Photograph: Courtesy of Mary Ellen Croteau / DCASE |
**Mary Ellen Croteau**
A self-described artist and agitator, Croteau makes work that challenges visitors to think in new ways about discarded objects, such as the plastic bottle caps she used to create *My Eye* (pictured, 2012). �By making art with plastic waste, I reclaim and repurpose what would otherwise go to landfills,� the 63-year-old Logan Square resident says. Her work will be on view this fall at the Garfield Park Conservatory, the Illinois State Museum�s Chicago Gallery and the Hairpin Arts Center in Logan Square.

Chicago Artists Month preview

TOC profiles four of our favorite CAM artists.

Thursday September 20 2012

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