Month: March 2025

Artists Creating Art, April 4 through 6, 2025, at The Morton Arboretum

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Visitors to the Nature Artists’ Guild’s Spring 2025 Exhibit at The Morton Arboretum will have the opportunity to interact with talented artists as they share thoughts about their inspirations and demonstrate their methods and materials.

The exhibit will showcase more than 200 works by 65 members of the Guild, including many by Featured Artist, Vicki Liszewski. Exhibit admission will be free of charge for all visitors to The Morton Arboretum (Arboretum admission fees will still be required, except for the Friday evening reception). No registration is required.

Detail of wool and silk fiber art, copyright Sharon Malec
Detail of African Elephant, copyright Carrie Carlson
Detail of Poppy Pods, charcoal, copyright Terrie McComb
Detail of Househunting, colored pencil, copyright Linda Hilderbrant
Detail of Scratch That, acrylic, copyright Lindsay Sandbothe
Detail of Prairie Drought, pen and ink, copyright Todd Serrano

2025 Spring Nature Art Exhibit Opening April 4 at The Morton Arboretum

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Pretty in pink, copyright Lisa Kanellos. Click on the image for a sample of exhibit artwork images.

The 2025 Spring Exhibit by members of the Nature Artists’ Guild opens at The Morton Arboretum on Friday, April 4, and continues through Sunday, April 6. This exhibit of more than 200 works of art by 65 members of the Guild will be open to Arboretum visitors between 10 and 4 each day.

A reception is planned for Friday evening from 4:30 until 7, and is open to all. Reception attendees will have free admission to the Arboretum on that evening, and there will be no charge for parking or admission to the exhibit. Registration is not required.

Please click on poster for an exhibit artwork sample preview.

Poster artwork by Featured Artist, Vicki Liszewski. Poster design by Jane Kellenberger.

The Daffodils Won’t Mind the Snow

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Daffodils, colored pencil, copyright Alice Wych

A little cold and snow won’t stop the daffodils! The green shoots now appearing throughout the area will become flowers in full bloom by next month, and members of the Nature Artists’ Guild will be gathering at The Morton Arboretum to enjoy the show.

On Thursday, April 17, 2025, beginning at 9:30 am, Guild artists will meet near the Thornhill Education Center of The Morton Arboretum for a paint-out at one of the Arboretum’s treasures, Daffodil Glade.

Coffee and Celia’s homemade muffins will be on hand to welcome participants, who can then wander off with their portable chairs and art supplies to find picturesque spots for enjoying the morning.

While everyone is invited to drop by the paint-out, registration is recommended (even for non-members) in order to receive email updates and details. A rain date may be announced later if necessary.

Safe Journey, Juncos, and Come Back, Kinglets!

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Golden-crowned Kinglet, watercolor, copyright Vicki Liszewski, Spring 2025 Featured Artist

And here it is! Chicagoland residents don’t need a calendar to know when spring has arrived. Almost overnight, the woods are filled with movement and sound, and green shoots begin to appear everywhere. Later this month, tiny, flitting Golden–crowned Kinglets will be spotted along wooded trails, seeming to cheerfully accompany humans on their walks.

The Nature Artists’ Guild’s contribution to the season will be their 2025 Spring Art Exhibit at The Morton Arboretum on April 4th through 6th. The exhibit will feature nearly 250 works of art by more than 65 Guild members. The Featured Artist for the 2025 Spring Exhibit will be Vicki Liszewski, whose joyful watercolors and pastels have been favorites of exhibit visitors for years (click here for more about Vicki and samples of her work).

The Guild will also be celebrating spring with a paint-out at the Arboretum’s beloved Daffodil Glade in April and the beginning of this year’s small-works project honoring the Arboretum, Flora. (More to come soon about these events.)

Spring Marches In with a Program, Paint-Out, and Exhibit

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So much to keep Nature Artists’ Guild members busy while awaiting the wonders of spring!

  • Joel Sheesley will share “conceptual and practical steps” in landscape painting on March 6, from 7 to 9 pm at the Thornhill Education Center of The Morton Arboretum. The program will be open to all, free of charge, with no registration required. (Posters and postcards for the Guild’s Spring 2025 Art Exhibit at The Morton Arboretum will also be available for attendees to take home and share with friends, family, and local businesses.)
  • A paint-out at the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum will take place on the morning of March 6, beginning at 9:30. Coffee and Celia’s homemade muffins will prepare artists for a lovely morning of sketching and painting. Drop-ins are welcome, but registration ensures being contacted with updates.
  • The final day for Nature Artists’ Guild members to register for the 2025 Spring Exhibit is only one week from today. Members will need to register online or by mail by Saturday, March 8, 2025 to be eligible to participate. Last year’s Spring Exhibit attracted more than 1300 visitors!