Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park
PO Box 692
Skokie, Illinois 60076-0692
Contact: Sheila Oettinger, Vice President of the Board of Directors
Tel: (847) (847) 679-4265
Fax: (847) 677-2478
Email: info@sculpturepark.org
Website: www.sculpturepark.org

The Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park was incorporated in 1988 by a group of private citizens to establish and maintain a sculpture park in a two-mile-long, beautiful, natural, prairie setting just north of the city of Chicago. The park has been designed and formally landscaped to include bicycle paths, walkways, and seating areas, surrounded by over 70 large- scale contemporary sculptures created by noted regional, national, and international artists.

Approximately 25% of the sculptures on display make up the parks permanent collection, including works by Testa, Wareham, Gall, Ihara, Johnson, and Peart. The remainder are on loan for various periods of time from sculptors or collectors such as Zimmerman, Katz, Baur, Parker, Gallucci, Blik, Anderson, Agard, Gall and Heinrich.

The park showcases sculpture in a wide variety of styles and materials, encouraging viewers to think about and evaluate the creative process of sculpture.

The board of directors is actively involved in an educational outreach program, providing assistance and written materials for groups wishing to tour the park. The park also has an extensive website from which individuals can download and print out a multi-page Self-Guided Tour and Family Guide. These materials can be taken to the Park and will add immeasurably to a visit.

The park, a not- for- profit 501© (3) corporation , is run by a board of directors and is financed by public, private, and corporate contributions, most notably from the Village of Skokie, Niles Township, the Illinois Arts Council, the Walgreen Company and several private foundations. Individual donors are recognized through various contribution programs.

The Sculptures in the park are available for purchase. The board of directors acts as a liaison between purchasers and the individual artists.

General Info

Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park is located on the east side of McCormick Boulevard, between Dempster Street and Touhy Avenue in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, adjacent to the northshore channel of the Chicago River.

On-site parking is available in two locations: in the center of the Dempster Street to Main Street section and in the center of the Howard Street to Touhy Avenue section.

The park is fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
It is open all year.
Admission is free.
Group touring, bicycling, jogging, picnic areas are available.
For travel info see web site or call (312) 836-7000.
Free parking.
Guided tours for groups.

Directions
The park is located 40 minutes from downtown Chicago.

By Car
Take the outer Drive north to Hollywood Ave. Follow Ridge Ave. to Touhy Ave. Take Touhy Ave. west to McCormick Blvd (the south end of the park), or take the Kennedy Expressway, (I-94 West) north to the Edens Expressway. Exit Touhy Ave.-East. Continue to McCormick Blvd.

By Public Transportation
The park is accessible by public transportation—CTA, PACE, METRA, train. Travel information by calling: (312) 836-7000.

The Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park Contribution Program

1. Donors may adopt a tree, a park bench, or one of our sculptures and can be publicly acknowledged in the park for their gift with a personalized plaque.
2. Personalized bricks are also available for a contribution of $100.00 or more. An area paved with bricks is located at the north end of the park near the circle of flags.
3. All contributions are fully tax deductible.
4. For further info on any of the programs, call: (847) 679-4265.

Luis Torruella

Jerry Peart

Maurice Blik

Andy Zimmerman

Sasha Reid

Ted Gall