Arts & Riverwoods Show

Do NOT miss the Arts & Riverwoods show, starting Saturday & Sunday, October 13th and 14th from 10 am - 5 pm. Now, in its 48th year This FREE, open to the public annual event will feature 50 juried artists. You will find exquisite jewelry, fiber arts, paintings, 2D, wood, photography, ceramics, quilts, sculpture and so much more. To make the event fun for you and you kids, make sure you check out the Student Art Exhibit, and Kids Activity Area sponsored by Home Depot, and featuring irresistible kettle corn popped fresh from Chippy’s Kettle Corn, plus plenty of food from Wapaghetti’s Pizza.

For almost 50 years Arts& Riverwoods has supported the arts and the North Shore community. Proceeds from previous shows provided scholarships and funding to students at local high schools students, and funded Art Enrichment Awards at six area elementary schools. Further, this event helped fund the non-profit Art Mobile Art classroom-on wheels in Waukegan Township.

Arts & Riverwoods Show
Ryerson Woods on Riverwoods Road
(Between Deerfield and Half Day Roads)
Entrance is on Riverwoods Road, one and one-half miles south of Half Day Road (Route 22) and two miles north of Deerfield Road, just west of the I-94 Tollway.

This year’s participating artists include:

Judith Aladjem - Jewelry
Shannon Bowman & Kristin Malinich - Stone
Barb Beckman - Functional art glass
Scott & Amy Belford - Ceramics
Sher Berman - Jewelry
Peter Blindt - Painting
Paul Bobrowitz - Sculpture
Steve Cambrone - Sculpture
Dan Cuevas - Painting
Patrice Curry & Susie Schuster - Mosaics
Jeff Easley - Wood
Scott Fishman - Photography
Lynn Floriano - Jewelry
Sharon Frankenstein - Jewelry
Anne Gilna - Painting
Karen Hoelsher - Fiber - purses
Bob King - Photography
Lisa Kleppinger & Niki Zeman - Jewelry
Robert Klunk - 2D Mixed Media
Laura Kochevar - Fiber - wearble & decorative
Raimundas & Raminta Lapsys - Glass
George & Elsie Laurell - Ceramics
Sharon Levy - Jewelry
Krys Lieffers - Fiber
Smadar Livne - Painting
Joan Maxwell - Jewelry
Eva May - Fiber - wearable
Maria Napoli - Painting
Anita Peters - Jewelry
Mark Pflughoeft - Painting
Daro Pohl - Fiber - non wearable
Julie Ressler - Painting
Peter Rujuwa - Sculpture
John Sewell - 3D Mixed Media
Jerry Siegan - Painting
Craig Stein - Glass
Donna Stone - Jewelry
John & Christine Strobel - Jewelry
Jie Tan - Fiber
Hiram Torasson - Glass
Sherri Tracey - Fiber; Painting
Catherine Wahl - Fiber - non wearable
Bruce Wilson - Painting
Jack V. Wohlstadter - Wood & Stone
Phyllis Woloshin - Jewelry