Beverly Art Walk Steps Off Saturday, Oct. 3

The annual Beverly Art Walk, Saturday, October 3, noon to 7 p.m., will feature works by more than 100 artists displayed in local businesses and organizations across the Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood.

The Beverly Art Walk celebrates Chicago Artists Month, which highlights the creativity of artists throughout Chicago.

Live music, children’s activities, artist demonstrations, home studio tours, an artisan craft fair and the creation of public art will all be part of the event. Among the local artists exhibiting are Dalton Brown, Sandra Leonard, Susannah Papish, Carla Winterbottom, Elaine Miller, Didier Nolet, Allison Flamm, and Mathias “Spider” Schergen.

Area artists who will open their home studios to the public include Judie Anderson, Jomo Cheatham, Phil Cotton, Tom Olson, and Brian Ritchard.

Noted regional artists will create and perform interactive creative works, demonstrating how art can be a catalyst bringing people together in a community. Featured artist Carron Little, who works and performs as “The Queen of Luxuria,” has been commissioned by the Art Walk to create a public performance and permanent installation entitled Neighborhood Magic, a collection of poetry, music and dance based on interviews and stories collected from senior citizens who have spent their adult lives in the Beverly/Morgan Park area. Beverly resident Peter Gizyn is leading an interactive project, the Beverly/Morgan Park Peace Flag Project, allowing residents to design a small personal flag which is then added to a long chain of flags and publicly displayed in a show of community unity. Additional guest artists include Claire Ashley, Colleen Plumb, Jennifer Reeder and the Tracers Book Club.

The Art Walk sparked an arts uprising in its inaugural year, 2014, by providing Southside artists with the opportunity to exhibit and share their artwork locally. Lead sponsors include The Beverly Bank, Mariano’s, Morgan Park/Beverly Hills Business Association, St. Xavier University, Horse Thief Hollow, The Beverly Review, Olivia’s Garden, Lagunitas, Revolution, and the Beverly Area Planning Association.

For information on participating artists, locations and more, visit the Beverly Area Arts Alliance.