Jim Christiansen
ArtView – May Day May Day!
Art View By Jim Christiansen May Day! May Day! That wasn’t your imagination last month that we published the March ...

ArtView – Showcases & Open Studios
ArtView By Jim Christiansen Showcases, Open Studios, dinner and a movie with an Art Walk Passport starts us Art View ...

ArtView – Young At Art
Art View By Jim Christiansen March does take off with a bang this month. “Young at Art,” the annual student ...

ArtView – For The Love of Art
Art View By Jim Christiansen For the Love of Art, buy your Valentine original art from a local artist. Downtown ...

ArtView – Happy Art Year
Art View By Jim Christiansen Happy New Year! Time to get back to resolutions taking art classes, cleaning up the ...

ArtView – Consider Original Art
Art View By Jim Christiansen The Winter Gift buying season is upon us. I hope you will consider getting “Original ...

ArtView – Thankful November
Art View By Jim Christiansen Much to be thankful for in November. Zombie Apocalypse likely ended with All Saints Day, ...

ArtView – October
Art View By Jim Christiansen Trick or Treat and Happy Birthday to me come up this month. For artists entering ...
Big Blue Live
Big Blue Live – The Artists’ View By Jim Christiansen Five local artists participated in Big Blue Live! a painting ...

ArtView – September 2015
Art View By Jim Christiansen Oktoberfest is around the corner and there are vintage events to enliven the Season. Carnegie ...

ArtView – End of Summer
Art View By Jim Christiansen The end of summer finds many of us still on vacation, while others working on ...

ArtView – July Art
Art View By Jim Christiansen July is a working vacation month for me. Here are some vacation and staycation ideas ...

ArtView – June 2015
Art View By Jim Christiansen Graffiti Summer events are coming up this month. Our downtown and McHenry Murals reflect the ...

ArtView – May
Art View By Jim Christiansen May Day, May Day. As I write this column, I’m still in the midst of ...
ArtView – April Happenings
Art View By Jim Christiansen Like spring flowers blooming, Artists Open their Studios, galleries shower us with Spring Shows and ...