57th Street Art Fair shaped Chicago arts scene
The 57th Street Art Fair, begun in 1948, evolved from a freewheeling local showcase into a quality oriented event guided for decades by Mary Lou Worner. Her leadership as gallery owner and Fair Coordinator drove space planning, publicity, and vendor oversight while balancing costs, crowding, and safety amid city changes and occasional challenges.
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Mary Lou Womer
Woodworth’s
57Th Street
Mary Louise
Mary Lou) Worner
Chicago
Hyde Park
Mary Lou
Robbie Kennedy
Elizabeth Slotkin
Mary Lou Wemner
Portrait of a Chicago Photographer Nancy Hays
The article profiles Nancy Hays a lifelong photographer based in Hyde Park since 1958. It notes she began photography at age twelve, studied briefly at the University of Michigan and The School of Modern Photography, is largely self trained, serves as Herald staff photographer, and is represented in New York by Monkmeyer Press Photo Service. It also mentions ownership of older works by Gail Barazani for 1948 and J Forwalter for 1949.
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Chicago
Nancy Hays
Univ. of Michigan
School of Modern Photography
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57Th St
By John Forwalter
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
West Coast
Washington Square
Seine
Paris
Cooper Union
J. Wellington Reynolds
Art Institute
Reynolds
Munich
Wild West
Nan Rice
Leonard Radowicz
Museum of Science and Industry
University of Chicago
Institute of Design
Chicago and Vicinity
Navy Pier
Chicago Maroon
Adrien Alexander
Mary Louise Womner
Art Fair Committee
John Forwalter