Category: Blog

Southport Art Festival Hotel & Parking
By Caitlin Pfleger / Blog
Hotel Indigo Chicago 1244 North Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, IL 60610 July 13-17, 2017: $169/night (book before 5/19/2017 for special rate) Click here to book your hotel stay Parking Reserve your parking in advance and get there on time, stress free! SpotHero is the nation’s leading parking reservation app to book…
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artfest Michigan Avenue Hotel & Parking
By Caitlin Pfleger / Blog
Chicago Downtown River North Courtyard Marriott 22 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603 July 20-23, 2017: $189 per night (book before 6/20/2017 for special rate) Call 800-593-8596 and reference the Artfest Michigan Avenue room block; OR click here to book your room! Click here to see the amenities OR Hampton Majestic…
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Farejowicz, Irena
By Caitlin Pfleger / Artist, Blog, Festivals
Artist Statement My art work consists of hand painted %100 silk scarves, tapestries, wraps, ties pillows and pictures. All my work is one of a kind. I've been working with silk for 30 years. Festivals Barrington Art Festival Media Booth Numbers Barrington Art Festival: TBA Promenade of Art: TBA
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Caldwell, Treffry
By Caitlin Pfleger / Artist, Blog, Festivals
Artist Statement Born out of true creative drive, Pluma Jewelry illustrates how meticulous detailing and creativity marry for a collection with depth and variety for a woman who acknowledges the beauty and significance of original pieces. I first began making jewelry out of the love for stones.…
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Brown, Melanie
By Caitlin Pfleger / Artist, Blog, Festivals
Artist Statement My jewelry is created using both beading and pave techniques. My focus of late is on the latter. I design each pave piece using epoxy clay blended for color then shaped into a bezel and studded with Swarovski crystal chatons of varying size…
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Blowers, Rosie
By Caitlin Pfleger / Artist, Blog, Festivals
Artist Statement Silver Precious Metal Clay is sculpted, textured, carved, sanded and kiln fired at 1200-1650 degrees resulting in .999 silver. After cleaning with a brass brush, the piece is tumbled and hand buffed. I then add precious and semi-precious stones, various patinas like…
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Barbara Barkley
By Caitlin Pfleger / Artist, Blog, Festivals
Artist Statement For over 25 years, ancient remnants of cultures and languages & iconic images have inspired me to create art fusing Western and Eastern traditional styles of papermaking. I learned to make pure white washi from 7th generation Japanese papermakers. Following that I studied Western…
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