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Local Art @ EPL

August 18, 2011

faces winner — "Untitled - Fountain Square Arts Festival" by Warren Friedman

We are thrilled to announce a special summer treat for our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Throughout August, we’re proudly featuring two dozen eye-catching images from the 2010 Faces of Evanston Photo Contest right here on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch. Based on the common theme “Legacy,” the 26 featured photographs include Warren Friedman’s 1st place winner “Untitled – Fountain Square Arts Festival” (above) as well as prizewinners by Paulina Lopez, Jennifer Schuman, Jennifer Frankfurter, Anthony Icuzzi, and Barbara Seyfriend. So make plans to catch Faces of Evanston as it wraps up its year-long, citywide tour and learn more about the annual Kiwanis-sponsored competition by visiting the websites for Faces of Evanston and the Kiwanis Club.

An Interview with Alan Teller

June 25, 2011

Alan Teller is a local photographer, teacher, business owner, and the latest artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. His show – titled Adlai’s Woods – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch and explores the landscape surrounding former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson’s Mettawa farm with a captivating collection of unexpectedly abstract photographs. You can catch Adlai’s Woods through July 8th, and after that, you can learn more about Mr. Teller’s photography and future projects by visiting his website. We recently spoke with Mr. Teller via email about Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment,” finding nature as a “city boy,” his new project in West Bengal, and supporting the arts in Evanston.

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Local Art @ EPL

June 3, 2011

We are extremely pleased to introduce local photographer, teacher, and business owner Alan Teller as the next artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. From now through July 8th, his evocative photographic series Adlai’s Woods will be on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch. Born during his time as Executive Director of the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy, Adlai’s Woods represents Mr. Teller’s 2-year exploration of the landscape surrounding the former Illinois governor’s Mettawa farm. Mesmerizing and untraditionally abstract, Mr. Teller’s landscape images capture the “beauty in chaos” while offering “a deeper understanding of time and space and our place within it.” You can preview Adlai’s Woods and more of Mr. Teller’s work by visiting his website, and make sure to check back with Off the Shelf later in June for a featured interview with the artist himself. Stay tuned.

Local Art @ EPL

May 12, 2011

If you missed her fascinating May 7th presentation at Haikufest, rest easy because we are thrilled to introduce local poet and painter Lidia Rozmus as the next artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. From now through the end of May, her elegant collection Between a Word and a Brush Stroke will be on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch. For her exhibit, Ms. Rozmus chose a beautifully understated selection of her work in haiga, a Japanese art form that combines haiku poetry with a 13th-century style of black-ink painting called sumi-e. While planning your May visit, don’t forget to click on over to Ms. Rozmus’ website to preview her sumi-e paintings, sample pages from her award-winning books of haiga, and learn more about her artistic background. Finally, make sure to check back with Off the Shelf later in the month for a featured interview with the artist herself. Stay tuned.

Local Art @ EPL

February 6, 2011

feb_art_3 — "Oxen-Detroit Zoo" by Tracy Hodgson

We are thrilled to announce a special February treat for our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Throughout this month, we’re proudly featuring Thursdays with Leslie, an exhibit showcasing the work of ten local painters from the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. For Thursdays with Leslie, these talented students selected the best watercolor, oil, and pastel works from years spent honing their skills under the expert eye of instructor Leslie Hirshfield. Though their subjects and style might vary, these diverse artists are clearly united by their “enduring love of creating art.” So make plans to catch Thursdays with Leslie on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch before this month ends, and check back with Off the Shelf later in February for a featured interview with the artists themselves. In the meantime, we invite you to meet the artists below:

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An Interview with Zuleyka Benitez

December 29, 2010

Zuleyka Benitez is a local painter, business owner, and the latest artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Her show – titled Narrative Interiors – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch where you can catch it through the beginning of January. For Narrative Interiors, Ms. Benitez combined images from existing art works, historical magazines and postcards, and other found objects into gouache paintings highlighted with watercolor and pencil. Reminiscent of stage sets or studio photographs, her paintings feature minute, “seemingly decorative elements” that are intended as clues for adding complexity to a viewing experience that unfolds like the plot of a good book. I recently spoke with Ms. Benitez via email about her European childhood, her painting “Hair Club for Men,” and her experience as an artist in Evanston.

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Local Art @ EPL

November 26, 2010

We are thrilled to announce that local painter and business owner Zuleyka Benitez will be the next artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Beginning December 1st and extending through the month, her finely-detailed exhibit Narrative Interiors will be on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch. For Narrative Interiors, Ms. Benitez combined images from existing art works, historical magazines and postcards, and other found objects into gouache paintings highlighted with watercolor and pencil. Reminiscent of stage sets or studio photographs, her paintings feature minute, “seemingly decorative elements” that are intended as clues for adding complexity to a viewing experience that unfolds like a good book. So don’t miss Narrative Interiors right here at EPL, and make sure to check back with Off the Shelf later in December for a featured interview with the artist herself. Stay tuned.

An Interview with John Sevigny

November 13, 2010

John Sevigny is a photographer, writer, activist, and the latest artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. His show – titled Nomads – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch where it defiantly dismisses immigration stereotypes in an affectingly intimate photographic series. You can catch Nomads through the end of November, and after that, you can learn more about Mr. Sevigny’s photography and future projects at his website and on his Gone City blog. I recently spoke with Mr. Sevigny via email about Spanish Baroque painting, social justice, innocent male wanderlust, and his forthcoming book El Muerto Pare el Santo.

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Local Art @ EPL

October 28, 2010

If you missed his October 16th presentation “Death in a Lawless Land: The Massacre of Immigrants in Mexico,” mark your calendar because artist and activist John Sevigny is bringing his powerful photographs back to the library. We are thrilled to announce that Mr. Sevigny will be the next artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Beginning November 1st and extending through the month, his thought-provoking exhibit Nomads will be on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch. For Nomads, Mr. Sevigny captured the intimate portraits of Central American immigrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico in order to explore the nuanced motivations for their travel. His photographs are at once memorable, revealing, and challenging to immigration discussions that would paint with broad strokes. While planning your November visit, you can preview Nomads online and also learn more about Mr. Sevigny by visiting his Gone City blog. Finally, make sure to check back with Off the Shelf later in the month for a featured interview with the artist himself. Stay tuned.

An Interview with Barbara Freeman

October 23, 2010

Barbara Freeman is a local photographer, film director, and the latest artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Her show – titled Road Light – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Branch and captures the mystery in local, vintage road signs with a photographic series in eye-popping color. You can catch Road Light through the end of October, and after that, you can check out more of Ms. Freeman’s photography and film work at the website for her production company Freeman Pictures, Inc. I recently spoke with Ms. Freeman via email about her artistic “Aunt Babe,” urban inspirations, and desire to preserve the past through photography.

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