My name is Sandy Blanc and I’m an artist whose work has been seen in many exhibits mostly in Illinois and in shows at ARC Gallery, when a member of the coop from 1993-1999. I’m pleased to be in two collections in Chicago, at the Oppenheimer Corp. and the legal offices of R. Fenton, and to have received several awards of merit over the years. I’m a graduate of Lawrence U. in Appleton, WI. I studied for nine years with Chicago watercolorist George Buehr and later at the Putney School of Art, Cass Polytechnic of the U of London, in London before earning my MA and MFA at NIU, DeKalb, IL. At NIU, I worked in the Center for Burma Studies for Dr Richard Cooler. In 1997 I began work for the Suburban Fine Arts Center (now The Art Center, Highland Park) where I remained for 10 years as the exhibition coordinator. My primary job was hanging the monthly shows in it’s gallery spaces. Other responsibilities included the Recycled Art Show, the Highland Park Festival of Fine Craft and the gift shop. My time there also included some teaching: collage and hanging art. I recently retired and continue to enjoy the experience and excitement of making art in my own studio, visiting with art friends here and around the country and exhibiting with art friends of the Group 22. I’ll be teaching collage at the Evanston Art Center in February of 2009.
As for having a “life” as they say. I’ve been happily married for 43 years, with 4 wonderful kids and 8 grandkids…and they are all grand! The most fun teaching has been doing art projects with them. My oldest, Michael, was born before I was married to Lou, and adopted and raised by a wonderful family, the Gilleys. I was very blessed to be able to reconnect with his life in 2003.
My other interests and activities include music, (my husband and I study vocal music with Roberta Singer, formerly with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus and a dear friend in art making as well as music making), church choir, being a cantor, sewing, reading, cooking and the Opera. I love sudokus, cryptoquotes, acrostics and almost anything from The Teaching Company. I dislike shopping and writing, which is why you shouldn’t expect daily additions to this blog…but this IS fun, thanks.
