The 106th Scottish Home Picnic
2022-08-06 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care (Heritage Hall), 2800 Des Plaines Avenue, North Riverside, IL, 60546, United States
All are welcome to join residents, families and staff on Saturday, August 6th for our 106th Annual Summer Picnic. Live music, food, Highland Dancing, bagpipes, kids games and much more!

LAWNDALE Arts Festival
2022-08-06 11:00 - 19:00 | Douglass Park Community and Cultural Center, 1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL, 60623, United States
The LAWNDALE Arts Festival hosted by the NLCCC Arts and Culture Committee is a festival to bring artists and entrepreneurs from North Lawndale and South Lawndale together to showcase the Culture, Commitment and Creativity in our community.
We invite you to join us on August 6th from 11am to 7pm at Douglass Park Community and Cultural Center (1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago) for a day of Performance, Visual, Literal and Culinary Arts with Family and Friends.
LAWNDALE Arts Festival is part of a series of events connected to the One LAWNDALE Project presented by the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council (NLCCC) and the Marshall Square Resource Network (MSRN).

Learn more about the Lawndale Project: https://bit.ly/LawndaleProject

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El Festival de las Artes de LAWNDALE organizado por el Comité de Artes y Cultura de NLCCC es un festival que reúne a artistas y empresarios de North Lawndale y South Lawndale para mostrar la cultura, el compromiso y la creatividad en nuestra comunidad.
Lo invitamos a venir el 6 de agosto de 11 am a 7 pm en Douglass Park Community and Cultural Center (1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago) para un día de artes escénicas, visuales, literarias y culinarias con familiares y amigos.
LAWNDALE Arts Festival es parte de una serie de eventos relacionados con el Proyecto One LAWNDALE presentado por el Consejo de Coordinación de la Comunidad de North Lawndale (NLCCC) y Marshall Square Resource Network (MSRN).

Pop-Up Café at the Swedish American Museum
2022-08-06 11:30 - 15:00, 2022-08-12 11:30 - 15:00, 2022-08-13 11:30 - 15:00, 2022-08-19 11:30 - 15:00, 2022-08-20 11:30 - 15:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Pop by the Museum today or tomorrow for fika in our main gallery space on the first floor. Enjoy some Swedish coffee and cinnamon rolls while you relax and enjoy the photos of famous Blues musicians taken by Hans Ekestang or go outside and sit in our courtyard.
We will be having weekly Pop-Up Cafés every Friday and Saturday through now and August.

Sonidos De Mi Isla / Sounds of My Island
2022-08-06 19:00 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 220 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60604, United States
This historic performance is the first appearance of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in Chicago in 20 years. Through the rigorous training of its members, the balance between youth and experience, and the fluidity between the classical musical genre, the lyrical theater, and popular music, the Symphony Orchestra is positioned as the most important symphonic influence in Central America and the Caribbean. The current music director of the OSPR is the respected Chilean Conductor, Maximiano Valdés. Rafael Enrique Irizarry is the associate conductor and Roselín Pabón, the emeritus conductor.
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Order Tickets here on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra website

Cambodian Museum Mahori Ensemble at Destination Asia Festival
2022-08-07 11:00 | Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL, 60532, United States
The National Cambodian Heritage Museu’s mahori ensemble will perform Cambodian classics at the Destination Asia Festival at the Morton Arboretum. At their invitation, our Crossing Borders Music cellist Tom Clowes will play in the ensemble. The mahori musicians will also be performing Saturday, August 6 in the afternoon.
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Check out http://mortonarb.org/…/destination-asia-festival/… for complete festival information.
The event is free with admission to the Morton Arboretum. Admission tickets and information are available at buy.acmeticketing.com/events/480/list

Viva Latinoamerica
2022-08-07 14:30 - 18:00 | Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, 3000 N Elbridge Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618, United States
Join Us for an evening of music by Gustavo Cortiñas’ Desafío Candente, Roy McGrath’s Menjunje and Radio Free Honduras celebrating the music of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Honduras! Bring your lawn chair, beverages and snacks while you enjoy this cultural experience. Please no pets.
Free parking available across the street at the US Bank Employee Lot

