Monday, May 18, 2009

Ellen Roth Deutsch: Focus 4: A Close Look at 4 Illinois Women Artists

Ellen Roth Deutsch: Exhibition & Talk

Ellen Roth Deutsch is exhibiting drawings and beadwork as part of Focus 4: A Close Look at 4 Illinois Women Artists at the State of Illinois Museum, Chicago Gallery. In this exhibit, four curators picked an artist for separate gallery installations. Deutsch will show drawings from Echoes of a Fragile Life and beaded organs from the Heartbeat collection.

Exhibition:
Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery
Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph, Suite 2-100, 312-814-5318
June 1 – Aug. 7
Reception: Friday, June 12, 5:30-7:30 pm.
(After 6:00 use LaSalle St. Entrance)

Ellen Roth Deutsch, who has a scientific background, will do a presentation on the connection between Dr. Gail H. Deutsch’s (her daughter) research on the fetal development of organs and the influence it had on the development of some of the beaded organ pieces in the Heartbeat collection. This presentation is sponsored by Science Chicago.

For more information contact:
Judith Lloyd Klauba, Tel: 312-814-5322; E-mail: jlloyd@museum.state.il.us

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