Publications
Publications
As an educational service, current and past exhibition materials are available for free to gallery visitors. Many are on display in the gallery. Electronic versions of several exhibition brochure are available for online viewing below. |
April 27 - June 8, 2007 Nina Weiss & Yelena Klairmont: Landscapes These two Lake County, Illinois artists approach landscape painting from opposite corners. Nina Weiss paints with thick, expressionistic brush strokes and vivid colors. Yelena Klairmont is a realist painter who depicts aerial views of both Chicago and Illinois farmland. |
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November 10th - December 15th, 2006 College of Lake County Art Faculty Exhibition This exhibit displays works by College of Lake County full-time studio art faculty. The show includes works by instructors David Bolton, Terry Dixon, Hans Habeger, Bob Lossmann, and Roland Miller. |
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May 19– June 23, 2006 Nicholas Sistler & Tom Szewc: Inverse Proportions Chicago painter Sistler paints interiors with figures in gouache. He is interested in the irony of deep space and monumental scale within a minute format. Lake County artist Tom Szewc, on the other hand, paints monumental figures in oil and pastels on a grand scale. |
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March 3 – April 9, 2006 Eleanor Spiess-Ferris: The Magpie Chronicles Chicago artist Eleanor Spiess-Ferris will display recent oil and gouache paintings. Her Surreal compositions portray images of women as a symbol for various gender-based issues. The title, “Magpie Chronicles,” recalls her childhood in New Mexico, and also refers to Native American lore. A catalog of the exhibition is available. |
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November 11 - December 16, 2005 Reginald Coleman: A Retrospective Reginald Coleman is a Lake County artist who makes abstract, geometric compositions with subtle nuances of color. This retrospective exhibition covers the years from 1975-2005 and features his painting and works on paper. Coleman will retire in May of 2006 as art professor at the College of Lake County after 30 years. A catalog of the exhibition will be available. |
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August 12 – September 25, 2005 Wunderkammer: Early 20th Century Central European Ceramics Early 20th century Central European production ceramics are noted for their highly ornate and expressive figures and animal designs. The pieces in this exhibition, on loan from a local collector, explore this highly idiosyncratic and short-lived period of art. |
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May 20– June 24, 2005 Doug Smithenry & Chad William Wooters: Small Format Paintings Lake County, IL artist Doug Smithenry morphs his predominately male figures into kaleidoscopic distortions. Chad Wooters, of Elmhurst, IL, displays works from his The “Manly" Still Life Series. Each piece is an assemblage of hand tools with masculine associations. |
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March 4 – April 10, 2005 John Himmelfarb: Recent Paintings & Prints Chicago abstract painter, John Himmelfarb describes his recent work as "references to the Midwestern landscape, as well as, to the urban imagery." Himmelfarb’s work is included in numerous museum collections including: Art Institute of Chicago, The British Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. A catalog will accompany this exhibit. |
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November 12 - December 17, 2004 Yale Factor, Renee McGinnis & Jacqueline Moses: World View Yale Factor, an art professor at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, paints whimsical realist still lifes with a satirical edge. Renee McGinnis, of Chicago, employs social commentary in her figurative paintings. Jacqueline Moses, of Skokie, paints surreal images that explore contemporary issues. |
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August 16 – September 26, 2004 Bonnie Stone: Women’s Work Is Never Done Bonnie Stone, who resides in Saratoga, California, presents watercolors dealing with domestic issues. Her vibrant works explore women’s roles in traditional Judaic and African cultures. |
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May 21 – August 6, 2004 Tramp Art: A Folk Art Sensation Tramp Art is a type of folk art that was produced in America from the end of the civil war through the 1930s. Tramp Art is noted for its highly ornate and idiosyncratic utilitarian objects. Carved from cigar box wood with pocketknives, it roots are German and Scandinavian. The exhibition will be curated by Amy Ortiz, Ph.D., Art History and Material Culture. The show will include examples of Tramp Art boxes, frames, furniture and whimsical objects. |
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August 15th - September 28th, 2003
Joe Price: Serigraphs in Light & Tone Joe Price developed a unique approach to serigraphy that requires up to 106 separate screenings of transparent color. This exhibit will display thirty-five of these stunning prints by the Los Angeles, CA artist. Price has works in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Library of Congress. He chaired the Art Department of the College of San Mateo until retiring. A two-fold brochure will be printed. |
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February 28th – April 6th, 2003
Tim Lowly: To Do Tim Lowly describes his latest works as visual meditations on the intent to various kinds of actions. His thoughtfully composed realist paintings depict people in unusual settings. Beyond appearance, Lowly seems to make visible the invisible places that people create within themselves. |
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August 16, 2002 - September 29, 2002
Rose Piper & Winfred Rembert: A Pair of Opposites The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art will exhibit the works of two important African-American artists from August 16 through September 29, 2002. |
On View
July 11 - August 15, 2008
Dave Engle & Ed Hinkley:
Landscape and Memory
Reception: Friday, July 11, 7-9 pm
