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North Shore Art League Annual Members' Show 2013: A Celebration of Art, Flowers, Music and More

The 89th Annual North Shore Art League Members’ Show, featuring Art-in-Bloom, opens with a Benefit Party on September 6 and runs through September 15 this year, with hours 10:00 am -3:00 pm daily and Noon -3:00 pm weekends, with special extended hours on Thursday evening, September 12, 6:00-8:00 pm.   The North Shore Art League (NSAL) considers this 9-day exhibition its major event and benefit of the year.  This stellar art display showcases the work of our member artists and NSAL faculty whose talents and support have sustained the organization for close to nine decades.
On Friday evening, September 6th, the exhibition will launch with the Members’ Show Artists' Opening Reception and Benefit Party from 6:30 - 9:30 pm.  Cost is $60/person in advance, $70/person at the door.  Be the first to preview the outstanding fine art in our gallery space on the second floor of the Winnetka Community House, and be amazed by floral interpretations of selected artwork, Art-in-Bloom, by renowned local garden club arrangers and florists in Room 211.  Enjoy a fabulous light supper and open bar, and peruse the many silent auction tables.  Highlights of our Silent Auction include a vacation stay at a Beaver Creek condo, sports, theater and symphony tickets, a Chicago architectural tour, gift certificates from local businesses, and quality art-related items.
The Winnetka Community House, where the NSAL has its studios and offices, is located at 620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka.  Proceeds will be dedicated to funding NSAL operations and annual scholarship programs recognizing the achievements of area high school art students.  For more information regarding the Members’ Show, please contact the North Shore Art League office at 847-446-2870 or e-mail at nsal@sbcglobal.net.
The Gray Duo will perform a diverse repertoire of classical music during the Members' Show opening reception.  The exceptionally talented and accomplished musical siblings, violinist and violist Erika Gray and cellist Johannes Gray, will delight guests with their musical skills, energy and passion.  Erika, age 17, is both concertmaster of the New Trier High School Chamber Orchestra and principal violist of its Symphony Orchestra.  Her brother, Johannes, age 16, principal cellist of the New Trier Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, has also been a featured soloist with a number of orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Highland Park Strings and Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra.  Both Erika and Johannes won the New Trier Concerto Competition as sophomores, in 2012 and 2013 respectively.  This summer Erika toured Russia and London as a member of the inaugural National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.  Both musicians  participated in the Sejong International Music Festival at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in August.  Their string quartet, 'Quartet Stracciatella', was the Gold medal winner in the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and was featured on NPR's From The Top radio program.

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