A fresh, new banner exhibit will be popping up on Main Street in early May, and the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission is excited to share the colorful, bold results of the call for art that went out to local and area artists late last year. Commission members chose the theme Pop Art and placed […]
International Artist Bodo Gsedl Named Juror of Community Banner Art Exhibit
With the February 2nd deadline for original Pop Art quickly approaching, the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission is pleased to announce the juror for this year’s Community Banner Art Exhibit. International artist Bodo Gsedl, who resides in West Chicago’s Sister City of Taufkirchen (Vils), Germany, has agreed to jury submissions of art for the highly anticipated exhibit […]
Art Banners a Creative Focal Point on Main Street
Over the past winter, the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission invited area artists to submit original artwork for consideration for the 2016 Community Art Banner Project. The entries were anonymously judged by Chicago-based artist and Assistant Professor of Photography at Northeastern Illinois University, Nate Matthews. Seventeen exceptional works, depicting this year’s theme Patterns-Patterns-Patterns, were chosen […]
America – Who We Are
West Chicago, Illinois: June 6, 2012 – There’s still time to take a stroll down Main Street, West Chicago to view some great works of public art. Winning banners from the 2012 Art Banner Contest sponsored by the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission will be on display through the summer and offer a creative take […]