Virtual Artist Discussion with Justin Gauthier
2022-08-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
Join us for our artist discussion about their work and who they are as artists. There will be a live Q&A at the end of each discussion.
Justin Gauthier – A proud citizen of the Menominee (Omāēqnomenēw) Nation of Wisconsin, writer/actor Justin “Jud” Eagle Gauthier studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he earned an M.F.A. in screenwriting. Jud provides audiences across the nation a wholly unique worldview as an indigenous cultural ambassador with undeniable pop culture acuity. Jud would like to say wāēwāēnan (thank you) to all his family, friends, cast mates, crew, and audiences for helping him to become a better storyteller.
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This is a free virtual discussion series open to our members, friends, and visitors. As we continue to work on developing more programs, please consider donating to the museum. https://mitchellmuseum.org/donate/
We want to thank each one of our featured artists as well as our sponsor. This artist’s program was generously funded in part by Evanston Arts Council.
For more information about this program, please contact: info@mitchellmuseum.org
(847) 475-1030 | www.mitchellmuseum.org/events/

Artecito Virtual - Lagartos
2022-08-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Online Event
El lagarto más pequeño del mundo mide solo 16 mm de largo (lagarto de Jaragua) y puede caber en la longitud de una moneda de veinticinco centavos. El más grande mide unos 10 pies de largo (Komodo).
¡Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos más sobre los lagartos con nuestros amigos en Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contáctese aquí:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoLagarto
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The smallest lizard in the world is just 16 mm long (Jaragua Lizard) it can fit in the length of a US quarter. The biggest is about 10 ft long (Komodo).
Join us as we explore more about Lizards with our friends at Lincoln Park Zoo!
Contect Here:
https://bit.ly/ArtecitoLagarto

WBEZ Presents: Open Mic Night in Ukrainian Village
2022-08-11 18:00 - 20:00 | EZ Inn, 921 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Join Anna and other WBEZ reporters on Thursday, August 11 for an open mic night at the EZ Inn in Ukrainian Village.

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When Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, thousands of Chicagoans with ties to Ukraine began to gather, mourning as a collective, reaching out for communal support and seeking respite from the painful news. They also rallied, exclaiming solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance from 5,000 miles away.
WBEZ reporter Anna Savchenko, who is Ukrainian, bore witness to the rallies as both a compatriot and a Chicago journalist. She’s shed light on local stories of heartache and sources of hope. And more stories are on the way.
Join Anna and other WBEZ reporters on Thursday, August 11 for an open mic night at the EZ Inn in Ukrainian Village. All are welcome to attend, and anyone with a personal connection to the war in Ukraine is welcome to share their story, whether it’s long or short. Ready to share yours? Click here to fill out our participation form in advance.

Neighborhood Nights
2022-08-11 19:00 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
COME ENJOY A BEVERAGE WITH A SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE IN OUR ICONIC 6TH FLOOR SKYLINE LOUNGE & TERRACE
A perfect place to meet your neighbors and socialize!
Each 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month from 7-11 PM. Proceeds support the DANK Haus Museum

Bilingual Skyline Yoga on the Terrace
2022-08-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-08-20 10:00 - 11:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
All levels – BEGINNERS WELCOME!
DANK Haus 6th Floor, Terrace
General Public: $5 | Friends of DANK: Free
Enjoy gentle Yoga classes on the 6th floor skyline terrace at DANK-Haus.
In this class we will be flowing from pose to pose and linking movement with breath. We will combine elements of Hatha and Yin-Yoga as well as Meditation.
Hatha Yoga focuses on postures that practice to align, strengthen, and promote flexibility in the body.
Yin poses are passive stretches held for minutes at a time, preparing the body for stillness by releasing deep-rooted tension.
Breathing techniques and meditation are also integrated.
All Yoga postures will be introduced through step-by-step verbal description and demonstration.
WHAT TO BRING? Yoga mat, 1-2 beach towels

About Your Instructor:
My name is Janina, I’m originally from Kiel, Germany. I’ve been a passionate Yogi for about 7 years now and am so happy to bring the essence of Yoga – finding stillness in our body and mind – into other people’s lives.
Some of you may know me as the Saturday School German instructor or have seen me working in our Pre-School. Aside from my teaching profession I’m also a certified personal trainer for medical fitness and CrossFit athlete.
I’m so excited for this wonderful opportunity to meet you in this very special Yoga course setting.
#chicago #yoga #chicagoyoga #movement #wellness #terrace #sunsetyoga #fitness #workout #german #germany

