Exhibition Archive

Recent Works: A Juried Competition

September 28 – November 4, 2007

Reception: Friday, September 28, 7-9 pm


About the Show

This 27th annual competition includes all fine art media and is open to all artists who reside or work in Lake County. Approximately $2,000 will be presented in cash prizes and purchase awards for the college’s art collection.



Artists submitting: 140
Artists accepted: 48
Works entered: 258
Works accepted: 51

Award Winners:

Award of Excellence, $300
Lou Raizin, The Long Walk
Ed Watson, From the Road

CLC Purchase Awards
Funds sponsored by Johanna Arora and Kraft Foods
Ben Bates, Platter with Intersecting Lines, ceramics
Richard Bruck, 21st Century Homo Sapiens Artifact, hologram
Lou Raizin, The Long Walk, photograph

Special Award of Merit, $150
Antioch Fine Arts Foundation, sponsor
Josiah Eidmann, Umbrellas, drawing

Awards of Merit, $100
Jill Raizin, Tumble Dry Low, painting
Joan E. Robertson, Ghosts, drawing

Honorable Mentions and Sponsors, $25 Gift Certificate
Lily Belle Cote, Of Myself, photograph - CLC Bookstore, sponsor
Dana Hebrun, Cedar Lake Reflections 8-8-07, painting - Hi-Land Art and Frame, sponsor
Ben Bates, Platter with Intersecting Lines, ceramics - Dick Blick, sponsor


2007 Recent Works Jurors:

Dan Addington, owner/director Addington Gallery, Chicago
Eddwin Meyers, artist & adjunct faculty, Elgin Community College


Pieces on Display


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Platter with Intersecting Lines
Ben Bates

On View

February 26 -- April 11, 2010

Beyond Pixeltorialism:
Digital Imaging in the 21st Century

Reception: Friday, February 26, 7-9 pm




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