CALL FOR ART!!

Obstacles and Advocacy

Catharsis is seeking artworks responding to the recent political upheavals occurring in our nation and our world. The show is going to be a window into the various political and moral perspectives that lie within the minds of today's youth. This is an amazing opportunity not only to showcase your artistic talent, but also to create something with a powerful message and incite dialogues within the Loyola community. 

The guidelines are as follows:

1. all work must be two-dimensional and may not exceed 25 lbs

2.  work must be turned in ready to hang and preferably matted

3.  Turn in your pieces with a post it attached that has the name of the piece, your name, and your email, as  well as a price (in case somebody wants to buy your work!!)… if it’s not for sale, then indicate that by writing NFS

4. no work may exceed 2.5x4 feet

The show will be in the lounge space across from the Center Stage Café in Mundelein, and because of the limited wall space, we will only be able to display 18 pieces of work. HOWEVER— Alex and I don’t want to discourage you from submitting work! 

The deadline for submission is November 11th. Please drop off your work by the 9th floor offices in Mundelein. There will be a labeled shelf!! 

The show opens the following Monday, November 14th at 7:30pm!! 

Loyola Secrets: Healing and Hysterical Truths

Visit here for more information. 

Why Art Matters!

Why Art Matters: A Student Advocacy Project

Presented by Loyola's Visual Arts program

NOV 18 - JAN 22

Reception: NOV 18 |Thurs 5-6:30 PM | Free

Concerned about decreasing public support for the arts, a Visual Communication III class took on the challenge of showing how important art is. Why Art Matters is a Student Advocacy Project premiering at Loyola this fall.

Its three-pronged approach features a wall of statements derived from interviews of Loyola’s students and community. Those interviewed were asked to consider why the arts are important to them. A second wall features personal artistic pieces by members of the class, articulating their own views about the importance of the arts. Finally, viewers of the exhibition will be invited to contribute their own point of view directly on a third gallery wall.

Preparing for this project, students considered why art really matters.  Their responses provide insight into the motivation behind some of the pieces that will be shown in the exhibition:

Art provides an outlet for facets of human expression that would otherwise never be realized.
Art connects us as human beings by this advanced ability to build and create. It provides people with a connection and taps into our basic need of social interaction.
Art provides insight into people, places, culture, values, and history. It records society and its views for future generations.
It’s personal and subjective and can cause upset in a mild to an extreme manner. It can move people to action or it can move people to introspection.  It can alter perspectives, provide a visual proof of a concept, thumb its anthropomorphic nose at the establishment, or celebrate the societal ideal.

Canvas Stretching Demo!

Canvas Stretching Demo Friday the 12th. Mundelein 5th floor 4-6 pm. Come learn proper stretching techniques. Stretch your own canvas and take it home with you! Free and open to all!!

Please RSVP to catharsis.loyola@gmail.com by Tuesday the 9th!

Illustration Friday

This is a really fun web site to post to. Every week they have different themes that you can submit a drawing for. Just something to keep the creative juices flowing!

Feast: A Delicious Performance and Converstaion

Join us for the return of Feast, based on the real-life stories of home cooks, restaurant owners, street vendors, grocers, butchers, fishermen, farmers, and migrant workers. A Chicago Tribunereview stated, "the characters and their food stories will surely make you hungry but they will also move you deeply and linger with you for days." 

Thursday, October 28, 7:30pm

Albany Park Theater Project, The Laura Wiley Theater, Eugene Field Park

5100 N Ridgeway Ave, Chicago

Free. Open to the public. 

Reservations are required. Click here, e-mail events@prairie.org or call (312) 422-5580 to reserve your free tickets now. Tickets are going fast! 

Einstein's Dream!

OCT 1-2 | Fri-Sat. 7:30 PM | Studio Theatre

Einstein’s Dreams is a theatrical experiment directed and adapted by Loyola student Mercedes Inez Martinez, based on a 1992 novel by Alan Lightman of the same name.  It explores the question, “How are the artist and scientist alike?”; examining the need and obsessive drive to seek out the answers to life’s questions with the human imagination. Utilizing the text, music, and Ann Bogart’s “Viewpoints,” Ms. Martinez hopes to explore Einstein’s “Theory of Relativity” through the various perspectives of time and space an audience experiences.

This event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required, but you may call the Box Office at 773.508.3847 or email BoxOffice@LUC.edu to place a reservation for advance seating. Please check in with the Box Office in CFSU at 7 p.m. to claim reserved seats. Remaining seats will be awarded on a first come, first served basis.

Check out this profile of director Mercedes Martinez in The Loyola Phoenix and learn about her many artistic ventures, plus a behind-the-scenes look atEinstein’s Dreams.