Lakeside Inn Residency

10/11/2026

Artist in Residence: Jill Nahrstedt

10/09/2026

Artist in residence: Jill Nahrstedt

10/05/2026

Artist in residence: Jill Nahrstedt

Jill Nahrstedt (b.1977 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an artist and curator living and working in Chicago.

Nahrstedt’s artistic practice encompasses a wide range of media including painting, printmaking, installation and curation. Utilizing electric hues not often found in nature, her paintings and prints knit together memories of time and place. ​

Layers of figures and drips, cacti and pools, architecture and peonies, build up to replicate the depth of experience Nahrstedt draws from to create. Inspired by the ecstatic pleasure found in the most simple, she is propelled forward by the lush textures that build as more time is spent with a piece. Nahrstedt loves a visual journey and wants nothing more than for you to join her.

She has exhibited locally and nationally, and painted murals from Chicago to Hawaii. Over the past decade she has designed and hand printed the Abstracted Neighborhoods series as a way to honor the neighborhoods for which Chicago is well known. After dedicating over twelve years to public service, she now splits her time between her art practice and raising her children

09/21/2026

Did you know we launched a new website just for our residency programs? More information on the Lakeside Inn Artist Residency and the Gordon Beach Writers Residency is available at: www.lakesideinnresidency.com.

Applications for both residency programs are open now!
✨Artist residency applications close October 24
✨Writers residency applications are accepted on a rolling basis

09/19/2026

Artist in Residence: Lori Sabina Piecyk

09/16/2026

Artist in Residence: Lori Sabina Piecyk

09/12/2026

Artist in Residence: Lori Sabina Piecyk

Lori Sabina Piecyk is an artist born in Chicago IL. She received her BFA in ceramics from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL, and is currently pursuing her MFA at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Her work explores surface through pattern, inspiring connections of natural and artificial environments. She has exhibited nationally and attended artist residencies at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO, Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, IL, and Terra Incognito Studios in Oak Park ,IL.

08/28/2026

Super exciting to see Lakeside Inn and the residency program mentioned in this month's edition of "Flocking to..." Celebrating the Inn's rich cultural history, it introduces a legacy carried forward by Devereux Bowly and now, Zach Zitske.

On Lake Michigan’s southeastern shore, generations of artists have long drawn inspiration from the landscape. Now there’s a new wave of creative people finding more and more reasons to linger.

08/25/2026

Artist in residency

08/23/2026

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