| 2007 |2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 Bus Trip Image Gallery 2008 Trips (most recent first) Friday, January 25 Festival of Maps, Chicago. We'll visit the Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery for The Grammar of Landscape, HereThereEverywhere at the Chicago Cultural Center, and Mapping the Self at the Museum of Contemporary Art to view exhibitions in which artists explore the ideas of mapping and place. Saturday, February 23 Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, Chicago. Head to the Art Institute of Chicago to view seperate solo retrospective exhibitions of these two American art icons. Friday, April 25 ARTropolis: Art Chicago and the Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair. The Merchandise Mart will feature two main events: Art Chicago and The International Antiques Fair including over 100 galleries from around the world and over 100 top antiques dealers. MEMBER’S ONLY North Shore Art Festival and Skokie Sculpture Park. You asked for an art fair, and we are going to give it to you! Spend one weekend date (yet to be determined) at the North Shore Art Festival with a visit to the Skokie Sculpture Park. 2007 Trips (most recent first) Friday, November 2 SOFA Chicago. Join us as we visit the 14th Annual International Exposition of Sculptural Objects and Functional Art. Saturday, October 20 Anderson Japanese Gardens, Rockford. This bus trip primes us for our 2008 exhibitions of Japanese prints from the Richard F. Grott Family Collection. Friday, September 7 Annual Gallery Season Openings, Chicago. Bus drop off at River North (for galleries and shopping at Paper Merchant and Pearl Paint) with bus shuttle to West Loop for MORE GALLERY OPENINGS. Thursday, July 26 Persian Immersian Chicago: Mirror of the Invisible World at the Goodman Theater, Persian Ceramics at the Art Institute and a meal at Reza's. Saturday, June 23 Madison, Wisconsin Farmer's Market & Art Exhibits Explore downtown madison and the Dane County Farmer's market which features produce, arts & crafts, info booths and street musicians. Visit the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for "MMoCA Collects" and the "Wisconsin Triennial." Options include visiting the Chazen Museum to see the Jennifer Argus "Silver Wings and Golden Scales" installation and "Jane Hammond: Paperwork", or exploring more of downtown Madison's eclectic shops and galleries. Friday, April 27 Artopolis Travel to Chicago's Merchandise Mart for the Chicago Art Expo & International Antiques Fair. Also included in the admission price are three other art fairs: the Intuit Show of outsider art, the Artist Project and the Bridge Art Fair (all in the Mart building!). Friday, May 4 (Members Only Trip) Birds in Art, Culture and Nature Trip to see two exhibitons at the Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery - "Audubon:The Birds of America" and "While All the Tribes of Birds Sang", an exploration of the use of bird imagery in art and design from various cultures and time periods. After lunch, we will trek with the Museum's own Assistant Director and birder Pete Olson through Jackson Park's Wooded Isle in search of real-life avain encounters. Saturday, March 3 Fiber Rich Textile-themed trip will contrast Christian Dior's Chicago designs at the Chicago Historical Museum and Mayan textiles at the National Museum of Mexican Art (formerly the Mexican Fine Arts Center). Racine, Wisconsin Join us for a visit to the newly-reopened Racine Art Museum, reknown for its wonderful collection of fine crafts and the Charles Wustum Museum of Fine Arts. At the R.A.M.: "Akio Takamori: Between Clouds and Memory" an amazing exhibition of ceramic figures portraying historical characters, contemporary society and villagers recalled from the artist's childhood in Japan. The delightful Wustum will be hosting "Watercolor Wisconsin 2007". Saturday, February 10 African and African-American Legacies Celebrate Black History with a trip to the Chicago Cultural Center for "Lasting Foundations: The Art and Achitecture of Africa" and a viewing of David Philpot sculptures which evoke a sense of Aftrican ceremonial artifacts. The trip continues to the DuSable Museum of African-American History for a tour of the exhibits, "From Dreams to Determination: The Legacy of Dr. Percy and Anna Julian" and "381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story". 2006 Trips Saturday, November 4 Springfield Outing Don't miss this opportunity to see the acclaimed Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. We will begin the day at Frank Lloyd-Wright's Dana-Thomas House (one of his best and most intact). We will also walk through the historical district in Springfield and visit the Museum of Funerary Customs. Saturday, October 28 "Massive Smart Lama" tip to Chicago Three museums plus time to eat luch and enjoy one of the last sunny and warm-ish days of fall: MASSIVE CHANGE: The Future of Global Design at the Museum of Contemporary Art, THE MISSING PEACE: Artists consider the Dalai Lama at LUMA (Loyola University Museum of Art) and DRAWING AS PROCESS IN CONTEMPORARY ART at the Smart Museum of Art. Friday, October 13 "20 Dirty Hands" / Galena area Pottery Studios Visited the studios, kilns and forges of the 20 Dirty Hands Group, featured in the museum's Hall Case Galleries. Friday, September 8 Annual Chicago Gallery Season Opener Bus drop off at River North with shuttle service