CHICAGO ARTISTS’ COALITION HOSTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT THE MERCHANDISE MART

The Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC) hosts an ongoing  Work on Paper Studio Residency program at the Merchandise Mart. The CAC provides the selected studio artists with the unique opportunity to focus on individual goals while simultaneously working within a community. Access to the Merchandise Mart’s wealth of designers and clients helps to create new a new audience of supporters and collectors for the Resident Artists. The Work on Paper Studio Residency reinforces the CAC’s interest in strengthening the vitality of art in Chicago and has been a catalyst in broadening community understanding of visual art for over 36years.

Artists in Residence Include:

Barbara Blacharczyk (info to come)

Lisa Goesling began taking weekend classes at the Art Institute of Chicago at twelve years old, creating sculptures, drawings and paintings. She is 100% invested in being a fine artist after a varied career as a Public Relations Director, Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Lisa was juried into the Corporate Gallery Program with the Northwest Cultural Council in 2008 and has presented her work in galleries throughout the Northwest Suburbs, Wisconsin, Los Angeles and now, the Merchandise Mart.

Jaime Lynn Henderson received her Master of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Painting and Drawing in 2009 and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art from the University of Oklahoma in 2007. Her large-scale, vivid, playful, and fantastical works on paper have been exhibited in numerous galleries and institutions across the Midwest and have won her several awards such as the title of “Best New Artist Working on Paper” in 2009. In addition to exhibiting with Concertina Gallery in the Goffo Section of NEXT Fair starting April 29 at Art Chicago, Henderson will be featured as a contestant on Bravo TV’s “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” premiering June 9, 2010 at 11pm EST. For more information, please visit www.jaimelynnhenderson.com or http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art.

Alexandra Lee (ATYL) was born in Hong Kong, is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her concept driven work incorporates themes of childhood, femininity, and the delicate interplay between human connection, their interaction with each other, their environment, and nature.

Mark Moleski holds a BFA degree in Fine Art from Columbia College Chicago. He looks beyond the obvious, searching for an alternate guise. Works on paper; Read, Sit, and Stand are visually manipulated images which take on a new purpose.

Zachary Mory is an artist who focuses on the process of drawing. By utilizing systems of working, simple tools (pencil on paper), and repetitive marks, he creates intricately woven, non-objective drawings that bring the viewer’s focus to the micro and macro simultaneously.