Art in Alternative Spaces
presents
Here Comes the Sun
Artists support orphans in Ukraine
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This exhibition features photographs printed on sheet metal of orphaned Ukrainian children and refugees by Ukrainian photographers Vera Blansh, Yuliya Bulgakova, Andriy Dubchak, Maks Levin, Grzegorz Litynski, Ruslan Lytvyn, and Anatolii Stepanov, along with paintings and mixed media images of Sunflowers by American artists and young artists from the Lincoln Terrace Art Studio & Gallery in Skokie, IL.
The Sunflower represents the global symbol of resistance, unity and hope for the Ukrainian people.
This exhibition is sponsored in part by SPARTAN SWORD, a federal non-profit that supports the mental health and well being of veterans and first responders; and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
on Exhibition December 6, 2022
through January 21, 2023
Free Artists Reception: Sun. Dec. 18, 2022 (noon - 2 pm)*
*Featuring Special Guest Performance by Musician Kathryn Gauthier
Donations collected during this exhibition will go to the City of Goodness Orphanage in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
The exhibition is on display beginning December 6, 2022. This date is also Ukrainian Armed Forces Day. It recognizes the men and women serving in the Ground Forces, Air Force and Navy who protect Ukraine and its citizens. The free art reception on December 18, 2022 is in anticipation of Saint Nicholas Day celebration in Ukraine when children are given special gifts.
at exhibit at
Devonshire Cultural Center
4400 Greenwood St., Skokie, IL
The building is handicap accessible. Admission to the exhibition is FREE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ORPHANS!
Donations collected during this exhibition will go to the City of Goodness Orphanage in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
To Donate, Please contact: info@anatomicallycorrect.org
Since the start of Russia's full-blown war against Ukraine, at least 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled the country, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR.
According to the BBC, 100,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war in Ukraine;
and an estimated 200,000 children are in Ukraine's orphanages.
Orphaned Ukrainian Children
Color Photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Maks Levin
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
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Reuters correspondent, Ukrainian photographer Maks Levin was found dead near Kyiv on April 1st, 2022. Shot twice by Russian soliders, he was found in an area near where he had been documenting Russian war crimes in the town of Bucha. In honor of Maks, donations for Mak’s family and his four children can be made through Spartan Sword: https://www.spartansword.org/ukraine |
Canine Unit in Ukraine
Color Photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Maks Levin
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Kyiv (capitol of Ukraine)
B/W Photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Vera Blansh
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifQvKpRsLoU
Rescued
Color Photo on metal, 16 x 20"
Photographer Anatolii Stepanov
$275 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Each day, trains at Lviv station transport thousands of Ukrainian refugees to Poland as they flee the war.
Boarding the Train for Poland
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Cool Bear at Lviv
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Boarding the train in Lviv
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Countless volunteers provide refugees with assistance including food, shelter, medical and psychological aid.
Thankful
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Catching Bubbles
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Rescued
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Each day, over 10,000 Ukrainian refugees flee the country.
Into the Unknown
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
The Lviv train station provides transportation for refugees fleeing the war.
Fleeing to Poland
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Snowfall in Lviv
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Refugees
Color photo on metal, 16 x 20"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Lviv Playground
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Ruslan Lytvyn
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Children are housed in temporary shelters upon arrival.
No Home. No School.
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Andriy Dubchak
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
In Chernihiv, Russian forces bombed residential areas, killing thousands of Ukrainian civilians.
Chernihiv
Color photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Yuliya Bulgakova
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Arriving in Przemysl, Poland
B/W photo on metal, 16 x 24"
Photographer Grzegorz Litynski
$300 (Sale of this artwork will be donated to orphanage)
Here Comes the Sun...
