Cornelia Arts Building March 2 Open House

Cornelia Arts Building Open Studios 
Friday, March 2, 6-10 pm
The Cornelia Arts Building – Where Art Works 
1800 West Cornelia, Chicago, IL

Get more art in your life! 

Thaw out from the winter with the Cornelia Arts Building’s all-indoor open house! For over thirty years this artist incubator space has provided Chicago artists, working in a variety of mediums, with professional studio spaces to pursue their craft. Come experience real working art studios of Cornelia Arts Building’s talented artists and artisans. Meet the creators in person, and explore their art practices up close. See artwork from the building’s numerous resident artists, and enjoy the newest guest artist exhibitions by Gary Gantert and Joseph Fisher. 

Jason Messinger in Studio #204 will be showing his signature Ceramic Tile Murals, Sculptures, and work on paper, as well as affordable gift and home decor items. 

Come explore two full floors of working artist studios, and have a chance to purchase artwork and hand-made crafts directly from the people who made them. Over fifty local artists and artisans work here, including sculptors, painters, photographers, ceramic artists, print-makers, jewelry designers, textile artisans, and much more. With one-of-a-kind hand-made artwork and gifts by both the building artists and guest artists, the event offers something for the whole family to enjoy. Free and open to the public.

Resident Artists include: Nelson W Armour, The Arts Palette, Doug Birkenheuer, Michael Benz, Sarah Boyle, Sally Brandl, Judith Brotman, Jeanne L. Carava, Katherine Drake Chial, Becky Chmielewski, Marco Fleseri, Friends of the Arts, Doug Frohman, Paula Frohman, Josh Garber, Antonia Gurkovska, Phillip Hartigan, Sara Hutt, Beth Kamhi, John Otto Kuhlmann, Richard Lange, Lisa Larson, Lindsey Liss, Judy Lichtenstein, Jaclyn Mednicov, Jason Messinger, Matt Nichols, Cody Norman, James Parenti, Bahar Partow, Madeleine Philbin, Diane Ponder, Melissa Porter, Alyson Poston, Susan Redeker, Pam Robinson, Randi Russo, Marianne Scanlon, Jordan Scott, Madeline Shea, Susanne Siegal, Jennifer Small, Tiphanie Spencer, Eric Steele, Scott Stevens, Michelle Stone, Sandy Stranz, Tiffany Stronsky, Bryan Sundquist, Kevin Swallow, Sharon Swidler, Frances Temchin, Hobert Thompson, Alexander von Agoston, Eileen Walsh, Eric Weinstein, Kathy Weaver, Karla Wheeler, and Judy Zeddies.

Jason Messinger

Established in 1986 in a former ice-house, the Cornelia Arts Building is one of the largest and one of the oldest all-artist studio buildings on Chicago's North side. Located at 1800 West Cornelia, the building rests at the border of three distinct Chicago Neighborhoods; Lakeview, Roscoe Village, and North Center. Located close to public transportation and only two blocks south of the Addison Brown Line CTA stop, the building also has free parking available in parking lot out front, and on neighborhood streets nearby.

Cornelia Arts Building Holiday Open Studios
Friday, March 2, 2018, 6 pm - 10 pm
The Cornelia Arts Building – Where Art Works
1800 West Cornelia, Chicago, IL
Entrance on NW corner of Ravenswood and Cornelia.
Two blocks south of Addison Brown Line CTA Station.
Free parking available in lot and in neighborhood.
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