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am How to Meditate
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw yourself as a child and then draw yourself as you see yourself today. How have you changed?
  • Deborah Roberts "Glass Castles"
• 10:30 - 11:30am INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
• 1 - 1:30pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Brian Malnassy
• 2 - 3pm Art Demo: Suprematism with Darja Bajagic

Friday, June 19

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Resilience - Guided Meditation
• 9:45am Viewing + Discussion: What is Juneteenth?
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How do you identify yourself? Draw it.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi - Gymnasium - Walkthrough
  • Carrie Mae Weems Art 21
  • Knicoma Frederick
    • Reference #1
    • Reference #2
    • Reference #3
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, June 18

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation for Emotional Healing
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something (an idea or an object) that no longer serves or benefits you.
  • Knicoma Frederick (reference #1)
  • Knicoma Frederick (reference #2)
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm David Walega | Art Collector Virtual Tour

Wednesday, June 17

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Breathing Meditation with Relaxing Music
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a pattern that represents your culture. If you can't think of one, make one up.
  • Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa
  • Yinka Shonibare, Dutch Wax Print Fabric
• 1 - 3pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, June 16

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindfulness | Emotions Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a moment when you felt most seen or heard.
  • Wangechi Mutu, All Rosey
  • Wangechi Mutu, In Killing Fields Sweet Butterfly Ascend
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Interview with Mickalene Thomas
  • Wangechi Mutu: Cultural Cutouts
  • Yinka Shonibare Interview

Monday, June 15

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation on Self Love
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw someone you would like to celebrate.
• 10:30 - 11:30am INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, June 12

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Intuition: Guided Meditation
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What does community mean to you? Draw it.
  • Hubert Posey, "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Allison Wade
  • Website
  • Instagram
• 4pm Looking for a free social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, June 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Calm: A Guided Relaxation
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a story that does not get told.
  • Kerry James Marshall "School of Beauty, School of Culture"
  • Kerry James Marshall "Past Times"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Theaster Gates Art 21
  • Figuring History: Kerry James Marshall on His New Painting
    • Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Painter)
    • Kerry James Marshall, Vignette
    • Kerry James Marshall, The Kiss
  • William Scott - Creative Growth - Peace Worlds
• 7pm "Ted" premier: View a documentary about studio artist Ted Gram-Boarini by Northwestern graduate student Cindy Zhang. This event is free!!! Register to view here.

Wednesday, June 10

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Inner Peace
• 10am-11:30 CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw your version of an ideal world.
  • William Scott "Untitled"
  • William Scott | Creative Growth
• 1-2:30pm NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, June 9

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation with Nature Sounds
• 10-11am CURATOR TRACK WORKSHOP with Erin Toale
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Share what makes you powerful through your drawing today.
  • Kehinde Wiley "Morpheus"
  • Kehinde Wiley "Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Jordan Casteel at the New Museum - Virtual Tour
  • Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic video series
  • Tips for Success | Self-Determination

Monday, June 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am A Meditation for Unity
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How do you want to be seen by others? Think about this question while you draw a portrait of yourself today.
  • Jordan Casteel "Yvonne and James"
• 10:30 - 11:30am INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Allison Wade
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, June 5

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Meditation For Anxiety
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think about what matters to you and why. Try to draw it. Include writing if you'd like.
  • Benjamin Merritt "Nap Suite"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:15 Zumba
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Benjamin Meritt

Thursday, June 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Silent Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What do you want people to know about you? Draw it.
  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby "Predecessors"
  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby "Mother and Child"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • What Is Important Is Love | Tim Harris
  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby SF MOMA Interview
  • Billie Zangewa Tate Shots

Wednesday, June 3

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation | Gratitude & Confidence
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you would like to experience someday.
  • Becky Kubica "Kathleen Dancing Next to Becky at a Dance Hall"
  • Becky Kubica "Becky Go Out 23 Dane"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, June 2

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Deepak Chopra: Meditation To Stay Focused
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What are you thinking about? How does it make you feel? Draw it.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat "A Panel of Experts"
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat "Boxer Rebellion"
  • Ted Hamel "Thomas Percy"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Art Trip: Detroit
  • Discuss highlights from Detroit Institute of Arts

Monday, June 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of an instance in your life that has impacted you in a good or bad way. Try to draw that moment.
  • Aubrey Levinthal "Snow Day (April)"
  • Aubrey Levinthal "Young Therapist"
• 10:30 - 11:30am Instagram Workshop
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Benjamin Meritt
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, May 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Forest Meditation From Diablo Creek
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw yourself in your favorite place. Think about what you want people to focus on when they look at your drawing today. Use repetition to draw their attention to it.
  • Takashi Murakami "We Came to the Field of Flowers Through Anywhere Door
  • Yue Minjun "The Luncheon on the Grass"
  • Rene Magritte "Golconda"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:15 Zumba
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Liza Lou

Thursday, May 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation for Happiness
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Pick two shapes that you like. Use those shapes to create patterns in different corners of your paper. Use lines or other shapes to connect your patterns together.
  • Reference 1: Joshua With
  • Reference 2: Joshua With
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Tips for Success | Self-Determination
  • Joshua Mangis With: Portfolio Review

Wednesday, May 27

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation - Body Scan
• 10:30 Introduction to Liza Lou
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw anything you'd like today. Use color to create or emphasize patterns in your work.
  • Saemee "Colorful Macarons"
  • Stefan Harhaj "Rainbow, Tree, House, and Little Flowers"
  • Piet Mondrian "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 26

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Quick Meditation for Productivity & Energy Boost
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Choose one or two shapes of your choice. Fill/cover your page with your selected shapes. Try not to think about anything other than the process of drawing.
  • Liza Lou "Color Field" Process
  • Maria Vanik "Raindrop"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • The Making of Liza Lou's Kitchen
  • Takashi Murakami Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
  • Piet Mondrian - A Journey Through Modern Art

Monday, May 25 Memorial Day

Friday, May 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation: Body Scan
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. How does this artist use text in her work? Would you interpret the work differently if there were no words? Add text to your drawing to express what is on your mind today. Featured artwork: Marice Aiston
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Deb Sokolow

Thursday, May 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Feel Good Morning | Wake Up Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a memory of something you experienced. Featured artwork: Carmen Lomas Garza
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1pm Vangogo Meeting
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion: Robbo vs Banksy- Graffiti Wars

Wednesday, May 20

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Joy Meditation (Strengthen Happiness)
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something inspired by one of your favorite shows. Featured artwork: Ben Torres
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 19

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Breathing Space
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a group of people having a good time. How is your idea of a good time different from that of your peers'?
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Self-Advocates Speak Up | Self-Determination
  • The Artist Profile Archive: Chuck Close
  • Jeff Wall Art 21

Monday, May 18

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 3 Minute Meditation: Creativity
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw yourself as a comic book character. Featured artwork: Daniel Warren Johnson
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Deb Sokolow
• 2 - 3pm Portrait Demo

Friday, May 15

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Morning Meditation with Deepak Chopra
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. How do they show movement? Try to draw movement in whatever way you like today.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Zumba!
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Daniel Warren Johnson
  • Artist website: danielwarrenart.com
  • Artist Daniel Warren Johnson draws Rogue & Gambit | Marvel Quickdraw
  • The Visuals of Extremity | Daniel Warren Johnson

Thursday, May 14

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Deep Breathing Exercises
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Practice hatching by drawing parallel lines in an area of your paper. Use the hatching technique you practiced to draw a self-portrait from memory. + example work
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Van Gogh Museum 4K Tour
  • Discuss Van Gogh Museum Highlights
  • Van Gogh - Challenging the 'Tortured Genius' Myth

Wednesday, May 13

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Silent Meditation
• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Choose an object to draw. Take your finger and move it along the surface of your object following a straight path. Try to imagine that your finger is leaving a line behind as it moves. Think about how your object feels. Try to focus on its form as you draw today. + studio example + Cross Contour Lines Video
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 12

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation
• 10am FOUNDATION TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Pick four colors. Draw how you're feeling today using only the colors you've chosen.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • The Independence Myth: People With Disabilities Are Interdependent Too
  • Steve Martin on How to Look at Abstract Art
  • Hilma af Klint
  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction

Monday, May 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Senses Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am STUDIO MEETINGS
• 1 - 2pm Art Making: Draw seven dots anywhere on your paper. Connect the dots with shapes, patterns, colors, and any mark that comes out of you.
• 2 - 3pm Draw & Tell: Select an object to draw and discuss

Friday, May 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Creativity Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. What does this piece make you think about? How does it make you feel? Draw it on paper.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Art Critique

Thursday, May 7

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Breathing Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you can find in nature. Try to make different marks with your pencil while drawing.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Creative Growth Art Center: Fashion Show | Art21
  • What Self-Advocacy Means to Me - Know Your Hosts | Self-Determination | WI
  • How This Painting Campaigned for Women's Rights
  • Judy Chicago - 'I'm an Artist and a Troublemaker'

Wednesday, May 6

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindfulness Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. How does this artist explore space? Draw something that reminds you of a city you were once in or heard about. Think about the shapes between your objects as you draw today.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 5

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation and Visualization for Empaths
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Grab four objects in your home and place them in front of you. Draw each object's outline on paper. Draw dots, squares, or triangles to add details to each object.
• 10am Curator Track Meeting
• 11:15 - 11:30am Volunteer spotlights
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors
  • Yayoi Kusama's Obliteration Room
  • I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | Stella Young
  • Vija Celmins on her life in (and out of) the studio

Monday, May 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Engaging Your Senses Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Today you'll be shown a peer's work for inspiration. How does this artist capture stillness in motion? Think about movement while drawing your image.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Demo: Draw and Tell

Friday, May 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am I am Love Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What are you feeling today? Try to draw it on paper
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Jon Blatchford

Thursday, April 30

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Quiet Mind Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Place an object (pencil, cord, fork, etc.) on a sheet of paper. Look at the shadows and shapes of the object and transform it into a doodle.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm
  • Sherwin Strong: Disability Pride 2017
  • Rubbing/Loving - Do Ho Suh
  • John Marin's Watercolors: A Medium for Modernism

Wednesday, April 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Positive Mind in 5 Minutes Meditation
• 10 - 11:15am Art Making: Find an object or a picture and draw it. Time yourself if you can. Draw the same thing again, however, see if you can draw it quicker this time.
• 11:15 - 11:30am Volunteer spotlights
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, April 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Meditation You Can Do Anywhere
• 10 - 11:15am Art Making: Draw one of your windows and what you see outside
• 11:15 - 11:30am Volunteer spotlights
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm
  • The Awesome Mary Show: How To Be a Self Advocate
  • Henri Matisse - A Cut Above the Rest
  • Henri Matisse: Chapel

Monday, April 27

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindful Breathing Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Make 5 different drawings of an object. Arrange the object differently on the paper each time.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 2:15pm Artist Introductions: Jon Blatchford
• 2:15 - 3pm Demo: Finding Inspiration at Home

Friday, April 24

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindful Breathing Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Make 5 different drawings of an object. Arrange the object differently on the paper each time.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 2:15pm Artist Introductions: Jon Blatchford
• 2:15 - 3pm Demo: Finding Inspiration at Home

Thursday, April 23

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Fill your page with as many different sized circles as you can. Make sure they don't overlap.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art ViewingNick Cave Art 21
  • Mario Castillo: A Visionary Artist
  • Attic Black-Figure: Exekias, Amphora with Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game
  • Let's Talk About Intellectual Disabilities: Loretta Claiborne

Wednesday, April 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something with the fewest lines possible.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk: Still Life

Tuesday, April 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Choose an object and draw its outline. Turn the object slightly and draw it again. Repeat two more times.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art Viewing
  • Elizabeth Murray Art 21
  • Our Fight For Disability Rights - And Why We're Not Done Yet

Monday, April 20

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw several dots on a sheet of paper; then connect the dots in any style you want
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit Discussion: Aaron Becker

Friday, April 17

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Draw something that makes you happy
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm Art Demo Steps for Drawing a Still Life
• 3pm Tech Video: Zoom Meetings - How to Join as a Participant

Thursday, April 16

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Draw the room you are in without looking at your paper and without lifting your pencil (blind contour drawing)
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm
  • Recommended Art Viewing Joan Jonas Drawing Art 21
  • Recommended Art Viewing Creative Growth Art 21
  • Recommended Art Viewing Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters c.1350 BCE
  • Recommended Art Viewing Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction | HOW TO SEE
• 3pm Tech Video: How do I Join a Zoom Meeting?

Wednesday, April 15

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Draw the object that is closest to you
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm Art Demo Automatic Drawing
• 3pm Tech Video: Zoom - Join a Meeting

Tuesday, April 14

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Select your favorite objects, arrange them, then draw them
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm
  • Recommended Art Viewing Chris Ware Art 21
  • Recommended Art Viewing Venus of Willendorf
  • Recommended Art Viewing How to See | Joan Miro
  • Recommended Art Viewing George Condo: The Artist at Work
• 3pm Tech Video: How To Sign Up For Zoom

Monday, April 13

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am Chicago Studio Meeting
• 11am North Shore Studio Meeting
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making: Draw a noise
• 2pm - 3pm Art Demo Understanding Value
• 3pm Tech Video: Joining a Zoom Call for the First Time

Friday, April 30

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Art Making | Draw a portrait. Focus on capturing the look on the person's face rather than what they look like.
  • Marlene Dumas "Love Sick"
  • Danny Frownfelter "Miley Cyrus"

Thursday, April 29

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk | Celebrities as Subject Matter
  • Sam McKinniss
  • Elizabeth Peyton
  • Andy Warhol

Wednesday, April 28

• 10am NS STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 27

• 1 - 2:15pm Block Museum Art Talk | Brianna Heath
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 26

• 1 - 2pm Chris Viau | Poetry Reading
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 23

• 1 - 2pm Master Class Series | Displaying Your Collection / Living with Art
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, April 22

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art History | Odili Odita and Michelle Grabner presented by Alex Keller
  • Odili Odita
  • Michelle Grabner
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, April 21

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 20

• 1 - 2:15pm Art Demo | Guache
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 19

• 1 - 2pm Film Viewing & Discussion | Cultural Influence and Representation
  • Marela Zacarías Goes Big & Goes Home | Art21
  • Bisa Butler: Quilting for Culture
  • Art Minute with Lauren Applebaum: Bisa Butler, The Storm, the Whirlwind and the Earthquake
  • Bisa Butler: Photo and Chicago Inspiration
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 16

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Guest Artist Talk | Haerim Lee
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, April 15

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Coping through Art Making
  • Art Challenge During Covid-19
  • Art Activity for Stress Management
  • Art for Anxiety, Stress and Creativity
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, April 14

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 13

• 1 - 2:15pm Art Demo | Guache
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 12

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 9

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator Talk | Pari Ehsan
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, April 8

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Marcelo Añón | Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, April 7

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, April 6

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2:15pm Color Mixing Demo
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, April 5

• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Agnes Martin & Jack Whitten
  • Jack Whitten | 'The Political is in the Work' | TateShots
  • Jack Whitten, "Homage to Malcolm X," 1970
  • Jack Whitten, "Asa's Palace," 1973
  • Jack Whitten on Mapping the Soul
  • Jack Whitten, "Soul Map", 2015
  • Artist Agnes Martin - 'Beauty is in Your Mind' | TateShots
  • Agnes Martin, Buds, 1959
  • Agnes Martin, Summer, 1964
  • Agnes Martin, Untitled, 2004
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, April 2

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Master Class Series | Building a Collection
• 2 - 3pm Art Making
• Relationships on Tap | This free opportunity through Illinois Self Advocacy Alliance occurs on the 3rd Friday of each month from 10-11am. Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here. These monthly gatherings are a time for individuals with disabilities to ask questions, learn and explore the topic of healthy relationships. All conversations will be confidential.

