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2011-2012 Artists

Congregation Beth Shalom is pleased to welcome a talented and diverse group of artists for our 2011-2012 season.

John Balzer

John (www.johnebalzerphotography.com) has been actively working as a professional photographer since 2009. His goal is to capture the spirit of a scene, whether it is a nature setting or a building. His photos have been published and used in advertising and brochures. He is the official photographer of the After Hours Film (read more)

Ron Bork

Ron (ron.bork@att.net) is an honors graduate of the University of Illinois School of Fine and Applied Arts, and continues studies at the American Academy of Art. His pastel and oil paintings include historical narrative subjects as well as figurative and landscape work. He says, "...manipulating pigments about on a flat surface...stimulates the delight found in (read more)

Chris Hughes

Chris (HughesPaintings.com.) has been a Naperville resident since 1998, and has been inspired by our Midwest landscapes as well as the great cities around the world where he has visited or resided. He is largely self-taught, and his acrylic paintings have won awards in Texas and (read more)

Barbara Lipkin

Barbara (www.LipkinGallery.com) or (contact: Barblipkin@aol.com) is a member of CBS, and the coordinator of the ArtSpace, Barbara is very pleased to exhibit some of her oil landscapes along with our guest artists from the community. She has studied art extensively at the College of DuPage and many workshops and classes, and has been teaching painting for about 10 years. (read more)

Angela McElwain

Angela (MYARTSPACE.com) has been an artist all her life. She is a purist when using the material that comes to her, which generally remains physically unaltered but transcends itself when in an assemblage. Her work evokes mysticism, anima, irony, persona and dreams, testing the thin line between what we know and what we (read more)

Maureen McKee

Maureen (MaureenMcKee.com) is an award winning artist. She received her formal training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and has attended classes and workshops at the Art Institute and Triton College. She is a signature member of the Oil Pastel Society. "The rhythm of the water...the movement of the wind...every moment creates a different response and mood...and a new challenge to be (read more)

Cheryl Quick

Cheryl Quick (Cherylquick@wideopenwest.com) studied printmaking and photography at the Art Institute of Chicago and the College of DuPage. She has exhibited widely around the Chicago area as well as many juried national shows. She returns to us this year with an exhibit of her beautiful (read more)

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