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Be Mine, a conceptual invitational art show features new works for its 10th year!

Greenleaf Art Center and curators Mike Benedetto, Pate Conaway, Niki Nolin, and Catherine Schwalbe invite you to their 10th Annual “Be Mine” invitational exhibition. The exhibition will feature artworks from 40 plus artists who have been invited to conceptually respond to “be mine.” The show runs from February 1-28, 2025, with the opening reception scheduled for Friday, February 14, 2025, from 5:30 – 8:30 pm, at Greenleaf Art Center, a venerable anchor in Rogers Park with dozens of studio members and gallery space.
The exhibition features at least one work per invited artist – local and beyond. The 2025 exhibition signifies our 10thanniversary of this conceptual art show. The works are, at times, poignant, tongue and cheek, and certainly heartfelt. Valentine themed refreshments will be served.
Gallery hours are 11am – 4 pm Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Weekend viewings are by appointment only; text or call the Greenleaf Art Center Director, David Joseph, 773-852-6056. Free and open to the public. Many of the artworks are for sale.
“Be Mine” was conceived in 2009 by artists, Pate Conaway and Judith Hladik-Voss, as a tool to get over that winter hump and provide artists with a venue for conceptual art. The event has expanded and contracted over the years, took a Covid hiatus like most of our lives, and returned with renewed Valentine vitality in 2022. Mixed media works, performance, installation, and mayhem have been known to surface in the works along with antics of some of the participating artists. A bedazzled photo op perfect for your IG and TikTok video will surely inspire even the most reticent to do a selfie or group shot
“I am always amazed by the artist’s interpretation of the theme Be Mine, all these years.”
—Pate Conaway, Curator
“I look forward to this every year!! It is a perfect thing to attend in the Chicago winter days!”
—An attendeer
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