Upcoming Events

March:
"Manipulating the Light"Husband and Wife Collaboration
Monoprints by Benjamin and Anna Marie Varela.Opening: March 18, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
March 5 - 31, 2011.

April:

"Thresholds of Conservation"Opening: April 15, 6:00PM - 9:00PMApril 8 - 30, 2011

May: What's Blooming on Harrison Street
Silent Auction and $20 Prints SaleMay 6 - 31, 2011

June:
"Oil Drawings, Landscapes and Explosives"
by Laura Myntti.
Opening: TBA
June 3 - 30, 2011.

July:"Touching Base"
Recent Works by Visiting Artist Reynaldo Santiago.Opening: July 15th, 7:30 - 9:30PM
Litho Demo, Screen Printing Workshop and more.July 1 - 31, 2011.

August:
"Ink on the Veins"Three Nicaraguan Printmakers.Opening: TBAAugust 5 - 31, 2011.

September:
Opening: TBASeptember, 2011.

October:
"UN-NATURAL DISASTERS"A Suite of Social Justice Themed Prints.Opening: October 21, 2011October 1 - 30, 2011.

November:
"LA CALACA PRESS International Print Exchange"Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos.Opening: TBANovember 1 - 30, 2011.
Gallery Hours:
Friday – Saturday 1-4 PM or by appointment

Our gallery is run by Volunteers: Please call ahead to insure we’re open. 708-386-3552

Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St. Oak Park, IL 60304
www.expressionsgraphics.org

Expressions Graphics is a not for profit printmaking group partially funded by the OPAAC, in partnership with the Villages of Oak Park, Forest Park and River Forest, and the IAC, a state agency, also its members and Northern Trust Bank.

Manipulating the Light: Monoprints by Benjamin & Anna Marie Varela

Expressions Graphics Presents:

"Manipulating the Light"

Monoprints by Benjamin and Anna Marie Varela
Husband and Wife Collaboration.

"We are expressing our thoughts by manipulating the light, the appearance of our artwork is representational, abstract and non objective filled with bright colors. The impressionist painted the light that they saw in nature and we are manipulating the light to express our ideas, the title of this is manipulating the light. With warm regards Benjamin and Anna Marie Varela "

www.expressionsgraphics.org

Expressions Graphics is a not for profit printmaking group partially funded by the OPAAC, in partnership with the Villages of Oak Park, Forest Park and River Forest, and the IAC, a state agency, also its members and Northern Trust Bank.

Artwork by MaryEllen Ponsford

Expressions Graphics Presents:

Artwork by MaryEllen Ponsford

DROP BY FOR REFRESHMENTS AND ENJOY SOME EVOCATIVE ART:

Original Prints, Paintings, and Drawings by Renowned Artist are priced to sell!

Where?: Expressions Graphics Gallery. 29 Harrison St. Oak Park, IL 60304.

When?: Wednesday Oct. 27 through Friday Oct 29, 3-7 PM
Saturday Oct 30, 12-5 PM

Featuring Nudes, Portraits, & Mythological Subjects

"...(The artist's works) offer keen delights in adroit and effective designs, revealing an acute sensibility and a sharp control of picture dynamics."
John K. Sherman, arts critic for the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune.

DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!!!

QUESTIONS? E-MAIL THE ARTIST AT heARTworks5@earthlink.net

Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St. Oak Park, IL 60304

www.expressionsgraphics.org

*Funded in part by the Oak Park Area Art Council.

Chine Colle: The Paper Dimension

Chine Collé: The Paper Dimension
Two Person Show by Beverly Keys & Carol Friedle.

Reception: August 20th, 6:00PM to 9:00PM.

Printmaking Demo: Saturday 21th, 2:00PM

August 7 - 31, 2010.

Gallery Hours:

Friday – Saturday 1-5 PM or by appointment. *3rd Friday 1-9PM*

Our gallery is run by Volunteers: Please call ahead to insure we’re open. 708-386-3552

Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St. Oak Park, IL 60304

www.expressionsgraphics.org

*Funded in part by the Oak Park Area Art Council.

"Master Prints" relief prints by nicaraguan artist Carlos Barberena

Expressions Graphics Gallery Presents:
"Master Prints" Relief Prints by Carlos Barberena.
Opening Reception: July 16th, 6:00PM - 9:00PM.
July 1 - July 31, 2010.

"La McMona" Print by Carlos Barberena.

“Master-Prints”
In this series I employ the process of appropriating and varying “Master Pieces of Art,” using at times both their titles and compositional strategies but inserting contemporary imagery to create new works.

These pieces reflect contemporary issues such as environmental pollution, exploitation of natural resources, human rights issues, violence, labor rights, wars, and the use and abuse of power.

