It Starts With The Arts - May, 2010
The Kalo Foundation planned a variety of programs and events over the course of two weeks - May 9-22, 2010. These programs revolved around the arts - hence it's name: "It Starts With The Arts."
To view the calendar of events click here. In addition to speakers and demonstrations there were hundreds of paintings and other works of art displayed.
Below: Mr. Burt Olsson talks about how silver items were made at the Kalo Shop. His father was the last silversmith at the Kalo Shop.
This is a picture of the Kalo Shop when it resided on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL.
Below: Exhibits of art at the Non-Profit Center in Park Ridge.
How many of you knew that Grant Wood, the painter of the famous picture to the left, was once a silversmith at the Kalo Shop?
Goudy Old Style type face - it was designed by Frederic W.
Goudy in 1915 here in Park Ridge on south Prospect.
