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nancy bechtol https://www.flickr.com/photos/be_art_now/ photographer. artist. filmmaker. story teller. I collect experiences.

64 Artists in Pandemic Art Show 7/2020-8/15/2020 Art Saves Lives.

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HERE is how you have an Art Exhibit During #pandemic2020 as COVID-19 Rages. “ALL IN THE SAME BOAT..or Are We?”​ Chicago.

ALL IN THE SAME BOAT – OR ARE WE? NancyBECHTOL_WorldWatches_DigitalPainting_WebX.jpg AT STOLA CONTEMPORARY ART

FRIDAY, JULY 31ST 6 – 9PM

Sunday, Aug 16 Closing 2020

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“No Cruises for now” Photography 16″X 20″ ©2020 David Bechtol

64 Artists make powerful art commentary in this Exhibition. Chicago

 Both of these events will be primarily held OUTSIDE. Guests will be able to converse in the parking lot next to the gallery and in Independence Park across the street. Musical entertainment will be provided by the amazing Denise LaGrassa and John Kregor, as well

as exhibiting artist Marvin Tate.

Guests will be allowed in the gallery NO MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE AT A TIME. MASKS REQUIRED!!! So that everyone my have a chance to view this outstanding show, we ask viewers to limit their time in the gallery and hold all discussions out of doors. Unless you are making a purchase – then take all the time you need!

For those of you that are uncomfortable in any type of social gathering, please note that our normal gallery hours are

THURSDAY NOON – 4PM      FRIDAY NOON – 7PM   SATURDAY NOON – 5PM  SUNDAY NOON – 4PM

Private viewing appointments are always welcome!

All artists that would like to host a private viewing for their personal collectors and friends are encouraged to do so!

FOR PRIVATE APPOINTMENTS PLEASE CONTACT ANNE FARLEY GAINES @ (312)203-9964 or GAINESART@yahoo.com

FOR ALL OTHER INQUIRIES CALL KELLY MATHEWS @ (708)334-7062 OR EMAIL STOLACONTEMPORARYART@GMAIL.COM

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EXCLUSIVE !! STREAMING NOW! The Last Hippie FREAK: By the Beard of LEE Groban!! June 21 – June 28 access here! wow~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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NOW you can stream via Gene Siskel Film Center CHICAGO PREMIERE  for a very limited time. then gone.

The Last Hippie FREAK: By the Beard of LEE Groban :a film by Nancy Bechtol

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https://watch.eventive.org/gsfc/play/5ee922fd86e5e3008dcff4f3

STREAMING online.

You are invited to the following STREAMING indie film event:

ONCE IN A LIFETIME.In the middle of the worldwide Pandemic AND MORE..an indie film release like no other..take a 43min wild romp. #weareinittogether yeah.#indiefilm #Chicago #SAICalum #LeeGroban #TheLastHippieFreakbytheBeardofLeeGroban #womanartist #womandirector #omnicircus #frankgarvey #vitoCarli #DavidBechtol David Bechtol Frank Garvey Vito carli Nancy Bechtol  @GeneSiskelFilmCenter #chicagoartist #contemporaryart #pandemic2020 Lets make this happen! 

Click below to stream film:

https://watch.eventive.org/gsfc/play/5ee922fd86e5e3008dcff4f3

NOW STREAMING via GENE SISKEL CENTER. online now! THE Iconic indie romp of a film on Legendary Lee Groban. Artist, Poet, Hippie, amazing person with the many who he= who he was -amazing person!

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Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 11:30 AM –Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 11:30 PM CDT

Gene Siskel Film Center STREAMING NOW!

STREAMING online.

 

NOW STREAMING via GENE SISKEL CENTER. online now! THE Iconic indie romp of a film on  Legendary Lee Groban. Artist, Poet, Hippie, amazing person with the many who he= who he was -amazing person!

We hope you can make it!  LEE IS WATCHING with his SPIRIT!!

Cheers,

Nancy Bechtol

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Chris Drew: 10th Anniversary of Class 1 Felony Arrest selling art. Illinois Eavesdropping Law! ART is Speech! More.Legacy: what he taught/gave us.

Special Thanks for the film’s heartbeat.

Music courtesy of Behind the Sun- Alton & Mansfield. available album online.

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I invite you to see the film. Filmed in Chicago without any permits. The indie film streams or for DVD on demand (with closed captioning) at:

https://www.amazon.com/Speech-Transcendent-Journey-Street-Artist/dp/B016LFJHJM

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Special Thanks for the film’s heartbeat. Music courtesy of Behind the Sun- Alton & Mansfield. available album online.

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“Fashioning the Self: You Are What you Wear” as I see it. All Women at Koehnline Museum Exhibition!

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“Fashioning the Self: You are What you Wear?”

Koehnline Museum  Oakton CC/WGS  Women’s Gender Studies

“I am the other: through your eyes, I see myself”  2019

Medium: Photography _metal print/montage/digipainting/writing on edges of frame/ with QR code      18” X 24” framed

Charged with the impact of the moment. The realization that we are all the “other” The way we look or think of ourselves may not be what others see in us. You are what you wear. Yes. you wear your clothes and you wear your skin, you wear your thoughts, words and deeds.

The clothing is the outward sign. An action. This image transformed me.  A thought-provoking moment when I found a street sign discarded. It was well used-gritty, grimy, honest and even humorous.  I was alarmed then compelled to hold it. I am the other. Bonded, in solidarity.COA_Nancy_Bechtol_Koehnline2019NBechtol_VERYPsychoSpecial2=300

Within the moment, seeing through the eyes of the other person. Yes. The prior bearer of the sign heralds the increasing number of people wandering, and in tent cities citywide, the abandoned in the era of Trumpian deceit and evil doers. Let US be empowered. Unite In solidarity, In truth. I add my voice and continue to witness/document/Speak TRUTH to power. Art is Speech.

QR Code links to video on YouTube I made of Emjayee. RIP. Poet, Vietnam Vet, homeless living on a golf course.

https://youtu.be/Q5jUvc4VyNg

You are noticed or you are passed by, you are discarded or have a seat at the table, you are praised, you are honored, you are branded or you are anonymous. Clothing is optional, can be changed and discarded, but signal to the others of what tribe you profess to be with. Clothing and ornamentation or lack of is a powerful thing.

Nancy Bechtol is an artist, photographer, director/indie filmmaker, educator, and media specialist/consultant. Photojournalist, APA.  Member of Chicago Society of Artists, ARC Gallery Affiliate, Lost Artists Colony guest artist, Chicago’s CAN TV indie producer. Studied painting with the legendary Don Baum, Chicago Imagists. Influenced by the Hairy Who with BA from Roosevelt Univ and at Loyola Univ of Chicago MA Ed, Interdisciplinary arts III, and evolved as a techno-fetisher in the early 80s MFA/SAIC mentored by Phil Morton, founder of Video Dept The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She always collects experiences.

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PRESS RELEASE:: “The Last Hippie Freak: By the Beard of LEE GROBAN” the 25 year-in-the-making – indie film TBR 2019!

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PRESS RELEASE

15 August 2019  –

For Immediate Release

The filmmaker, Nancy Bechtol, gives us a 43 minute romp of an indie film, and full engagement with the artist, the happening, the time. 

Film To Be Released FALL 2019.

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“The Last Hippie FREAK: By the Beard of Lee Groban”  is an aural and visual experience and the essential story of the poet and artist whose mind, body and spirit exploded on the stages, galleries, and underground locations in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Vancouver, Canada and reaching many beyond.

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LEE GROBAN in a multi-sensory approach is synonymous with the 60s and 70s. Lee elevated the divine status of “Hippie”. His art was his life. Original and really capturing the time in this artistic film.

 

On this 50th Anniversary of Woodstock, it is fitting to reflect on an age of innocence and a time when the artist and the lifestyle was the definition of Freedom!  Hear Lee speak about Woodstock in this film with his colorful oratory. Hear Lee powerfully recite sections from the “Cure for Insomnia” AT 87 HOURS, LISTED IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF FACTS AND FEATS BEATING OUT ANDY WARHOL’s Film. Additionally, LEE’S POEM IS OVER 5,700 PAGES.

Film Trailer 2019 HERE

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Who are—dare we say—not just viewers, but actual fans and participants?

Over 4 decades, Lee Groban elevated the experience as his book states “Higher than the Ground” generating his playful words and art, music, vocals/performances, poetry .

Lee Groban Images available on SAATCHI

This film is in cooperation with Frank Garvey, OmniCircus, S.F. Omnicircus on wiki,and includes excerpts from his masterful film, “Leviathan”.  Frank Garvey – OmniCircus bio

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Vittorio Carli, Vittorio Carli – art interview.com is the Narrator and storyteller, Vito Carli – some info he knew Lee for quite some time as a friend and poet, and gives personal  insight into a man not many really knew.