My selection of master pieces was not entirely random: with most, I chose pieces which reflected contemporary issues during the period in which they were produced. I researched the ideas behind each artist’s piece, the ways in which each artist dealt with the contradictions and hypocrisy of these issues.

Then in some, I inserted contemporary issues into them that fit with the complex imagery of each. In others, where the message of the work was particularly clear and widely understood, I introduced new, contradictory ideas.

Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan visual artist based in Oak Park IL. He has had solo shows in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and The United States of America, and his work has been shown in important Art Fairs, Art Biennials, Museums and Galleries in many places including Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, USA, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

He has created many installations in public spaces in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Venezuela and his work was selected to represent Nicaragua in the XIII Art Salon: Identity Imprint: A Glance at Ibero-American Printmaking at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC. And in the III World Body Art Conference in Venezuela.

His artistic work has been published in almanacs and Christmas cards benefiting Costa Rican children. He has also participated in art auctions benefiting Nicaraguan children and Nicaraguan Printmaking in Bonn, Germany, He also illustrated a book for children published in Vienna, Austria.

He has received various awards, most notably the award- poster for the Ecology and Human Rights in Banana Plantations in Costa Rica, given by GEBANA in Berlin, Germany.

His work is included in private and public collections, among them The International Exlibriscentrum, Stedelijke Museum in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, the Lia Bermudez Museum in Venezuela, The Printmaking Workshop (Taller de Formación y Producción Gráfica), in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, the National Gallery (Galeria Nacional) of Costa Rica, the Cultural Museum of the Caribbean (Museo Cultural del Caribe) in Venezuela, the Praxis Gallery in Nicaragua.

Gallery Hours only for this Event:

Wed - Thu - Fri -Saturday 1-5 PM or by appointment. *3rd Friday 1-9PM*

Our gallery is run by Volunteers: Please call ahead to insure we’re open. 708-386-3552

Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St. Oak Park, IL 60304

www.expressionsgraphics.org

Expressions Graphics is a not for profit printmaking group partially funded by the OPAAC, in partnership with the Villages of Oak Park, Forest Park and River Forest, and the IAC, a state agency, also its members and Northern Trust Bank.

"Noösphere" Print Works by Eveline Kolijn

Eveline Kolijn is a Calgary-based printmedia and multidisciplinary artist. An international childhood and Master's degree in Cultural Anthropology from the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands, nurtured her interest in the diversity of human culture and nature.
She graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design with a BFA in print media in 2008 and is the recipient of the Governor General’s Academic medal.
She has collaborated with Canadian national award-winning poet Christian Bök to produce a folio of prints based on his ideas. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. She is the Chair of Alberta Printmakers Society. She is currently an Extended Studies instructor at the Alberta College of Art + Design and a teacher for the Royal Conservatory’s Learning Through The Arts program.

"Noösphere"
Print Works by Visiting Artist Eveline Kolijn

Open to Public: June 4-26, 2010.

Opening Reception: Friday June 18, 6-9:00PM

Printmaking Demo: 8:00PM

Chine-colle Workshop
Instructor: Eveline Kolijn
Fee: $50 Maximum: 6
June 19, 2-4PM

Chine-colle is a method of bonding lightweight, natural paper on a print, through the use of a printing press. It is a way to add color and texture without having to prepare an additional plate to print.

- I shall demonstrate two different glue methods of Chine-Colle: One using traditional Japanese ricepaste and the other using dry, Polifix wall-paperglue-powder.

- I shall discuss the different uses of the Chine-colle technique, for different effects and demonstrate printing with these techniques (cut-out sections, whole paper and printed with another image).

- The participants should bring etched plates with which they want to experiment, lightweight papers in different tints and textures, and normal printing paper. They can also bring lightweight paper with printed texture on it.

Gallery Hours:

Friday – Saturday 1-5 PM or by appointment. *3rd Friday 1-9PM*

Our gallery is run by Volunteers: Please call ahead to insure we’re open. 708-386-3552

Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St. Oak Park, IL 60304

www.expressionsgraphics.org

Expressions Graphics is a not for profit printmaking group partially funded by the OPAAC, in partnership with the Villages of Oak Park, Forest Park and River Forest, and the IAC, a state agency, also its members and Northern Trust Bank.

Jill Kramer and Janet Schill art exhibit

Expressions Graphics Gallery presents:
Jill Kramer: Landscape Block Prints
Janet Schill: Wearable Art and Jewerly.

Reception: Saturday, April 17th, 6:00PM to 9:00PM

April 5 - May 8, 2010.

Gallery Hours:

Friday – Saturday 1-4 PM or by appointment

Our gallery is run by Volunteers: Please call ahead to insure we’re open. 708-386-3552

Expressions Graphics
29 Harrison St. Oak Park, IL 60304

www.expressionsgraphics.org