Throughout the year, the Beverly Art Center presents rotating exhibitions of contemporary art in our spectacular new 2nd floor art gallery. These exhibits are free and open to the public. While in the neighborhood, be sure to visit the Vanderpoel Art Association Gallery, which houses notable works by American Impressionists and other artists, including Mary Cassatt, Loredo Taft, Maxfield Parrish, and Grant Wood.

GALLERY EXHIBITS - TOP

A Gathering of Waters: Artists engage with forms of "water" cited in Jewish Text - top Friday - August 06 Exhibit: July 2- Aug 7 Opening Reception: July 11, 12:30-3pm Works by members of the American Jewish Artists Club. The American Jewish Artists Club has been in existence for 84 and has a long-standing commitment to the promotion of notable talent in the arts. The exhibit at the BAC features the work of many of the Club’s visual artist members on the theme A Gathering of Waters: Artists engage with forms of “water” cited in Jewish text. Works have been executed in various media: painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography and printmaking. Many of the exhibitors are long standing Illinois artists. The American Jewish Artists Club encourages its members to exhibit work of varied content and personal style, and not necessarily religious or ethno-centric in content. Members exhibiting in this show live in Buffalo Grove , Chicago , Deerfield , Evanston , Highland Park , Lake Forest , Lincolnshire , Lincolnwood, Northbrook , Skokie , and Wilmette . The Club has exhibited widely in the Chicago area. Works of many of its members can be found in private, national and International collections. The Club web site is www.AmericanJewishArtistsClub.org.

Jerrold Maddox - Photographs - top Saturday - September 25 Exhibit: August 13- September 25 Opening Reception: TBA Jerrold Maddox is a photographer who lives in central Pennsylvania, where he teaches at Penn State University.  After many years as an exhibiting painter he turned to photography and digital media in 1990. Most of the photographs in this exhibition were taken within walking distance of his home in Pennsylvania Furnace. There are also a few taken in Tokyo and England. Included in the exhibit are a series of screen and digital prints made to be given away - they are in stacks on boxes in front of the windows. Please take copies, if you want them. Pictured art: Two Apple Trees, 2008

Beautiful Industry - Photographs & Painting - top Sunday - September 26 Theater & Bridge Galleries Exhibit: August 13-September 26 Reception: TBA This exhibition will feature cheerful acrylic paintings by Mary King and black and white photographs by Gary Cialdella which celebrate the industrial areas of  southeast Chicago and northwest Indiana that some people live in the midst of and other people do not realize still exist.     King and Cialdella take two very different approaches in representing this area, but the work of both makes clear their understanding, and even love for, this part of the greater Chicago region. Mary King  exhibits widely. She has had one-person shows in New York, Chicago and Detroit. TheChicago Reader and The New York Times like her.  She lives and works in Chicago. Gary Cialdella is a native of Blue Island. He lives in Michigan and works in Michigan and Chicago.  His book The Calumet Region: An American Place was published by The University of Illinois Press in 2009. Works from the book will be included in the exhibition. Pictured image: Pipes with Steam Acrylic on Dura-Lar     13" X 16" by Mary King

34th Annual Beverly Art Competition - top Friday - October 01 APPLICATION DEADLINE: Oct. 1 A non-refundable fee of $30 ($25 BAC members) is required. Enter Early and SAVE! Enter by September 5: $20 ($15 BAC Members). Enter by September 20: $25 ($20 BAC Members);  Enclose check or money order payable to the Beverly Arts Center. Additional applications in other media from the same artist will be accepted for an additional fee of $10 per application. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD APPLICATION. Eligibility: The competition is open to artists who live in or within 100 miles of the City of Chicago. All work must have been completed in the last 5 years and be professionally finished. (All accepted entries must be framed and wired for hanging; sculptures must be ready for installation). Exhibit: November 5 - December 27 Opening Reception & Award Ceremony: Friday, Nov. 5, 7-9pm Jurors: Linda Warren of Linda Warren Gallery and Don Southard www.donsouthard.com Sponsored by:

Part of Chicago Artists' Month: Mary McCarthy, Paintings 2000-2010, A Survey - top Sunday - October 31 Part of Chicago Artists' Month Exhibit: October 1-31 Opening Reception: October 2, 6-8pm Mary McCarthy is an abstract painter who lives and works in Chicago.  Her work has been featured in several publications and has been exhibited throughout the U.S.  Her work is included in private collections,  nationally and internationally.  McCarthy is an Alumni of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Studio Arts Center International in Florence, Italy.  This exhibition will include grid paintings of the past, and will focus on her more recent free flowing geometric abstractions. Pictured art: Greenhouse, 2009   Oil and enamel on wood 20" x 24"

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Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America - top Friday - September 03 Free Admission Exhibition: August 7-September 3 at the BAC Opening Reception: August 5, 7-9pm at the BAC Be the first to see the exhibit, enjoy wine/beer & light snacks and greet your neighbors. "Meet the Lincolns": August 17, 10am-12pm at the BAC Lincoln actors Michael Krebs and Debra Ann Miller will entertain their audience at the White House-a family friendly event with a chance to "meet" the Lincolns. "Life on the Ridge during the Civil War": August 5-September 30 at the Ridge Historical Society Enjoy an exhibit with stories and artifacts about the families and lifestyles among those living on the Ridge in the 1860's. "To Live and Die a Civil War Soldier": August 29, 2-4pm at the Mt. Greenwood Cemetary Dr. Wayne Wolf, Civil War Historian will describe the life and death of the common civil war soldier and tour the cemetary's civil war grave sites. A self-guided local cemetary tour guide will be provided for program attendees. “Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America,” a world-class traveling exhibit featuring reproduction artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois is coming to the Beverly Arts Center  Thurs., Aug. 5 through Fri., Sept. 3.  The Ridge Historical Society (RHS) won this grant-funded exhibit and arranged for the local showing of the Lincoln exhibit at the BAC. Exhibit hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mon. through Fri., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat., and 1 to 5 p.m. Sun. Admission is free. The exhibit was created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of America ’s 16th president by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The reproduction artifacts on display, all modeled from originals in the Presidential Library and Museum, include: Lincoln’s favorite books; his son Tad’s toy cannon; the nameplate from his Springfield home; his stovepipe hat, which he used like a briefcase to hold important papers; a Presidential campaign banner; an axe that Lincoln used to chop wood; the bloody gloves found in Lincoln’s pocket the night of his assassination; and many other unique and interesting items.              In conjunction with the Lincoln exhibit, the Ridge Historical Society, 10621 S. Seeley Ave. , Chicago , will exhibit information, photos and memorabilia about “Life on the Ridge” during the Civil War from their collection throughout the months of August and September. In addition, the life and memories of local soldiers who fought in the Civil War will be explored in a program at Mount Greenwood Cemetery . Finally, Lincoln recreator Michael Krebs will perform at the BAC in August. Co-Sponsored by BAC and

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