to the West Loop. Friday, September 15 Here to the Moon Venture out to see some nearby wonders that you may have overlooked in Wheaton, St. Charles and Geneva. "Moon Project" at Fermi Lab Gallery with talk by artist Sallie Wolf; explore the wonders of American Science and Surplus; visit the West Chicago Historical Museum and view the "I (heart) Chicago" exhibition at the Orleans Street Gallery with dinner in St. Charles. Friday, May 19 First, we'll go to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to see exhibits by Andy Warhol and contemporary existential Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware. Then we'll head to the River North Gallery District, where the annual NIU MFA exhibition is opening. Friday, April 28 Members Only trip to Art Chicago, The Thomas Blackman international art expo and the Chicago Antiques Fair, held side-by-side this year at the Merchandise Mart. Saturday, April 22 Private tour of Crabtree Farm, a world-class Arts & Crafts collection on Chicago's North Shore. Wednesday, March 15 Poet Laureate Ted Kooser Reading, Chicago. This trip is organized in conjunction with our Poetry and Art exhibition, necessary angel. Saturday, February 25 Pompeii in Chicago. A visit to the fascinating ancient world "Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption" at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. This exhibition explored the archaeological finds of the ancient city petrified by the volcanic blast of Mount Vesuvias. Saturday, February 18 This "Forced-March" Chicago Art Extravaganza included stops at the Smart Museum, the Renaissance Society, the Museum of Surgical Science, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Butcher Shop/Dogmatic gallery and a special "after hours" tour of the Walsh Gallery. 2005 Trips Friday, November 11 First, we attended the Pan/Sonic opening at the NIU Chicago Gallery and then headed south to the Pilsen neighborhood for their regular "2nd Friday" Artist Studio Openings. Saturday, October 29 Members only trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to see the Grant Wood exhibit and tour Grant Wood's studio. Saturday, October 8 A trip into Chicago to hear the curator's talk for The Art of Burma. The day also included visits to both contemporary and traditional Asian galleries. Saturday, September 24 Chicago: Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre at the Art Institute & lunch at a French bistro. Images of Paris in the Photograph gallery, and Anchor Graphics presents printmaking demonstrations. Saturday, September 10 Visiting artist lecture by reknowned photographer Joel Peter Witkin at Elgin Community College. Friday, September 9 River North Gallery Season Opener in Chicago, with stops at the Art Institute and MCA. Friday, July 8 Plano & Sandwich, IL: Culture Clash! Tour of Mies van der Rohe's infamous glass Farnsworth House on the banks of the Fox River in Plano followed by a tour of the 19th century Sandwich Opera House. Saturday, June 11 Chicago for the annual Printers' Row Book Fair and also the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Friday, April 8 Chicago: Intuit, the center for Outsider Art with an exhibit of visionary work and then a guided tour of the former home and studio of Chicago Imagist artist Roger Brown. Saturday, March 12 Evanston: Northwestern University Library's annual display of work by the Chicago Hand Bookbinders, the Leigh and Mary Block Gallery of Art for a William Morris Design exhibition and the Evanston Art Center for Invisible Worlds. Saturday, February 5 Vietnam Veterans Art Museum and Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago. 2004 Trips Friday, November 12 NIU Chicago Gallery for the Artist's reception for Collaborations, with stops at the Cultural Center and Museum of Contemporary Art. Friday, September 10 River North Gallery Season Opener in Chicago, with stops at the Art Institute and MCA. Friday, July 30 Millennium Park, the Art Institute (Seurat and the Making of the Grande Jatte) and the Chicago Cultural Center (exhibits by Roger Brown and Fred Wilson) Saturday, June 5 Hyde Park Art Fair, Chicago Friday, May 7 ArtChicago 2004 Art Expo at Navy Pier Saturday, April 24 Oriental Institute with NIU Professor Emeritus Avra Liakos Saturday, April 17 NIU Chicago Gallery for the Global Matrix panel discussion. Wednesday, March 24 Art Institute of Chicago for Rembrandt's Journey and the Print Study Room. Friday, March 19 Rockford College for Sandy Skoglund Lecture and Reception Saturday, February 21 "New Twists in Fiber Tour" to the Smart Museum, Hyde Park Art Center, MCA and River North galleries in Chicago. Saturday, February 14 Art Institute of Chicago / NIU Chicago Gallery With symposia by NIU Art History faculty Joshua B. Kind, Jeff Kowalski, and Catherine Raymond. Saturday, January 17 Newberry Library in Chicago for Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend. With symposia by NIU Art History faculty Ann Van Dijk, Mary Quinlan and Rebecca Houze. 