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Women in Art Museum Tour to be Held at Art Institute of Chicago

Jul 29th, 2010
by DJacoby.
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cassattThe Chi-Town Women in Art group is hosting a tour at the Art Institute of Chicago which focuses exclusively on the great women artists on display at this famous museum. The tour event is the brainchild of Colette Gabriel, who conceived of the project while taking part in Landmark Education’s Self-expression and leadership program. The tour event is taking place on Saturday, August 14, at 10:30 am.

The tour lasts for an hour, and in addition to the guide, it will be accompanied by Beate Minkovski, who is executive director of the Chicago non-profit Woman Made Gallery, who will be on hand to discuss women artists in Chicago, the current state of women artists around the world, and anything else of importance to the tour group. There will be an optional lunch and discussion afterwards at the Garden Cafe located at the museum.

A $32 ticket pays for the special tour and a full day’s admission at the art museum. For more information or to get a ticket, contact Gabriel at cgabriel@me.com or go to the Chi-Town Women in Art group website.

Mystic River Clean Up

May 19th, 2010
by DJacoby.
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mystic_river_3According to the East Somerville Main Streets community organization, of East Somerville, Massachusetts,  Kristina Goesch and the project she created in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program (SELP) were responsible for an Earth Day clean up of the Mystic River.

Held the morning of April 17, the Mystic River Watershed Association and the Gentle Giant Rowing Club, of which Goesch is a member, organized the day. Goesch also brought in volunteers from the Rowing teams of several nearby high schools.

Goesch took on the project through her involvement in the rowing club – being out on the river exposes her to the trash and debris in the river. Goesch says that a big issue related to this is the need for better disposal methods in the city.

Along with the river clean up, Goesch also took on a shopping cart removal project in conjunction with the rowing team, which is bringing boats, equipment and even divers to help remove the carts. This has the support of local retailers, for whom cart loss has impacted their business.

Goesch is intending to expand the clean up and make it an annual event. For more information, go to the website of the Mystic River Watershed Association, mysticriver.org or call them at 781-316-3438.