1/14/2026 Addison Art Guild's First Meeting of the new year Features Sandie Bacon Demonstrating Techniques from Golden Artist Colors

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MEMBER, MARGARET BUCHOLZ:

You don't want to miss our next Addison Art Guild meeting because we have artist, teacher, and visionary, Sandie Bacon as our program presenter.  Bring a friend with you.  

Sandie Bacon is a Chicago based visual artist who works primarily as a painter but often ventures into mixed media and sculpture. She shows in galleries nationwide and is included in corporate collections such as the William Blair Foundation, and the Chicago Department of the Environment and has a piece in Bill Clinton’s Harlem office. She paints murals in both public spaces (restaurants, grocery stores, designer showrooms, museums) and in private residences, as well as being a scenic charge artist for the Citadel Theater. She has also won numerous public art commissions including recently at Artprize in Grand Rapids, MI to Chicago Sculpture International.

Trained as a specialist in acrylic, oil and watercolor paints, Sandie is a Working Artist for Golden Artist Colors since 2007. She teaches workshops and lectures on paints for colleges, artist groups and retail stores.  She also is a Silver Brush educator and works on lesson plans for Grafix.

She has a BFA in fine arts /literature from Johnston College in Redlands, California and a MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD.  She lived in NYC for 12 years where she worked as an artist in the schools for Project LEAP, and was on the board for CityArts Workshop.

Location:  Addison Trail High School, 213 N. Lombard Road, Door #4, Addison, IL 60101.  (north parking lot, enter beneath the Addison Center for the Arts awning).