Thursday, April 1

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Self Assess through Art
  • Feelings Check-In Routine Through Art
  • Self Care Through Art
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 31

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 30

• 1 - 2:15pm Clay Demo | Barbara Jenkins
• 2:15 - 2:30pm Yoga with Julie
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 29

• 10am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 26

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist Talk | Sam Szabo | Sam Szabo is a cartoonist and writer from the North Shore of Massachusetts. For the past ten years, she has printed and self-published her comics. Sam is currently based in Chicago, IL.
• 2 - 3pm Art Making
• Relationships on Tap | This free opportunity through Illinois Self Advocacy Alliance occurs on the 3rd Friday of each month from 10-11am. Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here. These monthly gatherings are a time for individuals with disabilities to ask questions, learn and explore the topic of healthy relationships. All conversations will be confidential.

Thursday, March 25

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Dialogue With The Inner Critic
  • Art Activity to Overcome Your Inner Critic
  • How to Overcome the Inner Critic Voice When you are Making Art
  • Facing the Inner Critic Through Art
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 24

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 23

• 10am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Block Museum of Art Guest Curator Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 22

• 1 - 2pm Artist Overview | Oaklee Thiele
  • Conversations on Disability with Artist and Disability Advocate Oaklee Thiele
  • Oaklee Thiele Exhibit Visual Description Tour at Quincy Art Center
  • This is How We Came to Be: A Handler's Bond with her Service Dog By Oaklee Thiele
  • My Dearest Friends Project
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 19

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Artist & Activist Dred Scott Aims to Propel History Forward
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, March 18

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Scribbling with your Eyes Closed
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
  • Ref.4
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 17

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 16

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Whitney Fragrassi: Tattoo Art
  • Midwest Classic Tattoo
  • Instagram
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 15

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 12

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm ARC of Illinois | Anti Racism Training (passcode: antiracist1!)
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, March 11

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Body Scan
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 10

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 9

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Smart Museum
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 8

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, March 5

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator Talk | Katie Kimmel
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, March 4

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Making Mandalas
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, March 3

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, March 2

• 1 - 2pm Art Films
  • What Gordon Parks Saw
  • Gordon Parks Interview (2000)
  • Gordon Parks & Atmosphere of a Crime
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, March 1

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, February 26

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
  • The Long Dream | MCA Chicago Exhibition Tour
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Curator | Sky Cubacub | Art Persona: Building Celebratory Worlds
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 25

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Drawing With Your Eyes Closed
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 24

• 1pm CHI STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 23

• 10am NS STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Anna Kramer
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, February 22

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, February 19

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist | Holly Cahill
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 18

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Drawing with your non-dominant hand
  • Ref.1
  • Ref.2
  • Ref.3
  • Ref.4
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 17

• 1 - 2pm 1 - 2pm Artist Talk | Russell Copenharve
  • White House, 2021
  • Cheeseburger, 2020
  • Hot Dog, 2020
  • Israel, 2019
  • Mountains, 2017
  • Church, 2018
  • Chicago Cubs, 2018
  • Sea Ocean, 2019
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 16

• 1 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, February 15

NO PROGRAMMING | Closed for President's Day

Friday, February 12

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Curator Talk | Sage Studios | The Nostalgia Show
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 11

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 2pm Art Exercise | Feeling Map
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 10

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 9

• 1 - 2pm Composition Demo | Anna Kramer
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, February 8

NO PROGRAMMING | Staff In-Service Day

Friday, February 5

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist | Katie Chung
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, February 4

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Guided Meditation with Nature Sounds
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Take Care, SMART Museum Virtual Tour
  • Sonja Alhäuser, Flying Feast, 2012
  • Kerry James Marshall, Slow Dance, 1992-1993
  • DO YOU KNOW: You have the right to take risks!! | Self-Determination
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, February 3

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique | Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, February 2

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | 5 Senses Guided Meditation
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Reinvent an everyday object to be ridiculous and/or useless.
  • Robert Gober "The Silly Sink"
  • Robert Gober "X Crib"

Monday, February 1

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, January 29

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Artist Talk: Chris Viau
  • Chris Viau, Sun Setting in the Woods
  • Chris Viau, Ice Fishing
  • Chris Viau, Sunset on Shoreline
  • Chris Viau, Mountain Top
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 28

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Yoga For Hands, Fingers, Wrists
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Jonas Gerard Live Painting
  • Danielle Wright about Marilyn Wong: Catching Spirit
  • Marilyn Wong
  • Marilyn Wong, Untitled, 2013
  • Marilyn Wong, The Woman A Model, 2014
  • Marilyn Wong, Untitled, 2018
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 27

• 10am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique | Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 26

• 10am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Mindful Breathing Meditation with Alli Simon
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Combine two things that don't normally go together
  • Meret Oppenheim, Breakfast In Fur: Fun fact: "Breakfast in Fur" was the first work of art in the MOMA, NYC, by a woman.
  • Dave Thompson, Underground Gummi Worms

Monday, January 25

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, January 22

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Artist Talk: Nikki Heusman
  • Nikki Heusman, Going to School in the 60s
  • Nikki Heusman, New Kids Move Into the Block
  • Nikki Heusman, Diana Ross and Tracey
  • Nikki Heusman, Van Gogh
  • Nikki Heusman, In Africa
  • Nikki Heusman, Potato Eaters
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 21

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Guided Meditation on Self Love
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • The Two Visits: Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago | The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Some Dawn: Kiki Lechuga-Dupont and Growing Concerns Poetry Collective | The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Charles White Retrospective
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 20

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 19

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Mindful Breathing
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw something that is more useful than beautiful
  • Andy Warhol "Brillo Boxes"
  • Russell Copenharve "Suitcase"
  • Edward Weston "Pepper No. 30"
  • Russell Copenharve "Mailbox"
  • Art or Prank? The Art Assignment

Monday, January 18

ALL PROGRAMMING CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

Friday, January 15

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Talk | Ardillio Anderson
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 14

• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm 5 Minute Meditation You Can Do Anywhere
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Black Excellist: 10 Trailblazing Black Visual Artists
  • The Pioneers of Britain's Black Art Movement - BBC
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 13

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 12

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Deepak Chopra Living Carefree
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw yourself in disguise. Consider movie characters, mythological creatures, pop culture figures.
  • Cindy Sherman at the National Portrait Gallery
  • Characters, Cindy Sherman
  • Becky Kubica, Becky Ghost Buster
  • Becky Kubica, Becky Potter in Family
  • Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21
  • Cindy Sherman, Madonna

Monday, January 11

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, January 8

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art History Talk
• 2 - 2pm Art Making

Thursday, January 7

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
  1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Gratitude Meditation
• 1:15 - 2pm Art and Empathy | The Art Assignment
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, January 6

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, January 5

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Relaxing Wheelchair Yoga
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw an object that fascinates you without worrying about why you feel interested in it.
  • Renata Berdes "Grab Bar"
  • Renata Berdes "Invacare Bed Rail"
  • Rene Magritte "Les Vacances de Hegel"

Monday, January 4

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, December 18

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 3pm HOLIDAY PARTY!!!

Thursday, December 17

• 10 - 11:30am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm VANGOGO | BAND PRACTICE
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Relax, Ground, and Clear
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended viewing | Art Trip Washington D.C. | The Art Assignment
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, December 16

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique / Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, December 15

• 10 - 11:30am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Viewing & Discussion | Ugly Art
  • Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden Of Earthly Delights (Hell panel)
  • Ivan Albright, Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Frida Kahlo, Henry Ford Hospital
  • Pablo Picasso, The Weeping Woman
  • Norman Catherine, Dog of War
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, December 14

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, December 11

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Epiphany Center Virtual Exhibition Walkthrough: Aaron Baker, Ephiphany Center for the Arts Director of Art and Programming, will be joining us for a virtual walkthrough of BUILD Chicago and Arts of Life, a group exhibition featuring the work of Arts of Life artists Raina Carter, Danny Frownfelter, David Krueger, Tony Perez, Dave Thompson, Rebecca Turner, Maria Vanik, and Jean Wilson. This exhibition will be on view in The Catacombs at Ephiphany through January 17th.
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, December 10

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Calm Body-Afternoon Reset
• 1:15 - 2pm Recommended viewing | Art That Brings Me Comfort-The Art Assignment
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, December 9

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, December 8

• 1 - 2pm Art and emotion: communicating feelings through subject, light, color, line, composition and more
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, December 7

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, December 4

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING | MOCP Virtual Tour This is What Democracy Looks Like |
• 1 - 1:30pm Meditation | Guided Meditation for Gratitude & Confidence
• 1:30 - 2:30pm Curator Talk | Good Weather
• 2:30 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, December 3

• 1 - 2pm Recommended viewing
  • With East Village exhibition, the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat comes home
  • Jean Michel Basquiat Filmed Drawing and Painting
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Head), 1981
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat, Notary, 1983
  • Ref 1. Garrol Gayden, Untitled, 2015
  • Ref 2. Garrol Gayden, Untitled, 2015
  • Ref 3. Garrol Gayden, Untitled, 2015
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, December 2

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, December 1

• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Boost Your Creativity + Inspiration
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw 5 things you would see on a walk in your neighborhood. Try to capture the "mood" of the place you live.
  • Nick McPhail "Cul De-Sac"
  • Russel Copenharve "Mailbox"
  • Holly Elander "Headed Home"

Monday, November 30

• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 11am Oak Wealth Advisors Thank you presentation for Russell Copenharve
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 27

• STUDIO CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

Thursday, November 26

• STUDIO CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

Wednesday, November 25

• 10 - 11:30 NS STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 3pm THANKS-SHARING SOCIAL! Bring an item to virtual programming to share with the group!

Tuesday, November 24

• 1 - 2pm Art Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, November 23

• 10 - 11:30 CHI STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 1:30pm CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 20

• 1 - 2pm Steve Harhaj artist of the month talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, November 19

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • "Close Encounters" with Josephine Halvorson
  • David Goldblatt in "Johannesburg"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, November 18

• 1 - 2pm Visiting Artist: Jane Frey
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, November 17

• 1 - 1:15pm Simple Stretches for Artists
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw the shapes you see around you
  • Franz Ackerman | Artsy
  • Franz Ackerman | White Cube
  • Umberto Boccioni
  • Umberto Boccioni | The Met

Monday, November 16

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 13

• 1 - 2pm Guest Curator Talk | Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im of Et al.
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, November 12

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Liz Magor in "Everyone Should Have a Studio"
  • Louise Despont According to the Universe
  • Making & Feeling by Judy Pfaff
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, November 11

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, November 10

• 1 - 2pm Artist Talk | Nick McPhail
• 2 - 2:15pm Meditation for Beginners
• 2:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw yourself doing something you love but can't do because of COVID
  • Seurat, Bathers at Asniéres
  • Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
  • Charles Avery, Widewalls
  • Charles Avery, Grimm

Monday, November 9

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, November 6

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, November 5

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Drawings: Joan Jonas
  • Vija Celmins in "Time"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, November 4

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, November 3

• 1 - 1:15pm Breathing Meditation
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Select random colors out of your collection and draw/paint only using those colors.
  • Vincent Van Gogh, Poets Garden
  • Van Gogh, The Bedroom
  • Monet, The Argenteuil Bridge
  • Claude Monet
  • Carine Brankcowitz

Monday, November 2

• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, October 30

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION! Wear your costume to virtual programming, and we'll watch It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown together!

Thursday, October 29

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Robin Rhode in "Johannesburg"
• 2 - 3pm Dave Thompson | Artist of the Month Talk

Wednesday, October 28

• 9:30 -10:30 NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 10:30 - 11:30 CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, October 27

• 1 - 1:15pm Belly Breathing Meditation
• 1:15 - 2pm Esther Ruiz | Curator Talk
• 2 - 3pm Art Making | Draw how you feel using lines.
  • Julie Mehretu
  • Jen Stark

Monday, October 26

• 10 - 11am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Group Critique
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Friday, October 23

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 22

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Mary Mattingly's Waterfront Development
  • "Wagon Station Encampment" Andrea Zittel
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, October 21

• 10 - 11am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 1:15pm Meditation | Kindness Meditation
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making | Draw what reminds you of growth
  • David Thorpe
    • David Thorpe at Maureen Paley
    • David Thorpe, We Never Sleep
  • Jean-François Millet
    • About the Artist
    • Millet, The Gleaners

Tuesday, October 20

• 1 - 2pm VOTING WORKSHOP
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Monday, October 19

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Visiting Artist | Clara Tomaz

Friday, October 16

• 11am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 15

• 10:30 - 11:30 CAREER & CURATOR TRACK WORKSHOP | How to Talk About Your Art Practice
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing | Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen in "Place"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, October 14

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, October 13

• 1 - 1:15 Meditation | Body Scan
• 1:15 - 3pm Art Making: Draw yourself as a mythical creature
  • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
    • Artist Info
    • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones: Patterns & Rituals at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
    • Tunji Adeniyi-Jones | Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
  • Laura Ball
    • Artist Info
    • Laura Ball | David B. Smith Gallery

Monday, October 12 | CLOSED-INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY

Friday, October 9

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 8

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing: Sarah Sze in "Balance"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, October 7

• 1 - 2pm Poetry Group
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, October 6

• 1 - 1:15 Meditation | Engaging Your Senses
• 1:15 -2pm Art Making: Tell a story using pictures.
  • Ethan Murrow
  • Joe Biel
• 2 - 3pm Art Demo | Anna Kramer

Monday, October 5

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, October 2

• 1 - 2pm Discussion Group | Rush University Students
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Thursday, October 1

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Recommended Viewing
  • Rackstraw Downes in "Balance"
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Wednesday, September 30

• 9:30 - 10:30am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 10:30 - 11:30am CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Spoken Word Poetry: Disruptors
  • Disability poem by Emzzie
  • The Daily Commute - Disability Spoken Word [CC]
  • "An able disabled"- a slam poem|Alex Slaney
  • Arvind Nandakumar - "That's Just Your Autism Speaking"
  • Beyond the Wheelchair//Spoken Word Poetry
• 2 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, September 29

• 1 - 1:15 Meditation | Mindful Breathing
• 1:15 -2pm Art Making: Draw your happy place.
  • Paul Noble
  • At the Studio with Paul Noble
  • David Jien
• 2 - 3pm Value & Form Demo | Anna Kramer

Monday, September 28

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 25

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk | Watercolor

Thursday, September 24

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Joan Mitchell's City Landscape | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • Hopper, Nighthawks
  • Marc Chagall's America Windows | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • Cassatt, The Child's Bath

Wednesday, September 23

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 22

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Voting Workshop

Monday, September 21

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 18

• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1:30pm CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Protest Workshop with Jason Lazarus

Thursday, September 17

• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Art Trip: Columbus Indiana
  • Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque

Wednesday, September 16

• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 15

• 1 - 2pm Art Making: What do you want the world to know? Use words and symbols to create a work of art. Send a message to the masses!
  • The Art of Jenny Holzer
• 2 - 3pm Intro to Jason Lazarus
  • JasonLazarus.com
  • Instagram

Monday, September 14

• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Relaxing Wheelchair Yoga
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of someone you'd like to dedicate your drawing to today. What do they like? Create a detailed composition using some of their favorite things.
  • Nicole Appel "Vintage Tools"
  • Nicole Appel "Animal Eyes and Russian Boxes"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk: Contemporary Still Life

Thursday, September 10

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Colour Breathing 3 Minute Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Create a drawing using three of your favorite foods.Use repetition and color to bring the foods in your composition together.
  • Kenya Hanley "Menu"
  • Kenya Hanley "Untitled"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Art Trip: Houston
  • Ref.1 Henri Matisse, Woman in a Purple Coat
  • Ref.2 André Derain, The Turning Road, L'Estaque

Wednesday, September 9

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 3 Minute Meditation: Creativity
• 10:30am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a portrait of someone. Include objects that hint at their personality.
  • Alejandra Hernández "Shoe"
  • Alejandra Hernández "Bubu"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Body Scan Meditation by Go Zen
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw one of your favorite places.
  • Raina Carter "Shining Light Tokyo"
  • Raina Carter "Japanese Culture Center"
• 1-2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, September 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Neck Pain Stretches & Exercises
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a scene someone would see if they looked into your home?
  • Benny Andrews "Grandmother's Dinner"
  • Benny Andrews "Dinner Time"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3 pm Artist of the Month Talk: Maria Vanik

Thursday, September 3

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Morning Meditation with Deepak Chopra
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What makes you feel safe and comfortable at home? Draw it.
  • Salman Toor "Three Friends"
  • Salman Toor "Ghost Story"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Kitchen Talk: The Art of Steve Prince - SOW
  • Jacob Lawrence, The Migration Series
  • Ref.1 Rosena Finister Untitled
  • Ref.2 Rosena Finister Untitled
  • Ref.3 Rosena Finister Untitled

Wednesday, September 2

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Body Scan Meditation (Tame Anxiety)
• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How do people come together in your community? Draw it.
  • Jacob Lawrence "Harlem Street Scene"
  • Jacob Lawrence "The Card Game"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, September 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Breathing Meditation
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you looked forward to doing at home when you were younger.
  • Ref.1 Rosena Finister "Untitled"
  • Ref.2 Rosena Finister "Untitled"
• 1-2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, August 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Stretch Routine for Artists
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What scene do you think you'd come across in the jungle? Draw it.
  • Henri Rousseau "The Repast of the Lion"
  • Henri Rousseau "Cheval attaqué par un jaguar (Jaguar Attacking a Horse)
• 1 - 3pm Art Making
• 2pm Group Critique
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 27

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation to Boost Creativity + Inspiration
• 10:30 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a wild animal doing something you normally wouldn't see it do.
  • Alex Scott "Family of Ferrets"
  • Alex Scott " The Lion Who Wears Roller Skates"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • A short film about Henri Rousseau
  • Henri Rousseau's "Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)" explained
  • The folk art of Bill Traylor
  • Ref. 1 Jean Wilson "Queen Wolf"
  • Ref. 2 Jean Wilson "Howlin Wolf"

Wednesday, August 26

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Feeling anxious? Take deep breaths in sync with this!
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10:30 - 11:30am Curator Talk: Box Box Box Sun Sun Sun
• 1 - 2pm POETRY GROUP *We are going to finalize the book title and take a group photo today*
• 2 - 3pm Voting Workshop

Tuesday, August 25

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindfulness Breathing Directed Doodling
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of an animal. Which of its features and characteristics stand out to you? Draw that animal in a way that also makes those features stand out to others.
  • Jean Wilson "Queen Wolf at Night"
  • Jean Wilson "Happy Wolf"
• 1 - 3pm Art Making: Reflect on a moment in your life and draw it. Add animals into your composition to help tell the story.
  • Bill Traylor "Untitled" (Yellow and Blue House with Figures and Dog)
  • Bill Traylor "Man and Large Dog"

Friday, August 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 6 Movements of the Spine
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a self-portrait. What do you want others to notice about you? Keep this in mind while you draw today.
  • Titus Kaphar "Twisted Tropes"
  • Titus Kaphar (work from the Jerome Project)
• 1 - 3pm Art Making: Use bright colors and bold shapes to draw a portrait of someone who is close/important to you.
  • Vincent Jackson "Colorful Man"
  • Vincent Jackson "Lady Elegant"
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 20

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Drawing the Breath Meditation
• 10:30 - 11:30am Studio Visit: Crochet | Whitney Fragrassi
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Curate 757 Season 4, Ep. 4 | Titus Kaphar
  • Artist Robert Pruitt @VMFA
  • Lola Keyezua | Floating Nightmares
  • Vincent Jackson
    • Ref 1: Vincent Jackson, Untitled
    • Ref 2: Vincent Jackson, Untitled

Wednesday, August 19

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Body Scan Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a few objects that are important to you and imagine that they are a part of your body. Now draw your self-portrait with that in mind.
  • Robert Pruit "Usher Board President"
  • Robert Pruit "Steeped"
• 1 - 2:30pm CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, August 18

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Inner Strength
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a mask that represents a specific moment in your life.
  • Ref 1: Keyezua "Fortia" (Latin for "strength")
  • Ref 2: Keyezua "Fortia" (Latin for "strength")
• 10:30am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, August 14

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation and Visualization for Empaths
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw what your food would look like if it were alive.
  • Raquel Albarran "Cheeseburger Deluxe with Fruits and Toes"
  • Julie Curtiss "No place like home"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 13

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Yoga For Hands, Fingers, Wrists
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a few objects that are important to you. Arrange them in ways that you wouldn't normally see them.
  • Betye Saar "Black Girl's Window"
  • Betye Saar "Black Girl's Window" (close up)
  • Betye Saar "Black Girl's Window (close up)
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Tarsila, the mother of Brazilian Modern Art
  • Betye Saar: The Alpha & Omega
  • Betye Saar RedTime Gallery Tour
    • Raquel Albarran, Albino Horse Pregnant with a Human Baby Pregnant with a Toe
    • Raquel Albarran, The Horse With The Human Meatball Toes And The Owl Carry The Bucket Of Fruit
    • Raquel Albarran, Nose Mugs

Wednesday, August 12

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 3 Minute Meditation: Creativity
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Identify areas of Carrington's pieces that seem unreal. Think of an everyday scene to draw. While drawing it change parts of it so that it starts break away from reality.
  • Leonora Carrington "And Then We Saw The Minotaur!
  • Leonora Carrington "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, August 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation | Body Scan For Relaxation, Tension and Stress Release
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a landscape inspired by a dream you've had. Try to capture the weirdness of dreams by making some areas unrecognizable or far larger than they are in real life.
  • Tarsila do Amaral "Composição (Figura só)"
  • Tarsila do Amaral "O Lago" (The Lake)
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Workshop: Contemporary Artists with Disabilities | by Haerim Lee

Friday, August 7

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Adaptive Yoga | Wheelchair
• 10 - 11:30am Virtual Studio Visit: Whitney Fragassi
• 1 - 2pm Art Making: If you could travel anywhere imaginary where would you go? Draw it.
  • Jack O'Sullivan "The Night Agraboh"
  • Jack O'Sullivan "Dragons the Hidden World"
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, August 6

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am A Meditation for Overcoming Obstacles | Deepak Chopra
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What does a safe/comfortable space look like to you? What would it need to have? Draw this place.
  • Uzumaki Cepeda "Safe Space"
  • Uzumaki Cepeda "Teenage Bedroom"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Stephen Wiltshire News Profile
  • Stephen Wiltshire draws Mexico City Panorama
    • Stephen Wiltshire Mexico City Drawing
  • Drawing Cincinnati: Courttney's Vision
    • Courttney Cooper Cincinnati Map II detail
    • Courttney Cooper, Union Terminal
    • Courttney Cooper | reference image
  • Etel Adnan: The Weight of the World

Wednesday, August 5

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Seated Stretches
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a place outside that you haven't visited in a while. Select a few colors you don't use often to draw it.
  • Etel Adnan "Sans Titre"
  • Etel Adnan "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, August 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Morning Mindfulness Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a city you like. Highlight your favorite parts.
  • Ref 1: Courttney Cooper "Untitled" 2015
  • Ref 2: Courtney Cooper "Untitled" 2015
  • Ref 3: Stephen Wiltshire "Aerial View of Chicago with lake Michigan"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, July 31

• 10am - 12pm Covid Protocol Training Session: There is no virtual programming today. Instead, we are conducting a staff training session online. Interested artists, families and providers are welcome to join the training session.
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 30

