ARTIST'S STATEMENT.  In my work, I enjoy bringing together various items or characters that mean a lot to me as a person and as an artist.  The beet head that appears in so many of my pieces is based on a small wooden figure that I purchased at an import store.  I am very fond of this object and was inspired to draw it for the first time in early 2005.  The figure with the plant on his shoulder and number seven at his waist represents me, a traveler through life who searches the southern shore of Lake Michigan for precious crinoid fossils.  The fish, rainbow, sun and moon, and other assorted items floating in the sky all present aspects of my personality and varied interests.
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          I hope to tell a story in my pictures, and the story is basically an extended investigation of who I am and what I discover in the landscape of both my imagination and the region I call home.  The steel mill one sees in the lower right corner of many of my drawings serves as a small indicator of the geographical location for my personal and fanciful scenarios; in a sense, I wish my works to function like a message in a bottle, where through the drawings I reach across time and space to communicate to the viewer the way I felt, the things I was thinking about, as I created the picture.
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          I concentrate primarily on drawing because I like the directness of this art-making approach.  Each pen line I apply to the paper breathes more life into my chosen subjects, and I enjoy the thrill of seeing these subjects emerge and proclaim their individual identities.
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          Overall, my art takes me on a quirky, surreal journey of self-discovery, where pleasant characters get invented in the process that, through their disarmingly unusual natures and appearances, encourage viewers to perhaps plumb their own imaginations and delight in the wonders they may find there.
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            Gregg Hertzlieb is the director/curator of the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana.  Hertzlieb has a master’s degree in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a master’s degree in education from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

An exhibiting artist working primarily in watercolor and pen and ink, Hertzlieb has shown his art in numerous exhibitions.  His work is in both public and private collections.

Hertzlieb is the editor of the books The Calumet Region: An American Place (Photographs by Gary Cialdella) (2009), Heeding the Voice of Heaven: Sadao Watanabe Biblical Stencil Prints (2010), and Domestic Vision: Twenty-Five Years of the Art of Joel Sheesley (2008), as well as a contributor to the books The Indiana Dunes Revealed: The Art of Frank V. Dudley (2006) and American Railroad China: Image and Experience (2008).  In addition to performing his duties at the museum, Hertzlieb teaches Museum Studies, serves as art editor for Valparaiso University’s journal The Cresset, and contributes essays on Brauer collection objects to the Valparaiso Poetry Review.  Hertzlieb is a native of Northwest Indiana and lives in Chesterton.  His email address is Gregg.Hertzlieb@valpo.edu.

Featured Artist. MAVELIN del VALLE



MAVELIN del VALLE will exhibit her work at POPUPART on Lake Street.  | December 3 | 5:00PM til 9:00PM | in Miller Beach
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Featured Artist. ANITA ZURAWSKI

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Anita Zurawski will exhibit at POPUPART on Lake Street.  December 3.  5:00 - 9:00 with 40 other artists.
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Featured Artist. WHITNEY J. OWSLEY

More than 40 Artists will exhibit at POPUPART on Lake Street in Miller Beach. Saturday, December 3. 5:00PM until 9:00PM The images below are from Whitney J. Owsley's Collection of Characters.





This event is sponsored by the Miller Beach Arts and Creative District.  For more information, link HERE
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POPUPART ON LAKE STREET
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Photography by Artist Therese Carey will be on exhibit at POPUPART on Lake Street.  October 29, 2011.  Don't miss this.
"AQUATORIUM"


BIO:  Growing up, Ms. Carey’s father was an avid photographer.  Uncomfortable being the subject, she quickly mastered her father’s camera and began to explore life through the lense.   Ms. Cary continued to develop her photography skills over the years that followed, attending classes at both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago.  In 2007, Therese moved to Miller Beach to be closer to the natural beauty of the dunes.  She regularly spends the early morning hours of her weekends meditating through her camera lense.
STATEMENT:  Photography has taught me to be visually alert.  It has been a source of meditation, requiring me to clear my mind in order to focus on the simple beauty that surrounds me daily.  My most successful images are ones that evoke the peace I feel at the moment that I’m seeing through the lense and activating the shutter. 

Website:  twisi.me
Email address:  twisi.me@gmail.com

To see more Photography by Therese Carey link <HERE>  For more information  on POPUPART link <HERE>  To Learn more about Miller Beach, link <HERE>



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This is about to become a very exciting MILLER BEACH tradition. 

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