The Chesterton Art Center will present some new exhibits in May.
Birds of the Hudson: Block Prints by the late Stephen Rengstorf, and Prairies Big and Small: Photographs by Susan Kirt will open on May 2 and run through May 29 at the Chesterton Art Center at 115 S 4th St., Chesterton.
"Both artists investigate and reveal elements of our country’s ecosystems through their own artistic perspectives and techniques," Chesterton Art Center Marketing Director Agia Amezcua-Bone said in a press release.
A reception will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17 and include a cash bar and light refreshments. It falls on a Third Friday in Chesterton.
The Rengstorf exhibition features woodcut and linoleum block prints depicting raptors and the outdoors, especially scenes from New York's Hudson River Valley.
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“I create images that offer the viewer a glimpse into the daily odyssey of birds in the environment this great river provides, “ the last artist said in a statement.
It will exhibit Kirt's prairie photography both in its main Chesterton gallery and at at the Das Gallery located at Country Inn & Suites, 2020 LaPorte Ave. in Valparaiso. That exhibit will run through July 31 and include a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on June 20.
"Prairies Big and Small: Photographs by Susan Kirt immerses the viewer in the rare and endangered Tallgrass Prairie ecosystem and the fragments of this once vast landscape," Amezcua-Bone said. "Kirt’s exceptional photographs connect people with the diverse prairie plants and animals found in the patchwork of the Chicago region’s grasslands, both in remnants and planted reconstructions."
A Family Art Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11.
For more information, visit chestertonart.org.
A look back at Northwest Indiana businesses that closed in 2023
A look back at Region businesses that closed in 2023
Beer Geeks, one of the Region's first, most beloved and most influential craft beer bars, closed after more than a decade and is being reimagined as a new concept.
The landmark 88-year-old castle-shaped White Castle in Whiting is coming down to be replaced with a newer, larger, more modern White Castle restaurant.Â
A longtime staple in downtown Crown Point poured its last drink.
The longtime Westforth Sports gun shop is closing.
The Silver Line Building Products plant at 16801 Exchange Ave. will be shuttered permanently.
Brewfest in Highland will close in what's been called "an end of an era."
David's Bridal filed for bankruptcy and could close all stores if no buyer emerges to save it.
The 88-year-old Whiting White Castle will be remembered with displays at museums in two different states.
For years, the "millionaire's club" met every morning in the corner booth of the historic 88-year-old White Castle at Indianapolis Boulevard and 119th Street in downtown Whiting. The landmark restaurant served its final slider Tuesday.Â
One of Northwest Indiana's most popular and enduring hobby shops is looking for a buyer after the longtime owner died.
J&L This N That Consignment Shop, a popular thrift store, closed in downtown Whiting after a run of several years.
A Calumet Region institution, Calumet Fisheries on the far South Side of Chicago, is temporarily closed after failing a city health inspection.
Just days after reopening after city health inspectors shut it down, Calumet Fisheries suffered a major fire.
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant is no mas in Valparaiso.
Beer Geeks in Highland rebranded as B-Side Bar & Lounge and then closed within a few months.
Troubled retailer Bed Bath and Beyond will permanently close its Valparaiso location as it shutters more stores nationwide as it looks to restructure and shrink its footprint to save the struggling business.
Peoples Bank has shuttered its branch in downtown Hammond.Â
Viking Artisan Ales will soon pour its last craft beer at its Merrillville taproom.
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom is closing after 15 years at one of Northwest Indiana's most prominent highway interchanges.
The Chicago Auto Show, the nation's largest auto show, returns to McCormick Place Saturday, running through Feb. 19.
Munster-based Land O'Frost, the packaged lunchmeat giant, is laying off 215 workers in Chicago and shuttering a plant it acquired two years ago.