Opening Reception: Friday, March 17, 6 - 8 PM

Artist’s Talk: Sunday, March 26, 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Climate Follies Performance April 22

Cash Bar Light Refreshment

Tom Torluemke Regional Treasure

In the interactive installation, Fearsome Fable – Tolerable Truth, Indiana-based artist Tom Torluemke tells two distinct and contrasting stories of the earth’s future. Viewers are greeted by a contiguous mural of scenes depicting overpopulation and its resulting neglect and abuse of our natural resources. By physically engaging with and turning the mural panels, gallery visitors can change the view from a dilapidated wasteland on one side – to the reverse side’s colorful imagery of a brighter and healthier tomorrow.

In these large-scale panels painted in a utilitarian, representational style reminiscent of WPA muralists, Torluemke makes a powerful statement on the wasteful nature of our relationship with the earth and envisions what an alternate future could be if we chose to embrace it.

Fearsome Fable – Tolerable Truth debuted in 2013 at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. The Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts proudly presents this 10th-anniversary exhibition.

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Representative artwork from students in grades K–12 will be on display at Duneland Schools‘ annual exhibit at the Chesterton Art Center.

High School Exhibition: March 4–15

Reception: March 7, 5–7 PM

K–8 Exhibition: March 18-29

Reception: March 20, 5:30–8 PM

Receptions will be hosted for students and their families. In order to accommodate all visitors, this schedule has been created:

Grades K–2: 5:30–6:30 PM

Grades 3–4: 6:30–7:00 PM

Grades 5–6: 7:00–7:30 PM

Grades 7–8: 7:30–8:00 PM

The exhibits are open to the public weekdays 11 AM–4 PM and Saturdays 10–2 PM

Mar. 3, 2023 – Jun. 16, 2023

Opening Reception: Friday, March 3 from 5-8 PM CST

“Citizen,” curated by Chicago artist Sam Kirk, explores the complex perspective of residents of the US as many communities struggle for justice, freedom and basic human rights. The exhibit focuses on excluded histories of marginalized communities and the current state of our residents as we all face the realities of climate change and political setbacks.

Gallery Talk: Saturday, March 11 @ 11:30 AM CST

Free Family Day: Saturday, June 3 from 1-3 PM CST

 February 28, 2023, 5:00 p.m.

Project Overview:

The VCC has partnered with the Valparaiso Parks Department to showcase Northwest Indiana artists in the Valparaiso Skatepark. The artwork must be edgy and tasteful, capturing the theme of the park and the skater community while staying true to the artist’s style. We are seeking artists who work in the medium of producing sculptures and/or skateboard deck artwork for a skater’s wall.

Contact Information for Questions and Proposal Submission:

Name: Jessica Corral, Executive Director

Email: info@valpocreates.org

Subject: “Skate Park Art Submission”

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January 28 - March 3, 2023

Reception: February 4, 2-4pm

This exhibition is a culmination of photographs taken by the Duneland Photography Club as inspired by the works of Vivian Maier (1926 – 2009), an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago and elsewhere.  Maier's photographs, some of which were found in a Chicago storage locker, received international attention and her work appeared in exhibitions, books, and documentary films.  Meier’s work inspired Duneland photographers to capture the depth and significance of our Region.

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Exhibiting Photographers include: Michael Alvarado, Deb Armstrong, Steve Bensing, Linda Camp, Peggy Carter, Georganna Edmonds, Carol Estes, Paul Ewing, Tommy Gonzales, Dina Heijselaar, Margaret Hubrich, Sharon Kerner, Patrice Lawson, Teresa McGinley, John Moore, Suzan Perry, Jim Rettker, Henry Schultz, Joyce Scully, Vanessa Shaffer, Stephanie Tanke, Janet Tsouklis and Norman Turner.

JANUARY 20–MARCH 24, 2023

SOUTH SHORE ARTS GALLERY

Monday–Wednesday & Friday, 10am-5pm

Thursday, 12-7pm

Saturday, 10am-4pm

Sunday, 12-4pm

Art in Focus: Gallery tour with curators, Linda Dorman and Tom Torluemke: Monday, January 23, at 10am.

