Posts — Arts For Illinois

We are the Cure: Drawings and New Visions on COVID-19 with Sabba Elahi

This live event will take place Friday, May 1 at 7:00pm and Saturday, May 9 from 1:00-2:30pm.

Artist Sabba Elahi invites the public to “redraw a COVID-19 cure" creating a collective work of healing.

Live Event6018NorthMarch 26, 2020Interactive, Multi-Disciplinary, In Flux

Playman Comix

What is PLAYMAN? A powerful deity transformed into the role as a costumed freak!

Visual ArtsG. RomeroMarch 26, 2020Web Comic, Storytelling, Gallery, For Adults

Poems In a Time of Plague

Inventor, designer, raconteur and (English) man of the world Matt Binns shares poems of love, life, humor, happiness, desperation and pain in his nightly recitation.

PerformanceMatt BinnsMarch 26, 2020For Adults, Poetry, Storytelling

Long Story Short

This is an original abstract painting by Sarah Ashby, a fully nonobjective piece focused on color and form.

Visual ArtsSarah AshbyMarch 26, 2020Mixed Media, Painting, Abstract, Design

KB Studio Quarantine Sketchbook

The Quarantine Sketchbook project started day one of Chicago's Shelter-in-Place order.

Visual ArtsKB StudioMarch 26, 2020Mixed Media, Painting, Drawing

Iceberg Over Water

Acrylic on canvas.

Visual ArtsChris Viau, Arts of LifeMarch 26, 2020Painting, Arts of Life

Northern Lights in the Forest

Chalk pastel and acrylic on board.

Visual ArtsChris Viau, Arts of LifeMarch 26, 2020Drawing, Arts of Life

Doctor Young

Marker on paper, 2020.

Visual ArtsBecky Kubica, Arts of LifeMarch 26, 2020Drawing, Arts of Life

Tree of Life

Painting (2020), oil on canvas, 40" x 40"

Visual ArtsBrigitte HaegdorensMarch 26, 2020Visual Art, Painting, Nature

June 2019

I bring my camera with me during my daily morning walks. I would take a picture of something I thought is beautiful or unique. I put all of my pictures I took together in a video.

Visual ArtsRosemary EdwardsMarch 26, 2020Photography, Nature, Gallery