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You will find our Summer classes and workshops listed on pages 3-5.
Summer Camps 2008
To download a listing of Summer Camps 2008 and registration form, click here. | |
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Thank you to all who participated in...
It was a great success! All of our workshops were full of budding artists and our raffle produced 3 happy winners, the Cimilluca family, the DuBrock family and the Zeman family! Look for this event again next March!
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In the News
 Thank You Park Ridge Juinors for the great event....Uptown Girls: A Fashion Show and Luncheon! On Sunday, September 23rd, 2007, under a beautiful tent at St. Paul of the Cross church, Brickton Art Center was honored to have been named a major recipient of the Park Ridge Juniors fundraising for 2007-08. Great fashions, great food, and an opportunity to bid on benches uniquely painted by over 15 local arts, were some of the highlights of the afternoon. Brickton extends a heartfelt thanks to Amy DeGrazio and the Park Ridge Juniors for this wonderful event.
Brickton Art Center's 2nd Annual Golf FORE the Arts was held September 29, 2007, at Hodges Park. Activities will included a 18-hole miniature golf course, Carnival Games, Inflatable Fun, Artists Demonstrations, Silent Auction, and Food! Fun was had by all! Thank you to Taking2Flight for donating their time an effort putting together this great family event!
 Brickton's 6th annual Kids' Stuff Exhibition A Celebration of Children s Creativity was held August 16-24, 2007. It was a great success...students and their families enjoyed wonderful art, Dilly Bars, music, raffles, games, facepainting, performance art by our Live Art camp students, and more! Thanks to all our students and patrons for your continued support of the arts!
On June 2nd we painted a large banner with the help of children and families that attended the Farmers' Market. The colorful creation with a summer theme is often hanging outside of Brickton feel free to stop by and check it out!
 Brickton employees, Julia and Sara Phillips, created a large scale mural of a scene from Harry Potter so that participants could have their Polaroid picture taken as part of the Library's, Harry Potter Extravaganza. Children and adults enjoyed putting on costumes and becoming a part of the story!
Photo to left features Brickton staff Carolyn Lewis and volunteer Olivia Hallagan having a try at Quidditch!
Brickton staff will continue to provide programming at the Park Ridge Public Library's Children's and Young Adult Departments this fall. Check out the Library's website (www.parkridgelibrary.org) for more information on these free and informative classes.
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Illinois Arts Council Grant Awards
Senator Cheryl Axely and Illinois Arts Council representative, Karla Kunzeman, present grant checks to district recipients at Brickton Art Center. Park Ridge Cultural Arts Council, Fine Arts Society, Civic Orchestra and Brickton Art Center are some of the area grant recipients.
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LeArt at LePeep
Brickton
Art
Center is exhibiting artwork on the walls of LePeep Restaurant (100
S. Euclid ). LePeep manager, Paulette Cocozza, originally approached
Brickton
Art
Center with the idea last Fall. We normally have artwork on the walls here but I thought it would be a nice change to highlight artwork that is being created in our community.
The current exhibit features work created by participants of two of Brickton s art outreach programs: Have Dreams and Avenues to
Independence . The artwork for Have Dreams, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the opportunities and quality of life for people with autism, was originally created for the National Autism Awareness month exhibit at Brickton. Dana LaBrose, Program Coordinator at Have Dreams says, Brickton s art outreach program has allowed many of our students an invaluable opportunity to participate in an instructional group art lesson that is tailored to their ability level.
Brickton also conducts a weekly art program for residents of Avenues to
Independence , a non-profit organization serving adults with developmental disabilities. "The Creative Expressions class has provided an opportunity for our persons served to investigate (and participate in) the artistic process. Through this experience we are discovering that they have an unlimited enthusiasm for the visual arts and a hunger to create. We are appreciative of the relationship we have developed with the
Brickton
Art
Center and are excited to further nurture and develop the artistic talents of our persons served, states Christopher Bellus, Case Manager at Avenues.
Chuck Lindquist, owner of the Frame Gallery of Park Ridge (157 N. Northwest Hwy.), provided free matting and at-cost framing of the artwork. Carolyn Lewis, art therapist and Program Coordinator at Brickton, explains the positive benefits of exhibiting artwork in a public venue such as LePeep. Framing artwork and putting it on the walls to be admired and celebrated can have life-altering effects on the artist, it will build confidence and allow these individuals an opportunity to use their artistic talents to contribute to the community.
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