Artist Reception: Thursday, January 26, from 5-8pm

Artist Panel Discussion: Saturday, January 28, at 2pm

Curated by Dorman + Torluemke Featuring : Bradley Biancardi, Ellen Green, Tyrue “Slang” Jones, Nina Rizzo, William Staples, Ann Toebbe, Pedro Veléz, Gabriel Villa

Sense and Sensibility: poetry in painting is a group exhibition featuring artists Bradley Biancardi, Ellen Greene, Tyrue "Slang" Jones, Nina Rizzo, William Staples, Ann Toebbe, Pedro Veléz, and Gabriel Villa, eight artists whose work expresses the notion that painting is simply drawing, color, and design that enlivens the mind, spirit, and soul and illuminates life's majestic and mournful beauty. The exhibition encourages more thought and consideration of painting as a unique visual language to touch on life's unexplainable and layered meanings.

 Exhibit curator Tom Torluemke explains further, "The one-of-a-kind personality of an artist paints the feelings of a life lived and living. It's as though the artist's eyeballs are orbital mirrors reflecting what is outside and inside simultaneously. It is there, so those feelings don't disappear but survive as proof, a painting filled with haunting power and unexplainably magnetic."

CHESTERTON ART CENTER ANNOUNCES EXHIBIT WITH INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK

RECEPTION: JANUARY 21, 2023, 12–2 PM

Chesterton Art Center is pleased to announce our next exhibit, Sense of Place: Works from the Artists in Residence of Indiana Dunes National Park, January 17–March 1, 2023. A reception will be held on Saturday, January 21, from 12–2 PM. All of our exhibitions and artists’ receptions are free and open to the public.

This exhibit is a survey of works held in the National Park collection, including works from 2021 and 2022 that have not yet been exhibited publicly. You can see this celebration of the natural world that surrounds us as seen through the eyes of these artist visitors across many media, including painting, photography, sculpture, fiber, and mixed media.

“The Artists in Residence program at Indiana Dunes offers professional artists the opportunity to live in the park for two weeks and create art that helps generate appreciation and support for the national park. In exchange, the artist provides public engagement and donates a piece of art created during their stay,” said Jeff Manuszak, Visual Information Specialist with Indiana Dunes National Park. “We are excited to showcase these pieces at the Chesterton Art Center. It’s just a great fit!”

National parks have been the source of inspiration for well-known artists, such as Thomas Moran, Albert Bierdstadt, and Frank Dudley, who have visually depicted the cultural and natural treasures of our great American heritage. These beautiful works are cherished by park visitors and preserved for future generations. The Indiana Dunes National Park Artist-in-Residence program has been sharing the park’s inspirational landscape for over 25 years and has served 70 artists to date.

This exhibition is made possible in partnership with Indiana Dunes National Park and is generously supported by Friends of Indiana Dunes.

To learn more about Chesterton Art Center, visit the link below or call (219) 926-4711 https://link.edgepilot.com/s/65cafaba/519XOKlg_E_5M8ulKEvX_A?u=http://www.chestertonart.org/

HOURS:

Wednesday: 10am – 8pm
Thursday – Saturday: 10am – 4pm

In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, the Brauer Museum of Art opens Celebrating Black Artists. The exhibition presents works by eighteen Black artists drawn from the Brauer’s collection and that of Professor Michael Chikeleze, Richard C. and Fancelia A. Gozon University Chair in Values-Based Leadership. 

Through the course of the twentieth century. Black artists gained greater access to arts education, patronage, and the art market, with dealers prepared to represent them and museums and collectors eager to acquire their art. That art is no longer restricted to an expression of the African American experience, enslaved or free, in the United States, but encompasses both the depth and range of the Black diaspora and the American mainstream.

This exhibition includes the work of self-taught artists, such as William, the Prophet, Blackmon and Jackie Haliburton, of art school professors Ralph Arnold, Tarrance Corbin, and Danny Campbell, Charles Bibbs, a highly successful commercial artist, and renowned Romare Bearden and Charles White, and contemporary figures of international repute, Dawood Bey, Richard Hunt, and Kara Walker, among others.

January 3 – March 5, 2023

CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS - ATRIUM

Artist Reception: Thursday, January 26, from 5-8pm

Geometry Forward brings together two bodies of work: One series emphasizes symmetry and a striving for the balance of a central core, while the other advances a new model of uneven synthesis, strictly constraining such order and having dissolved any center.

