Hello All! I hope you are well and enjoying all things summer! Happy Pride Month! It’s a busy time!!! A lot is going on everyday in Oak Park and I know OPAL’s classes, events and activities are scheduled among so many. I thank you for your attention and ongoing support of OPAL; by taking classes, exhibiting your artwork, donating your time and money, especially this time of year during our annual fundraising gala An Evening Under the Starry Night. Our celebration of OPALis just one week away!!!
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE - Click to purchase your tickets to be among the first to see our new exhibit WE SEE YOU and experience Mami Takahashi’s sound installation in our new residency space. Watch two of our talented instructors Jackie Lakely and Julie Sulzen creating something for you up in the studio. And it’s such a treat to have live music bye the Woodstreet Blood Hounds and Oak Park poet Hila Ratzabi read for us. There is something going on all over OPAL on this starry night!
—TOMORROW!! Have fun art button making with us at our booth at the 50th Day in Our Village, Sunday June 2, don’t forget to stop by and see what’s going on. OPAL’s board members will greet you at our booth and we’ll have a live figure drawing demo from 1-4pm, free for the first few artists to draw our clothed model Cynthia.
I hope you can make it to these and the other events detailed below, but if you can’t - I know it’s prime wedding/vacation/gardening/ graduation/houseguests time, so a donation to OPAL would help further our mission and be appreciated so much.
Stop by our booth at the 50th Day in Our Village. Make a wearable art button, check out our classes, exhibits and programs and watch or join in as we offer a live figure drawing
More figure sessions for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your
June 15 - Join our upcoming exhibitions! It’s A Sign and Youth Speak Truth, make a postcard or yard sign art installation June 21 - Plein Air Painting with Phyllis June 29 - Teen Printmaking workshop $30. July 20 - Self-portraits with Phyllis All materials are supplied and free of charge. No advanced regis
Our recent Spring Studio Sale earned OPAL enough to buy 6 new lightweight aluminum easels! Be the first to try them out in our upcoming Summer 1 Session starting this week.
OPAL announces a new residency program that will launch in tandem with We See You, with a sound installation MY WORDS ARE HARD TO HEAR by Mami Takahashi in the second studio upstairs. Visit our new
We are so grateful to have Sara Peak Convery meticulously photograph and post each artwork in our exhibits. Not only that but she adds all the details from the gallery tags and tags each artist on facebook so our show can be easily shared with all.Thank you Sara!
There are so many facets to keeping OPAL a warm and welcoming place to be and belong. Getting involved in even a small way makes a big difference. Check out our opportunities and needs here - Join in the fun and volunteer!
Discover new OPAL designs on swag you can wear and use to spread the word about the Oak Park Art League and help raise funds for our beloved organization. Find original artworks too!
Founded in 1921, OPAL is one of the longest, continually-running nonprofit arts organizations in Illinois, fulfilling its mission by offering high-quality art education, lectures, artist demonstrations, critiques, and monthly exhibitions in our historic gallery.
Our Mission
The Oak Park Art League's mission is to be a welcoming center of artistic inquiry, creative expression and art appreciation in Oak Park and the surrounding communities. Through the offering of dynamic public arts programming and exhibitions, our goal is to engage the beginner to professional artist in creative practices allowing for the refinement of their creative voice.
President: Linda DeViller Secretary: Maria Gedroc Teasurer: David Baker Buildings & Grounds: Lou Thetard Community Outreach: Margot McMahon Shira Slack Ginger Brent Thomas Yates
