The Cabinet of Secret ART

This event is a performance. Seating is limited.
Suggested donations $10.

The Cabinet of Secret ART with Betsy Zacsek, reveals artworks from artists’ personal collections: or rather works made by artists for themselves.  It features works that tell a secret story, works made from an emotional place, works that reveal too much vulnerability to ever be shared with the public, displayed in a conventional gallery setting, or subjected to critique.  This is a rare opportunity to examine artists’ personal creative practices through dialog and revelation and to confront otherwise forbidden works. What do Makers hide and what becomes part of public discourse?  What makes a piece appropriate for sharing? How do we want to be viewed by our art world colleagues and why do certain pieces not fit into this standard, when they’re still quite important to the Maker?

The show is and open call and is not judged. It is structured to provide a safe, anonymous environment to explore “secret paintings” within a supportive and curious community.
The works will be revealed along with an anonymous reading of their stories and hung during a live performance in front of an audience.

Artist Betsy Zacsek is known for her interactive art events in Chicago, including A-Haul, All American Dinner at Pondhole, and The Cabinet of Secret Paintings.

And she is the official illustrator for BeingBold.me! Her illustrations celebrate women inventors and artists, each one is not simply a portrait, but an illustration that tells the story and symbolically represents the woman’s inventions or art! It’s a very thoughtful process and we appreciate her talent and creativity!

See her illustrations on stickers, the placemat that started it all, the poster, and more, all in our shop, now all our items are carried by

Host or Publisher Oak Park Art League