Dance Workshop and Bombazo with Tata Cepeda
2022-08-12 19:00 - 21:30 | Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 4046 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL, 60639, United States
Learn from the legendary bomba dancer and folklorist Margarita “Tata” Cepeda.
This event will include a 30-minute introduction to Bomba Dance and Open Batey / Bombazo with Tata Cepeda’s 6-piece ensemble coming directly from Escuela de Bomba y Plena Doña Caridad Brenes de Cepeda, Puerto Rico.

FREEDOM FESTIVAL - DAY 1
2022-08-13 13:00 - 18:00 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
FREEDOM FESTIVAL: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence I Day 01
Celebrating 75 Years of Independence with TWO days of very special music and dance performances. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories: The Partitition Anti-Memorial Project

DAY 01 LINEUP:
1PM: DJ Spin Cycle:
Ankur Malhotra: Delhi and Midwest-based record label owner and disc jockey (Playing during intermissions)
2PM: Riyaaz Qawwali:
USA-based, Pakistani Qawwali music ensemble
3PM: Soham Dance Space
4PM: Karsh Kale & Fareed Haque Project featuring special guests Priya Darshini, Max ZT, and surprise guests
USA/India-based percussionist, composer, DJ, and producer, Karsh Kale collaborates with Pakistani Chilean Chicagoan, Fareed Haque, noted jazz guitarist, composer, and music professor. Joined by special guests Grammy-nominated vocalist Priya Darshini and dulcimer wizard and House of Waters band leader, Max ZT.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT, REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Presented in conjunction with South Asia Institute’s current exhibition “Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories: Partition Anti-Memorial Project”

Noche Caribeña
2022-08-13 17:00 | Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
Since 2017, PRAA has hosted the Noche Caribeña concert at Navy Pier’s Polk Bros Park Lake Stage Lawn. In partnership with Navy Pier, this summertime event is FREE and open to the public. Featured are Cuatristas along with international and local artists with their groups, as well as, up and coming musicians. This concert offers audience members multiple music genres including Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean folk, popular Latin American, big band, salsa, ballads, bomba and plena interpretations. Set with a backdrop of Navy Pier, spectacular views of Chicago and the resonances of music draw Chicago residents and visitors for an enjoyable evening concert.
This year on August 13, 2022 PRAA was honored to present to you some of the most prominent local music artists from Chicago.

FREEDOM FESTIVAL - DAY 02
2022-08-14 13:00 - 18:00 | South Asia Institute, 1925 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60616, United States
FREEDOM FESTIVAL DAY 02
Celebrating 75 Years of Independence with TWO days of very special music and dance performances. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories: The Partitition Anti-Memorial Project
Day 02 LINE UP
1PM: Zeshan B: Chicago-based, multi-instrumentalist soul, opera, gospel, and ghazal singer, who is also a songwriter and recording artist
2PM: DJ Ase Wonder: Pakistani-born, Chicago-based cultural producer, community organizer, interdisciplinary artist, and disc jockey (Opening and playing during intermissions)
3PM: Ishti Dance: Chicago-based, classically trained, contemporary Indian dancers and choreographers.
4PM: Jina Brass Band Featuring Members of Funkadesi: Jina Brass Band, Chicago’s first Indian baraat dhol and brass band in their first collaboration with Chicago-based bhangra, Bollywood, folk, reggae, funk, and Afro-Caribbean band, Funkadesi.

