Programs

ART ODYSSEY PROGRAMS 2004 - 2022

Story Time

• Snazzy Time Story Hour/PreK - 2nd grade. Stories and Art Projects

Art Exhibitions

• Dick Blick Lincoln Park/Kelly High School/Lane Tech High School

• Athenaeum Theatre/Lane Tech/ featuring Janelle Marchan and Ella Sharba

• Second City Training Center Gallery/Kelly High School
• Lane Tech High School, Lost Artists Colony Chicago
• Second City Training Center Gallery/Lane Tech High School
• Lintz and Vail cafe and Gallery, Evanston, IL- Oakton Community College Students
• 5th  3rd Bank, Wilmette, IL – Wilmette District 39
• Linz and Vail, Evanson, IL – Evanston District 65
• Dick Blick, Evanston, IL - Evanston District 65 and Evanston Township High School
• Utretcht Art Supplies, Chicago, IL
  Mays Academy CPS, Jones College Prep,
  Chicago Public Schools, Latin School of Chicago, Catherine Cook
• Frame Warehouse, Evanston, IL - McGaw YMCA
• World Star Realty/Falcon International, Chicago, IL
• Kristoffer’s Cafe and Bakery, Pilsen Art District, Chicago, IL

Art Auction 

• Heartland Animal Shelter, Barbara's Bookstore, The Glen, Glenview Il

In-School Field Trips

Art Fairs – Workshops with professional artists who discuss their careers and demonstrate their work.

Students create hands-on works based on the presenters’ examples.

Avoca District 37

Marie Murphy Middle School Art Fair, Wilmette, IL

Professional demonstrations with student participation.

Asian Yurt Workshop – A photographic tour of Mongolia where students team geographical challenges and how to build their own portable homes called Yurts.

American History Freedom Quilt Workshop – Students learn how to make a quilt that disguises a map of the Underground Railroad.

Theatre Workshop – Interactive discussion on the art of writing poetry.

Students write their own poetry and create an anthology.

Career Connection Workshops

ART EXHIBITS – Preparation and display of student and professional mentors’ art work.

Long Term Programs

• Artists in Residence
• Murals
• Orphans of the Storm, Riverwoods, IL

Guided Tours

• Artists Studios
• Art Galleries
• Art Museums
• Art Centers

Teacher’s Professional Development Workshops

“Gifted Education and the Arts – Integrating the Arts Across Curriculum”

Chicago Public Schools

Program inspired by Restored Progressive and WPA Murals.

• Tilton Elementary
• Sawyer Elementary
• Kelly High School
• Schurz High School

Kelly High School Career Night Art Panel Participants  for years 2006 through 2010.