Community Corner
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)