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!
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, we are now going to be starting our speakers promptly at 7 pm. If you would like time to socialize before the meeting, please plan to arrive around 6:30 and we will be starting our announcements at 6:45 pm. Back of the Hall Voting will start at 6:40 pm.
Urban Sketching with Wes Douglas
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 6:30 pm
REGISTER AT: https://www.homerlibrary.org/urban
The Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Instructor Wes Douglas, who will give a talk on Urban Sketching. Urban Sketching can be described as "sketching on location" that often incorporates architecture, street scenes, and people in their daily lives going to stores, restaurants, and other day to day activities for leisure or work. The sketch tells a story of what is happening around the artist and happens on site, as opposed to a formal studio setting of an artist. Learn all about the spontaneity and fun you can have when urban sketching!
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 Facebook: Wes Douglas, Instagram: @wheels317,
Web: https://sketchnography.blogspot.com/, https://sketchawes317.blogspot.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.
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
Time: 1-3 pm
Remaining Fall 2024 Dates: Nov 18, Dec 16
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!
LAG 2024 Member Exhibit
The Lemont Artists Guild will be having a Member Exhibit Nov. 1-Nov. 30, 2024 at Gallery Seven
located in the Historic Gaylord Building at 200 W. 8th St. (3rd Floor) in Lockport, IL, 60441.
There will be a variety of artwork in the exhibit with many different mediums, something for everyone to enjoy!
Come and view the exhibition at the Artists Reception
on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024 from 1 pm to 3 pm.
Or during the gallery’s normal operating hours: Thurs-Fri-Sat: 12 pm to 5 pm or Sun: 12 pm to 3 pm.
Gallery Website: www.galleryseven.net
Gallery Ph: 815-483-4310
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: