Jyl Bonaguro
Jyl Bonaguro is a self-taught sculptor and playwright in Chicago, specializing in hand-carving Italian marble, who can teach you to intertwine narrative forms and help audiences connect through your work.
Jyl Bonaguro is a self-taught sculptor and playwright in Chicago, specializing in hand-carving Italian marble, who can teach you to intertwine narrative forms and help audiences connect through your work.
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May 18th, 10am–4:30pm Central Time
Jyl Bonaguro @ 4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL
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Jyl Bonaguro, Artist … Sculptor … Playwright... is a self taught sculptor and playwright in Chicago, specializing in carving Italian marble by hand. Often working spontaneously, Jyl Bonaguro has a modern approach to the ancient art of stone carving that diverges from the formal academic approach. Raw stone is revealed in select areas, leaving sections untouched and natural, reminiscent of fragments excavated by archaeologists.
Jyl Bonaguro find similarities working in mediums as divergent as sculpting and playwriting because both mediums are treated as interactive, narrative forms. Sculptures like her marble wings series tells a story through composition of form and style in much the same way a play like Swan Soong tells a story through composition of words and style. Both forms require audience participation and interaction to help complete the stories and connect us with each other.
Jyl Bonaguro’s works have been featured in publications like CS Modern Luxury Interiors, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader and Sheridan Road and are in private art collections throughout the United States. Select sculpture exhibitions include: SOFA Chicago, Scope Miami, Aqua Art Miami, “Nature in Motion” Lincoln Park Zoo IL, “Voices and Visions” at the Highland Park Art Center IL and “Intertwined” at the Korean Cultural Center IL. She is the Vice President of Chicago Sculpture International and currently lives and works in Chicago, IL. Her latest carving project is the Modern Athena Sculpture.
Students who have taken classes with Jyl Bonaguro rave about their experience. They appreciate the opportunity to work with proper tools and receive one-on-one instruction from a skilled artist. They find the class to be both challenging and rewarding, with many expressing how it has given them a new appreciation for the skill and dedication required for stone carving. The class is well-organized and thoughtfully paced, allowing students to progress from beginner to being able to create their own stone masterpieces. Jyl is praised for her teaching abilities, being described as an excellent instructor who is knowledgeable, hands-on, encouraging, and able to cater to individual skill levels and goals. Students also enjoy the chill and supportive environment of the class, and some are even considering taking the class again because of how much fun they had. Overall, students highly recommend Jyl Bonaguro's classes for anyone looking for a special and unique creative outlet where they can learn the tools and techniques of stone carving. 1. "Got to learn all the tools & steps of stone carving and ask every question I had with ample one on one instruction time!" 2. "While challenging, Jyl did an excellent job navigating the group through all of the steps to create a stone masterpiece." 3. "Jyl is an exceptional instructor who provided superb art direction and instructions which really helped me learn the tools and techniques of stone carving. Highly recommended!"
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