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Art in the Sanctuary

The First Free Sanctuary Series continues the long history of First Free Church offering a platform for creative expression within the Andersonville neighborhood and throughout Chicago. This series of visual art exhibitions presents contemporary artwork within the context of a sanctuary for meditation and worship. The series includes “Becoming Free Artist Conversations”, a series of informal artist talks which take place at the scheduled receptions for each exhibition. This series provides the opportunity for artists, congregation, and community to engage in a dialogue, prompted by the work on display. The First Free Arts Program is committed to continuing to provide this stage for creative expression that encourages connection, dialogue, and understanding. Continue to become creators with us.

ART IN THE SANCTUARY | Joan Geary: Reconciled Among the Stars

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Dan Addington in Gallery
ART IN THE SANCTUARY | Joan Geary: Reconciled Among the Stars

Joan Geary is a lifelong resident of the Chicago area, growing up on the north side, and currently residing in the southwest suburbs. She first studied art as a teenager at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Later, at mid-life, she studied painting and sculpture at the College of Du Page in Glen Ellyn, and also did workshops with several internationally known artists, including one in Italy. Her work has been featured in numerous venues as well as publications such as the Chicago Tribune, The Doings, and the book “Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations” by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin. She maintains a daily painting practice in her studio in Burr Ridge, Il.

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Melynda Van Zee: Freedom from the Core

Posted on December 9, 2019 by firstfree in Gallery
Melynda Van Zee: Freedom from the Core

Melynda Van Zee shares her artwork at exhibitions and art fairs throughout the United States. Her works are in the collections of numerous private and corporate collectors around the country…

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Jeff McNutt: Coloratura

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Dan Addington in Gallery No Comments
Jeff McNutt: Coloratura

Jeff McNutt was born in Iowa in 1967 and began his artistic pursuits in 1989 while working for The Walt Disney Company. In 1991 he moved to Los Angeles and continued his art education in animation houses across Hollywood, with street artists in LA, and also at Cal Arts in Valencia, CA. In 1993, Jeff moved back to Iowa to study graduate painting at The University of Iowa where he started to merge the ideas of animation, street art, and the beauty of nature.

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Steven Carrelli: Fragile States

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Dan Addington in Gallery No Comments
Steven Carrelli: Fragile States

Steven Carrelli was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1967. He received a BA in Studio Art from Wheaton College in 1990 and an MFA in Painting from Northwestern University in 1995. As a 1995-96 Fulbright scholar, he studied egg tempera painting in Florence, Italy. Carrelli has returned to Italy on many occasions to teach and to work.

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Helen Dannelly: Spring Waters

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Dan Addington in Gallery No Comments
Helen Dannelly: Spring Waters

Abstract Garden, 30×40, ink on Yupo paper. On view March 2018 – May 2018 Known primarily as a sculptor from in the California Bay Area, Helen Dannelly began a new, groundbreaking series of paintings on paper after moving to Chicago in 2015. Expansive, vibrant, and complex, these abstract paintings are created using the unusual and […]

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Crystal Neubauer: New Wine

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Dan Addington in Gallery No Comments
Crystal Neubauer: New Wine

Crystal Neubauer is a Mixed Media Artist drawn to the broken, cast out, and overlooked items of the past. She sees beauty in the mundane, brings new life to forgotten objects, and finds the process of salvaging old materials and creating new art to be therapeutic and healing. As her work evolves, a more complete understanding of her work and why she chooses to use materials that others see as trash comes to light.

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Marissa Voytenko: Boats and Bridges

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Dan Addington in Gallery No Comments
Marissa Voytenko: Boats and Bridges

September 2017 – November 2017 Originally from a small agricultural community in Northern California, Marissa has traveled widely and lived for several years in western Ukraine. Always drawing as a child, she continues to create with joy and commitment. After earning a graduate degree in Fine Art and Teaching, she discovered the medium of encaustic. […]

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Group Exhibition: Advent and Arise!

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Dan Addington in Gallery No Comments
Group Exhibition: Advent and Arise!

Winter of 2016 through Spring of 2017 Featured images from the two-part Inaugural Group Exhibition of the First Free Sanctuary Series . Featuring work by Joel Sheesley, Sergio Gomez, Marilynn Derwenskus, Nolan W. McCants, Michael Bullard, and Dan Addington. “Gomez’ use of the human figure grounds his work in the depth of human concerns; his […]

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