Bomba in the Parks with Tata Cepeda
2022-08-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Addams/Medill Park, 1301 W 14th St, Chicago, IL, United States
Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba performance featuring legendary dancer and folklorist Tata Cepeda. Opening acts by SRBCC Youth Programs and guest artists

Online Lunch & Learn: “The Watchmakers”
2022-08-16 12:00 | Online Event
Harry Lenga was born to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland, in 1919. The proud sons of a watchmaker, Harry and his two brothers, Mailekh and Moishe, studied their father’s trade at an early age. Upon the German invasion of Poland, when the Lenga family was upended, Harry and his brothers never imagined that the tools and skills they learned from their father would be key to their survival.
Join us in conversation with Scott Lenga as he recounts the moving and harrowing story of the Holocaust through the eyes of his father and two uncles – the Lenga brothers, three young men whose watchmaking skills, rudimentary tools, and an entrepreneurial spark – helped them survive Nazi concentration camps and stay together despite the odds
Free to the public. Register: https://ihm.ec/watchmakers

Livewire- Open Mic @ NIAM: Palini Ramnarayan
2022-08-18 17:30 - 19:00 | National Indo-American Museum, 815 S Main St, Lombard, IL, 60148, United States
Livewire is your Open Mic platform to jam, tell us a story, act your heart out, enthrall with a verse, drop the mic… You bring the talent we’ll bring the cheers!
This month’s spotlight performer: Palini Ramnarayan
Palini Ramnarayan is a versatile musician with a Music minor from Cornell University. Palini started singing when she was five years old, training in Hindustani classical under Aparna Pai and later Saili Oak. She currently follows the traditions and style of the Jaipur Gharana. Palini performs frequently at temples and community events, and has also worked on collaborative projects with string quartets and collegiate orchestras. She is also a trained Western Classical violinist, composer, and songwriter. Palini played violin in the Cornell Symphony Orchestra for 4 years and served as musical director of her a cappella group, Cornell Tarana, for two years. She is currently on the board of the Association of South Asian A Cappella. Palini is deeply passionate about intertwining her two musical cultures and spreading both genres to new audiences. She currently works as a software engineer in Chicago.
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When? Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 5:30 PM
Where? NIAM’s Umang and Paragi Patel Center, 815 S Main St, Lombard, IL 60148
You’ll have 3 minutes for any kind of spoken word performance- poetry, storytelling, comedy, acting, essay reading, singing, and even music! Not ready to take the mic? Come join the audience and enjoy the show! Your $5 ticket includes light refreshments.
If you would like to sign up for the Open Mic, email us at info@niam.org. We recommend advance sign-up and will schedule based on first come first served!

Author Discussion with Levi Rickert
2022-08-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 central street, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
Author Discussion and Q&A with Journalist and Founder of Native News Online Levi Rickert

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Join us on Thursday, August 18th at 6:00 p.m. as we welcome Journalist and Founder of Native News Online Levi Rickert to the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. We invite you to this in-person conversation and Q&A to celebrate Rickert’s work and the release of his first book Visions of a Better Indian Country: One Potawatomi Editor’s Opinions.
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Levi Rickert, a citizen of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, is a Native American journalist, who founded Native News Online in February 2011.
Since then, Native News Online, with over three million readers who come to its website annually, has become one of the most read daily Native American publications in the country. In October 2020, he co-founded Tribal Business News.
Since the beginning of Native News Online, Rickert has covered stories on dozens of Indian reservations, White House tribal nations conferences and congressional hearings in Washington, D.C., and events throughout Indian Country.
With a social media following of over 500,000, Rickert has become a strong voice in Indian Country and is often called upon by other media outlets as an expert to discuss American Indian affairs.
While an author with essays in three books, his first book Visions of a Better Indian Country: One Potawatomi Editor’s Opinions was published by Indian Country Media, in April 2022.
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This intimate conversation with Rickert is free for Mitchell Museum Members and $10 for non-members. Admission for Native citizens is always free. Tickets can be purchased in advance or onsite.
For more information about this program, please contact: info@mitchellmuseum.org | (847) 475-1030 | www.mitchellmuseum.org/events/

Petter Wahlbäck Concert
2022-08-19 18:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
Petter Wahlbäck is an award-winning Swedish composer and sound designer working out of Chicago. Petter’s main areas of focus are music for media and performing arts. Recent theater sound and music credits include the Eurydice, Requiem for a Heavyweight, By the Bog of Cats, Ada and the Engine, and Vanya on the Plains by the Artistic Home, and Defacing Michael Jackson and The Book of Merman (Flying Elephant Productions), and The My Way Residential (The Irish Theatre). Petter also composes music for film and dance.
Petter will perform Swedish songs and speak about them through a personal and cultural perspective.
A Swedish meatball and mashed potato dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and arrive at 6:30 p.m. if you plan to come for the concert only.
Concert only tickets can be bought at the door if there is still room available. Reserve ahead of time, or buy dinner, on our website at: https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/…/petter-wahlback…/

