'Sorriso' brings smiles to North Shore Art League Celebrants at Benefit

Four exceptionally talented high school musicians of the chamber group, ‘Sorriso’, delighted 200 guests at the combined North Shore Art League’s Members’ Art Show Benefit /90th Birthday Celebration on Friday evening, September 5 with their inspiring performance. The quartet, with violinist Emelia Suljic of Winnetka, violist Rene Chen of Wilmette, cellist Angela Lee of Wilmette, and pianist Amber Scherer of Winnetka, performed a diverse repertoire of classical music by Schumann, Mozart, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Bach and Bloch at the acoustically rich Winnetka Community House.

Their beautiful music enhanced a successful evening celebrating NSAL’s 90th milestone -- together with outstanding original art by NSAL faculty, art league members, and other well known exhibiting artists, creative Art-in-Bloom interpretations by renowned local garden club arrangers and florists, enticing silent auction offerings, and a split-the-pot raffle.

Recognition Awards for the 2014 Members’ Art Show were given to:

Best of Show - Peter Jablokow of Evanston

First Place - Mary Jo O’Gara of Winnetka

Second Place - Anna Weeks of Winnetka

Third Place - Catherine Naro of Glencoe

Honorable Mentions:

Kate Compernolle of Wilmette

Cindy Fuller of Winnetka

Nancy Koltun of Chicago

Anne McNerney of Winnetka

Rochelle Niederman of Highland Park

Revenue of over $20,000 from the show will be dedicated to funding the NSAL school and outreach endeavors. The North Shore Art League is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enriching the human spirit and the life of its community through art education and exhibitions. For more information about its quality classes, workshops, programs and special events, contact the NSAL office at 847-446-2870 or visit the website at www.northshoreartleague.org.

The next two NSAL exhibitions will be: ‘Three Views/One Still Life’ featuring paintings by Kathleen Dunn, Diana deMeuse and Angela Jungwirth from September 16 through October 13. The 8th annual ‘inchworks’ show will open on Thursday, November 20 and be displayed til January 13, 2015, with an opening reception on November 20, 6:30-8:00 pm.

Photo Caption:
Image 6568: Performance by the chamber group ‘Sorriso’, featuring (from left) Amber Scherer, Rene Chen, Emelia Suljic and Angela Lee, enhanced the NSAL Members’ Art Show Benefit/90th Birthday Celebration on September 5. (Jan Loew Photography)