Mentoring a New Generation of Artists
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison Zadie Beaty, 15, a Beverly/Morgan Park resident, student at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, and a Board member for BAPA’s Teen Corps, is a budding artist who benefitted from a mentoring opportunity with the artist Won Kim last fall when Teen Corps members collaborated with the […]
From Bronzeville to Beverly: One Artist’s Black History Inspiration
By Kristin Boza Rhonda Hardy’s parents were born in Louisiana. As children, their families were part of the Great Migration, the historic movement of an estimated six million African Americans from the South to urban areas in the Midwest, Northeast, and West. Many African Americans who came to Chicago from the South, including Hardy’s […]
Chicago Railroad History Posters Available
Chicago Railroad History Posters Available The Blackhawk Railway Historical Society, a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, is selling the poster by Mitch Markovitz celebrating Chicago Railroad History Month and the rich history of Chicago’s railroads. The celebration of October as the month honoring the relationship between the city and the railroads began two years ago, and a larger celebration […]
Coloring books make great holiday gifts
Two coloring books featuring local landmarks are available this holiday season, Color Me Beverly II and Color Me Morgan Park. These books are the innovative and unique creations of Beverly artist Judie Anderson and local historian and writer Carol Flynn. Each book retails for $10 and features 12 illustrations accompanied by text explaining the origins […]
Roy DIblik Garden of Living Art to Be Dedicated at BAC
When Roy Diblik spoke at a meeting of the Garden Club of Morgan Park/ Beverly Hills in spring, the Baffes Theatre at the Beverly Arts Center was teeming with people eager to hear what he had to say. Diblik wrote the book on perennial gardening, and avid gardeners throughout Chicagoland know him for that book – “The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden” — as well as […]
Ancestry Moon’s Personal Expressions of Art
By Carrie Channell Salima Cobb-Collins, owner of Ancestry Moon, 10338 S. Western, has developed a very personal art gallery that is also so much more. More than just a place to display of local artists’ work, the gallery provides a space for community where artists can paint, critique, and learn about techniques, installations, art history […]