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Chair Yoga to Stretch You Out
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Create a drawing using markings inspired by Ellen Gallagher's work.
  • Ellen Gallagher "eXelento"
  • Ellen Gallagher "eXelento" (close-up)
  • eXelento (close-up #2)
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Rashid Johnson and his Untitled Anxious Red Drawings
  • Interview with Rashid Johnson
  • Ellen Gallagher | Art 21
  • Hung Kei Shiu
    • Hung Kei Shiu Untitled (Multicolor Dots and Dashes)
    • Hung Kei Shiu Untitled (From Landscape Fragment)
    • Hung Kei Shiu Untitled IV

Wednesday, July 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 6 Movements of the Spine
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw an image that describes how you've been feeling lately. Transform that image by layering new markings on it.
  • Rashid Johnson "Untitled Anxious Audience"
  • Rashid Johnson "Two Standing Broken Men"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm VOTING WORKSHOP

Tuesday, July 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Drawing the Breath Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Minnie Pwerle's works are filled with movement. First, use lines and circular shapes to draw something loose and free-flowing. Then, use lines and circular shapes to draw something that is much tighter and more bunched together.
  • Minnie Pwerle "Awelye Atnwengerrp"
  • Minnie Pwerle "Awelye Atnwengerrp"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk: Landscape

Friday, July 24

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation: Connect with Earth and Nature
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: "Loudemar" is a fictional island/universe created by artist Louis DeMarco. The island can be seen as a tool for dealing with everyday challenges. If you were to own an island, what it look like? What would it need to have for you to want to live there? Draw it.
  • Louis DeMarco (Image description: "Thought problem dark clouds rolling into the Loudemar sky")
  • Louis DeMarco "Halo Chart"
  • Louis DeMarco "Fortress of Loudemar"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 23

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Seated Tai Chi
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Imagine that you could time travel. Where would you go? Draw it.
  • Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum "Glean"
  • Pamela P Sunstrum "Sentinel"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Meet the Artist: Jeffrey Gibson | Whitney Biennial 2019
  • Material & Identity Merge in Jeffrey Gibson's "Like A Hammer" at Seattle Art Museum
  • Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum at Marcia Wood Gallery
  • Louis DeMarco
    • Louis DeMarco "Cloud Chart"
    • Louis DeMarco "Halo Chart"
    • Louis DeMarco "Realities"
    • Louis DeMarco "The Brain"
    • Louis DeMarco "Take Out the Trash"

Wednesday, July 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Calm Up Meditation: With an Ocean View
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a scene from the life of an imaginary character. What are they like and what kind of world do they live in?
  • John Bankston "Farewell"
  • John Bankston (Ref. 2)
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, July 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Deep Breathing Exercises for Beginners
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a flag for planet Earth; one that represents a better/brighter future. What would it look like?
  • Jeffrey Gibson "Keep on Moving"
  • Jeffrey Gibson Recording (description of "Keep on Moving")
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Watercolor Demo

Friday, July 17

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Beach Walk - Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw your favorite animal using high contrast colors.
  • Norval Morrisseau "Sitting Bear"
  • Norval Morrisseau "Sweatlodge Ceremony Inside Turtle"
  • Complimentary color wheel
• 1 - 1:30pm Art Making
• 1:30 - 3pm Artist Social! Bring one meaningful object to discuss with the group!!
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 16

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Color Breathing 3 Minute Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Lina Viktor uses mostly black, white, gold, and blue in her work. Use these colors (can use yellow if you don't have gold) to draw an image that is inspired by her work.
  • Lina Viktor "XXVI Refuge from the aftermath…A Reckoning to come"
  • Lina Viktor "Black Union"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Sam Gilliam Interview: Artists Are Supposed to Change
  • Lina Iris Viktor: The Artist That Paints With Gold
  • Lina Iris Viktor exhibition at the Autograph Gallery
  • Ethel Revita
    • Ethel Revita Untitled (Ref.1)
    • Ethel Revita Untitled (Ref.2)
    • Ethel Revita Untitled (Ref.3)

Wednesday, July 15

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Relaxing Nature: Whale Songs and Ocean Waves
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What would a color explosion look like? Draw one using only warm colors.
  • Sam Gilliam "Untitled"
  • Sam Gilliam, (Ref. 2)
  • Warm vs cool reference
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, July 14

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Relaxing Wheelchair Yoga
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of a place and pretend you see a disco ball floating there. Disco balls are made up of small mirrors, each reflecting the light around them. What colors do you see on the disco ball? Draw a pattern using the colors you see in your mind.
  • Ethel Revita "Untitled (Disco Ball)"
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, July 10

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation: Lion's Breath
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Look at the first painting by Al Loving. Imagine that you're breaking the shapes apart and transforming them into something new. Draw what that new image would look like.
  • Al Loving (ref. 1) Untitled
  • Al Loving (ref. 2) Untitled,
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Collage Demo with Max Guy
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, July 9

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Yoga For Hands, Fingers, Wrists
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of someone you're close to. How do they make you feel? Draw that feeling using only lines and 5 colors of your choice.
  • Grace Rosario Perkins, Reference #1
  • Grace Rosario Perkins and Olen Perkins (father), Reference #2
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Grace Rosario Perkins: FBAIR Summer 2016
  • Grace Rosario Perkins: A Hidden Hair
    • Example: Grace Rosario Perkins: Greyscale Painting
  • Art This Week-At the Amon Carter-Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis
  • Allura Fong
    • Examples
      • Allura Fong Untitled 2019
      • Allura Fong Untitled 2019
      • Allura Fong Untitled 1 2005

Wednesday, July 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation: Setting a Morning Intention
• 10 - 11:30am NS STUDIO MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a shape of your choice. Rotate your page then draw a different shape. Keep doing this until you've filled up your paper.
  • Frances Roberts, There's a Party with Different Designs
  • Frances Roberts, Everybody Like Different Squared Circled Colors
• 1 - 2:30pm CHI STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, July 7

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Movement: Unlock Your Spinal Mobility
• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a shape multiple times across your page, slightly changing/warping the shape each time you draw it.
  • William T Williams "1940"
  • William T Williams, Texas Lady
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • William T Williams - A Diamond in A Box
  • Barbara Chase Riboud Interview
  • Let's Talk About Intellectual Disabilities: Loretta Claiborne

Monday, July 6

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Colors Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you've done or would like to do this Summer without drawing objects or people. Instead, focus on using color, lines, shapes, and patterns.
  • Norman Lewis, Ritual
  • Norman Lewis, Florence
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Thursday, July 2

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation on Being Present
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Select four of your favorite objects. Arrange these objects in front of you, then draw them.
  • Nikki Heusman, Still Life Fresh Apples
  • Robert Duncanson, Still Life with Fruit and Nuts
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Kate Gainer, part 02 of 10: "Black, disabled, and female in Atlanta"
  • The Board Behind the World of Flyboy, Hebru Brantley
  • Hebru Brantley & Eve Ewing on the Story Behind Nevermore
  • Robert Duncanson "Mount Orford" (1864) Audio Tour
  • Robert S. Duncanson "Landscape with Sheep"

Wednesday, July 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Diaphragmatic Breathing
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a part of your daily life. Think of ways to balance your composition while working today.
  • Horace Pippin, Victorian Interior II
  • Horace Pippin, Interior
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Watercolor Demo

Tuesday, June 30

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Sensory Overload Guided Meditation
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How does Alma Thomas use Color in these pieces? What effect does it have? Draw a pattern inspired by your favorite part of nature.
  • Alma Thomas, A Fantastic Sunset
  • Alma Thomas, White Roses Sing and Sing
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Archibald Motley Jr.'s Nightlife | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • Richard J. Powell on Archibald J. Motley Jr., Portrait of My Grandmother (1922)
  • Alma Woodsey Thomas Artworks
  • Keri Gray: Disability Rights in Black 2020

Monday, June 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Senses Grounding Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How does Archibald Motley use space in his paintings. Think about this while drawing a scene of your choice today.
  • Archibald Motley Jr., Nightlife
  • Archibald M Jr., Blues
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, June 26