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Grandmother's Garden Collage, 12 x 14" Alexa Frangos (Not for sale)
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Alexa Frangos (b. 1973) is a photo-based artist from Chicago, Illinois. Utilizing cut paper, photographic ephemera and found objects, Alexa creates constructed realities that seek to reflect on psychological states and identity. She studied Visual Communications and Photography at Washington University in St. Louis before receiving her M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Alexa is a member of Perspective Group and Photography Gallery in Evanston, Illinois. She has exhibited her photography and collage work at the Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain; Perspective Gallery, Evanston; Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS; ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA; PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT; Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO and Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL to list just a few. Alexa created this new collage to remember her family ties to Ukraine for this exhibition. |
Sunflowers for Hope Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 8" Aruna N. Sarode $ 250 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) SOLD
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Sunflower Gold Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 8" Aruna N. Sarode $ 250 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) |
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Aruna works in oil, acrylic and watercolor mediums. She is a member of the Lake County Art League, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at College of Lake County and Grayslake Arts Alliance. Her work has been exhibited at the Volo Bog Nature Gallery, Bluemoon Gallery, Dandelion Gallery and at the Chicago Botanic Garden. |
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Hope for Ukraine Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 24" Kathryn Gauthier $ 350 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) SOLD
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Sunflower Mixed Media on Canvas, 12 x 12" Laura Frisch $40 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) SALE PENDING
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Laura primarily works in latex and acrylic paint on canvas, ceramic and upcycled cardboard. She has exhibited at Emily Oaks Nature Center Gallery, Morton Grove Civic Center and Morton Grove Public Library. She enjoys participating in Anatomically Correct's Brush with Nature plein air festivals regularly. Laura also facilitates group murals at camps, community centers and schools. She teaches art lessons privately to students of all ages. She also teaches at Congregation Makom Solel Lakeside in Highland Park and at Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings (M.A.S.K.OnTheBlock.org). She believes art can repair the world. |
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Through the Chaos Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
SOLD
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Kisses for Ukraine Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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I See Hope Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Chaos Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Survival Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Psychedelic Sunflower Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Saving the Children Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Flag of Ukraine Acrylic on Canvas, 8 x 10" Tiger Lily Cross $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Shine Acrylic on Board, 6 x 8" Tiger Lily Cross $ 50 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) SALE PENDING
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Holding On Acrylic on Board, 6 x 8" Tiger Lily Cross $ 50 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Hopeful Acrylic on Board, 6 x 8" Tiger Lily Cross $ 50 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Tiger Lily is a self-taught artist who works with a variety of mediums, including watercolor, oil, acrylics, pastels, graphite, colored pencils, paper, cardboard boxes, and wood. She also enjoys Plein air painting. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries in Chicago, Oak Park, Skokie, Blue Island, Illinois, and also in LaGrange, Texas, and Oahu, Hawaii. |
Sunflowers at Garwood Orchard Oil on Board, 16 x 20" Kuhn Hong $800 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) |
Art Barn in Indiana Oil on Board, 16 x 20" framed Kuhn Hong $900 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) |
Born in South Korea, Dr. Kuhn Hong worked heartily at his
academic studies since youth. He wanted to pursue art as a career, but was
persuaded by his parents, fearing an artist could not make a living after the
war, to go to medical school. His love of painting continued and he
joined a group of fellow med students to paint together on the weekends.
After graduating from medical school, Dr. Hong came to Chicago, completed
residency training, and started his practice. His brushes lay aside while he was
busy working at the hospital and raising his family with his wife. It wasn't
until he joined a short-term medical mission trip down the Amazon River in Peru,
when he picked up his ink pen and reignited his creative fervor. While treating
hundreds of patients in tiny river villages, he started to draw the people he
encountered and the surrounding scenery in a small sketchbook during breaks.
Copies of those ink drawings were shared with people who donated medicine,
money, and payed for his mission expeditions. His first solo exhibition was in
Seoul, Korea after the gallery owner saw his ink drawings. After many years of
medical practice and mission trips, Dr. Hong retired and moved to Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia to serve in a mission hospital as a volunteer radiologist for 5 years,
from 2013 to 2018. During his time in Addis Ababa, he spent weekends and evening
hours painting freely. He held exhibitions at Asni Gallery and at the mission
hospital where he served. He was invited to showcase his artwork at Viviene
Gallerie in Paris, France as well.