Open Haus Stammtisch | Aloha from the Lounge!
2022-08-19 19:30 - 23:00 | DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4740 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
OPEN HAUS STAMMTISCH
ALOHA FROM THE LOUNGE
6th Floor Skyline Lounge + Terrace
Friday, August 19th
7:30-11:00 PM
Aloha! Looking to enjoy the summer groove before it’s gone? Join us for our monthly Stammtisch Open Haus! This month we are featuring acclaimed Elvis impersonator, Michael St. Angel, as the King of Rock-N-Roll! Slick your hair, put on your blue suede shoes, and shake-rattle-and-roll the night away with good friends and great music! Plus you can enjoy a rockin’ view of the Chicago skyline from the newly renovated Skyline Lounge! Delicious food and drink will be available for purchase.
Suggested donation: $5
Our Open Haus is a great way to meet new friends, or bring your friends and introduce them to the Haus! This event is held in our popular 6th Floor Skyline Lounge, complete with vintage bar and sweeping panoramic views of the Chicago skyline.
***RSVP by 4:00 PM on August 18th for a chance to win a free drink & meal!***
By submitting an RSVP to our events, you help us anticipate how many people to expect and help us ensure that we operate within city guidelines as it pertains to COVID-19 mitigation.
Free parking at 5/3 Bank after 6:00 PM located at Western and Gunnison

Riddim Rite of Passage: A Sound Activation with Ajmal 'Mas Man' Millar
2022-08-20 13:00 - 14:30 | South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, 60653, United States
Artist Ajmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar will facilitate a participatory sound activation referencing his Trinidadian heritage.

About this event

We invite you to join us with artist Ajmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar for a special rite of passage participatory sound activation using found metal, which the artist uses often within their practice. Traditionally, rites of passages have functioned as a critical tool of individual rejuvenation and cultural interconnection.
Ajmal’s use of metal within this program is inspired by and symbolic of the ‘riddim section’, which is specifically linked to African diaspora percussions.
Each participant is encouraged to bring found metal (without sharp edges) that they have access to. The session will encompass:
– Introductions and group welcome where each participant will share their found objects with the group
– Several exercises to build cognition, individuality, improvisation, and harmony.
– Ajmal will also provide a variety of metal rods and wooden sticks used to strike the metal, thus collectively producing waves of sound in the likeness of steel drums.
***The session will be sonically recorded, and video documented.

Live Performance | Lux Radio Theatre: “My Man Godfrey”
2022-08-21 15:00 | Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
Experience a live theatrical rendition of the 1936 Academy Award-nominated comedy, “My Man Godfrey,” one of Hollywood’s most treasured commentaries on class and social unrest during the Great Depression.
Manhattan socialite Irene Bullock needs a “forgotten man” to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who lives in a Hooverville dump. Irene hires Godfrey as a family servant, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

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ON-SITE | Non-Members: General admission; Members: Free
ONLINE | Non-Members: $5.00; Members: Free
Register: https://ihm.ec/mymangodfrey
Illinois Holocaust Museum’s presentation of “Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II” and exhibition-related programming is made possible with generous support from our Supporters, Enjoy Illinois, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Larry and Carol Levy, Laurie and Phillip Gerber & Family; from Contributors, David Hiller, Judith and William Rader & Family; from Additional Funders, First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, Amy Bazelon and Gary Mitzvah, Golder Family Foundation, Michael and Debbie Strauss, Barbara and Victor Weisskopf; and from Media Partners, Clear Channel Outdoor, Chicago Reader, CBS Channel 2, WBEZ 91.5.Community Partners: 84th Great Lakes Training Division at Fort Sheridan; Honor Flight Chicago; Illinois Department of Jewish War Veterans of the USA“Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II” was produced by The National World War II Museum.

