A note from Ridge Art:

Our lease is up at the end of August and after much going-back-and-forth we have decided to close our physical gallery and go strictly on-line. We’ve been open at 21 Harrison Street in the Oak Park Arts District outside of Chicago for 12 years and have many terrific and loyal clients. However, it is time to ease up on the physical work that a gallery requires. Most of our client base is no longer local but extends throughout most of the country and even into Europe and Latin America thanks to the internet. Closing our space will free us up to travel more, particularly in Asia and Latin America.

We will be doing shows locally and elsewhere from time to time. In fact, we are doing a show of vintage metal from Haiti at Gallery Pink, 149 Harrison Street, September 10th  through October 30th and we will be part of a group show at the same space during the holiday season.

For our many on-line clients nothing will change. Our toll-free number will remain the same. We will actually be expanding our on-line merchandise as we add pieces to the site that were previously only available in the gallery. We will miss chatting about art and politics with our local clients but we will continue to do our monthly e-letter and we encourage folks to reply. An on-line conversation would be fun. (I guess that’s what a blog is.) We will keep everyone informed about shows we are doing and the new pieces that we will be adding to our collection. We encourage everyone to stay in touch via email (ridgeart@comcast.net) and call us when you are in the Oak Park, Illinois area and you want a private showing

Thanks to everyone who made our presence in the Arts District such fun!