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David Bechtol,  David Bechtol fine art photo portfolio is the Tech Guru and Production Supervisor of Shadow Bechtol Studio, who produced this film, and wrangled the original footage and photography which was shot on archaic formats in a collection of 100s of hours.

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It took Nancy Bechtol  Nancy Bechtol Art Portfolio the artist/filmmaker, a while, 25 years to create the film,  and now she crystallized it to a 43 min gem. An artistic film based on true life and events surrounding Lee Groban.

Contact: Nancy Bechtol

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nbechtol@ameritech.net

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The Last Hippie Freak: By the Beard of LEE GROBAN IS a wild indie romp & of a arty film. Release Fall 2019 see trailer now!

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Truly, the Experience of a Lifetime. I knew Lee and ongoing documented him,  as a friend, for 25 years.  here you now see it mashed up in an unusual arty romp..like a time arts work. of an artist, made by an artist. so expect the unexpected non linear abstract narrative.  just experience it with an open mind.

43 min (TBR Fall 2019)

Lee Groban, art of the spirit. c. nancy bechtol

last-hippie-colorfulspiralsmltrailer is HERE!! view and do let me know any comments, appreciate the journey.

Peace and Art always,

a film by Nancy Bechtol

feature is Lee Groban and his experiences in arty format

see hear clips from Frank Garvey, of Omnicircus legendary S.F. scene. and Leviathan

see hear stories by Narrator Vitto Carli, who is also a poet of note

ongoing endless thanks to David Bechtol Tech Guru and all around the best supporter of all things weird i do….and more forevermore

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contact: nbechtol@ameritech.net

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Chicago Artists Say… Feb 1, 2019 opening.. come=engage! ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL

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ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL: Chicago Art Says… Feb 1, 2019 opening.. come=engage!

ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL is a collection of 23 artworks featuring works from 14 different artists. All artworks reference the important issues that our upcoming mayor will soon face. Between the ousting of Ed Burke and alderman elections, Chicago really has a chance to choose how it proceeds into the future. Even on a national level all issues have a local consequence, but local politics are the first step in a path to national influence.

Featured Artists:

Alfonse Pagano, Anne Evans, Brian Morgan, Denise Poloyac, James Mesple,Kaitlyn Hwang, Kelly Mathews, Kelly Witte, Laura Lee Junge, Mark Nelson,Nancy Bechtol, Peter Broitman, Richard Laurent, Tiphanie Spencer

ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL, runs February 1, 2018 – March 3, 2019, with an artist’s reception, Friday, February 1, 2019 from 6:00-10:00 pm.

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Group Exhibit

February 1 – March 3, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, February 1, 2019  6-10PM

The Jackson Junge Gallery presents ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL, its first group exhibition of the 2019 season. The exhibition features 23 works of art in various mediums by artists from all around the United States. The opening will be hosted on Friday, February 1, 2019, with an artist’s reception from 6:00 – 10:00 pm. Admission is FREE to the public.

It has been claimed that all politics are local. The Legislated and Executive branches of the United States government are currently at a standstill and numerous Americans are wondering what the future of our great country will be. Many of the current national issues are relevant to the citizens of Chicago, a city that is both known for its great leaders and “windy” politicians. In September of 2018, Rham Emanuel announced that he would not be running for re-election as Mayor, shocking the citizens of Chicago. A record-breaking number of 15 candidates currently have put their names on the ballot. The prospect of a new Mayor is always an exciting one. The upcoming change of leadership will address and stir the debate about what is best for our great city. This exhibition touches on subjects including the current outlook of the United States, unlawful incarceration, Black Lives Matter, gun control, police brutality, women’s rights, the environment, immigration, big business development, and LGBTQIA rights.

 

ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL is a collection of 23 artworks featuring works from 14 different artists. All artworks reference the important issues that our upcoming mayor will soon face. Between the ousting of Ed Burke and alderman elections, Chicago really has a chance to choose how it proceeds into the future. Even on a national level all issues have a local consequence, but local politics are the first step in a path to national influence.

Artists:

Alfonse Pagano, Anne Evans, Brian Morgan, Denise Poloyac, James Mesple, Kaitlyn Hwang, Kelly Mathews, Kelly Witte, Laura Lee Junge, Mark Nelson, Nancy Bechtol,Peter Broitman, Richard Laurent, Tiphanie Spencer

ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL runs February 1, 2019 – March 3, 2019 and is curated by Gallery Director Chris Jackson, Assistant Gallery Director Kaitlyn Miller and Gallery Assistant Jordan High.

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