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation For Self Love and Healing
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Select a picture (from an album, magazine, book, etc.) or object to draw. While working, don't focus on the details. Draw the colors and lines you see.
  • Marlon Mullen | NIAD
  • Marlon Mullen, Untitled
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Tour: Brian Malnassy
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, June 25

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Creativity and Artmaking
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Select and draw an object that reminds you of your childhood.
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock, The Den
  • Trenton Dolye Hancock, Plate of Shrimp
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Quilt artist Faith Ringgold: THREADS
  • Trenton Doyle Hancock: Real Biography
  • Marlon Mullen: The Language of Color
    • Reference #1
    • Reference #2

Wednesday, June 24

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Breathing Exercise - Mindfulness Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of an animal that you like. What do you like about it? Give it a personality and draw it.
  • Dorrie Reid, Blizzard
  • Dorrie Reid, Untitled
• 1 - 3pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, June 23

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Inner Strength
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a memory that has had a surprising impact on you.
  • Mark Bradford, Strawberry
  • Mark Bradford, The Devil is Beating his Wife
  • Bonus pic: Bradford working in his mother's beauty shop ,Foxyé Fair, in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, c. 1980.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day
  • Shade: Clyfford Still / Mark Bradford
  • Deborah Roberts : One and Many
  • Dorrie Reid | NIAD
    • Reference #1
    • Reference #2
    • Reference #3
    • Reference #4

Monday, June 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am How to Meditate
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw yourself as a child and then draw yourself as you see yourself today. How have you changed?
  • Deborah Roberts "Glass Castles"
• 10:30 - 11:30am INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
• 1 - 1:30pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Brian Malnassy
• 2 - 3pm Art Demo: Suprematism with Darja Bajagic

Friday, June 19

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Resilience - Guided Meditation
• 9:45am Viewing + Discussion: What is Juneteenth?
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How do you identify yourself? Draw it.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi - Gymnasium - Walkthrough
  • Carrie Mae Weems Art 21
  • Knicoma Frederick
    • Reference #1
    • Reference #2
    • Reference #3
• 4pm Looking for a *FREE* social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, June 18

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation for Emotional Healing
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something (an idea or an object) that no longer serves or benefits you.
  • Knicoma Frederick (reference #1)
  • Knicoma Frederick (reference #2)
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm David Walega | Art Collector Virtual Tour

Wednesday, June 17

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Breathing Meditation with Relaxing Music
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a pattern that represents your culture. If you can't think of one, make one up.
  • Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa
  • Yinka Shonibare, Dutch Wax Print Fabric
• 1 - 3pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, June 16

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindfulness | Emotions Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a moment when you felt most seen or heard.
  • Wangechi Mutu, All Rosey
  • Wangechi Mutu, In Killing Fields Sweet Butterfly Ascend
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Interview with Mickalene Thomas
  • Wangechi Mutu: Cultural Cutouts
  • Yinka Shonibare Interview

Monday, June 15

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation on Self Love
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw someone you would like to celebrate.
• 10:30 - 11:30am INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, June 12

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Intuition: Guided Meditation
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What does community mean to you? Draw it.
  • Hubert Posey, "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Allison Wade
  • Website
  • Instagram
• 4pm Looking for a free social opportunity with other creatives? Our next guest curator Sophia Cosmadopoulos of Summertime Gallery invites you to join their weekly Friday Creative Hour! Join through their Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/612169813

Thursday, June 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Calm: A Guided Relaxation
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a story that does not get told.
  • Kerry James Marshall "School of Beauty, School of Culture"
  • Kerry James Marshall "Past Times"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Theaster Gates Art 21
  • Figuring History: Kerry James Marshall on His New Painting
    • Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Painter)
    • Kerry James Marshall, Vignette
    • Kerry James Marshall, The Kiss
  • William Scott - Creative Growth - Peace Worlds
• 7pm "Ted" premier: View a documentary about studio artist Ted Gram-Boarini by Northwestern graduate student Cindy Zhang. This event is free!!! Register to view here.

Wednesday, June 10

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation for Inner Peace
• 10am-11:30 CHICAGO STUDIO MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw your version of an ideal world.
  • William Scott "Untitled"
  • William Scott | Creative Growth
• 1-2:30pm NORTH SHORE STUDIO MEETING
• 1 - 3pm Art Making

Tuesday, June 9

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation with Nature Sounds
• 10-11am CURATOR TRACK WORKSHOP with Erin Toale
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Share what makes you powerful through your drawing today.
  • Kehinde Wiley "Morpheus"
  • Kehinde Wiley "Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Jordan Casteel at the New Museum - Virtual Tour
  • Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic video series
  • Tips for Success | Self-Determination

Monday, June 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am A Meditation for Unity
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: How do you want to be seen by others? Think about this question while you draw a portrait of yourself today.
  • Jordan Casteel "Yvonne and James"
• 10:30 - 11:30am INSTAGRAM WORKSHOP
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Allison Wade
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, June 5

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Meditation For Anxiety
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think about what matters to you and why. Try to draw it. Include writing if you'd like.
  • Benjamin Merritt "Nap Suite"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:15 Zumba
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Benjamin Meritt

Thursday, June 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Silent Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What do you want people to know about you? Draw it.
  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby "Predecessors"
  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby "Mother and Child"
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • What Is Important Is Love | Tim Harris
  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby SF MOMA Interview
  • Billie Zangewa Tate Shots

Wednesday, June 3

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation | Gratitude & Confidence
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you would like to experience someday.
  • Becky Kubica "Kathleen Dancing Next to Becky at a Dance Hall"
  • Becky Kubica "Becky Go Out 23 Dane"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, June 2

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Deepak Chopra: Meditation To Stay Focused
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What are you thinking about? How does it make you feel? Draw it.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat "A Panel of Experts"
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat "Boxer Rebellion"
  • Ted Hamel "Thomas Percy"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Art Trip: Detroit
  • Discuss highlights from Detroit Institute of Arts

Monday, June 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Think of an instance in your life that has impacted you in a good or bad way. Try to draw that moment.
  • Aubrey Levinthal "Snow Day (April)"
  • Aubrey Levinthal "Young Therapist"
• 10:30 - 11:30am Instagram Workshop
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Benjamin Meritt
• 2 - 3pm Group Critique

Friday, May 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Forest Meditation From Diablo Creek
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw yourself in your favorite place. Think about what you want people to focus on when they look at your drawing today. Use repetition to draw their attention to it.
  • Takashi Murakami "We Came to the Field of Flowers Through Anywhere Door
  • Yue Minjun "The Luncheon on the Grass"
  • Rene Magritte "Golconda"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:15 Zumba
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Liza Lou

Thursday, May 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation for Happiness
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Pick two shapes that you like. Use those shapes to create patterns in different corners of your paper. Use lines or other shapes to connect your patterns together.
  • Reference 1: Joshua With
  • Reference 2: Joshua With
• 1pm BAND MEETING: VAN GO GO
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Tips for Success | Self-Determination
  • Joshua Mangis With: Portfolio Review

Wednesday, May 27

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation - Body Scan
• 10:30 Introduction to Liza Lou
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw anything you'd like today. Use color to create or emphasize patterns in your work.
  • Saemee "Colorful Macarons"
  • Stefan Harhaj "Rainbow, Tree, House, and Little Flowers"
  • Piet Mondrian "Untitled"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 26

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Quick Meditation for Productivity & Energy Boost
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Choose one or two shapes of your choice. Fill/cover your page with your selected shapes. Try not to think about anything other than the process of drawing.
  • Liza Lou "Color Field" Process
  • Maria Vanik "Raindrop"
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • The Making of Liza Lou's Kitchen
  • Takashi Murakami Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
  • Piet Mondrian - A Journey Through Modern Art

Monday, May 25 Memorial Day

Friday, May 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Meditation: Body Scan
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. How does this artist use text in her work? Would you interpret the work differently if there were no words? Add text to your drawing to express what is on your mind today. Featured artwork: Marice Aiston
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Deb Sokolow

