Jazz, Art & Cocktails - Gritty Pretty
Art and jazz, jazz and art... add cocktails and hors d'oeuvres and you have a perfect Saturday evening. Join us at the studio of sculptor, artist and fellow Lab parent Garland Martin Taylor on Saturday, April 13, 2013 for an evening of hot art - and cool jazz, compliments of the U-High Jazz Band.

Tour Garland's studio, enjoy an exhibition of his recent work, hang out with friends and meet new ones, and listen to the jazz stylings of Lab's own U-High Jazz Band, under the direction of Francisco Dean, along with some special guest musicians.

Br'er Studio
1965 West Pershing
Chicago IL 60609

Ample secure parking is available onsite.

Hosted by: Cynthia Heusing and David Kistenbroker, Cheryl and Thomas Rudbeck, and Garland and Michelle Taylor
6pm-10pm

About Garland Taylor:

Garland M. Taylor received his BA and his MA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. He minored in sculpture and studied under both, Preston Jackson in Chicago, and Virginio Ferrari in Verona, Italy. He currently maintains an art studio in Chicago, IL, and works as a part time museum specialist at the DuSable Museum of African American History. The artist's research interests include African Power figures, and the art of nineteenth century editorial cartoonists Thomas Nast, Moses Tucker, Edward. H. Lee and Henry Jackson Lewis.

http://www.garlandmartintaylor.com)