2003 Trips Thursday, December 18 Sheboygan and Milwaukee, Quilts of Gee's Bend Wednesday, November 5 Bill Viola Lecture, Chicago Wednesday, November 5 Eric Fischl Lecture, Chicago Friday, October 17 SOFA at Navy Pier, Chicago Thursday, October 9 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Lecture in Rockford, IL Friday - Sunday, October 3- 5 Saint Louis Art and Museum Weekend Trip AAAHH - Saint Louis (The Art-Architecture-Archeology-History-Horticulture Weekend Trip) co-sponsored by the NIU Art Museum and the NIU Institute for Learing in Retirement. Friday, September 5 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago Friday, July 11 Himalayan and American Adventure, Chicago May 9 ArtChicago 2003 Art Expo at Navy Pier & Caribbean dinner April 12 Buddhism and Art symposium, NIU Chicago Gallery April 5 Buddhist Centers and Temples; Artist Gallery Talk March 2 Frida, Diego & 20th Century Mexican Art & Pilsen Mural Tour February 1 New Year's in China Town and Collectible Gallery Talk 2002 Trips November 24 Medici, Michelangelo & Late Renaissance Florence, Art Institute October 25 SOFA at Navy Pier & Design France: Generation 2001 opening at the NIU Gallery. October 18 "20 Dirty Hands" Ceramics Studios Tour, Galena & area September 13 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago September 7 Sketching & Photo Trip to the Sandwich County Fair August 11 Gerhard Richter Retrospective, Art Institute of Chicago July 20 Milwaukee Art Museum new addition July 12 Racine, WI: Wustum Museum & Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax headquarters June 7 Sheboygan, WI: Kohler Art Center & Kohler Design Center May 10 Art Expo at Navy Pier, dinner in Greek Town April 20, Mies in America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago April 13 West Loop Galleries March 24 Photography Exhibits: Ansel Adams, ITT, Art Institute, Chicago February 2 Chihuly in the Park & Retro Curators Talk at the NIU Chicago Gallery 2001 Trips December 1 "Cleopatra" at the Field Museum, Chicago November 2 "Day of the Dead" at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago October 30 "VanGogh & Gauguin" at the Art Institute, lunch at a French Bistro October 5 SOFA at Navy Pier & Ah Leon Reception at the NIU Chicago Gallery September 23 Graceland Cemetary Tour, Chicago Architecture Foundation September 7 River North Gallery Season Opener, Chicago July 13 Absolut Chicago Reception for the MFA Show at the NIU Chicago Gallery May 15 Art Institute of Chicago for "Off the Easel", Terra Museum for "Rockwell Kent" May 11 Art Expo at Navy Pier, dinner at Gaylords February 9 Print Shop Tour, Chicago February 3 "Doppelganger" Curator's Talk, NIU Chicago Gallery 2000 Trips December 2 "Tao, Arts of China", Art Institute of Chicago November 3 SOFA at Navy Pier, Virginia Scotchie Reception at the NIU Chicago Gallery September 8 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago July 29 "Pharaohs of the Sun" at the Art Institute & Philip Glass' "Akhnaten" Opera July 14 Absolut Chicago MFA Reception, NIU Gallery June 10 Galena, IL: architecture & home tour & Jim Post's Mark Twain Production May 14 Dead Sea Scrolls, Field Museum, Chicago May 12 Art Expo at Navy Pier, dinner in China Town March 4 Oriental Institute, Robie House, University of Chicago February 27 Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society February 5 Chicago Art Museums & "Blink" Curator and Artist's Talk at the NIU Gallery January 30 Evanston Art Center, "Sculpture on the Grounds" 1999 Trips December 4 Evanston Art Center, "Holiday Market" November 5 SOFA at Navy Pier & Lynda Lowe Reception at the NIU Chicago Gallery September 18 Rockford Art Museum for the Ben Mahmoud exhibition and reception September 11 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago June 18 Spring Green, WI: Frank Lloyd Wright's "Taliesen" May 16 "Chicago Public Arts Program" Mural Tour May 7 Art Expo at Navy Pier & dinner at Wishbone April 17 DJ Bennett Studio Tour, Lake Forest March 6 "Art of the Motorcycle", Field Museum, Chicago January 30 Chicago Art Museums & "Dysfunctional Home" Curator and Artist's Talk at the NIU Gallery 1998 Trips November 14 Univ. of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana: Krannert Art Center & Glass-blowing Demo November 7 Mary Cassatt, Lunch at Russian Tea Time, NIU Alumni Association October 16 "Brush with Nature" Reception at the NIU Gallery October 9 SOFA at Navy Pier September 11 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago July 17 Oak Park, IL: Frank Lloyd Wright's home & studio & Unity Temple June 6 57th Street Art Fair, Hyde Park May 8 Art Expo at Navy Pier & Tom Skomski Reception at the NIU Gallery April 18 Oak Park, IL: Frank Lloyd Wright's home & studio & Unity Temple March 21 Lynda Lowe Madera Studio Tour, Wheaton January 31 Chicago Art Museums & "Corporeal Substance" Curator and Artist's Talk at the NIU Gallery 1997 Trips October 17 SOFA at Navy Pier & Yih Wen Kuo Reception at the NIU Gallery October 4 Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park at Governor’s State University September 21 John Fraser Studio Tour, St. Charles September 5 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago July 13 Art Fair on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin July 11 Iowa City Printmaking Tour with Mauricio Lasansky & David Driesbach May 9 Art Expo at Navy Pier, Chicago April 19 Chicago Art Galleries & Regina Silveira Gallery Talk at the NIU Gallery February 8 Newly Reopenend MCA, Charles R. Macintosh Exhibit, "Addendum" panel discussion 1996 Trip September 6 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago 1995 Trip September 8 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago 1994 Trip September 9 River North Gallery District Season Opener, Chicago top |
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