Skokie Mourns the Loss of Local Artist Elliott Balter

Elliott Balter attended Blairritz University in France and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a Raymond Travelling Fellow and received his MFA at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His sculpture "Swans" can be seen in the courtyard of the library. Other sculptures, including his Expanding the Brain series, are on display in Balter's Skokie Sculpture Garden on Ewing Avenue. Elliott Balter is survived by his son Shelley, and has left his marvelous sculptures for all of us to see.

Listen to his interview on Chicago Public Library: http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/ram_2003b/848/848_030806d.ram

Visit the SkokieNet website about Elliott Balter created by the Library's teen volunteers:

http://skokienet.org/skokienet.now/elliottbalter/

See some of the sculptures previously on display at Mr Balter's home in Florida: http://www.neiu.edu/~ncaftori/vero2/pages/all-sculptures_JPG.htm

Mr Balter is seen here being interviewed by teen volunteers from the Skokie Library during summer 2006.