The Chicago Print and Drawing Fair

March 17 – 20, 2011

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Wednesday, March 16       5 pm to 9 pm

Chicago Cultural Center , Sidney Yates Gallery

Entrance at Michigan and Randolph Street

Sponsored by: Eva-Maria Worthington, Worthington Gallery, Chicago

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)

 
 
The Fair will be held in the landmark Chicago Cultural Center in the famously exquisite Yates Gallery. Gala Preview: Wednesday, March 16, from 5 pm to 9 pm,    $75.00 (tax deductible according to law) to benefit The Department of Prints and Drawings of The Art Institute of Chicago. To purchase opening night tickets by check, please make the check payable to: "The Art Institute of Chicago, Print and Drawing Department" and send to: Worthington 737 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1540 Chicago, IL 60611-6653 To purchase tickets by credit card, please call 312-437-0504  Exhibition Days and Hours: 
Thursday and Friday 11 am – 7 pm Saturday and Sunday 11 am – 5 pm The Gala.. Vintage Cars from the car museum of one of our illustrious donors will be greeting the Gala Guests at the Randolph Street entrance.  Tasty morsels by the finest caterers in Chicago are being donated. Delicious wines have also been provided by one of our generous Chicagoan art lovers. To take away.. everyone will receive some of the finest imported chocolates and a poster of a Self Portrait by Käthe Kollwitz. And more! Fifteen especially selected dealers from all over the country will be participating. Dr. Richard Simms, the world renowned print and drawing expert and foremost collector of Käthe Kollwitz's works, will lecture on March 18 at 2 pm on Collecting and Connoisseurship. Audrey Niffenegger (author of “The Time Traveler’s Wife”) will talk on her love of Ink and Print Making on Saturday, March 19 at 2 pm and about The Artists That Influenced Her Work. Richard Hunt will exhibit his drawings and prints and talk about Prints and Drawings From a Sculptor's Perspective on Sunday, March 20 at 1 pm. The website is chicagoprintanddrawingfair.com http://chicagoprintanddrawingfair.com/Chicago_Print_and_Drawing_Fair/Yates_gallery.htmlhttp://chicagoprintanddrawingfair.com/Chicago_Print_and_Drawing_Fair/Vintage_Cars.htmlhttp://chicagoprintanddrawingfair.com/Chicago_Print_and_Drawing_Fair/Exhibitors.htmlhttp://chicagoprintanddrawingfair.com/shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3

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