Union Street Gallery creates ‘Mad World’

To Jessica Freudenberg-Segal, gallery director of Chicago Heights’ Union Street Gallery, odd is good – and relatively new - when it comes to the abstract and surreal pieces that make up their "Mad World” exhibit.

Union Street Gallery helps residents 'Rediscover Chicago Heights'

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | “Rediscover Chicago Heights” is a communitywide photography project focusing on the positive in the community. Union Street Gallery, together with artist and citizen photographers, and community leaders, will create a set of images of Chicago Heights. Union Street Gallery w…

Union Street stands 'Still' with new exhibit

Claudia Craemer, curator of Chicago Heights' Union Street Gallery's "If Life Were Still," hopes viewers will gain a new appreciation of the still art paintings in her show and the artists who created the works.

Union Street celebrates its members with 'Insider Art'

Jessica Freudenberg–Segal, gallery director at Chicago Heights' Union Street Gallery, sees the annual "Insider Art" show covering all bases.

Union Street crosses border to South Shore Arts

"Sanctuary," an exhibit of works created by members of Chicago Heights Union Street Gallery at Munster's South Shore Arts, is a fitting title to artist and show coordinatior Claudia Creamer.

Adventures in Everyday Living: Shorelines, Thursday, May 10th

Mark calendars next Thursday for Post Mother's Day Zombie-fest when WBEZ hosts a drive-in double-feature in West Chicago and in Munster, South Shore Arts presents Sanctuary: Works by Union Street Gallery Studio Artists on display through June 24. --Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Edito…

Chicago Heights takes over property housing Union Street Gallery

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | A lease agreement approved by the City Council on Monday will help keep the Union Street Art Gallery in its current home.

Union Street Gallery's spring show takes viewers into nature

Jessica Segal, gallery director at Chicago Heights' Union Street Gallery, thinks their "botanic/organic" spring salon show will introduce viewers to a fresh perspective of science and the great outdoors.

Union Street Gallery's spring show takes viewers into nature

Jessica Segal, gallery director at Chicago Heights' Union Street Gallery, thinks their "botanic/organic" spring salon show will introduce viewers to a fresh perspective of science and the great outdoors.

Chicago Heights gallery kicks off new year with new exhibit

This artwork by Luis Sahagun, of Chicago Heights, will be on display at the Union Street Gallery beginning Wednesday in Chicago Heights for a month. It is part of the exhibit I Shall Be Released.

Chicago Heights gallery kicks off new year with new exhibit

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Union Street Gallery, 1527 Otto Blvd., will kick off 2012 with I Shall Be Released, an exhibit about trials and tribulation, overcoming adversity, coming to terms, and rising above it all, claiming the freedom to create an authentic identity and voice.

Annual exhibit opens today in Chicago Heights

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Collective brings together recent works by Union Street Gallery artists in one exhibit.

Annual exhibit opens today in Chicago Heights

Diane McGarel, of Chicago Heights, created this piece of work for the Union Street Gallery's current exhibit. The title of the work is "Unknown."

Annual exhibit opens today in Chicago Heights

This piece titled "Color in Motion No. 19" is by Quentin Crocket, of Lynwood. He is a studio artist at the Union Street Gallery, where his work is being shown in its latest exhibit, Collective.

Annual exhibit opens today in Chicago Heights

This piece titled "Cliffside Resort" is by Margi Hafer, of Frankfort. Hafer is a guild artist at Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights, where her work is being shown.

Driving the Dixie

This Model A Ford convertible was part of the annual Driving the Dixie Classic Car Cruise that stopped Saturday in front of the Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights on its way from Blue Island to Momence.

Driving the Dixie

This 1955 Chevy BelAir convertible was part of the annual Driving the Dixie Classic Car Cruise on Saturday as it stopped at the Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights.

Driving the Dixie

Mike Bozzi and his wife, Barbara, sit in their 1952 MG TD on Saturday outside the Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights. They were part of the annual Driving the Dixie Classic Car Cruise from Blue Island to Momence.

Driving the Dixie

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Car after classic car drove Saturday down Otto Boulevard, as the Union Street Gallery served as the city's stopping point for the annual Driving the Dixie Classic Car Cruise.

Exhibit to explore man's voyage through life

"Bleeding Borders," an acrylic from 2008, is one of the paintings by Mexican-American artist Sergio Gomez that will be on exhibit next month at the Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights.