Art & Music on the Plaza
The John Wesley Experience: Saturday, May 23rd | 1PM - 3PM
Jack Macklin Trio: Sunday, May 24th | 1PM - 3PM
Experience the fusion of art and music as artist Caitlin Palagi brings the rhythm to life on canvas during Art and Music on the 1st Street Plaza. Watch as each brushstroke captures the energy and emotion of the music, creating a visual masterpiece before your eyes. Don't miss this unique sensory experience that promises to elevate your appreciation of both art and music!
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Caitlin Palagi
As an intuitive artist, I attempt to greet each blank canvas in the present - leaving all creative notions of the day behind and focusing instead on my emotive state. My composition forms through a process of positive and negative space, as shapes begin to emerge before me - spurring a rapid and natural creative cycle that engages my body, mind and emotions in the moment - free from idle preservation.
John Wesley Experience
Saturday | 1PM - 3PM
John Wesley III was born and raised in Chicago, where his father played trumpet and his mother directed and sang in the church choir. Music has played a large part in the Wesley household. At about age 12, John heard his first live jazz saxophone solo. It was love at first note. From there, his life as a musician began. From the Gallery 37 Jazz Band internship to the Chicago All-City Jazz Ensemble. From the ensemble came the creation of the John Wesley Experience (JWE), a group of musicians that came together to make people feel good.
Jack Macklin Trio
Sunday | 1PM - 3PM
Jack Macklin is a Guitarist, Composer, and Educator originally from St. Charles. Macklin's love the guitar began at an early age starting wit the first song he learned how to play: "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osborne. The Jack Macklin Trio is a bright light in the growing community of improvised music. The Trio will uniquely navigate their way through popular songs ranging from the present to the 1950's, as well as sprinkle in original material.
