Art on Clark returns with live chalk drawings by Chicago artists and led by the talented artist Cheri Lee Charlton on select dates through the summer. Stop by to join the fun! There will be interactive opportunities available for all ages.
Listed below is this summer’s schedule:
- Saturday, June 29, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in front of Target (2650 N. Clark)
- Sunday, June 30, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in front of Dad’s Park (2224 N. Clark)
- Saturday, July 20, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in front of Target (2650 N. Clark)
- Sunday, July 21, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in front of Dad’s Park (2224 N. Clark)
- Saturday, August 17, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in front of Target (2650 N. Clark)
- Sunday, August 18, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in front of Dad’s Park (2224 N. Clark)
Cheri Lee Charlton is an illustrator, muralist, and teacher who lives in Chicago, IL. She has an MFA in Painting from Ohio University. She has been a college instructor for 15 years, most recently with the illustration department at Columbia College as a full time Practitioner in Residence. She has created work for clients such as The Sister Cities of Chicago, The American Consulate in Casablanca, BLICK Art Materials, The Girl Scouts of America, The Audubon Society, Chicago Fire Soccer Club, Gino’s East Pizza, and Neighborhood Hotel Lincoln Park. She is passionate about art education and promoting opportunities for young artists to learn more about the creation of murals. The content of her illustration focuses on whimsical depictions of children, nature, animals, and themes of environmental stewardship. You can see more of her work online at cherileecharlton.com or follow her on Instagram @chersugarlee.
Art on Clark is sponsored by the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce and Clark Street Special
Service Area (SSA) #23.
Art on Clark visitors are also encouraged to explore the incredible sculptures created by Chicago-based artists adorning Clark Street from Armitage to Diversey in Lincoln Park!
Tour the Sculptures on Clark Street in Lincoln Park
Art and culture are a vibrant part of Chicago, especially in the Lincoln Park community. Murals, sculptures, and unique pieces of art can be found across the neighborhood, including along Clark Street in Lincoln Park. The Art on Clark public art program, showcases local artists to help beautify and enhance the business corridor while adding to the rich history of art in the area.
The Art on Clark program features six exceptional sculptures by local artists, and you can take a free self guided tour along the route! Plus don’t forget to support the savory restaurants, one-of-a-kind shops, and delightful pubs along the way.
The Art on Clark sculpture tour runs along Clark Street from Armitage to Diversey. See the full list of sculptures below and use the interactive map to plan your tour.
Title: Gourdman
Artist: Shencheng Xu
Location: 2021 N. Clark
Shencheng Xu received his MFA in Sculpture from Maryland Institute College of Art’s Rinehart School of Sculpture in 2001 and his BFA in Sculpture from China’s Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1993. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and has completed over a dozen outdoor monumental sculptures both in United States and in China. His works have been published in “Sculpture” and he received the “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award” from International Sculpture Center. Since 2004, his sculptures have been featured in the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, founded in 2001 by then-Alderman Vi Daley, annually for the last 16 years. Currently he is a tenured professor of sculpture at Northeastern Illinois University.
Title: Astroterra
Artist: Nicole Beck
Location: 2224 N. Clark
Nicole Beck fuses rhythmic and poetic systems found in nature and the sciences. She builds ideas with forms that are dynamic and iconic. Sculptural installations for public art commissions arise from a highly collaborative process with exhaustive research and incorporate inventive materials like custom-laminated dichroic glass and programmable RGB LEDs. Installations are responsive to site and community input, they are always unique and surprising.
Nicole has attended artists residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Vermont Studio Center and Buffalo Creek Arts Center. She has completed many large-scale public sculpture installations nationwide in various sites and with a multitude of materials. She is intent on creating a network of support and hopes to include worldwide encounters.
Title: Finish Line
Artist: Terrence Karpowicz
Address: 2424 N. Clark
Terrence Karpowicz received a BFA in fine arts from Albion College, Michigan in 1970 and an MFA in Sculpture from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1973. After working with Mark di Suvero in 1972, he pursued large-scale sculpture, establishing his studio in Chicago in 1976. Karpowicz has received a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts awards, four grants from the Illinois Arts Council, The Newhouse Award, and numerous public and private commissions. He has exhibited throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and the Soviet Union. His work is held in collections of the City of Chicago, Oklahoma City, and the U.S. General Services Administration.
Title: Rise Up
Artist: Shencheng Xu
Address: 2619 N. Clark
Shencheng Xu received his MFA in Sculpture from Maryland Institute College of Art’s Rinehart School of Sculpture in 2001 and his BFA in Sculpture from China’s Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1993. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and has completed over a dozen outdoor monumental sculptures both in United States and in China. His works have been published in “Sculpture” and he received the “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award” from International Sculpture Center. Since 2004, his sculptures have been featured in the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit, founded in 2001 by then-Alderman Vi Daley, annually for the last 16 years. Currently he is a tenured professor of sculpture at Northeastern Illinois University.
Title: La Diva III
Artist: Ruth Aizuss Migdal
Address: 2650 N. Clark
Ruth Aizuss Migdal, a Chicago native, originally trained as a painter, but by 1971 became a sculptor exploring the human torso. She concentrates on exploring the female torso in its many complexities. Ruth uses bronze because of its permanence and flexibility. Her sculptures vary in size and scale from larger than life to paper weights as small as three inches in diameter.
The public sculptures with which she is currently deeply involved continued to explore the female torso in a larger than life scale. Fabricated in steel, they are celebrations expressed in dance and painted a vivid red.
Title: Silent Tactics
Artist: Micki LeMieux
Address: 639 W. Diversey
Micki LeMieux‘s work involves researching and exploring organic forms and patterns found in nature, particularly all the tiny little live things found in the microscopic world. Science and nature reveal amazing wonders that create the center of inspiration within Micki’s artistic practice. Micki is fascinated with nature and symbiotic relationships – how life forms grow and change, adapt, how they move and what they can become – and views the earth and the individual as one living organism. The idea of wholeness with the dynamics of nature to connect all things together ignites the imagination. Micki’s artwork is intended to be a playful reminder that wholeness is a collection of many diverse parts.
