Evanston Made, in collaboration with numerous local businesses, hosted the second Evanston Plein Air Art Festival over the past week at various locations around the city. Over the past week, artists around the country flocked to Evanston from Missouri to Texas to compete in the festival. Plein air competitions are timed events where participants use.
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With live music playing in the background and spring temperatures in the mid-60s, people strolled up and down the Main-Dempster Mile on Thursday for the second annual Evanston Arts & Craft Beverage Crawl. Co-hosted by local art nonprofit Evanston Made and the Main-Dempster Mile, the event celebrated Evanston businesses, serving locally brewed craft drinks and.
Evanston social worker Janice Fleckman knows the pain of losing a loved one. When Fleckman was overwhelmed with grief over her mother’s death, she said she turned to painting to cope. “It was my way of expressing the loss,” Fleckman said. “Art is so good for expressing loss. I realized that it could be healing.
From left, Cheryl Judice, Lisa Degliantoni, Denise Berrato, Rebeca Mendoza and Claire McFarland converse in front of a mural created by local artist Sholo