Laura Engel, Vice President
Event Committee
Laura has brought experience and artistic creativity to RAW in her five years of active support. With her international manufacturing business, Angel Sales Inc., located in the heart of the Ravenswood Corridor, Laura is also on the Boards of the Ravenswood Industrial Council and St. Benedicts High School, and a member of the Northcenter and Ravenswood Chambers of Commerce. Laura’s family often joins her when promoting community events. laura60613@yahoo.com
Andy Frye, Treasurer
Finance Committee
Andy’s work with RAW began after moving with his family to the Ravenswood neighborhood in 2004. Among his involvement in local civic activities, he is on the board of The Rotary Club of Chicago. Andy is a financial representative and insurance agent with Country Financial. He brings a host of energy, ideas, and keen sense of business and practical experience to Art Walk. andy.frye@countryfinancial.com
Executive Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Advisory Board of Directors
Honorary Board of Directors
Mary Bell • Fundraising
Mary brings to the RAW board nearly forty years of art retailing. During her three decades owning the Mary Bell Galleries in River North, she earned a place in Who’s Who in American Art. Mary currently works as a private art consultant. In addition to her community work for RAW and The Rotary Club of Chicago, Mary enjoys her off-hours sailing, traveling, playing tennis, and keeping up on the world of art.
Vince Hawkins • Board Development
Vince is a founding member of Ravenswood Art Walk. His expertise in the fire arts combines the techniques of industry with the creativity of art, exactly the combination that is the essence of the Ravenswood corridor.
In addition to teaching classes in clay, structural human anatomy, armature construction, and classic composition at the Fire Arts Center, Vince also teaches bioethics at Northwestern Medical School. Recently, Vince’s daughter has joined him in creating commissioned pieces as she cultivates the second generation Hawkins legacy.
Alexandra Jamroz • Public Relations/Marketing Committee
Alexandra has enjoyed living in the Ravenswood area for fifteen years. As a Lill Street Art Center based metalsmith, http://makadesigns.etsy.com, she has participated in the DIY Trunk Show in Pulaski Park and Chicago Crafty at Architectural Artifacts, and has delighted in using her energy for something in which she truly believes. Her commitment to Ravenswood arts led Alexandra to volunteer for the Art Walk, which in turn led her this year to accept a Board position as Public Relations Committee Chairperson. makadesigns@aol.com
Judith Kruger
Judith is a painter, product designer, and educator who works out of Judith Kruger Studio in the Ravenswood Corridor. Her primary medium is Nihonga, Japanese-style painting that has adorned Asian folding screens and scrolls for thousands of years. Through an intuitive, process-oriented approach, incorporating historical materials, time-honed techniques and unique insight, Judith pushes the boundaries of Nihonga. Judith is also known for her successful collaborations with global manufacturers and retailers in the development of process-driven, well-designed tabletop and home furnishing products. Judith teaches ‘Nihonga: Then and Now” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and exhibits her paintings internationally. judy@judithkruger.com
Judith Roth
Founder of the annual Ravenswood Art Walk (formerly known at the Ravenswood Corridor Tour of Arts & Industry), Judith is also past President of The Chicago
Women's Caucus for Art and an affiliate member of Chicago’s ARC Gallery. Judith
is a figurative expressionist artist working primarily in various drawing media and
oil on canvas, whose work can be seen at Maple Avenue Gallery, Evanston, and Morpho Gallery in Chicago. A delightful in-depth interview with Judith can be found at http://tiny.ccjroth. judithroth@sbcglobal.net
Greg Harris, Illinois State Representative, 13th District
Elected in 2006, Greg Harris’ district includes Uptown, Ravenswood, Lincoln Square, North Center and Bowmanville. In his nearly twenty years of serving the people of Chicago, Greg has received many honors for his work, most recently the Equality Illinois’ 2009 Freedom Award and recognition by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless for his leadership on issues surrounding youth homelessness. Currently, his interests include property tax reform, transit reform, service to Illinois’s homeless youth, comprehensive breast cancer services, marriage equality, nursing home quality and affordable, accessible healthcare.
Peter Jones • Peter Jones Gallery
Peter Jones spent the last 25 years putting the “art” into the Arts and Industry of Ravenswood. His gallery has nurtured hundreds of artists, from allowing them to practice figure drawing on Sunday mornings to renting them studio space, to mounting full exhibitions of their work. Peter’s patronage also included a 40-seat theatre that has seen uncountable performances and has been home to both the Black Forest and Eleffant Foot Theatre Companies. One of Chicago’s most popular secrets, Jason Trusty’s Puppet Bike, has called the gallery home as well. Peter’s love for the arts and his efforts to sustain an art community has been central to the artistic growth of the Ravenswood corridor.
Katherine Kartheiser, Principal, Coonley School
Gene Schulter, Alderman, 47th Ward
Alderman Gene Schulter has served the 47th Ward since 1975. Over the past thirty
years, he has spearheaded numerous community and economic development projects. These projects include the founding of Sulzer Regional Library, the relocation of the
Old Town School of Folk Music in the neighborhood, and the creation of the Lincoln Square pedestrian shopping area. Alderman Schulter has worked with the Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce, the Ravenswood Community Council, the Ravenswood Industrial Council, the Jane Addams Resource Corporation, and Ravenswood Art Walk to support businesses along the Ravenswood Industrial Corriodor and highlight the unique blend
of industrial, commercial, and creative businesses and studios that characterize the corridor. Alderman Schulter applauds Ravenswood Art Walk for their ongoing contributions to our community.
Amy Karatz • Public Relations/Marketing Committee
An art collector since age 10, Amy takes great pleasure in using her talents to promote the arts. To Ravenswood Amy brings years of volunteer experience with community organizations in Chicago and beyond, including WFYI, Channel 20, East Lake View Neighbors and the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival. Today Amy’s artistic skills are challenged through her Staging and Interior Design business, Natural Order. She can also be found on Twitter: @AmyDesigns. amy@naturalorderstaging.com
Sarah Tinnes • Membership/Volunteers
Growing up in a family of artists, Sarah has an usual appreciation for the support needed by the arts community. Joining the RAW board has given Sarah an outlet
for her love of art and artists and strengthens her support of local community.
Her work as an Account Executive for Parfums Givenchy & Paris Guerlain keeps
her on the move, and she welcomes the time she spends supporting local
businesses by shopping for everything, including art, in her own neighborhood.
Laura Harper • Membership/Volunteers
Laura Harper, Executive Director of Chicago Artists’ Coalition, is a self-motivated, creative thinker with an extensive leadership and community outreach background. Laura has a combined thirteen years of experience in Project Management and Non-profit Directing. In business, she is most driven by creative troubleshooting and meeting the needs of the community, while at home she enjoys painting, photography and jewelry design. As a previous vendor at RAW, Laura is very excited to be part of bringing greater visibility to a wonderful tradition that celebrates art and industry in the Ravenswood Community.
Angel Busque
Bill Moran • Event Planning
Bill is a painter and educator in the Ravenswood area whose extensive body of work is represented by several galleries. He operates Moran Studios, a painting and production studio that designs and fabricates murals, installations and painted finishes for residential and commercial spaces. moranstudios@hotmail.com
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