Thursday, May 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Feel Good Morning | Wake Up Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a memory of something you experienced. Featured artwork: Carmen Lomas Garza
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1pm Vangogo Meeting
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion: Robbo vs Banksy- Graffiti Wars

Wednesday, May 20

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Joy Meditation (Strengthen Happiness)
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something inspired by one of your favorite shows. Featured artwork: Ben Torres
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 19

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Breathing Space
• 10am CURATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw a group of people having a good time. How is your idea of a good time different from that of your peers'?
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Self-Advocates Speak Up | Self-Determination
  • The Artist Profile Archive: Chuck Close
  • Jeff Wall Art 21

Monday, May 18

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 3 Minute Meditation: Creativity
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw yourself as a comic book character. Featured artwork: Daniel Warren Johnson
  • Reference #1
  • Reference #2
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Artist Introduction: Deb Sokolow
• 2 - 3pm Portrait Demo

Friday, May 15

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Morning Meditation with Deepak Chopra
• 10am MAKER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. How do they show movement? Try to draw movement in whatever way you like today.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 1:30pm Zumba!
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Daniel Warren Johnson
  • Artist website: danielwarrenart.com
  • Artist Daniel Warren Johnson draws Rogue & Gambit | Marvel Quickdraw
  • The Visuals of Extremity | Daniel Warren Johnson

Thursday, May 14

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Deep Breathing Exercises
• 10am CAREER TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Practice hatching by drawing parallel lines in an area of your paper. Use the hatching technique you practiced to draw a self-portrait from memory. + example work
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • Van Gogh Museum 4K Tour
  • Discuss Van Gogh Museum Highlights
  • Van Gogh - Challenging the 'Tortured Genius' Myth

Wednesday, May 13

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Silent Meditation
• 10am EDUCATOR TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Choose an object to draw. Take your finger and move it along the surface of your object following a straight path. Try to imagine that your finger is leaving a line behind as it moves. Think about how your object feels. Try to focus on its form as you draw today. + studio example + Cross Contour Lines Video
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 12

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation
• 10am FOUNDATION TRACK MEETING
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Pick four colors. Draw how you're feeling today using only the colors you've chosen.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Viewing + Discussion
  • The Independence Myth: People With Disabilities Are Interdependent Too
  • Steve Martin on How to Look at Abstract Art
  • Hilma af Klint
  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction

Monday, May 11

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Senses Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am STUDIO MEETINGS
• 1 - 2pm Art Making: Draw seven dots anywhere on your paper. Connect the dots with shapes, patterns, colors, and any mark that comes out of you.
• 2 - 3pm Draw & Tell: Select an object to draw and discuss

Friday, May 8

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Guided Creativity Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. What does this piece make you think about? How does it make you feel? Draw it on paper.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Group Art Critique

Thursday, May 7

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Breathing Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something you can find in nature. Try to make different marks with your pencil while drawing.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Creative Growth Art Center: Fashion Show | Art21
  • What Self-Advocacy Means to Me - Know Your Hosts | Self-Determination | WI
  • How This Painting Campaigned for Women's Rights
  • Judy Chicago - 'I'm an Artist and a Troublemaker'

Wednesday, May 6

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindfulness Guided Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Let's take a look at a fellow artist's work for inspiration today. How does this artist explore space? Draw something that reminds you of a city you were once in or heard about. Think about the shapes between your objects as you draw today.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, May 5

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Grounding Meditation and Visualization for Empaths
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Grab four objects in your home and place them in front of you. Draw each object's outline on paper. Draw dots, squares, or triangles to add details to each object.
• 10am Curator Track Meeting
• 11:15 - 11:30am Volunteer spotlights
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Recommended Viewing
  • Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors
  • Yayoi Kusama's Obliteration Room
  • I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | Stella Young
  • Vija Celmins on her life in (and out of) the studio

Monday, May 4

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Engaging Your Senses Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Today you'll be shown a peer's work for inspiration. How does this artist capture stillness in motion? Think about movement while drawing your image.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Demo: Draw and Tell

Friday, May 1

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am I am Love Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: What are you feeling today? Try to draw it on paper
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit: Jon Blatchford

Thursday, April 30

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Quiet Mind Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Place an object (pencil, cord, fork, etc.) on a sheet of paper. Look at the shadows and shapes of the object and transform it into a doodle.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm
  • Sherwin Strong: Disability Pride 2017
  • Rubbing/Loving - Do Ho Suh
  • John Marin's Watercolors: A Medium for Modernism

Wednesday, April 29

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Positive Mind in 5 Minutes Meditation
• 10 - 11:15am Art Making: Find an object or a picture and draw it. Time yourself if you can. Draw the same thing again, however, see if you can draw it quicker this time.
• 11:15 - 11:30am Volunteer spotlights
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Poetry Group

Tuesday, April 28

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am 5 Minute Meditation You Can Do Anywhere
• 10 - 11:15am Art Making: Draw one of your windows and what you see outside
• 11:15 - 11:30am Volunteer spotlights
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm
  • The Awesome Mary Show: How To Be a Self Advocate
  • Henri Matisse - A Cut Above the Rest
  • Henri Matisse: Chapel

Monday, April 27

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindful Breathing Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Make 5 different drawings of an object. Arrange the object differently on the paper each time.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 2:15pm Artist Introductions: Jon Blatchford
• 2:15 - 3pm Demo: Finding Inspiration at Home

Friday, April 24

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Mindful Breathing Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Make 5 different drawings of an object. Arrange the object differently on the paper each time.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 2:15pm Artist Introductions: Jon Blatchford
• 2:15 - 3pm Demo: Finding Inspiration at Home

Thursday, April 23

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Fill your page with as many different sized circles as you can. Make sure they don't overlap.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art ViewingNick Cave Art 21
  • Mario Castillo: A Visionary Artist
  • Attic Black-Figure: Exekias, Amphora with Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game
  • Let's Talk About Intellectual Disabilities: Loretta Claiborne

Wednesday, April 22

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw something with the fewest lines possible.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art History Talk: Still Life

Tuesday, April 21

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Choose an object and draw its outline. Turn the object slightly and draw it again. Repeat two more times.
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Art Viewing
  • Elizabeth Murray Art 21
  • Our Fight For Disability Rights - And Why We're Not Done Yet

Monday, April 20

• 9:15am Login / Tech Help
• 9:30am Meditation
• 10 - 11:30am Art Making: Draw several dots on a sheet of paper; then connect the dots in any style you want
• 1 - 2pm Art Making
• 2 - 3pm Virtual Studio Visit Discussion: Aaron Becker

Friday, April 17

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Draw something that makes you happy
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm Art Demo Steps for Drawing a Still Life
• 3pm Tech Video: Zoom Meetings - How to Join as a Participant

Thursday, April 16

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Draw the room you are in without looking at your paper and without lifting your pencil (blind contour drawing)
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm
  • Recommended Art Viewing Joan Jonas Drawing Art 21
  • Recommended Art Viewing Creative Growth Art 21
  • Recommended Art Viewing Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters c.1350 BCE
  • Recommended Art Viewing Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction | HOW TO SEE
• 3pm Tech Video: How do I Join a Zoom Meeting?

Wednesday, April 15

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Draw the object that is closest to you
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm Art Demo Automatic Drawing
• 3pm Tech Video: Zoom - Join a Meeting

Tuesday, April 14

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am - 11am Art Making: Select your favorite objects, arrange them, then draw them
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making continues
• 2pm - 3pm
  • Recommended Art Viewing Chris Ware Art 21
  • Recommended Art Viewing Venus of Willendorf
  • Recommended Art Viewing How to See | Joan Miro
  • Recommended Art Viewing George Condo: The Artist at Work
• 3pm Tech Video: How To Sign Up For Zoom

Monday, April 13

• 9:30am Daily Meditation
• 10am Chicago Studio Meeting
• 11am North Shore Studio Meeting
• 1pm - 2pm Art Making: Draw a noise
• 2pm - 3pm Art Demo Understanding Value
• 3pm Tech Video: Joining a Zoom Call for the First Time