Arts Awareness Month Launches with Wilmette Community Photography Exhibit, 'Frames of Mind', Opening Reception on Thursday, Oct. 3

In celebration of Arts Awareness Month,

the Village of Wilmette Human Relations Commission presents

a Community Photography Exhibit, 'Frames of

Mind’

featuring 20 Wilmette photographers* at

North Shore Community Bank, 1145

Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, Tuesday, October 1 – Thursday,

October 31.  Opening Artists’ Reception: Thursday, October


3, 5:30 – 7:30 pm.  The Gray Duo, with

violinist and violist Erika Gray and cellist Johannes

Gray, will perform classical

music during the reception.  



Bank Hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm;


Saturday 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

*Participating Photographers are:   Patricia Berg-Drazin, Bill Bishoff, Kathy Cornyn, Jill Dunbar, Rich

Fisher, Diane Hamilton, Nita Herreman,

Therese Bach Heyek, Faye Jacobs,

Katsy Johnson, Patience Kramer,

Beth Lambrecht, Rino Liberatore, Jan

Loew, Linda MacLennan, Peter Nussbaum,


Laura Rodriguez, David Velasco,

Pat Velasco, and Lisa

Versino.
 
The Gray Duo will perform a diverse

repertoire of classical music during the Wilmette Community Photography

Exhibit opening reception.  The exceptionally talented and accomplished musical

siblings, violinist and violist Erika Gray and cellist

Johannes Gray of Wilmette, will delight reception


attendees with their musical skills, energy and passion.  Erika, age 17, is both

concertmaster of the New Trier High School Chamber Orchestra and principal

violist of its Symphony Orchestra.  Her brother, Johannes, age 16, principal


cellist of the New Trier Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, has also been a


featured soloist with a number of orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony

Orchestra, Highland Park Strings and Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra.  Both Erika

and Johannes won the New Trier Concerto Competition as sophomores, in 2012 and

2013 respectively.  This summer Erika toured Russia and London as a member of

the inaugural National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.  Both

musicians participated in the Sejong International Music Festival at the Curtis


Institute of Music in Philadelphia in August.  Their string quartet, 'Quartet


Stracciatella', was the Gold medal winner in the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber

Music Competition and was featured on NPR's From The Top radio

program.   (Photo Caption:

'Japanese Island Sunrise' by Bill Bishoff will be

featured in the upcoming Wilmette Community Photography Exhibit.  Bishoff enjoys

going to the Chicago Botanic Garden at sunrise to capture the sunrise in the

many ponds of the garden.  (Photo by Bill Bishoff)