This exhibit features Chinese traditional painting, ink painting, folk art, photography and contemporary art by Master Artists in China, and is presented by the US China Peoples Friendship Association-Chicago Chapter as part of the Annual China Festival 2009 (ACF-09), hosted by Northwestern University.

Other ACF-09 events include the Annual China Symposium 2009, Saturday November 14, Norris University Center and the Beijing Performing Arts Gala 2009, Friday-Saturday, December 4-5, in Cahn Auditorium. More information is available at www.uscpfa.org/chicago and www.nbo.northwestern.edu This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Northwestern University Asian and Middle East Studies Program.

Images: Never Ending Love at Peony Pavillion, Blue And White-2, and Butterfly Kite.

“Unearthed” combines the talent of Kristy Deetz and Joseph Pintz. This exhibit celebrates the artistry of objects created from natural sources.

Kristy Deetz’s work is largely autobiographical.  She tries to make what is intangible, such as thoughts, feelings and experiences into objects that are tangible thorugh her art.  Her images interact to form visual metaphors for these intangibles.  Kristy carves, burns and paints with encaustic on wooden surfaces.  She also includes materials such as beeswax, twigs and other objects that change the surface of her work.  A mixture of metaphor
and symbolism, Deetz explores the use of images on both physical and spiritual levels.  Kristy Deetz has spent more than 20 years teaching full time and exhibiting her work.  She is currently the Associate Professor of Art (Painting and Drawing) at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay.  

Joseph Pintz finds making functional pots a complex and satisfying endeavor. He draws inspiration from a long tradition of potters who have responded to the challenge of making pots that connect to our daily lives.  Joseph has discovered that the best examples of these historical pots serve as reminders of the honesty, vision, passion and substance of their makers.  He strives to impact qualities in his pottery which represents the past and present, to the heart as well as the intellect.   Joseph Pintz, a native of Chicago, graduated in 1996 from Northwestern University. He received an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  He is currently teaches ceramics at Bowling Green State University .  Joseph Pintz is featured in the September, 2009 issue of Ceramics Monthly.

Since its establishment in 1909, the McCormick School of Engineering has sought excellence in achieving its two parallel missions: to produce new knowledge and to engage and educate students. The history of McCormick shows that real-world problem solving has been a hallmark of engineering education at Northwestern for at least a century. McCormick fosters a culture in which innovation is not only encouraged, but expected. It is a culture that still thrives today, driving new initiatives, research discoveries, and superior education. On display in this exhibit are archival photographs and video presentations that document McCormick’s history, while providing insight to current activity.

The Dittmar Gallery's “Abandoned Archives” exhibition depicts the interiors of neglected industrial facilities and institutions, including factories, power plants, asylums, hospitals and schools.

Robert Logan: "Constructivists Chicago"
“Constructivist Chicago” celebrates the strengths of a great city, as expressed in a
variety of its structures. This project started for Logan a few years ago, when
driving north of Chicago Avenue on Halsted Street; he was stopped by traffic on
the Chicago River Bridge, and chanced to look west. There stood the working
structures of the Material Service Company, full of raw power, combined with a
rare grace. The configuration of industrial buildings expressed a beautiful
symphony of black and white forms. After a period of photographic exploration
of that structural delight, came the desire to seek some of the same feeling in the
City’s center. Finding it was the excitement. Capturing it with medium format
film was his challenge.

ARTISTS:

Lauren Pond | Sarah-Richelle Lemas | Trudi Antoine | Lauren Redding | Renee Calvert
Jasmin Chang | Andrew Karas | Joyce Kim | Jillian Putnam | Mary Jo Madda
Yana Myaskovkaya | Karinna Gomez | Debi Nafis | Rachele Ohare
Tiffany Wells | Adam Stehura