===== PDF PAGE 4 ===== [Extraction: embedded PDF text] WEST CHICAGO CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM: 4.a.1 TITLE: 2024 Art Banner Exhibit: Artwork DATE: March 7, 2024 ITEM SUMMARY: The 2024 Art Banner Exhibit has received 68 art entries from 39 artists. Following the submission period, the 2024 jurors provided their selection for the 26 artworks that will be included in this year’s Exhibit. A Google Sheet document was added to the Commission’s Drive, which contains the results of their selection. Accompanying this Summary is the PDF that includes each of the 26 artworks selected, that will need to be confirmed by the Commission for the Exhibit. After confirmation of the artworks, City staff will add the artists names and provide the volunteer Commissioner(s) with a link to the location of the file that will include all the necessary details to begin designing the banners. MOTION PROPOSED: • Confirm the artwork for the 2024 Art Banner Exhibit. ===== PDF PAGE 5 ===== [Extraction: embedded PDF text] ArtBannerExhibit_Voting_FINAL Next Stop, 38 N/A View Artwork Celebration Station 37 Spring Has Sprung A Julia Heliconian orange butterfly feeding on spring flowers. A long lens and good View Artwork light helped in capturing this butterfly enjoying a meal. 35 Celebrate! Fireworks View Artwork 32 Celebration Sunrise This was made with paint and shows a beautiful sunrise. It makes me happy! View Artwork Oil on canvas. 29 Breaking Through Any kind of break-through is worth celebrating, and the best kind might just be new View Artwork life! Photos of a large sculpture in Torremolinos Spain, located just off the banks of the Mediterranean Sea. These girls represent the celebration of life and joy that come 27 Celebration of Joy View Artwork with visiting the Promenade in the Costa Del Sol. Taken during our trip with the Chamber of Commerce. Taken with Canon EOS, 159mm telephoto f2.8 ===== PDF PAGE 6 ===== [Extraction: embedded PDF text] ArtBannerExhibit_Voting_FINAL Burst of color Two Colorful water bottles bursting to celebrate. 26 1. Artwork 2160 x 3024 pixels at 72 DPI. View Artwork celebration 2. Banner Lets Celebrate 36 x 72 Available. Celebrate for any reason on the planet 24 Time to Celebrate The drawings are the same, but the Title inside of the Banner has the different View Artwork color. You can chose which is more appropriate. Locomotive and fireworks, painted in acrylic on canvas. 18" x 36" Celebration of As a 30+ year resident, trains and fireworks are the two things that have remained 23 View Artwork History consistent in West Chicago, as long as I can remember. This original painting is loosely based on the "Big Boy" locomotives from the past. 22 Celebra la Vida Watercolor & Oil Pastel with digital color enhancement. View Artwork Celebrating a sweet 21 Child with an ice cream cone View Artwork treat of summer This celebration, held on November 1 and 2, commemorates the lives of the dearly The Day of the departed. The "calaveras," or sugar skulls and the marigold flowers are important 19 symbols of these days, during which families welcome back the spirits of their View Artwork Dead loved ones. Widely celebrated in Mexico, it is also commemorated in the United States and other Latin American countries. ===== PDF PAGE 7 ===== [Extraction: embedded PDF text] ArtBannerExhibit_Voting_FINAL "Celebration" is an approximately 18" plaster statuette, "Triumph" is about 15" tall. I had a solo exhibit at Gallery 200 in November of 2023 called "My 3D Journey". In "Celebration" and this exhibit I showcased how my art has "jumped off the canvas" in the last 8 years 18 by transitioning slowly but surely from 2D art into 3D. View Artwork "Triumph" My collection of 8 plaster statuettes show different positive emotions. When I saw the theme for this year's Banner project I took it as a sign, that my "Celebration" and "Triumph" pieces should be entered :-) 17 Celebrate Summer Acrylic Paintings os summer flowers. Especially Sunflowers. View Artwork In my work "Improvisation" I sought to visually represent the interplay of instruments that occurs when jazz musicians perform on stage. The double bass, 16 Improvisation trombone, piano and drum playfully come into and exit the picture frame at jaunty View Artwork angles. The interlocking planes and angles of the instruments give the painting movement and energy- a celebratory tone to the finished painting. 14 It's a big deal Food festival is a big deal! View Artwork 13 Amazing Moment Celebrating together with a mother and child bond. View Artwork I took this photo of a blue roan colt after he was turned out. He celebrated his Horses Celebrating return to his friends with a neigh, his head held up high in the air, galloping to 12 them. His friend in the photo waits for him. View Artwork His Release I thought it fit the description of your artwork because at this moment in time in the photo, he was celebrating his freedom. ===== PDF PAGE 8 ===== [Extraction: embedded PDF text] ArtBannerExhibit_Voting_FINAL Most high school teachers don't have the opportunity to experience life's firsts with Fall Leaves/Hojas their students. However teaching our newest community members creates unique 11 opportunities. Many of my students come from places without the extreme View Artwork de Otono changes of seasons that we experience in West Chicago. I snapped this photo as one of my students scattered her first pile of leaves into the autumn air. Acrylic paint on 100 pound vellum. This artwork is an homage to the belief that on Dia de los Muertos, the barrier between the spiritual world and the physical world dissolves. During this time, souls of the departed return to visit their living relatives, bringing joy and Celebration of 9 celebration. View Artwork Spirits In creating this work, I was inspired by the rich heritage and the heartfelt expressions of those who celebrate Dia de los Muertos. This painting is a tribute to the enduring spirit of those we have lost and a celebration of the eternal connection that we share with them. 8 I Love Fireworks! Digital Photo Collage assembled in Photoshop with hand drawn shapes and my View Artwork own photos and scanned hand-altered papers. 7 Celebration Mixed media on paper - acrylic paint, inks, pen-work and markers View Artwork The desire of unity in our community is the base abstract concept I use in all my work. I do this to demonstrate the way all of us can interact with each other as we Unity in the traverse through the friction of life. The vibrant colors, organic shapes, undulating 6 clouds, and other icons abstractly represent humans as individuals residing View Artwork Community 1 together harmoniously in their community. I also utilize a variety of simple icons and abstract shapes to create undulating surrealistic landscapes, which creates a vibrant space where the art resides. 4 Elle's Delight Young Elle celebrates the beauty of a falling leaf. View Artwork ===== PDF PAGE 9 ===== [Extraction: embedded PDF text] ArtBannerExhibit_Voting_FINAL Nothing says party like a Pinata! Traditional for birthday and other fun events, the 3 Party Time Pinata bright colors of the Pinata and the promise of dulces [sweets] brings the kids View Artwork running. 2 Sunlit Dancer A photo of a young dancer in celebration of Hispanic culture. View Artwork