Art Talk: "Gunnar Widforss, Painter of the National Parks"
2022-08-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, 60640, United States
A talk by Alan Petersen

Through the Roaring Twenties and the first half of the Great Depression, the Swedish-born landscape painter Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934) focused his discerning eye and passionate energy on the national parks of the American West. Due to Widforss’ untimely death at only age 55, and because the rise of modernism in the early-twentieth century consigned many highly skilled realistic painters to obscurity, Widforss’ legacy is largely unknown today. The amiable Swede led a bohemian life in search of beautiful and challenging landscapes to paint. Widforss dressed formally as he worked and always attracted wonder-struck onlookers when he painted in Yosemite Valley, on the rim of Grand Canyon, and the other locations he favored in the national parks. Park Service friends such as Ansel Hall and Stephen Mather, as well as tourists, marveled at the accuracy of his painting and the compelling way in which he was able to capture the dramatic landscapes. Widforss never resorted to sentimental or romanticized depictions, so prevalent in depictions of western subjects. He very well may be viewed as one of the greatest artists to paint the West and his obscurity is a paradox. The story of Widforss’ life and work is one of great triumph in realistic painting, and the tragedy of his anonymity and death is a captivating story of a Swedish expatriate who fell in love with the American landscape.

Today, Widforss’ work is known only to a small number of dedicated collectors, the descendants of his family and friends, and those who discover his gem-like paintings when they visit the national parks he depicted.

Curator and author Alan Petersen has been uncovering Widforss’ fascinating story. He has published a catalogue raisonné of Widforss’ works and is working on a monograph on the artist. The catalogue raisonné is available online at gunnarwidforss.org.

Alan Petersen, Curator of Fine Arts for the Museum of Northern Arizona, worked on the South Rim of Grand Canyon for three years before moving to Flagstaff to attend NAU in 1980. Alan has curated exhibitions of work by such notable artists as Gunnar Widforss, Joella Jean Mahoney, Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton, Merrill Mahaffey, Bruce Aiken, Ed Mell, and Curt Walters, among many others.

Alan recently published the Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonné (2020) and continues his work on a monograph on Widforss’ life and art. In 2018, he co-curated an exhibition of the artist’s work in collaboration with the Ljunbergmuseet in Sweden.
Before retiring, Alan taught art history, drawing, and courses pertaining to the Colorado
Plateau region at Coconino Community College in Flagstaff since 1992. His own art work explores the sources of uranium in Grand Canyon.

This is a free event with fika for sale.
To make a reservation please email museum@samac.org or call 773.782.8111

Art After Work: Eugene von Bruenchenhein
2022-08-25 17:00 - 18:00 | Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60642, United States
Join Intuit for Art After Work, a free series of facilitated art-making workshops inspired by outsider and self-taught art and artists from the museum’s collections and exhibitions. This month, Intuit Teacher Fellow and art educator Dorothy Broers will facilitate a workshop inspired by self-taught artist Eugene von Bruenchenhein. In the in-person workshop, participants will survey von Bruenchenhein’s vibrant and fantastic paintings to make their own layered artworks using printmaking techniques.
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Materials at Intuit

Tracing paper
Cardboard
Block printing inks
Water
Brayers
Items you can use to scrape / draw into wet ink
Disposable gloves
Aprons

Art After Work is for everyone, including beginners and people who say they “are not artists.” We can all be artists! It is a guided workshop, and instruction will begin at 5 p.m. in the museum’s performance space.
Please contact Courtney Thompson at courtney@art.org with questions related to accessibility accommodations.
Art After Work is free to join! To show your support to Intuit, please consider the pay-what-you-can option when you complete your reservation. Your contributions help ensure the sustainability of our public programs and support guest lecturers and teaching artists.
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Art After Work is funded in part by the Alphawood Foundation, the Department of Cultural Affairs, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Illinois Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Prince Charitable Trust, Terra Foundation for American Art, and individual donations from Intuit members and supporters.

Meet Dorothy Broers
Dorothy Broers is a K-12 visual arts teacher who works with children and adults with developmental disabilities and autism. Her pedagogy is informed by a passion to provide inclusive opportunities for all students to engage in rich arts education experiences. Through her work in the Teacher Fellowship Program, Dorothy has gained a deep appreciation for outsider art and has incorporated lessons about self-taught artists in her school curriculum. Dorothy is also a freelance photographer and has exhibited at Woman Made Gallery, the Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery and Co-Prosperity Sphere. She lives and works in Chicago.
