Glen Ellyn-Wheaton

The Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Community Associates was formed in 1964 and has a current membership exceeding 325 members.

Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Community Associates works closely with the Art Institute of Chicago to identify topics of interest for programs, trips, seminars, study groups, and extended tours, all focused on appreciation of the visual arts. The group offers extensive and diverse opportunities for its members to grow in the knowledge of art.

Members reside in the following zip codes: 60137, 60189, 60187, 60148, 60190, 60143, 60523, 60174, 60126, and 60532.

Unless otherwise noted, programs are for Community Associates members only.

(g) Program is for Community Associates members and their guests. 
(p) Program is open to the public. 

For more information, e-mail CAcoordinator@artic.edu.

Upcoming Programs
2012-2013 

Lecture: House Beautiful—Interior Decoration in Ancient Rome (p)
September 12, 2012

Sarah Alvarez, Art Institute
Abbington Banquets
Continental Breakfast

Guided Tour: I&M Canal—National Heritage Corridor
September 25 and 27, 2012

Tour led by About Tours
Lunch at the Visitors’ Center at the Canal

Study Group Series: The Art of Women
October 2, 2012; November 7, 2012; February 6, 2013; March 6, 2012; April 3, 2013

Fairfield Inn/Heron Point Conference Center
Lombard, IL

Bus Trip: Champaign—Art and Architecture
October 9-11, 2012 

Three-day bus trip to Champaign, Springfield, and Kankakee. 
Tour led by About Tours

Guided Tour: The Great Chicago Fire
October 17 and 25, 2012

Al Walavich, historian
Lunch at Chicago Firehouse

Guest Artist Lecture: Glass Houses, Phantom Trucks, and Birds in Space (g)
November 8, 2012

Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, artist
Lunch optional at the Art Institute 

Guided Tour: Wright’s Jewels of Racine, Wisconsin
November 27, 2012

Lunch at Chancery Restaurant

Lecture: Enduring Coco Chanel (g)
December 5, 2012

Gillion Carrara, Director of the Fashion Resource Center, School of the Art Institute Lunch at Abbington Banquets

Lecture: The Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute
December 13, 2012

Jeff Nigro, Art Institute
Morton Auditorium, Art Institute

Guided Tour: Holocaust Museum & Education Center and Queen of All Saints Basilica
January 16 and 23, 2013

Lunch at Michigan Shores Club

Lecture: Art and Fashion of the Roaring Twenties (g)
February 13, 2013

Jeffrey Mishur, vice-president of Art Excursions
Glend Ellyn, IL
Lunch at Abbington Banquets

Art and Music Seminar: Picasso and Chicago—100 Years (g)
March 18, 2013

Stephanie D’Alessandro, Art Institute
Symphony Center 
Optional lunch at the Art Institute

Lecture: Conserving the Collection
March 26, 2013

Kate Kelly, Art Institute
Tour of Conservation Center
Lunch at Gibsons

Guided Tour: House of Blues and Intuit—The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
April 8, 2013

Docent led tour
Lunch at the House of Blues

Lecture: Art in the Courtroom—Famous Trials about Art
April 25, 2013

David Stark, Art Institute

Special Tour: Rhode Island—Providence and Newport
May 6-10, 2013

Tour by About Tours

Lecture: Maya Lin—The Vietnam Memorial and Beyond (g)
May 22, 2013

Levi Smith, Art Institute
Spring Tea at Abington Banquets, Glen Ellyn

Tour: Exploring Chinatown
June 13 and 18, 2013

Chinese-American Museum of Chicago and Zhou B. Art Center
Lunch at the Phoenix Restaurant