Fantastic Raffle Prizes To Be Won On Monday

Word is spreading fast about the ASV Special Event next Monday, April 27th. All who come to Lagunita’s Tap Room, 2607 W. 17th Street, from 5:30-8:30PM are eligible to enter two special Raffle Contests: One will feature a gorgeous ASV print as the Grand Prize, and the other will be a Split The Pot Raffle, where you can drop your business card in a bowl to win a set of beautiful ASV Note Cards.

Come and join the fun, as we kick-off the excitement leading up to the 13th Annual After Supper Visions Photo Exhibition, on June 12th and 13th, at 721 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago. Watch this website for details, and be sure to check back after the show as the entire 2015 Photo Collection is revealed and available for purchase here.

Thank you for your support, on behalf of ASV and its inspiring artists!

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ASV Special Event Next Monday At Lagunita’s Tap Room

Have you read about ASV and wanted to do something to join in support of this unique photography program? Now’s your chance!

Come and join us next Monday, April 27th, from 5:30-8:30PM, as the ASV Photo Team welcomes old friends and new to a special ASV event at Lagunita’s beautiful new Tap Room,  2607 W. 17th Street in Chicago.

Free food, free parking, and fabulous live music, courtesy of PLATFORM 29!

Best of all, 100% of beer sales go to Catholic Charities’ After Supper Visions program.

Please share the invitation with your family and friends. It’s a great event for a great program. See you Monday, April 27th!

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Fundraiser @ The Lagunitas Tap Room

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Lagunitas Tap Room

2607 W. 17th Street • Chicago, Illinois

5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Live Music by Platform 29

Come celebrate with the After Supper Visions
team at Lagunitas’ beautiful new Tap Room.

FREE FOOD, FREE PARKING and FREE MUSIC

Enjoy your beer knowing that 100% of beer sales goes to the Catholic Charities After Supper Visions photography program.

EVERY SIP IS A GOOD DEED!

Lagunitas’ Tap Room

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Editing, Artist Statements Key To Photo Exhibition

asvFeaturedAs March winds up, plans for the 2015 Photo Exhibition enter into an important new phase, as these pictures illustrate. At a recent Tuesday Night Supper, these artists took additional time to review their photos with members of the Photo Team. Once they  selected the photos that will appear in this year’s exhibit, they took the creative process to the next level, using online editing tools to bring out the best in their artwork. Photo Team members also work with each artist to help draft a Written Statement, that will be displayed along with each person’s  photos. Some of the most wonderful insights emerge at this time of year, as the artists describe what they were trying to capture, and what they were thinking as they took their photographs, within the context of their experiences and in their growing knowledge of modern art.

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ASV Discovers Similar Program…In Paris

The March 14th edition of The New York Times featured an article in its Arts and Design section that sounded awfully familiar. There are exciting similarities, indeed, between ASV and a photo exhibition recently debuting outside City Hall in Paris, France:

To read the article, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nyti.ms/1AllGWX

ASV artists and the ASV Photo Team have known all along how thrilling photography can be, and how empowering it can also be to grow in skill and knowledge of this truly beautiful art form.

The anticipation continues to build in Chicago for the 2015 ASV Photo Exhibition: June 12-13th.

 

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ASV At Parish Leadership Day

ASV Project Director Katie Tuten was at Marist High School this weekend for Parish Leadership Day, an event planned by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Katie sold ASV products, told people about the ASV program, and encouraged them to attend our upcoming events. Thank you, Katie for your tireless work on behalf of ASV and its artists!

 ASV Parish Leadership Day

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Artists, Volunteers Enjoy The Creative Process

Many ASV artists and volunteers have been with the program since it began. Others have joined through the years. One thing that has been constant is the wonderful sharing of photos and ideas that comes at this time every year.

Artists turn in the photos they have taken and then Photo Team volunteers, with other artists, enjoy sharing their opinions about photography, and individual photos, as  artists choose which photos they want to have in this year’s photo exhibition.

It’s the same process followed in every top Art Gallery across the nation. Please plan to join us, June 12th and 13th, to see all of these unique, beautiful photos.

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2015 Photo Exhibition Set For June 12th And 13th

It may be winter, but things are heating up at ASV in anticipation of the 2015 ASV Photo Exhibition. Please mark your calendars for this 13th Annual Gallery Opening, to be held in the Vincent Room at Catholic Charities headquarters, 721 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago. The Gallery Opening will take place on Friday, June 12th, continuing on Saturday, June 13th, featuring captivating, unique photos taken by ASV artists. The artists are working diligently already, learning about photography, taking photos, then choosing which ones they want to showcase in the photo exhibition.

Don’t forget: ASV also will be holding its first fundraising event on Monday, April 27th at Lagunitas Tap, 2607 West 17th Street in Chicago.

Stay tuned for details on both of these events.

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Lagunitas Tap Room and ASV: April 27

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This beautiful room will be the place to be on Monday, April 27th, from 5:30-8:30PM as ASV hosts a fundraiser at Lagunitas Tap Room, 2607 West 17th Street, Chicago 60608,  to support ASV photographers and the program. Music and snacks will be provided. There is no Cover Charge and all proceeds from the sale of beer go toward support of ASV.

This promises to be a very special evening, in many ways. Please mark your calendars and follow this website for more details.

 

 

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Update on Christmas Ornament Sale

Thank you to everyone who has purchased Christmas ornaments this year!

The Art Institute Lion ornament is still available for purchase – all other ornaments are SOLD OUT! Click the red XMAS tab on our HOME page to place your order for this beautiful ornament featuring one of the most iconic images in downtown Chicago!

May God bless you and your families in this season of giving!

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