Winnetka

In 1953, Winnetka Community Associates was established as the first suburban Associates group of the Art Institute of Chicago. There was immediate response to this outreach by the Art Institute. Currently there are over 250 members. Today, Winnetka Community Associates continues to foster a connection between the suburbs of Winnetka, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Northfield, Glenview, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Art lectures illustrated with images, art study seminars, and trips to significant cultural institutions combine to create an outstanding program year. All programs are coordinated through the Art Institute.

Members reside in the following zip codes: 60093, 60091, 60022, 60043, 60025, 60062, 60026, 60045, 60068, and 60201. 

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: Chanel—A World of Dress and Art (g)
September 12, 2012

Gillion Carrara, Director of the Fashion Resource Center, School of the Art Institute
Lecture and Breakfast at Skokie Country Club, Winnetka, IL

Bus Trip: The Life and Times of the Gentleman Farmer on Chicago’s North Shore
October 11, 2012

Bill Hinchliff, architectural historian
Tour Crab Tree Farm in Lake Bluff and Elawa Farm in Lake Forest
Lunch at Shoreacres Club, Lake Bluff, IL

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 

Tour: Chicago’s Grand Hotels
December 5, 2012

Visit Blu Aqua, Blackstone Hotel, and the Palmer House 
Lunch at Lockwood Restaurant in the Palmer House

Lecture: The Art of the Curator—Building an Exhibition
January 24, 2013

Katherine Raff and Mary Erbach, Art Institute
Lunch at the Art Institute

Lecture: Picasso and Chicago
February 27, 2013

Annie Morse, Art Institute
Lunch at the Art Institute

Lecture: They Seek a City—Chicago and the Art of Migration 1900-1950
March 13, 2013

Sarah Alvarez, Art Institute 
Art Institute of Chicago
Lunch at Athena Restaurant
Guided tour of the National Hellenic Museum

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 of Chicago following the program

Bus Trip: Bronzeville Mural Roots
April 9, 2013

Lecture and tour by Jeff Huebner, award-winning art writer/journalist
Lunch at Pearl’s Place

Lecture: The Art Detective Investigates Impressionism—The Working Methods of Claude Monet (g)
May 8, 2013

Kim Muir, Art Institute
Lecture and Breakfast at Michigan Shores Club, Wilmette, IL