The Prairie Club & the Garfield Park Conservatory Celebrate 100 Years
Release Date: 03/04/08
The Prairie Club, Chicago's oldest local environmental group, celebrates its Centennial this year with a Nature Art and Photography Show, "In Step with Nature"to be held at the Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park Ave.,from Sunday, March 9, 2008through Sunday, March 30, 2008.
The Garfield Park Conservatory – which first opened its glass doors in April 1908 - is also celebrating its 100thbirthday with year-long events, themed “CHICAGOASIS: The Greenest Show on Earth.”
This will be the Prairie Club's first public art show of this kind since the Club's founding in 1908. Admission to the Art Show is free.
"The show is a wonderful way to demonstrate the Prairie Club's 100-year commitment to Chicago's natural areas," observes Anne Royston, Chair of the Centennial Art Show. Royston says twenty artists will be featured with more than forty works exhibited. All artwork is nature-oriented, but media includes watercolors, oils, photography, and even quilts.
Artists hail from Chicago and surrounding suburbs including Elgin and Riverside, as well as out-of-state participants from California and Michigan.
Cathy Maloney, author of The Prairie Club of Chicago (Arcadia: 2001), notes,
"The Prairie Club has always nurtured artists among its environmentally-conscious members." "Historically, artist members have included Dunes painter Frank Dudley and others of his stature."
"In Step With Nature" will kickoff a series of Centennial activities to be held throughout 2008. Plans are underway for a two-day bike trip, celebrations at the Indiana Dunes, and other outdoor activities.
For more information about the Garfield Park Conservatory and its Centennial celebrations, please call 773.638.1766.
- Contact Phone: 312 742 7529