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  • 19
    19.October

    Mysterious Meteorites

    2:00 pm-3:00 pm
    10.19.2024
    Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
    1220 Kensington Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523

    Is it a meteor, meteorite, or meteoroid?  What do we learn about meteorites by looking at them in hand or by microscope? Learn how the study of meteorites developed, find out if “space rocks” differ from Earth rocks, and if we humans are in any way related to “space rocks.” Join Bill Mikuska, M.S. as he demonstrates how microscopes explain the mysteries of meteorites. Free linear polarized light material provided.

    Lecture – 2:00 p.m – 60 minutes
    Students & Adults
    Regular Museum Admission
    Museum Members Free

    Reservations Recommended
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  • 26
    26.October

    West Suburban Lapidary Club Meeting

    1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    10.26.2024
    Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
    1220 Kensington Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523

    Interested in the lapidary arts? Find out more at the WSLC meetings at the Museum. The Club will host a program each month, including presentations, demonstrations, and information on cutting and polishing stones! Programs to be announced.

    Club Meeting 1 p.m.
    Program @ 2 p.m. – 60 minute
    Teens to Adults Welcome
    Regular Museum Admission
    WSLC & Museum Members Free
    Register here

Special Exhibit
Synergy & Symbiosis
On Display from November 2, 2024 through April 27, 2025

This exhibit is a celebration of collaborative jewelry creations by designer Paula Crevoshay. These 12 extraordinary pieces feature gem carver Glenn Lehrer and jewelry designer Erica Courtney. The resulting collection is phenomenally beautiful.
Advanced Reservations Recommended | Open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays
Closed Tuesday-Thursday

Synergy & Symbiosis

By Martin Bell

Paula Crevoshay and Glenn Lehrer collaborated to create the special exhibit “Synergy & Symbiosis.”

Paula Crevoshay and Glenn Lehrer have been collaborating for many decades, inspiring each other and kindling creative fires that have produced amazing collaborative works. Their joint efforts include Crevoshay’s museum exhibitions such as “Voices of the Earth,” “Elements,” and “Garden of Light” at the Carnegie Museum, “Illuminations – Earth to Jewel” at the Musee de Minerlogie in Paris, “Art of the Jewel” at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, and “The Shape of Matter – Through an Artists Eye” at the Perot Museum in Dallas.

It was only natural for Paula Crevoshay and Glenn Lehrer to collaborate. Their first joint project began when Crevoshay commissioned her favorite gem carvers to create themed pieces with her. Both artists discovered that they share a deeply spiritual approach to their work. Working together, they expanded each other’s perspectives, exploring broader horizons and deeper contemplations.

Lehrer works with crystalline structures and biological geometries, literally bending light into fluid gem carvings. Crevoshay, with her keen sense of balance and deep knowledge of art history, contributes her color combinations that have earned her the title “Queen of Color.”

Over the decades their deep respect and trust in each other’s integrity as artists have grown and flourished. In 2010 they came together with the epiphany that they must bring out the best of their best to inspire future generations in their greatest effort, “Synergy and Symbiosis,” fourteen years in the making.

“Synergy and Symbiosis” is a brilliant compilation that reflects two gifted kindred souls known as bringers of the light. While both Crevoshay and Lehrer have enjoyed great artistic success, critical acclaim, and museum recognition, their passion and creativity never wane.

In their joint creations, Crevoshay and Lehrer showcase their spiritual journey, enriching the world’s collection of sacred art in the modern age. May you be uplifted by your contemplation of the singular fine art jewels in “Synergy and Symbiosis.”

Georgia's Dream - one of the jewelry pieces in the Synergy & Symbiosis collection.

Synergy & Symbiosis is on display from November 2 through April 27th, 2025. The exhibit will be open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Entry is included in the price of Museum Admission, reservations for the exhibit are recommended.

Pele's Mist - one of the jewelry pieces in the Synergy & Symbiosis collection.


Holiday Sale

Museum Members receive 20% off purchases!
Get your unique gifts for the whole family!
November 23rd through December 8th


See the Gems, then the Lights

Did you know the Lizzadro Museum is sponsoring Holiday Lights at Central Park through Oak Brook Park District?
To celebrate that partnership, we will stay open until 7 p.m. on Fridays!

Dates include: November 22, 29; December 6, 13, 20, 27; and January 3.

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