Not Just Another Pretty Face Salon For Members

Interested in collecting art, or curious how to get started? Join us for a salon-style program and learn about buying artwork specific to your needs. Not Just Another Pretty Face is a triennial program created by Hyde Park Art Center in the mid-1990s that introduces artists to potential art buyers. This project facilitates a fun and accessible commissioning process that builds lasting relationships between artists and patrons, creates a new base of support for artists, and invests in the vitality of Chicago’s cultural community.

To date, the Art Center has raised more than $1,000,000 — half of which goes directly into the hands of artists, with the other half supporting Art Center programs. Through Not Just Another Pretty Face, 375+ original works of art have been commissioned by 275 new and established collectors interested in investing in Chicago’s artists.

This event is presented at the Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Legacies: Selected work from the Elmhurst Art Museum Permanent Collection.

Contact Jenn Guistolise, Manager of Individual Giving at (630) 834-0202 x 13, for more information.

Image: Mayumi Lake, Lucent Petals, 2023, pigment print, gold leaf, resin, wood, 28 x 26 x 2 inches. Commissioned by Claire Rice. Image courtesy of Hyde Park Art Center.