Make sure to catch Conrad Freiburg’s work at the Linda Warren Gallery. Through a through a series of pulleys and gears in his interactive pieces we get a chance to comment about our republic by giving assent, dissent, or quiet indifference. This exhibit runs through October 11.  Also, in an effort to further engage us, Conrad extends an invitation to join him and special guests in a parlor demonstration and discussion on Saturday, October 4th at 2pm. I have seen the show and agree with the reviews. Its fabulous and not to be missed. For more information and images visit  http://www.lindawarrengallery.com/.           

P.S. Conrad was an art studio student on mine while he was in high school and I am incredibly proud of him. 

Come and have a glass of wine and nosh and at the opening reception of  ”Workers” which pairs Nancy Plotkin’s oil portraits with Margreth Lanterman’s sculptures of these Chicagoan hands, Saturday, October 4, 4 – 7 pm at Art on Armitage Gallery. For more images and information go to www.artonarmitage.com. 

I am looking forward to seeing this new and exciting work. Margreth, her husband Steve Luecking, Mary Ellen Croteau, Gallery Owner/Director and I all attended Quincy University, albeit not all of us at the same!  

If you have never been to Art on Armitage Window Gallery, take this opportunity to do so. Its a unique space in the Hermosa neighborhood. Mary Ellen, has provided an incredible service to the community with monthly exhibitions that engage and delight all who pass by the window. I have performed there several times and the immediate and genuine response from the viewers is rewarding. Mary Ellen is an outstanding artist herself who recently had a one-woman exhibition in Iceland. And, for those of you who do not know,  Mary Ellen was also my high school art student and is a very good friend. I am a lucky woman indeed.