Start Your BIPOC Art Collection
Featured image by Jevoid Simmons Recently, an art collector reached out for a list of BIPOC artists who were members of Evanston Made. I sent the collector the list below. Purchasing art by people of color is a fast way to do good. We will…
Evanston Made Artist is Using Portraits to Help Small Business Owners
Today we’re celebrating Evanston Made artist Chris Froeter, who is using his wonderful painting skills to help small local businesses. You can listen to a recent interview Chris had with Lisa D and you can read an article about Chris’s project below. Listen to Chris…
Lisa talks to with artist Ted Glasoe, ambassador for Alliance for the Great Lakes
Listen to Lisa Degliantoni and Liz Cramer host a conversation with artist Ted Glasoe, ambassador for Alliance for the Great Lakes, to learn about the state of the Great Lakes. Listen at https://soundcloud.com/lisa-degliantoni “What are the major issues facing the Lakes’ health? What can be…
Evanston Made and Citizens Greener Evanston Partner to Launch Evanston Loves Nature Coloring Book!
EVANSTON, IL – In celebration of Art for Earth Month, Evanston Made publishes the “Evanston Loves Nature” coloring book, designed to engage kids of all ages (and adults) with Evanston’s flora, fauna and wild animals. The concept originated as part of Evanston Made’s Art for…
Photographing Artwork with Your iPhone
One of the things we love about our members is that they come from all levels of the art world. We have long term professionals and educators. We have people just getting started and people returning after many years working elsewhere. And our goal is…
Boundary Issues Exhibition Recap
Boundary Issues began when David Rubman offered Lisa Degliantoni the use of his empty warehouse space for the month of June. Lisa began to envision a large scale group show of installation artists from Evanston. The only problem? Opening night was a month away. But…
Handcrafted Treasures Overflow at the Evanston Made Pop Up Shop!
On Friday, May 31, the Evanston Art Center will be teeming with local artists and their friends for the Evanston Made Group Show Opening Party & Side/Lot Experimental Film Screening. Not only will attendees be able to see a plethora of visual arts created locally,…
Members Mixer #2 @ Edgewater Candles!
This recap is coming in a little late but Edgewater Candles deserves a huge shout out for hosting our 2nd Members Mixer on April 12! What a beautiful space! As soon as you walk in you’re dazzled by the seductive smells. In fact, I found…
Our First Mixer – Woohoo!
Last night we hosted our first Evanston Made Members Mixer. It was so great! We had a room full of creatives introducing themselves to each other, catching up with each other and celebrating each other! A Trader Joe’s run supplied us with wine, sparkling…
Welcome to the new Evanston Made
Yeah! You’ve found the new Evanston Made website! This new online home of all things EM is just the big beautiful site we need to grow all of the IRL (in real life) plans we have for the coming year and beyond! When Lisa Degliantoni…