Exhibits & Events
Join us for music at the Friendship Park Gazebo on Tuesday nights starting July 5.
Bring your deck chairs, coolers, and friends for the following bands:
Reunion Jazz Orchestra on July 5
Lake Effect on July 12
Limited Edition Big Band on July 19
Blue Buddha on July 26
FUZE Band on August 9
and
Felix Pham's Jazz Band on August 16
See you there!
ACA Exhibits “Jazz Occurrence” Paintings by Lewis Achenbach
Visitors to the Addison Center for the Arts gallery will have a chance to see a collection of Jazz Occurrence paintings by Lewis Achenbach on display from August 20 through September 24, 2022. The show will open with a public reception from 5 to 7PM on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Local rock and blues guitar legend, Joe Eddy Brown, will collaborate with Lewis Achenbach on a demonstration of the artist’s creative process.
An intrinsic feature of Jazz music is it’s loose structure and improvisational riffs. But instead of slapping the upright bass or blowing a brassy sax, visual artist Lewis Achenbach from Wheaton joins the band and jams along with paint on canvas. As he works in tandem with the musicians, his paintings give insight to and celebrate a synaesthesia of two art forms. His paintings are documents of a multisensory event - a Jazz Occurrence.
Each performance and each painting have their own ambience wherein Achinbach has “captured the frequency of the room.” Through his artistry, viewers can feel the lively, frenetic, or sultry vibe of a concert.
“My background in animation is important in the success of a Jazz Occurrence, utilizing storytelling, storyboards, key frames, key poses. Consider a painting that takes a 45 minute set to create. This artwork is built using layers of music abstracted and representation, like looking at the frames of an animated film, all at once. It is a document of time; a form of time travel, each brushstroke portending the next musical phrase. Absurd in concept, yet potential beautiful and revelatory in the act. Every artwork is a sketch for a singular body of work that tells the Sonic Story.”
- Lewis Achenbach
In addition to his solo art exhibit, Achenbach is doing a private demonstration and performance in ATHS’s Studio Theater (adjacent to the ACA) for the members of the Addison Art Guild and members of the Addison Center for the Arts in collaboration with local jazz pianist, Felix Pham. If you are interested in attending this private event on September 15 at 7PM, you will need to join or renew your membership to either organization. There are a very limited number of first-come seats available. Call 630-458-4500 or email julie@addisoncenterforthearts.org for more information.
The Addison Center for the Arts gallery is open from Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 pm. The exhibition runs from August 20 through September 24, 2022. Admission is always FREE.
Visitors to the Addison Center for the Arts gallery will have a chance to see a collection of Jazz Occurrence paintings by Lewis Achenbach on display from August 20 through September 24, 2022. The show will open with a public reception from 5 to 7PM on Saturday, August 20, 2022. Local rock and blues guitar legend, Joe Eddy Brown, will collaborate with Lewis Achenbach on a demonstration of the artist’s creative process.
An intrinsic feature of Jazz music is it’s loose structure and improvisational riffs. But instead of slapping the upright bass or blowing a brassy sax, visual artist Lewis Achenbach from Wheaton joins the band and jams along with paint on canvas. As he works in tandem with the musicians, his paintings give insight to and celebrate a synaesthesia of two art forms. His paintings are documents of a multisensory event - a Jazz Occurrence.
Each performance and each painting have their own ambience wherein Achinbach has “captured the frequency of the room.” Through his artistry, viewers can feel the lively, frenetic, or sultry vibe of a concert.
“My background in animation is important in the success of a Jazz Occurrence, utilizing storytelling, storyboards, key frames, key poses. Consider a painting that takes a 45 minute set to create. This artwork is built using layers of music abstracted and representation, like looking at the frames of an animated film, all at once. It is a document of time; a form of time travel, each brushstroke portending the next musical phrase. Absurd in concept, yet potential beautiful and revelatory in the act. Every artwork is a sketch for a singular body of work that tells the Sonic Story.”
- Lewis Achenbach
In addition to his solo art exhibit, Achenbach is doing a private demonstration and performance in ATHS’s Studio Theater (adjacent to the ACA) for the members of the Addison Art Guild and members of the Addison Center for the Arts in collaboration with local jazz pianist, Felix Pham. If you are interested in attending this private event on September 15 at 7PM, you will need to join or renew your membership to either organization. There are a very limited number of first-come seats available. Call 630-458-4500 or email julie@addisoncenterforthearts.org for more information.
The Addison Center for the Arts gallery is open from Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 pm. The exhibition runs from August 20 through September 24, 2022. Admission is always FREE.
Enjoy Virtual Exhibits
"Tales & Stories," "Scenes of Nature" and many more. Ongoing |
Virtual Exhibit
Expressions: Art & Verse Feb. 16 - March 19, 2022 |
Thanks to these funding agencies for helping the Addison Center for the Arts bring the Arts to our community.
The Addison Center for the Arts acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, the DuPage Foundation, the Village of Addison, our corporate sponsors and members of the community. THANK YOU!
The Addison Center for the Arts acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, the DuPage Foundation, the Village of Addison, our corporate sponsors and members of the community. THANK YOU!
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Tune In!
Tune in to the Addison Community Television Program on Comcast Cable Channel 6 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 for a the ACTV Digest featuring Arts in Addison among other happenings in Addison.
You can also view it on YouTube, or watch live on Addison Advantage!
You can also view it on YouTube, or watch live on Addison Advantage!