Monday, January 21, 2013
The new downtown Libertyville art studio offers classes for all ages.
When a couple of moms and their toddlers walked into Julie J Studio, owner Julie Latayan immediately went into artist mode. She set the children up at small easels where they could express their creativity through some finger-painting. They also had a chance to color and play with "Moon Dust." "(I enjoy) seeing the kids so excited about what they make," said Latayan, a Grayslake resident. "They're just beaming." An artist from birth, Latayan said her own talent really took off in eighth grade. "My teacher was a real artist and she really took me under her wing," she said. Latayan went on to spend five years teaching art at Wilmington High School near Joliet. She also displayed her art street fairs and art shows. She even opened her own …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Let Patch help you make plans for something fun to do this weekend.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
It's Thursday and you have no idea what you're going to do this weekend. Patch is coming to the rescue. We've got the best bets for your done-with-work-outta-here time. Check out our picks for the activities to hit and new places to explore this weekend. Adler Center - Student Performance Night Fair Trade Craft Fair Reaching New Heights with LEGO design: featuring LEGO artist Adam Reed Tucker Libertyville Junior Wildcats Basketball Tryouts Riverside Developmental Services 3rd Annual Holiday Crafts Show and Bazaar Friends of the Grayslake Library Fall Book Sale Poe in Octo Home Alone 2nd Annual Knollwood 5K Race and Family Fun Run
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The exhibition of the renowned nature photographer's work runs Sept. 17 through Jan. 8.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
A new national touring exhibition featuring works by celebrated nature photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984) runs Sept. 17 through Jan. 8 at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda. In Lake County and the Chicago area for the first time, the Classic Images: Photography by Ansel Adams exhibition presents a rare portfolio of 70 photographs hand-printed by the artist, and selected by him to represent the best of his life's work. "The Museum Set” collection of Adams’ favorites reveals a lifetime devoted to capturing the drama and splendor of the natural world, including scenic places such as the Sierra Nevada mountains and the sun-baked geometries of New Mexico. The photographs are from the collection of Anne Adams Helms. Adams’ prints are…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The workshop teaches people how to print digital images on a specialty material that adheres on many surfaces and materials.
A Libertyville art studio is offering a workshop that melds digital images with the rich material world of painting through mediums such as paint skins, tinfoil and more. Lake County artist Sandra Bacon, who created a globe in Millennium Park, will be teaching the workshop titled Digital Grounds at Artists @ Heart, 344 N. Milwaukee Ave. “Learn to use your home printer and create photographic transfers, cards, collages, and paintings,” Bacon wrote in an email. “We’ll supply the grounds and some new paint skins. You supply the images and we will experiment as well as create beautiful images.” The medium allows artists to transfer digital images through a “skin” made of a special material, on to almost anything, from pebbles and glass, to …
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Monday, August 29, 2011
The dance academy is now at 746 E. Park Ave.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Dance Academy of Libertyville has moved to a new location at 746 E. Park Ave. The new facility includes four studios, the biggest being the size of a large stage. “We are excited to be able to comfortably accommodate our growing student population. It was nice to have our business on Milwaukee Avenue, but our expansion options were limited” said Dance Academy co-owner Emily Winkler. Juliet Stephenson, also co-owner of Dance Academy and a fourth-generation Libertyville resident, says she is pleased to keep the business in her hometown. “It was a challenge to find a space large enough to accommodate all our needs within the city limits. We now have the opportunity to continue to expand and grow further, while still bringing quality …
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The David Adler Music and Arts Center is expanding its classroom space as well as art and music offerings as it begins registration for fall classes.
The David Adler Music and Arts Center is expanding this fall, opening new classroom space for its art program and offering new art and music classes to adults, youth, toddlers and parents. Two garden studios located at the back of the Adler property have been connected to running water, so they now can be used as classrooms for art. The center’s Cory Ouellette says the space formerly was two pool houses salvaged from the original Adler pool. The space, however, could not be fully utilized because they did not have access to running water. “With water, we will bring more artists to the center who can share their work with students,” she said. Classes for All Ages Among the new classes this year, Ouellette said the center will offer a …
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Each week, Libertyville Patch will summarize the week's top stories, including links to those articles, for your convenience.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Lake County Fights Pests With Wasps Lake County Forest Preserve District officials plan to use predator wasps to combat a potential emerald ash borer infestation. Libertyville District 70 to Check Student Residency Residents will have to prove they live within district boundaries through real estate bills, mortgage payments, leases and voter registration cards. Asphalt Work on Dymond Road Starts Aug. 5 Dymond Road is expected to be open to the public by Aug. 15, according to village engineer. Updated Libertyville Bike Map Ready in September Bicycle Advisory Commission hopes to have new bike maps available by September. Festival Attracts More than 50 Artists Nationwide David Adler Music and Art Center is hosting Festival of the Arts, Aug…
Thursday, August 4, 2011
David Adler Music and Art Center is hosting Festival of the Arts, Aug. 6-7 at Cook Memorial Park.
More than 50 artists and musicians from across the nation will spend the weekend in Libertyville’s Cook Memorial Park as part of the 31st annual Festival of the Arts. The free festival hosted by the David Adler Music and Arts Center, will feature artists such as Cindy Roehrich, who has been a part of the festival since she began making jewelry in 1993. Favorite Festival for Artist Roehrich, who grew up in Libertyville, said she considers the Adler festival her biggest and favorite show. “Some (festivals) are so large that you are just a number,” she said. “This is big enough but also small enough that you can walk through the artists a few times if you want.” The chance to reunite with customers and fellow artists is also what has drawn …
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The David Adler Music and Arts Center's festival will run from Aug. 6-7.
More than 50 artists will showcase their work during the 31st annual Festival of the Arts hosted by the David Adler Music and Arts Center. The festival will take place at Cook Memorial Park. Festival Schedule Performances Saturday Sunday Children's Activities Read about Cindy Roehrich and Ben Jurevicius, two of the artists featured in the festival.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
The long-time Libertyville resident helped launch an art program at Copeland Manor School.
Beth McKenna, who launched the Famous Artists Program at Copeland Manor School, began working with acrylics, then tried oils. Her paintings range from abstracts, to landscapes, to seascapes, to still lifes. She has been taking painting classes in Highland Park and recently began learning the art of woodblock printmaking at a print studio in Evanston. It’s a technique she now knows she’ll continue using. “I go do the woodblocks, then I go paint a traditional landscape, then I’ll paint a completely abstract piece. And so I’ve just got things going all the time,” McKenna explained. “I keep my hands in a lot of different things.” Aside from her own endeavors, she also does commissions for individual art buyers or home designers. “I’ll do a …
Menina Mineira
8:12 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Well, first of all i would like to congratulate the article and the artist Julie. I met Julie since she started last summer at her previous location and being an artist I really have to agree with the Family MoM. We are proud of our artwork done at Julie J Studio. Just take a look on her Faceebook and you will see that is impossible to deny. After reading comments above, I have to agree as well … more ›