Jon Merritt has a playful desire to make art with geometric shapes, once fostered in the local scene of Northwest Indiana, grew into an obsession and was rigorously formed into a technical discipline. After over a decade of countless experiments, the artist intends to present a point of resolution in a continuous creative process.

About The Artist:

Jon Merritt lives and works in Rockport, Maine, and on Plum Island in Massachusetts. He completed his MFA in painting at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015 and his BFA at the California Institute of the Arts in 2012. Originally from Munster, Indiana, his passion for painting and geometric abstract art was born while working with artist Tom Torluemke at Uncle Freddy’s Gallery during high school. His influences include science fiction, 20th-century modern art, furniture design, voxel-based video games, and pre-modern examples of geometric design and furniture construction. Assisted by refined woodworking and computer graphics skills, his current work is divided between populating ongoing painting series and realizing his vision in new media.

Family, friends, and former students of Robert Cain are invited to the rededication of the Robert Cain Gallery at the Porter County Museum.

The gallery honors Robert "Rob" Cain, a lifelong Valparaiso resident and beloved Valparaiso High School art teacher who died on June 30, 2022. Like his classroom of years past, the Robert Cain Gallery will feature both Cain's work and a revolving display of other artists' works from our collection.

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40th Lubeznik Arts Festival

Lubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA) is excited to celebrate the 40th year of the Lubeznik Arts Festival (LAF) on August 20 and 21, 2022! LAF takes place on LCA’s lakeside grounds in Michigan City, IN to connect festival attendees with LCA’s dynamic programming and meaningful exhibitions. All proceeds from this event are invested back into LCA programs as we work to bring art to everyone in the community.

http://www.lubeznikcenter.org/ 

63rd Annual Chesterton Art Fair

In its 63rd year, Chesterton Art Fair draws artists and art lovers from all over the Midwest and beyond. Always the first full weekend in August, this year’s dates are August 6 and 7, 2022, and fair hours are 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, and 10 AM to 4 PM on Sunday.

https://www.chestertonart.org/

Nature Lovers

South Shore Arts presents Nature Lovers, an exhibition exploring artist relationships with the natural world, will run June 17–August 28, 2022, with an artist reception on Thursday, June 23, from 5:30-8pm.

Gallery & Gift Shop Hours:

Sunday, 12-4pm

Monday–Wednesday, 10am-5pm

Thursday, 12-7pm

Friday, 10am-5pm

Saturday, 10am-4pm

48th Annual Tri-County Junior/Senior High School Exhibition

South Shore Arts is excited to announce the 48th Annual Tri-County Jr/Sr High School Exhibit taking place at the Center For Visual & Performing Arts, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. The exhibit will run from April 11 through May 21, 2022. An awards ceremony will take place on May 1 from 1-3pm. The exhibit catalog will be posted on Monday, May 2.

Gallery & Gift Shop Hours:

Sunday, 12-4pm

Monday–Wednesday, 10am-5pm

Thursday, 12-7pm

Friday, 10am-5pm

Saturday, 10am-4pm

Searching for Balance in Chaos

Explore the works of Teresina Pavel and Patty Roberts

Both artists’ work is inspired by nature and vivid with color, but then each takes a different direction: one toward abstraction, and the other toward surrealism.

https://millerbeacharts.org/events/chaos/

5x5 Show Turns 5!

Call Out to Artists!

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ART IS MAY 2.

5” x 5” canvases and/or frames are available now at no charge for pick up from the Ellen Firme Gallery, Mon-Fri 9:30-5, Sat 10-4 at 92 Route 12, Beverly Shores IN Look for participation details and a list of FAQ’s on our website at www.bsdepot.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION contact sales@bsdepot.com

28th Annual Juried Exhibition - Call to Artists

This exhibition promotes the creation and recognition of original quality 2-dimensional works of art, as well as ceramic arts and will provide $4000 in awards. Artist James Swanson will bring an expert eye to this year’s artwork selection process, and as juror he will help Art Barn ensure the highest standards and integrity.

Online entry with a deadline for submissions at midnight on February 28, 2022. https://www.artbarnschool.org/artwork-submission

IU Northwest's School of the Arts
BFA Thesis Exhibitions, Group 2