“ When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
by Karen Mahoney
Movie-making family films children’s DVD on nine area farms
Look closely at the scenes in “Little Sister,” and you might see something familiar.
The 80-minute DVD, available for purchase at many local stores including all Kenosha-area Walgreens, was filmed on nine farms in Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties.
“We love southeastern Wisconsin,” said Greg Lavin, “Little Sister” director and writer. “So the potential of making other films here is very possible.”
It’s no surprise Lavin is fond of the area. He grew up in Kansasville and still lives on the family farm, though now in a home built on a corner of the property that has been in the family for five generations.
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Kathy Laybourn’s one woman show at the Pollard Gallery will be featuring a relatively new technique for her, encaustic painting.
Encaustic is an ancient technique used as far back as the Egyptians. Traditionally, oil paint is combined with a beeswax mixture and applied to either a canvas or board support. Then, the mixture is heated, in this case, with a heat gun. The paint is applied in layers as in more traditional painting techniques. The interesting thing about this approach is the lack of complete control one has over the way in which the media responds to the heating process.
Bring friends, meet Kathy, and enjoy her and her art at her Friday, May 2, opening. Continue reading →
Ashley Gauthier gracing the window of the Eclectic Angel in Kenosha
This Saturday at the Eclectic Angel in downtown Kenosha, owner Ronnie Roscioli-Greco put together an unconventional window display that made passers-by stop and look again.
Ashley Gauthier, one of Michelle Cascio’s models spent a few hours posing in the window of the store dressed in vintage clothes. Continue reading →
May 3, 2008, 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
$10.00 Advance ticket price
Join the Kenosha History Center for a fun-filled evening at local establishments in the Kenosha Harborside and Downtown areas. The ticket price buys you a wrist band to gain entry at all participating establishments. Each establishment will feature 1 or 2 great bands from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight. Continue reading →
ArtWorks is proud to announce our latest art exhibition entitled “Vivid”. This four person exhibition includes: Diane Levesque, Lisa Bigalke, Meade O’ Neill, and Benjamin D. Rinehart. These 4 artists are unique in style and subject, but each shares a common love of strong color.
The exhibition runs from May 1st through June 15th. Please come join us for the opening reception on Saturday May 3rd from 6:30-8:30. Artists will be in attendance and refreshments will be served.
ArtWorks is located at 5002 7th ave. Kenosha WI 53140 For further information visit us at www.artworks-kenosha.com or (262) 652-5911
The First Chicago Latin American Art Fair - Chicago ARTEahora - is an international art fair celebrating the important role Latin American Art currently plays in the international art arena. Chicago ARTEahora will concentrate on modern and contemporary Latin American Art. Besides important works for sale there will be educational and performance events. Highlights of the fair includes a large selection of paintings by Roberto Matta and “Ten Years of Contemporary Cuban Photography”.
The Chicago Art Open is the centerpiece of Chicago Artists’ Month, a citywide celebration of the visual arts held each October. The Chicago Artists’ Coalition (CAC), the Midwest’s premier arts service organization, founded the Chicago Art Open in 1998 as an opportunity for some emerging but mostly professional Chicagoland artists to display their artwork in a prominent setting. Continue reading →
and you might see something familiar.