Dr. Hong retired from his medical career in 2013 after working at Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park for 34 years and now lives in Chicago with his family. He is an active member of the Palette and Chisel, Plein Air Painters Chicago, Duneland Plein Air Painters and Area Artist Association and paints in his studio in Michigan City, Indiana. His artwork was recently exhibited in Anatomically Correct's Courage exhibition at Devonshire Cultural Center; and at the Lubeznik Center of Arts in Michigan City and Korean Community Center of Chicago. |
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Symphony of Flowers Mixed Media, 20 x 16" Marsha Ercegovic $150 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Since my life and travels have taken me all over the world, my paintings have a world of influences. It’s hard to define my style. Impressionism and expressionism may be the labels that fit the best. My background comprises a love of the arts and the environment. Highlights of my exhibiting career include the New Orleans Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art rental Gallery, San Diego Art Institute-Museum of the Living Artist, House of Blues New Orleans, Russell Rotunda US Capitol Washington DC, Gallerie Gris-Gris Utrecht Holland. |
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We Shall Never Give Up Acrylic on Canvas and Home Made Paper 24" Circular Itala Langmar $600 (Artist is donating part of sale proceeds to orphanage)
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I have been an artist since the age of six. I lived and studied art and design in Venice, Italy, and continued my studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and with private teachers. Since I have always been a poet, I started to infiltrate some lines of my lyrics into my painting. |
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Hope Color Photography, 10 x 12" framed Iliana Cardona $ 75 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Iliana is a native Chicago Latina artist finally embracing her artistic self. I have been a public servant for the last 20 years and counting, assisting victims impacted by violent crime. In such a field, one can't help but be affected by the suffering of those we serve. I have come to find my art to be very therapeutic and a much-needed practice in self-care. I consider myself an intuitive creator as I apply medium to my canvas and bring out what I see. This means that many of my pieces will look very different from the next. I enjoy working in mixed and unmixed media from oil to acrylic, watercolor to pan pastels, and occasionally throw in some ephemera. I find great joy in creating and sharing my art, and I hope you find a piece you connect with that brings you happiness. |
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Sunflower 1 Mixed Media on Paper, 11 x14" framed Debra Nichols $ 100 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Sunflower 2 Mixed Media on Paper, 11 x 14" framed Debra Nichols $ 100 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) SOLD
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Debra is a self-taught artist and resident of Skokie whose nature paintings have been exhibited through Anatomically Correct Arts at the Emily Oaks Nature Center and the Devonshire Cultural Center in Skokie, IL. She enjoys going to theater and is thankful for the opportunity to donate to this important cause. |
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Bee and Sunflower Digital Photography, 17 x 21" Louie Laskowski $100 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Blue Barn Sunflowers Digital Photography, 18 x 22" Louie Laskowski $100 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage)
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Louie is a two-time Eli Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship grantee; five-time-winner of the Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant; Clowes Fellowship; Lafayette Art Museum Fellowship; one of twelve women artists representing the state of Indiana at the National Museum for Women in the Arts; Gallery 84 member, New York City; Woman Made Gallery International Exhibitor & member, Chicago; North Adams Contemporary Artist Center Grant, and numerous art competitions, awards, & solo exhibitions. Louie taught art at the secondary level in West Lafayette, Indiana, for 35 years. While teaching, Laskowski continued creating art. She says, "The art experience is both my quest and reward. It is what I choose to do to be a better me." Louie's studio is in Brookston, IN. Although she is retired from teaching, she continues working in mixed media and paint. She is presently writing a book called, "Inside the Pink House, A Memoir of Soulwork Through Art & Writing." |
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Still Life with Sunflowers Acrylic, 24 x 18" Leonid Osseny $300 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) |
God
Save Us Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 36" Leonid Osseny $450 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) |
We
Will Rebuild Mixed Media on Canvas, 20 x 40" Leonid Osseny $450 (Artist is donating sale proceeds to orphanage) |
Leonid was born in 1948 in the city of Nizhny-Tagil, Russia. In 1963, Leonid became a student at the Ural College of Applied Arts, and later attended Belarus State Theater and Art University studying art and design. After graduating, he worked as an architect and restorer at the Belarus Institute of Renovation and Conservation. Since 1991, Leonid lives in Chicago where he works as an architect, designer, freelance artist and an illustrator. Leonid Osseny’s art and research were recognized in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally. Among them, shows at the ArchiTech Gallery, Chicago, the International James Joyce Symposium at the National College of Ireland, Dublin. Personal exhibitions at the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago, Devonshire Cultural Center, Evanston Public Library and the Gene Siskel Film Center. His work was published in the Joyce Studies Annual, Fordham University Press, and can be found in public and private collections in the United States and Europe. Several original drawings for James Joyce “Ulysses” are on display at the James Joyce Museum in Dublin, Ireland. |
ASSORTED SUNFLOWERS PAINTINGS CREATED BY YOUNG ARTISTS COURTESY OF LINCOLN TERRACE ART STUDIO & GALLERY IN SKOKIE, IL
Ashley, Age 11 Alyze, Age 8 Lily, Age 11 Akira, Age 6 Esther, Age 7
Chelsy, Age 8 Braeden, Age 8 Natalie, Age 6 Annie, Age 12 Sanaya, Age 13
Untitled Tempera on Paper 17 x 14" Collective Work |
Sunflowers Tempera on Paper 14 x 17" Paskal, Age 7 |
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Sunflowers Acrylic on Canvas 11 x 14" Sanaya, Age 13 |
Red Sunflower Tempera on Paper 14 x 17" Braeden, Age 8 |
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Sunflowers in Vase Tempera on Paper 14 x 17" Akira, Age 6 |
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Sunflowers Tempera on Paper 14 x 17" Chelsey, Age 8 |
STUDENT WORK FROM LINCOLN TERRACE ART STUDIO & GALLERY
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EXHIBIT SPONSOR
Spartan Sword founder Steve Danyliuk
Ukrainian-American photographer Jerry Kykisz
for their support on this project
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This project is sponsored in part by
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