{"id":1777,"date":"2020-09-04T18:43:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T23:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artonsedgwick.org\/blog\/?page_id=1777"},"modified":"2021-02-18T17:23:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:23:33","slug":"rooted-edgar-miller-legacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.artonsedgwick.org\/blog\/projects\/rooted-edgar-miller-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooted – Edgar Miller Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrating the shared neighborhood history of
\nEdgar Miller’s handmade homes and artwork<\/h2>\n

Art on Sedgwick with\u00a0Edgar Miller Legacy & artist Sharon Bladholm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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About<\/h2>\n

Workshops, tours, & events with local schools, 2018<\/p>\n

“Rooted” was a collaboration between Art on Sedgwick, Edgar Miller Legacy, and artist Sharon Bladholm to educate and celebrate historic Old Town Artist Edgar Miller. This collaboration ranged from tours for local schools associated with Art on Sedgwick, special lectures, printmaking and sculpture workshops with Sharon Bladholm, and a final culminating exhibit.<\/p>\n

EXHIBIT<\/h4>\n

May 2018 <\/strong>\u2013 Art on Sedgwick & Marshall Field Garden Apartments \u2013 1408 & 1409 N. Sedgwick<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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BACK TO PROJECTS HOME<\/strong><\/a>

<\/span>MORE PROJECTS<\/div>
  • Before I Die Mural<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Black Like Us<\/a><\/li>\n
  • BRAID\/WORK at Art on Sedgwick<\/a><\/li>\n
  • BRAID\/Work at the Arts Incubator<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Connections Exhibit<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Drawn Together Exhibition<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Finding Gratitude<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Moment in Time Photo Project & Installation<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Near North Design Day<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Reimagining the All of Mankind Mural<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Stitch Together – Community Project<\/a><\/li>\n
  • TEDx Talk – Bold and Brilliant<\/a><\/li>\n
  • The Kite Project<\/a><\/li>\n
  • We All Shine Mural<\/a><\/li>\n
  • You Make this Place Beautiful Installation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\"\"NEXT:BLACK LIKE US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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    \"\"About The Artist – Sharon Bladholm<\/h3>\n

    Sharon’s work has been profoundly influenced by her participation as artist, on scientific expeditions to remote and biologically diverse ecosystems of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon on expeditions with the Field Museum, Conservation International and Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program. She has long explored the interfaces of art, science, conservation and nature in numerous series of artworks in diverse mediums including glass, bronze and ceramic, as well as works on paper.

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    Concurrently she has run Opal Glass Studios since 1983 and continues to complete many important commissions and show her art work in numerous galleries and museums. Sharon has created many temporary installations at Conservatories and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, France, as well as Suite Home Chicago, Amazon Rising for Shedd Aquarium, and a Cool Globe sponsored by the Chicago Botanical Garden that is still traveling the world.<\/p>\n

    She has completed sculptural works in glass and bronze for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. 2011 saw her permanent public art piece “Soil:Alive With Life”, based on soil microorganisms, installed at Openlands new 73 acre Lakeshore Preserve. This piece is featured in “City Creatures”, a book recently published by University of Chicago Press.<\/p>\n

    “Soils, Seeds and Sprouts : Tropical and Temperate” was a compelling , insightful solo exhibit that launched at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in 2017 interpreting and communicating natural history and science through the vehicle of art, contrasting local nature with Amazonian. One large scale installation, Earth Stars: Above and Below features numerous Earth Stars, a type of fungus that can open and close and is found all over the world. The second, a multitude of enlarged seeds for Seed Rain: Seed Bank that looks at the amazing diversity of seeds, dispersal methods and the importance of natural seed banks.<\/p>\n

    Sharon often teaches workshops, present lectures and is involved with residencies at schools. In 2016 she was the first Artist in Residence in the Amazon with Project Amazonas, spending several weeks at their forest reserve near Iquitos, Peru. <\/div><\/div>\n

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    Blog Posts<\/h4>\n

    Edgar Miller Artist Studio Tour<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n