Strolling Evanston’s Studios

Saturday was a glorious day to wander about town for Open Studios Evanston.

I attended the opening evening of Made in Evanston at Noyes Cultural Art Center on Thursday and marked my map with the works I wanted to learn more about.

photo by an Open Studios Evanston organizer

I walked over to Creative Coworking where I witnessed a lovely Make and Take by Twisted Fiber Studio.

I chatted about encaustics with one visitor.

Then I had lunch at Bennison’s Bakery.

The chocolate eclair made up for missing National Donut Day on Friday.

Botti Studio had lovely art by multiple artists for their Studio/Shift exhibit.

I love stained glass and hope to have a lamp like that one day.

I played with Carol Neiger’s Sphinx Lithograph-the shavings are magnetic and move.

Lorena LaGrassa and I admired each other’s jewelry and I love her mixed media work too.

Watercolorist Katherine Orr offered an ink demonstration at La Petite Gallerie Lapin.

She had wonderful insights about the flow of art making.

Lapin is a fun place to take your laptop for upgrades!

Part of the fun is exploring the various homes and garage spaces the art making happens in.

I was struck by Joyce Elias’ blue wood collage at Noyes, and loved the variations in her studio.

She makes other fun mixed media art too.

I’m eager to pop in to The Collage Cafe that is opening up at 709 Sherman Avenue soon.

I was too engaged chatting to take pictures of the space, but Jessica Lynn and Lindy Stockton have pieces at the Noyes Made in Evanston Exhibit.

Open Studio Project had inspiring pieces up, made from egg cartons!

I had met Robin Carlson at an artist networking event and enjoyed seeing where she creates her photo collages and multimedia art work.

She sold a piece while I was visiting.

Her mosaic process is inspiring.

Then I stopped at Sidetracked Studios where a raffle was underway to raise funds for the Trio Animal Foundation.

I hope my collar pendant enjoys the canine point of view of its new owner.

Sirius by my friend Jason McPhillips was ‘adopted’.

Hip Circle Studio showcased the veil choreography the students had learned in a single day.

I ended the tour at Perspective Gallery where FUSEDChicago member Katsy Johnson is featured with her new series of encaustic photos.

Earlier in the week I had checked out Bridgette Guerzon Mills’ encaustic art at Gather.

She is showing with Deva Suckerman who transforms salvaged wood into lovely portraits.

Check out the Made in Evanston exhibit at Noyes Cultural Art Center through the end of the month and explore who your favorite artists are.

Creativity and artistry abounds in this north shore community!