NeXt Gallery on Route 25 Announces Participating Artists

Online, March 13, 2012 (Newswire.com) - St. Charles, IL - The neXt gallery on Route 25 (1150 Fifth Avenue, St. Charles) is pleased to announce the local and regional Artists who have been juried into the pop-up art gallery, which will be opening on Saturday, March 17, with an Opening Reception from 5 to 8 p.m.

neXt gallery on Route 25 Artists:
Marianne Albers-McKoveck
Walter S. Arnold
Guy Bellaver
Debbie Beller
Bouba
Kathleen Cofoid
Franco Demonte
Henrietta Dubois
Kathleen Enright
Maeve Young Erickson
Dennis Franzen
Claudia Frost
Carol Hammerman
Thomas R. Hansen
Scott Harding
Brad Hook-Cooper
Susanne Keller
Bonnie Klyczek
Robert Krawczyk
Ginnie Lange
Natasha Lehrer
Hollis Levine
Tom Mahady
Donna Marquart
Angela Adele McElwain
Sandra Mehl
Kristine Miller
Zach Mory
Barbara J. Mueller
Kathryn Newcome
Michele Norman
Janice Rangel
Anne Ressman Zabinski
Stuart Roddy
Robert Rydin
Kai Schulte
Ezra Siegel
Ted Simmering
James E. Stephens
Nanette B. Stephens
Michael T. Wallace
Janet Wickham
Carol Zack
Edward D. Zack

Also on Route 25:
Emerging and Student Artists:
Jessica Beringer - Elgin Community College
Erin Grupp - Elgin Community College
Dana Marie Brown - Geneva High School

The gallery address is 1150 Fifth Avenue, 1 mile north of Route 64 on the east side of the highway. Overflow parking is available across the street at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in any one of their parking lots. The gallery web site is www.nextgallerystcharles.org, and the phone number is 630.429.0973. The St Charles Arts Council and the neXt gallery committee would like to extend their thanks to the building owners and Kathryn Newcome who provided graphic design work; Katie Podl Fish with Keller Williams Realty who facilitated the use of this space; Bethlehem Lutheran Church; and N. Henry and Sons who donated the gallery signage.

For more information about the neXt gallery on Route 25 check the gallery web site - or call 630.443.3794 (St Charles Arts Council office)

The St. Charles Arts Council is a 501(c)(3), registered not-for-profit Illinois corporation whose mission is to create an organization that serves and promotes the arts and cultural activities in St. Charles, to the mutual benefit of the arts and the community. The SCAC is staffed entirely by volunteers.

Some of the St Charles Arts Council's Arts Business Partners - Fine Line Creative Arts Center, Fox Valley Repertory, Marquee Youth Stage (MY Stage), St. Charles Singers, Steel Beam Theatre, TheMuralist.net, Tony & Friends Art Studio. The SCAC currently produces and sponsors the "neXt gallery" (a pop-up gallery program), and the "Art At Home" series.

About the neXt gallery program:
The neXt gallery Pop-Up Art Gallery program is a collaboration that promotes local/regional artists, the SCAC, and the St. Charles business community. The program is called neXt gallery, because you never know where it will pop up next!

About the St. Charles Arts Council:
The SCAC will serve all those individuals (professionals, amateurs, and students) who produce tangible, consumable works of the imagination and all organizations, businesses, and groups that include and represent those people. This would be arts and cultural activities in their broadest sense, including graphic, plastic, and decorative arts, architecture, crafts, literature and poetry, music, theater, and dance. The primary long-range goal is the transformation of St. Charles into an arts community/an arts magnet/a nationally-known arts market. Ultimately we foresee a municipal arts center, more working artists and opportunities in arts education, many privately-owned galleries, performance venues, and related arts businesses, and a downtown architecture and streetscape conducive to both the aesthetics and business of art. Contact the SCAC for information at 630.443.3794 or at [email protected].

About the City of St. Charles:
St. Charles, Illinois, located in both DuPage and Kane County, is 35 miles west of downtown Chicago. Over 2,100 businesses employ over 34,200 people, consisting of a balanced mix of retailers, restaurants, and manufacturing facilities. The City of St. Charles was recently named one of the "150 Great Places in Illinois" for the combined architectural work of the City Municipal Center, the Main Street Bridge, and the historic Hotel Baker.
The City's recently completed 2014 Strategic Plan includes the following Action Plan: Market and promote St. Charles as a friendly, appealing destination, characterized by activities, events, arts, and culture. Capitalize on artistic and cultural resources by supporting local talent and lively venues and activities. Encourage collective civic endeavors to broaden the variety of attractions and events.