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Featured Banner Artists are Cultural Arts Commission Members Buddy Plumlee and Lew Achenbach

August 17, 2020 By City of West Chicago

The City of West Chicago is proud to celebrate the work of all artists included in this year’s Community Art Banner Exhibit, Home, by highlighting two or more each week on the City’s website and social media accounts. A total of seventeen artists gained entry to the juried exhibit this year and have their art displayed on banners that have […]

Filed Under: Arts in West Chicago, News Tagged With: 2020 Art Banner Exhibit, Buddy Plumlee, Lew Achenbach, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission

Summer Haiku Project Delivers an Outlet for West Chicago Creativity

August 6, 2020 By City of West Chicago

The West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission reached out to the community earlier this year soliciting poetry for a public art display of yard signs that would convey thoughtful messages, spread encouragement, and lift spirits suffering from the fatigue of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, 39 Haiku yard signs were delivered and installed for […]

Filed Under: Arts in West Chicago, Museum, News Tagged With: Haiku, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission

Home: 2020 Art Banner Exhibit Theme Especially Appropriate This Year

July 31, 2020 By City of West Chicago

The City of West Chicago is proud to celebrate the work of all artists included in this year’s Community Art Banner Exhibit, Home, by highlighting two or more each week on the City’s website and social media accounts. A total of seventeen artists gained entry to the juried exhibit this year and have their art […]

Filed Under: Arts in West Chicago, News Tagged With: Art Banner Exhibit, Communtiy Banner Art Project, Home, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission

Cultural Arts Commission Seeks Community Input

January 16, 2020 By City of West Chicago

What type of art should be included in West Chicago’s Public Art Master Plan? As cities across the country have learned, the addition of public art in communities offers many benefits. West Chicago residents responded with strong agreement to some of these benefits, and added several others of their own, in a survey administered by […]

Filed Under: Arts in West Chicago, News Tagged With: Art, Public Art Master Plan, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission

Public Art Survey Results – Who Does Public Art Benefit?

January 10, 2020 By City of West Chicago

In response to a survey conducted by the City of West Chicago’s Cultural Arts Commission for community feedback in a multi-step survey process to create a Public Art Master Plan, the following charts will provide the results of Question #2, Who Does Public Art Benefit? Below the charts are additional comments made by respondents: The […]

Filed Under: Arts in West Chicago, News Tagged With: Public Art, West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission

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