Try to Remember | Karen Perl

The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to welcome the public to Try to Remember | Karen Perl

On July 8th, the Evanston Art Center will open an exhibition showcasing the works of Karen Perl, an Evanston based artist.

At around the age of 13, I inherited a box of paints and some brushes. I knew absolutely nothing about

oil paints. But I had an image in my head of a thick wooded area with a path running through the center. A person was walking down the path. This coincidence of the acquisition of the painting materials and the presence of the inner vision ignited my desire to paint. Here was a means of describing something that I could not express in words.

I spent several years attending various colleges, intermittently studying physics and psychology, before

getting a degree in drawing and painting, with an emphasis on the figure, from the School of the Art

Institute in 1985. During my third year of art school, I attended the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland, where I worked primarily from dreams and imagination. I also spent several years in the South of France cultivating a practice of setting up my easel outside and painting the landscape.

I currently work out of my studio located in my home in Evanston Illinois.

Try to Remember | Karen Perl will be exhibited in the Second Floor Atrium Gallery of the Art Center. The opening reception is free and open to the public. This exhibition is partially funded by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and the EAC’s general membership. 

Evanston Art Center, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization, is dedicated to fostering the appreciation and expression of the arts among diverse audiences. The Art Center offers extensive and innovative instruction in broad areas of artistic endeavor through classes, exhibitions, interactive arts activities, and community outreach initiatives. 

Evanston Art Center is located at 1717 Central St., Evanston, IL. Evanston Art Center Gallery Hours: Monday–Thursday, 9 am–6 pm; Friday, 9 am–5 pm; Saturday & Sunday, 9 am–4 pm. First and second-floor gallery spaces are accessible. Limited free parking is available. 

For more information, please visit us online at www.evanstonartcenter.orgor contact Emma Rose Gudewicz, Director of Development & Exhibitions, at (847) 475-5300 or 

egudewicz@evanstonartcenter.org. 

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