NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE EXHIBITION

A Featured Event of 13th Annual Chicago Artists Month

FESTIVAL of CHANGING WOMEN

Featuring Barbara Ciurej, Lindsay Lochman, Nicole Hollander,
Sunny Fischer, Anne K. Ream and Isabel Stewart

An exhibition, workshops and readings
Weekends beginning October 10-26, 2008

Take a fresh look at concepts of feminine beauty, wisdom, truth and
aging through this exhibition and discussions.

Bette Cerf Hill Gallery, 1821 West Hubbard Street, Chicago, Illinois, 312-550-6483

Opening Reception: Friday, October 10, 5:00-8:00pm
Free Exhibition open Saturdays and Sundays
October 11 through October 26, noon - 5:00pm

EXHIBITION, BOOK SIGNING & OPENING RECEPTION
Fine art photographers Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman
exhibit original prints from their new book, All Things Are Always Changing, and nationally syndicated feminist cartoonist and playwright Nicole Hollander displays her original cartoons and signs her new book, Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial.

Special Events:

MEMOIR WORKSHOP with Nicole Hollander
Nicole Hollander will conduct memoir workshops…explorations of past lives…not the kind where you turn out to be the Queen of Sheba or Louis Sullivan, but the kind where you talk about memories elicited by photographs, clothing, favorite foods or bad meals and then write it down. Turning it into a book or screenplay later is up to you. She will also be signing her new book, Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial.
Hollander is the nationally syndicated creator of the Sylvia cartoons and author of several books.
Saturday, October 11, 9:00am-12:00pm
OR Sunday, October 12, 2:00-5:00pm
$30 per person. Limit 8 to a class. Men and women are welcome.
Call the gallery at 312.550.6483 for a reservation.

IMMORTALITY PHOTO BOOTH with Ciurej & Lochman
Join the immortals! A 15 minute “mini portrait” sessions where we create a photographic portrait of you as though you are carved in marble. Take home a small print to insure your immortality.
October 12, 2:00-5:00pm. $25
Call the gallery at 312.550.6483 for a reservation.

Free LECTURE: The "New Normal"
Why are young girls looking older? And older women looking younger? Writer Anne K. Ream explores how marketing, media and the 15 billion dollar beauty industry have created a "new normal" that has troubling implications.
Saturday, October 11, 1:00pm

Join the Free DISCUSSION: What does money have to do with it?
Civic leaders, Sunny Fischer, and former executive director of the Chicago Foundation for Women, Isabel Stewart, reveal how women's philanthropy has changed the landscape for women's issues and how the power of using their money has changed women.
Saturday, October 18, 1:00pm

Changing Women is part of Chicago Artists Month, the thirteenth annual celebration of Chicago's vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. For more information, call 312/744-6630 or visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org. Chicago Artists Month is organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and is made possible through the Presenting Sponsorship of 3Arts and the Lead Sponsorship of the Sara Lee Foundation.

Please come.

NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE EXHIBITION
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago Illinois, October 18, 2008 through January 7, 2009
Bette Cerf Hill is pleased to be part of the Not Just Another Pretty Face Exhibition of the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago. Hill was one of the artists choosen by the Hyde Park Art Center and she was then Commissioned by Jill Lowe to paint her portrait as part of the exhibition.
The Hyde Park Art Center invites you to the culmination of the Art Centers collaborative project between artists and patrons, Not Just Another Pretty Face. The commissioned works will be unveiled for both the patrons and the public to see for the very first time on Saturday, October 18. The event kicks off the Not Just Another Pretty Face exhibition, which will run in Gallery 1 through January 7, 2009.

OLD CHATHAM COUNTRY STORE GALLERY
Old Chatham Country Store Gallery, New York.
One person show, November 2, through December 4, 2008.
Bette Cerf Hill's paintings, pastels and paint drawings will be exhibited.
Opening reception is Sunday, November 2, 3-5PM.