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Welcome to the Web site of the Italian American Human Relations Foundation of Chicago. Here you will find information about us, our mission, current issues and our correspondence and actions concerning the effects of negative stereotyping. You will also find information on many Italian Americans and their contributions to this country. You will be informed of our social, benefit and educational programs. Occasionally we will showcase art, books and periodicals of interest. |
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Velda Davino My inspiration for my art has been my travels throughout the world. I love to travel, photograph and paint. After my trips to Italy, France, and the Caribbean Islands I decided to learn to paint and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. It was wonderful to study the masters like Monet, Renoir, Michelangelo, and Da Vinci. This began my life as a landscape artist. I paint in oils and acrylics, and I feature photography as a work of art. I grew up in Chicago's Little Italy and graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Psychology and Business Management. I attended Loyola School of Law and Northwestern Graduate School of Business and have been a real estate broker for over thirty years. Currently I own my own company, Chicago Real Estate and Property Management. My family also owns Mista, a fresh, natural, and organic chain of restaurant cafes in Chicago. Contact Information:Executive Committee Email: Vdavino11@yahoo.com Phone: (312) 217-6644
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Featured Artists John Bucci Giovanni Bucci, the legendary artist, came to this country having escaped communist Yugoslavia His Italian birthplace came under communist rule after WWII. Knowing that he would be unable to endure such restrictions on his abilities, he escaped, leaving his family behind. Being sponsored to come to Chicago, after four years in detention camps in Italy, he began his career in design when he designed and constructed a car that was exhibited at the 1964 World's Fair in new York. His extensive body of work includes most famously, several working replicas of the Trevi Fountain. Also included are trade show exhibits, photographs, statuary, furniture, metal sculpture, one-of-kind castings and many more beautiful pieces of art. His motto is "Niente e impossibile!" and this statement alone captures Giovanni's approach to all his work. There is nothing that he cannot do. Artwork/Photos(click to enlarge)
Daralyn Rist Daralyn's natural talent and propensity for artistic expression was first revealed in childhood. She began her study of art, dance, and music in Toledo Ohio and rounded her fine art studies as a voice major at Bowling Green State University. Her 23 years of classical ballet including 10 years for the Cassandra Civic Ballet Company have surely contributed to the "romantic and sensual" quality of her work. Daralyn has seamlessly transitioned from performing art and dance, into visual art and painting during the last 10 years while studying at the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago under Romel de la Torre. She is a strong up and coming Chicago artist, already making an impact on the local art community. Daralyn has recently been invited to serve on the Executive Committee of the Italian American Human Relations Foundation of Chicago to coordinate and promote artistic talent within the social reach of the Foundation. Artwork/Photos(click to enlarge)
Mercedes Fontaine Born a Haitian girl in an American world. Raised in Brooklyn N.Y. with the flavors and culture of an Island a thousand miles away all swirled together in New York. Expressing myself in colors, I left paintings & sketches of the world around me everywhere I went. Found my way to Miami where this Caribbean girl met a Cuban boy and we moved to the west coast, San Francisco. Years go by and the big cities start calling again and off to Chicago I go. So this is where you find me now, in the city of big shoulders trying to get the colors just right. Artwork/Photos(click to enlarge)
Stephen Giannini I grew up in Chicago where developed an early interest in visual art. I paint in oils, create public and private murals and decorations and do commissioned paintings I attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Chicago's Palette and Chisel Art Club, and The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. I spend as much time as possible painting and drawing my own work, but In the last 10 years I have also worked on historical restorations of large-scale decorations and murals in many major secular and religious buildings, working on over twenty different projects, including three state capitals and several cathedrals. Recent notable restoration work includes a mural restoration in the old Secretary Of War Suites or the White House in Washington, D.C., the Tiffany Dome at the Chicago Cultural Center, and a mural cycle in the Federal Appellate Court in Denver, CO. Besides my mural own projects, I've executed several large Richard Haas outdoor murals. I enjoy travel and from 2003 to 2005 I resided in Amsterdam in the Netherlands studying Dutch painting and culture. In 2010 I traveled and painted throughout SE Asia. In 2007 I was recognized as a dual American/Italian citizen. Always I pursue my lifelong love of plein-air painting as well as working on studio and mural pieces. I'm actively seeking commissions and representation. Artwork/Photos(click to enlarge)
Miguel Malagon Miguel is originally from Guanajuato, Mexico and grew up in East Chicago, Indiana. He received his formal training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Continually working at his craft, he can often be seen painting on the streets of Chicago and its suburbs, and at the Palette and Chisel where he works from the live model. His work reflects scenes of light filled color. Miguel exhibits at Murphy Hill Gallery, Chicago, and Paul Henry's, Indiana. His work hangs in private and public collections including the Sand Ridge Bank, Highland, IN, Crown Point Civic Center. Artwork/Photos(click to enlarge)
Pamela Valvano Gibson Pamela is a realistic figure painter who has recently given up the business world to devote her entire efforts to painting. While her BA and law degrees are all east coast, she has studied art at the Palette & Chisel Academy and the School of the Art Institute here in Chicago, as well as with nationally acclaimed artists Scott Tallman Powers and David Leffel. Her works have been shown in juried exhibitions in New England as well as in the Mid West. She is active in the Plein Air Painters of Chicago, the Oil Painters of America, and the American Portrait Society. Ms Gibson credits her success to the continuing support of her extended family of artists and fine craftsmen, where anything which does not get up and move away is fair game for paint. Artwork/Photos(click to enlarge)
Stella De Genova My art is a 2-dimensional interpretation of realism, sometimes more or less about real. My drawings and paintings are often mixed media, blending watercolors and/or chalk pastels over washes, or adding ink to bring out detail. My compositions always stem from a feeling or emotion that I have and then an image comes to mind. The goal of my artwork is to share what I am feeling: joy or sorrow; strength or vulnerability. Creating art has always been important to me and even though my vision loss makes drawing more challenging for me, it also makes for an interesting journey. The most important reason that I create art is because I love to. Artwork/Photos(click to enlarge)
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