Northwest Indiana

The Northwest Indiana Community Associates was organized in 1993 with forty charter members. The chapter has since grown to almost 300 members. Lake and Porter counties in Indiana are home to most of the group's members. A large annual membership meeting in September kicks off the new year, generating interest and excitement for the upcoming calendar of programs and events.

Yearly programming, in close association with the Art Institute of Chicago, includes image-illustrated lectures at the Art Institute, a six-part study series and tours to other significant museums and cultural institutions in the Chicago metropolitan and regional areas.

Members reside in the following zip codes: 46321, 46307, 46385, 46383, 46375, 46322, 46304, 46311, 46403, and 46319.

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

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

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

Upcoming Programs
2012-2013 

Lecture: Pearls—The Queen of Gems (g)
September 13, 2012

Kathleen Kamal, artist and head of the Metals and Jewelry Design program at the College of DuPage
Annual Membership Meeting and Coffee
Strongbow Restaurant, Valparaiso, IN

Fall Bus Trip: Robert McCormick Mansion and Cantigny Park
October 9, 2012 or October 16, 2012

Lunch at Le Jardin
Wheaton, IL

Study Group Series: Native Art of North America
October 29, 2012

Kate Kelly, Art Institute 
Indiana Wesleyan University, Merrillville, IN

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 

Holiday Bus Trip: A Celebration of the Ancient Mediterranean—The Jaharis Collection
December 11, 2012

Sarah Alvarez, Art Institute 
Morton Auditorium, Art Institute  
Lunch at Athena Restaurant
After lunch visit the National Hellenic Museum

Lecture: Conserving the Collection (g)
January 11, 2013

Kate Kelly, Art Institute 
Morton Auditorium, Art Institute  
Lunch at Petterino’s

Study Group Series: Art of the Colonial Period—Faces and Furniture
January 18, 2013

David Stark, Art Institute 
Indiana Wesleyan University, Merrillville, IN

Winter Bus Trip: The Chicago Mosaic School 
February 6, 2013 or February 7, 2013

Tour by About Tours
Lunch at Spacca Napoli
After lunch visit Lill Street Art Center and Architectural Artifacts 

Study Group Series: A New Nation—American Art Ascendant
February 26, 2013

Annie Morse, Art Institute 
Indiana Wesleyan University, Merrillville, IN

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

Stephanie D’Alessandro, Art Institute 
Symphony Center 
Lunch optional at the Art Institute

Study Group Series: Next to Nature—American Landscape
April 10, 2013

David Stark, Art Institute 
Indiana Wesleyan University, Merrillville, IN

Lecture: Japanese Art and the Culture of Tea (g)
April 17, 2013

Lucas Livingston, Art Institute 
Millennium Park Room, Art Institute
Lunch at Russian Tea Time, Chicago

Lecture: A Context for Collecting—American Art and the Union League Club of Chicago (g)
May 16, 2013

Wendy Greenhouse, independent art historian
Lunch at the Union League Club of Chicago
Study Group Event

Lecture: American Art at the Turn of the Century
May 23, 2013

Jeff Nigro, Art Institute 
Indiana Wesleyan University, Merrillville, IN

Lecture: Abbeys—Ancient to Modern (g)
June 11, 2013

Lecture by Art Bourgeois, Retired Chairman of the Art Department Governors State University
Lunch at The New Innsbrook Country Club, Merrillville, IN