Welcome!
WELCOME!
Visit our Meetings/Programs Page for a full listing of our 2024-2025 Monthly Programs
on the 2nd Wed. of the month (unless otherwise indicated)
We hope you can attend our programs at the library which are free and open to the public!
Our meetings take place IN PERSON at Homer Township Public Library
14320 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491, 708-301-7908
We are breaking from our monthly meetings this summer but you can attend
our Plein Air Meet-ups if you want to get outside and do some creating this summer!
Click HERE to visit our Plein Air Page.
Upcoming Programs:
We will start meeting again for our 2nd Wed. night programs this fall!
In an effort to have adequate time for our speakers and be able to clean-up and exit the library before 9 pm, our meetings start at 6:30 pm with our speaker/programs to begin promptly at 7 pm. If you would like time to socialize before the meeting, please plan to arrive at 6:30 and we will be starting our announcements at 6:45 pm. Back of the Hall Voting will start at 6:40 pm.
Note on those registered for our programs: We know things happen, so, if you have registered for a program, but can not attend, please call the library and cancel your registration-708-301-7908 to allow for others on the waitlist to be able to attend. Thank you.
Urban “Uglies” with Art Markers
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at 6:30 pm
IN PERSON at
Homer Township Public Library
14320 W. 151st Street
Homer Glen, IL 60491
708-301-7908
PLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND AT: https://www.homerlibrary.org/urban2025
(NOTE: Registration opens on Mon. 8/11/25 at 8:30 am)
On Sept. 10, 2025, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present, at the library, Art Director and Graphic Designer, Wes Douglas, who will demonstrate sketching the environment around us, utilizing the fun of art markers in these sketches. These are sometimes called "Uglies" such as sketching a garbage can, paperclip holder, or even a pencil or pen! Come see what you can sketch right around you and learn about using some markers too!
Wes Douglas, a suburban Chicago resident for more than 50 years, is a design graduate of Northern Illinois University and was a founding member of the innovation firm Maddock Douglas in Elmhurst. Wes loves to sketch people on location and is a lifelong illustrator. An instructor at past Sketch Seminars, Wes now teaches students at the DuPage Art League about the secrets of urban sketching. He also has been an active member (and former co-administrator) for Urban Sketchers Chicago (aka, USk, www.urbansketcherschicago.org) since 2013. In 2023, Wes was selected as the Sketch Correspondent for that year’s Chicago Sketch Seminar. In 2017 he was selected as one of the Sketch Correspondents for the International Symposium in Chicago. Also in 2017, he was responsible for getting a feature article in the Metra newsletter called “Urban Sketchers Tell Metra Stories Through Art” featuring the commuter sketches from such artists as Don Colley, Mary Jo Ernst, Brian Wright and others. Wes has appeared on WGN Morning News with Liz Steel and WGN Radio AM 720 “Outside The Loop” program to share his passion of urban sketching with Chicago listeners and to promote the USk Chicago Sketch Seminars and the 8th International Urban Sketchers Symposium. You can find out more about Wes on his socials and web: Facebook: Wes Douglas, Instagram: @wheels317, https://sketchnography.blogspot.com/ and https://www.dupageartleague.org/instructors/
We hope you can attend our programs which are free and open to the public!
The Lemont Artists Guild Meetings are open to all, you do not have to be a Lemont Artists Guild member to attend.
Visit our "Back of the Hall Page" to see our most recent LAG member's artwork voted for 1st place at our meeting!
CREATE AND CHAT: ARTISTS MEET-UP
When: 3rd Mondays unless noted otherwise
Time: 1-3 pm
Fall 2025:
Sept 15, 2025
Oct 20, 2025
Nov 17, 2025
Dec 15, 2025
Where: Homer Township Public Library (address listed above)
Artists of all kinds are welcome to join our monthly meetup group! Meet other local artists, discuss what you’re working on, and spend time creating alongside others. Bring your current project or art supplies to find inspiration & start a new one!
New folks – and all art mediums – welcome!
While this is not an instructional class, the gathering of artists can help inspire you and give you feedback or ideas on your own artwork. Or, if you haven't been able to create but want to start, join us and see what others are making. Seeing others create can be just what you need to get your own project started!
No registration required; just show up!
Please visit and "Like" our Facebook Page at: https://www.facebook.com/Lemont-Artists-Guild-107474634245261
2025 Best of the Best Exhibit at DuPage Art League this August
Since the AFA (Alliance of Fine Art) dissolved, the DuPage Art League has started having their own Best of the Best exhibit in their gallery and art center located in Wheaton, IL. The Lemont Artists Guild will have several members in this exhibit. Here are some important dates for this summer's exhibit:
Exhibit Duration: August 2-August 26, 2025
Reception and Awards: August 10, 2025: 2 pm - 4 pm, awards at 3:15 pm
DuPage Art League
218 W. Front Street
Wheaton, IL 60187
Gallery hours are M-F 9 am-5 pm and Sat 9 am-2 pm
Website: www.dupageartleague.org
Stories of Lemont 150th Anniversary Zine
The 150th Anniversary Zine is dedicated to Lemont, its history, and the writers and artists who have celebrated it through their work. A collaborative project with the Village of Lemont and Lemont Downtown, the Lemont Writers Guild and the Lemont Artists Guild.
Contact us today to find out how to get yours!
Links:
Meet the Team Behind the Lemont 150th Zine: https://www.lemontdowntown.com/news/lemont-zine
www.lemontwriters.com - www.lemontartistsguild.org - www.artlemont.org
March 14, 2024 Daily Southtown Article:
Here's a link to the digital newspaper: https://digitaledition.dailysouthtown.chicagotribune.com/html5/desktop/production/default.aspx?&edid=c2a87462-d60d-40e5-b8e8-afbd225595d2
Here's a link to the online article: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/13/lemont-150th-anniversary-zine-unites-artists-writers-guild-to-tell-villages-story/
Sept. 5, 2024 Daily Southtown Article
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/04/writers-artists-collaborate-to-celebrate-lemont-history/
Our member exhibit in August 2023 at Gallery Seven is past but,
Jay Anderson from Gallery Seven put together a wonderful video showcasing about 52 of the 62 pieces in the show and a few artist interviews (with Lynn Rozycki, Betty Burian Kirk, Liz Connelly) and a beautiful introduction by Nancy Uznanski.
You can view the video on YouTube:*
*Please note these spelling corrections on some of the artists' names: Lynn Rozycki, Mary Fronczak Grochocinski, Lee Ristow
When you view the video, hit the "Subscribe" button so you will know about future videos posted on Gallery Seven's YouTube channel.
In spring of 2023 LAG was invited to be at Lemont Library in their display case. The theme showcased photographs of Lemont in
celebration of the Village of Lemont's 150th Anniversary!
The case had photographs of Lemont by Matt Kosic, Gene Mark, and William Uznanski (William’s submitted by Nancy Uznanski).
While the case is not on display anymore, view a fun video of the pictures here at:
and some pictures of the case at our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Lemont-Artists-Guild-107474634245261
View a slide show of some of the pictures taken at our Plein Air Outings this Summer (2022):
Click here: Plein Air Pictures
View a video taken from our Member Exhibit that we had at Lemont Center for the Arts in July, 2022:
Click here: https://youtu.be/tCBYr6Furok
Visit our Page Listing other area art groups we are in contact with: Click here
Visit our Interactive Projects Page
Our mission is to enhance life in Lemont and surrounding community by providing fine art, education, instruction, programming and appreciation through a supportive environment that nurtures creativity and individuality. We meet on the 2nd Wed. of the month (unless otherwise noted*) in conjunction with the Homer Township Public Library. Confirmed dates will be posted on our website and through the library's website. At our meetings, we have an art program that is informative on some topic of art and sometimes interactive with the attendees.
We are a 501(c)(3)Non-For-Profit Organization.
(Pictured above, members who
attended our 2022 Holiday Gathering)
Please DO NOT SEND ANY correspondence to the library.
To Mail to Lemont Artists Guild and/or contact our
President, Liz Connelly:
To Mail Membership Application to our Treasurer: