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PROGRAMS/MEETINGS

Jan. 11, 2023-7 pm: Annual Show and Tell

Feb. 8, 2023-7 pm: Colleen Klimczak-Art Studio/Supply Organization

Mar. 8, 2023-7 pm:  Phil Schorn-Colored Pencil Techniques

April 12, 2023-7 pm: April Schabes-Art Journaling

May 10, 2023-7 pm:  Patricia Mroczka-Zentangle Style Botanical Illustration  

CREATE AND CHAT: ARTISTS MEET-UP at Homer Township Public Library

2023 Upcoming Dates:

Monday Mar. 20, 2023-1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

https://www.homerlibrary.org/event/create-chat-artists-meetup-5

Monday April 17-1:00pm - 3:00pm

Monday May 15-1:00pm - 3:00pm

Time: 1-3 pm

     Artists of all kinds are welcome to join our monthly meetup group! Meet other local artists (including some from the Lemont Artists Guild), 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! The group meets from 1-3pm. 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!

The Lemont Artists Guild Meetings are open to all, you do not have to be a Lemont Artists Guild member to attend.  We hope you can attend our programs at the library which are free and open to the public!

Art Journaling with April Schabes

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 7:00 pm

IN PERSON at Homer Township Public Library

14320 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491 

708-301-7908

Please Register at:   https://www.homerlibrary.org/event/art-journaling

• On April 12, 2023 at 7 pm, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present April Schabes who will demonstrate how Art Journaling is a fun and creative way to capture the wonderful and cherished moments in life. Just by jotting words, sketches, doodles or collaged media on the pages of one’s journal, a story can emerge and capture the precious moments in life that pass us by. 
• Forever interested in all art forms, as a young adult, April studied at Moraine Valley Community College. She continued her studies by joining art classes and creative activities at The Center in Palos Park, IL. She also took a collage class at LaGrange Art League and Gallery in LaGrange, IL, in which she says about that class, “it won me over and became dearest to my heart.” 
• April always loved working with paper, even as child, she remembers how much she enjoyed the art and play of paper dolls. She takes that interest playing with paper all over again as an artist and instructor! She presently teaches Collage and Art Journaling at The Center. She has always enjoyed journaling and making notes of her days and teaching this art to others is something she loves and finds fun and joyful!
•  Attendees, please feel free to bring along your own sketchbook or journal to take notes and follow along during the program!

Colored Pencil Techniques with Phil Schorn

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 7:00 pm

• On March 8, 2023 at 7 pm, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present Phil Schorn who is an award winning colored pencil artist and instructor. Phil will demonstrate colored pencil techniques that will be projected onto a big screen so attendees can see easily the depth of color and detail that can be achieved with colored pencils. Attendees are welcome to bring some of their own colored pencils and draw along if they wish!  Phil will share the types of colored pencils he uses and media he works on. 
• Phil has done numerous group and solo shows, demonstrations for groups, workshops and art fairs. He instructs both online and in-person classes and offers private as well as group lessons. Phil describes his art as not just another drawing, but a fine art that requires patience. With pencils, he has the ability to create shape, color and detail with a line. It is what he does with that line that makes his art come alive. He focuses on realism and puts in as much detail as possible.  He wants the viewer to see more than they thought was there.
• Phil has published two books of his art with a lot of drawing techniques and tips, available on Amazon (paperback and kindle), “Life is in the Details” and “Life is in the Details Vol II.”(For information on these books visit https://pschornstudio.com/books-1.) His work has been featured in art magazines (most recently pg. 22 of Colored Pencil Magazine-Jan. 2023), newspapers and television.
• Phil attended Eastern Illinois University, receiving his Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Graphic Design and 2D Studio Art 1984. He also owns his own successful graphic design company.
• You can view Phil’s artwork, instruction and workshop information at www.pschornstudio.com.

Art Studio/Supply Organization with Colleen Klimczak

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:00 pm

• Want to get your art space organized, but don’t know where to start? On Feb. 8, 2023 at 7 pm in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present M. Colleen Klimczak, CPO, who is a Certified Professional Organizer and owner of Peace of Mind Professional Organizing, LLC. She'll bring her expertise to guide artists so you can work efficiently in your creative space! Learn tips and strategies for organizing your art supplies and the space you work in so you can focus on making art instead of wondering where you put that paintbrush or pencil. Since 2003, Colleen has helped thousands get a handle on their space, stuff, paper and time, finding Peace of Mind in their personal and professional lives. Colleen offers in-home, in-office and virtual organizing and consultations, organizational coaching and presentations. She also publishes a weekly organizing blog and newsletter to bolster organizing skills and motivation.
• Public speaking and organizational presentations are a natural extension of Colleen’s experience in client homes and businesses, and she has presented hundreds of presentations to thousands of participants.  Colleen’s professional and educational background in Business Administration, Psychology and Adult Education provides unique insight into organizing challenges and solutions.  Colleen is pursuing her Organizing Coach certification through Coach Approach for Organizers, plus specific certifications through the Institute for Challenging Disorganization.  In addition, her 30+ years as a professional and liturgical instrumentalist and vocalist translates into confidence and clarity in addressing groups of any size.   
• Colleen is a member of NAPO, the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals, NAPO-Chicago, and in 2008, became a Certified Professional Organizer.  She is a member of the Evergreen Park Chamber of Commerce and the Beverly Area Planning Association and Trades Referral Listing.  
• You can view Colleen’s social media links here:

Email: Colleen@PeaceOfMindPO.com

Website and Blog: http://www.PeaceOfMindPO.com 

Podcast: Your Organized Life with Colleen Klimczak, CPO

Pinterest / Twitter: ColleenCPO

Instagram: Colleen.Klimczak - Facebook / Linked In:MColleenKlimczakCPO

Annual  Show and Tell

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 7:00 pm

     On January 11, 2023, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present, at the library, Show and Tell, where all attendees at this meeting will have an opportunity to share their creative endeavors.  

     This is a great opportunity to talk about what you are up to creatively, get some new ideas, constructive suggestions, meet other artists, and/or share about your plans for the future. You can also just come and watch and listen to what others are up to in their art worlds!

     If you would like, feel free to bring your current project/sketchbook/journal/etc. and anything else that you want to "show and tell" about!

Figure Drawing

presented by Ellen Rottsolk

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 7:00 pm

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On November 16, 2022, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present, at the library, Ellen Rottsolk, who will give an interactive program on Figure Drawing.  She will discuss the correlations that occur in the human figure, then put into practice, by drawing, some of these relationships and experience how they change and shift as the body moves.  Please bring some drawing supplies you can utilize during her demonstration to watch and learn as you draw along with Ellen.  These include a sketchbook or paper, charcoal and/or vine charcoal or black chalk, a kneaded eraser, a black pen, and markers and pencils if you like. Ellen will provide some extra vine charcoal and paper.  Ellen believes drawing is a learned skill and there are important relationships between the body’s shapes that help us understand how to draw this form.  She likes to use vine charcoal and charcoal as they smear to be able to achieve various levels of shading to enhance and bring to life the figure itself.

           Ellen has Bachelors and Masters Degree in Art from Northern Illinois University.  She has taught art in area high schools and now teaches fundamental drawing, figure drawing, portrait studies and pastel painting at DuPage Art League in Wheaton.  

Astrophotography-Photography/Imagery of the Night Sky

presented by Jasonn Pellegrini

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 7:00 pm

IN PERSON at

Homer Township Public Library

14320 W. 151st Street

Homer Glen, IL 60491

708-301-7908

Recording to Follow soon! Check back at a later date.

On October 12, 2022, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present, at the library, Jasonn Pellegrini, who will share his knowledge and photographic images in the field of Astrophotography which is the photographing of the night sky. This includes astronomical objects, outer space phenomena and events which can include images of the moon, sun, planets, asteroids, stars, and galaxies. Jasonn will bring outer space and the stars inside so we can see them for ourselves projected on the big screen in the library’s conference room!

Jasonn has always had a passion for photography. His portfolio includes landscape photography and he started focusing on Astrophotography during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Astronomy, in general, has also always been a passion of his and sharing his astrophotography images with the world lets him spread the wonder of space and time to everyone. 

While by day, Jasonn is an electronic technician who repairs communication radios and other electronics, by night, he carries his technical expertise into his celestial photos by using special astrophotography techniques and equipment. The equipment he utilizes to take the photographs includes telescopes, lenses, mounts, various accessories, computer software, and his special camera which uses specific filters to cut out light pollution near the city and surrounding area. Since light pollution is always a struggle in the Chicago and surrounding area, with his expertise, techniques, and equipment he is still able to capture the beauty of the night sky. He has even attended the annual “Nebraska Star Party” near Valentine, NE under some of the darkest skies in the country where Astrophotographers get together and take incredible pictures with the Milky Way galaxy as their light. You can see more about the star party at https://www.nebraskastarparty.org/ and view this YouTube video at https://youtu.be/Fqk_AaxI5XY. 

Connect with Jasonn and his images here: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Starlancer/,

https://www.instagram.com/starlancerastro/, https://www.artpal.com/jpastro

Kumihimo-The Art of Japanese Braiding

presented by Betty Burian Kirk

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:00 pm

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           On September 14, 2022, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present, at the library, Betty Burian Kirk, who will talk about Kumihimo Braiding which is a Japanese Braiding Technique.  Betty will give a historic overview of how Kumihimo was brought to Japan and the connection to the Japanese Samurai Warriors.  Various braiding techniques will be covered by Betty and an abundance of samples will be displayed.  Betty will give a demonstration of how the braiding is done on a Marudai (prounounced mar-oo-dye) which is a round-top braiding stand used to make a wide variety of Kumihimo braids in many different forms such as round, square, rectangular, flat, triangular, and other polygonal shapes. (To learn more about the Marudai visit: https://amksoc.org/glossary/marudai/) Attendees present will be given a cardboard disk in which will Betty will guide them on a form of the Kumihimo braiding.

           Betty studied art at Northern Illinois University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. She taught 13 years as an elementary school art teacher and three semesters as a college weaving instructor. She now teaches at regional and national fiber conferences and sells her handmade wearable fiber art at art shows in Illinois.  Her website is www.bbkirk.com and she is a long time member and the Publicity/Newsletter Editor for the Lemont Artists Guild. For more information please visit: www.lemontartistsguild.org.