Welcome!
WELCOME!
Be sure to 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
Upcoming Program:
(Important note and time update: 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 now 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.)
Wednesday, April 9, 2025-6:30 pm
Collage and Mixed Media with Laura Lein Svencner
Register at: https://www.homerlibrary.org/collage2025
The Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present creative and award winning artist, Laura Lein-Svencner, who will present the process of creating your own collage papers, assembling a collage with a tack iron and the application of an image transfer. She will bring samples of her work, papers she uses and will demonstrate how to create surface designs. This demonstration is a must-see if you are interested in beginning collage or have had some experience with collage!
Laura is an Abstract Mixed Media Collage Artist. She teaches collage with the “heat seal iron” method, fusing coated collage papers to many surfaces. She has taught many classes and workshops in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin and also currently teaches online classes. Laura is a National Award Winner and National Collage Society Signature member and co-founder of the Midwest Collage Society in which she is also a member. As a self-taught artist, Laura has been working in the medium of hand papermaking and collage for 30 years, learning and exploring all the ins and outs of paper itself. She primarily focuses on composition, layering, color and ability to create depth in her collage artwork. Her works have been published in many books by North Light Publishing, The Artist Magazine and The Professional Artist. Currently, Laura teaches her collage techniques, online, at Naperville Art League in Naperville, IL, and at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, Illinois. During the summer you’ll find her teaching collage workshops all around the Midwest. Her collages are also represented at Mainstreet Art Gallery in Lake Zurich IL. Laura’s artwork can be viewed online: https://www.lauralein-svencner.com, https://www.lonecrowstudio.com(teaching online studio) and she can be contacted at lonecrow4@gmail.com.
We hope you can attend this program which is 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.
RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 14, 2025: Pen and Ink on Napkins as a Traveling Journal with Robert Morris
Note: Regarding our program that was cancelled in Feb., Pen and Ink on Napkins as a Traveling Journal with Robert Morris, those who were registered for the Feb. date will also be notified of the rescheduled May 14 date by the Homer Library. They will automatically register you for the May date, but if you can not make it, please cancel your registration so others can sign up that are interested.
Visit our new "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
March 17, 2025
April 21, 2025
May 19, 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!
Visit and Like our Facebook Page at: https://www.facebook.com/Lemont-Artists-Guild-107474634245261
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.
This past spring 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: