Join us on the 2nd Wed. or 3rd Mon. at Homer Township Public Library!
WELCOME!
Please join us at our upcoming collaboration project release party!
150th Anniversary Stories of Lemont Zine Release Party
March 15, 2024
6 pm - 8 pm
at the Table Church in Lemont Downtown
102 Stephen St.
Lemont, IL 60439
Please register to attend at:
Join the Village of Lemont, the Lemont Artists Guild, Lemont Writers Guild, and the Art and Culture Commission of Lemont for the Stories of Lemont Zine Release party! The 150th Anniversary Zine is dedicated to Lemont, its history, and the writers and artists who have celebrated it through their work. Visitors can enjoy art from the Zine, hear from the writers about what inspired their Lemont stories, food, and drink. With a $5 cash donation, visitors receive a copy of the limited edition Zine - the first 10 people to donate receive a copy signed by the contributors!
Visit our Events Page for more information
Be sure to visit our Meetings/Programs Page for a full listing of our 2023-2024 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:
Wycinanki-Polish Folk Art of Papercutting with Grace Bazylewski
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 7 pm
Registration Link: The spots are filled for this program, but if you would like to be on the waiting list, you can sign up at https://www.homerlibrary.org/papercutting
Polish American teacher and practitioner, Grace Bazylewski, will demonstrate “Wycinanki,” the intricate Polish folk art of papercutting that comes as the result of cutting, clipping, punching, tearing, and carving paper into abstract and recognizable forms. Participants will create their own decorative & colorful Wycinanki designs to take home! Supplies will be provided.
A Chicago born Polish American, Grace Bazylewski is the daughter of Post World War II political dissidents. She learned the art of wycinanki from Polish artists living in the United States while a member of the Polish Scouting Organization of Illinois (Harcerstwo.) She has been a teacher and practitioner of the folk art form for over fifty years. She has shown in various museums, libraries, galleries, public venues and clubs in the Chicago metro area as well as a museum gallery in Hong Kong.
In "real" life Ms. Bazylewski is an urban planner, works for the consulting firm Westwood Planning Solutions, LLC and resides in Chicago's south suburb of Lansing. She earned degrees in her field from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Grace is active in a variety of professional organizations in Chicago and the south suburban region. She has served on the boards of the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau, Polish Museum of America, the Polish Arts Club and an as ambassador of Chicago Community Trust and on the executive board of Habitat for Humanity South Suburbs and is involved in promoting the improvement planning for Camp Norwid, the Polish Scouting Organization‘s camp ground in the North Woods of Wisconsin. She currently serves as the Chair for the Village of Lansing Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals. Recently, she contributed to Back Home, the retrospective of Polish immigration to the Chicago Region at the Chicago History Museum.
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: Please note these upcoming 2024 Winter Create and Chat dates will be on the 4th Mondays.
Time: 1-3 pm
Monday, March 25, 2024
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
We are pleased to announce that seven LAG Artists are in the upcoming
"Best of the Best" exhibit at DuPage Art League and Gallery!
The opening reception and award winners will be announced this coming Sunday, Feb. 4!
Visit our Events page for more details!
Our member exhibit in August 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
View our April 2022-7th Virtual Member Showing!
We have so much talent in our guild, and many mediums and styles.
Thank you to the members who could send your work to be shown!
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:
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