Exhibitions at the Evanston Art Center

Exhibitions

EAC also commissions annual site-specific sculptural installations through its Sculpture on the Grounds program.

	2007 Spring Benefit Exhibition Sunday April 22 – Saturday, May 12 Opening reception on Sunday, April 22, 1–4 p.m. Artists: Over 120 artists Please join us for the opening of the 2007 Evanston Art Center Spring Benefit Exhibition. The opening will be the first viewing of this great exhibition which culminates on Saturday, May 12 with the closing night reception and live auction. For tickets to the live auction, please call 847-475-5300. Please click here for more information and images of the work in the show.

	Richard Loving Paintings - 30 Year Review March 4 – April 8, 2007 March 4, 1 – 4 pm The Evanston Art Center and The Art Center of Highland Park proudly present the second in the series of retrospectives highlighting the art of Chicago area artists who have made significant contributions to their medium. This exhibit represents a comprehensive review of the paintings of Richard Loving, one of Chicago’s most accomplished painters and teachers, a venerated Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, who has had a seminal influence on subsequent generation of painters and on the art of our time. Loving’s luminous, patterned works contain a spiritual symbolism that has created a singular voice whose art suggests a bridge between the two camps of painting to emerge in Chicago during the past 40 years: Abstraction and Imagism.

	Not Fade Awaycurated by John Brunetti January 7 – February 11, 2007 January 7, 1 – 4 pm Artists: Noelle Allen, Marie Krane Bergman, L.J. Douglas, Scott Short, Jiwon Son Not Fade Away features the work of five artists who investigate optical and material disintegration. Through meticulous and obsessive paintings, drawings and time-based works these artists call attention to the phenomenon in which the fragmentation of an object reveals more, not less, about itself and the world around it.

	Unifying ThreadBeverly Kedzior, curator October 8 – November 14, 2006 October 8, 1 – 4 pm Artists: Judith Brotman, Sun H. Choi, Dianne Cooper, Julie Ganser, Amy Honchell, Marci Rae McDade, Georgina Valverde Unifying Thread presents the work of seven artists who use thread, string, and a variety of materials that might be more commonly referred to as fiber art. These artists challenge any preconceived notion of fiber’s traditional role. This exhibition includes an inventive array of elaborately assembled wall pieces, carefully constructed sculptural objects and site-specific installations that celebrate the use of unconventional material to create an evocative experience for the viewer.

	18th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial May 28 – July 9, 2006 June 4, 1 – 4 pm Artists: Many artists One of the largest interior site-specific pieces ever exhibited at the Evanston Art Center has been awarded first prize ($1,500) at the Center's 18th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial exhibition. Stacza Lipinski’s acrylic on vellum assemblage, "Out of the Woodwork", ascends up the wall of the Center’s elegant winding staircase, its organic pink and grey shapes delicately cut from thin vellum. Second prize ($1,000) went to Katherine Drake Chial’s abstract acrylic and oil painting on canvas, "Parallel Universe", while Harold Mendez’s digital print "Put Cho’Money Where Your Mouf’ Is" won third prize ($500). The EAC’s Evanston + Vicinity Biennial is one of the Midwest’s largest and most prestigious juried exhibitions. This year’s exhibit was juried by Annette Ferrara and Michael Workman

	2006 Spring Benefit Exhibition Sunday, April 16 – May 13 April 23, 1 – 4 pm Artists: Over 120 artists Please join us for the opening of the 2006 Evanston Art Center Spring Benefit Exhibition. Come Hunt and Gather art from all disciplines. The opening will be the first viewing of this great exhibition which culminates on Saturday, May 13 with the closing night reception and live auction. For tickets to the live auction, please call 847-475-5300. Please click here for more information and images of work in the show.

	Flattened February 26 – April 2, 2006 February 26, 1 – 4 pm Artists: Keith O. Anderson, Katherine Drake-Chial, Alisa Henriquez, Jason Shelby, Fraser Taylor Five mid-career artists of diverse cultural backgrounds reinterpret the utopian vocabulary of modern abstraction by using a variety of processes in their work. Tearing, pouring, sewing, and layering are integral to their interests in broadening abstraction’s ability to communicate by fusing sources from popular, indigenous and assimilated cultures.

	Better Than Nature January 8 – February 12, 2006 January 8, 1 – 4 pm Artists: Lisa Costello, Barbara Kendrick, Karen Landis, Cynthia Morgan These artists focus on the idiosyncracies that arise when society attempts to improve on the systems of the natural world. Their diverse approaches to installation and mixed media works are united by an interest in obsessive processes that reflect contemporary culture's interest in romanticizing, and ultimately altering, the natural experience through synthetic means.

	Domestic Disturbance October 23 – November 20, 2005 October 23, 1 – 4 pm Artists: Brian Ulrich, M. Ivan Cherry, Robert Horvath, Chris Cosnowski, William Staples, Gerald Guthrie panel discussion with the artists begins at 1:30 PM. Domestic Disturbance features six artists who create narrative photographs, paintings and computer generated images to address social dysfunction in America's suburban heartland. Seen from the male point of view, the work of these artists is laced with artifice, irony, humor and detachment. Would you like to read teh curatorial about the show? Please click here.

	Obsessive-ExplosiveCurated by Lisa Stein June 3 – July 8 2007 Opening Reception: Sunday, June 3, 1 – 4 PM Artists: Stacza Lipinski, Bruce Noel Mortenson, Paul Nudd, Geoffrey Todd Smith, Scott Wolniak The Evanston Art Center 2007 Artists Invitational "Obsessive/Explosive" presents work by Stacza Lipinski, Bruce Noel Mortenson, Paul Nudd, Geoffrey Todd Smith and Scott Wolniak. In the words of the curator, Lisa Stein, "This years invitational exhibit includes five Chicago artists, selected from the 2006 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, whose vibrant approach to their individual work clearly reflects the title theme of the exhibit. A joyfully obsessive streak runs through the artists paintings, drawings, videos and installations. Their dense, highly detailed forms repeated over and over result in works that explode with energy and prove alternately playful, subversive and exhilarating." The show continues until July 8

	2007 Faculty Exhibition July 22 – August 26 Opening Reception: July 22, 1 – 4 PM Work by Evanston Art Center faculty members can be found in galleries across the country (and indeed, internationally), but this summer you can experience examples of this exciting and original work in one place! The Art Center presents the work of over 50 Adult and Youth Fine Art faculty members in all of our galleries for the 2007 Biennial Faculty Exhibition. “The Faculty Exhibition presents examples of work by a distinguished group of artists who teach in the Art Center School”, says Deborah Fell, Director of Education. “We are proud to have such a talented and professional group of artists on staff.” All eleven departments are represented – Ceramics, Digital Arts, Drawing and Painting, Fiber and Textiles, Figure Sculpture, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Metal Sculpture, Mosaics, Photography, Printmaking and Youth Fine Arts. This year the work of Art Center Workshop and Outreach faculty is also on display. The 2007 Biennial Faculty Exhibition will be on view until August 26.

	Sheets, Planes and PulpWorks on Paper September 16 – October 21, 2007 Sheets, Planes, and Pulp: Works on (and of) Paper opening reception a huge success! Artists: 55 selected artists of Chicago, Evanston and surrounding areas of Illinois On Sunday, September 16th, over 100 people attended the opening reception for the 55 exhibiting artists in the EAC’s newest exhibition, “Sheets, Planes, and Pulp”. Artists were selected from many regions throughout Illinois. Works include both 2-D and 3-D pieces, from monotypes and collage to large sculptural forms all originating from paper sources. Five awards were presented by the show’s juror, Margaret Hawkins: Kristin Demer was awarded Best of Show; Monica Rezman received the Award for Excellence in 2-D; Linda Robinson Gordon received the Award of Excellence in 3-D; Eduardo De Soignie received a Special Recognition gift certificate from Aiko’s Art Materials, and Sue Sommers received a Special Recognition gift certificate form Good’s of Evanston. “Sheets, Planes, and Pulp”, which was rated a “Must See” review from Time Out Chicago, will be on view through October 21st, 2007.

	Think BigLarger Works by Students of the EAC October 28 - November 18 Sunday October 28, 1 - 4 pm There are sculptures, paintings, drawings, photographs, and more on exhibit in all four galleries that reflect in some way the concept "big" by 63 students of the center.

	Corey PostiglioneWorks on Paper, 1972 - 2007 January 13 - February 17, 2008 Opening Reception: January 13, 1 - 4 pm Artist's Talk: 1:30 pm Artists: Corey Postiglione This exhibition represents a comprehensive view of the works on paper, created by Corey Postiglione, from 1972 through 2007. A Professor of Art history, Critical Theory and Studio Art in the Department of Art and Design at Chicago’s Columbia College, Corey was also for many years a venerated instructor of painting at the EAC. This retrospective will examine his early minimalist work, through figuration and up to his current metaphoric abstractions. Corey Postiglione has, in his own words, built upon “a lexicon of images that convey a consistent conceptual narrative”, a meditation on the potentially irreversible changes that have defined modernist and post-modernist life.

	Resounding the Environment March 2, 2008 - April 6, 2008 Opening Reception with Artist's Panel: March 2, 1 - 4 pm Artists: Mark Booth Shawn Decker Lou Mallozzi Christy Matson Sabrina Raaf Of all the senses, our hearing yields some of the most essential information about our surroundings. We use sound essentially as a way of exploring all the physical details of the world around us. The word “soundscape”, was coined in the 1970’s to describe the “sonic environment” that surrounds us. Often, however, the idea of “soundscape” has been taken in isolation from the physical environment – something to be recorded and played back, removed from its original context and reproduced. That narrow perspective is inadequate in these day of sophisticated home entertainment systems, ipods and other personal listening devices. The constantly changing world of sonic technology is continually redefining our relationship with the aural and physical environments in which we live and the roles they play in our lives. In this exhibition, five local artists present works which explore a variety of material aspects of this idea of “soundscape”.

	19th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial June 1 - July 6, 2008 Opening Reception: June 1, 2008 1 - 4 pm Award Ceremony: 1:30pm Artists: Jesse Avina, Jennifer Bisbing, Andrew Breen, Marie Kirk Burke, Marian Carow, Larry Chait, Paul Clark, Jeffery Cote de Luna, Ken Dubin, Susan Dwyer, Yale Factor, Hank Feeley, Sue Fox, Christopher Furman, Rosalynn Gingerich, Marina Golubova, Linda Gordon, Scott Gruss, Tyler Hewitt, Katherine Hilden, Eric Holubow, Jesse Howard, Doreen Johnson, Roland Kulla, Annie Lee, Kevin Lucero Less, Christine LoFaso, Joyce Lopez, Amy Mayfield, Patrick McGarry, Judith Schubert Mullen, Mary Neely, Vince Newkirk, David Parker, Colleen Mary Plumb, Jennifer Ray, Timothy Ripley, Cole Robertson, Jamie Solock, Jean Sousa, Amanda Valdez, Mike Weis, Brian Yates, Sunah Yun, Ryan Zoghlin The Evanston Art Center’s Evanston + Vicinity Biennial is one of the Midwest’s largest and most prestigious juried exhibitions. The Evanston Art Center is comprised of an award-winning exhibition program, art school, and outreach program dedicated to fostering the appreciation and expression of the visual arts among the diverse audiences of the Greater Chicago/North Shore region. This year’s exhibition was juried by curators Barbara Wiesen and Lanny Silverman. In addition to cash prizes awarded by the jurors, EAC Director Alan Leder will select four artists to be showcased in the Evanston Art Center Invitational, scheduled for Fall of 2009. In addition, an artist from the Biennial will be awarded a two week residency at Ragdale, in Lake Forest, Illinois during the year 2009.

	"The Nereid Beckon" Sculpture on the Grounds June 2008 - May 2009 June 1, 2:30 - 4pm Artists: Matt Dehaemers Matt Dehaemer’s installation “The Nereid Beckon” floats on the lawn of the Evanston Art Center metaphorically transporting the viewer toward the historic Gross Point Lighthouse. The site-specific installation of five, 16 foot ship-like bottles is composed of approximately 6,000 small, clear plastic bottles. Thousands of people have written messages attesting to their attachment, dependence, fear of or reverence for Lake Michigan. During the day viewers are drawn to the messages, clearly visible through the individual bottles. Moving from one to the next can be mesmerizing. The cumulative effect is the gathering of expressions from a diverse community of people who have personal sentiments or little known facts to say about the Great Lake that they share...Lake Michigan. At night. a different sight emerges, as the fleet of bottles, lit from within, becomes almost a single presence appearing to drift toward the lighthouse. Messages include drawings from the children at Sunny Days Child Care and written memories from senior citizens at the Levy Center and Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, both visual and written messages from children of District 65 Schools: Walker, Orrington, Lincolnwood, Willard, Dawes, Lincoln, Washington elementary schools and Nichols, Chute, Oakton & Haven middle schools. Messages also come from students & teachers at the Music Institute of Chicago, Roycemore School, Baker Demonstration School, Chiaravalle Montessori School, Dewey School Ecology Club and Girl Scout Troops 745 & 746. In addition, visitors to the Evanston Ecology Center and the YWCA, residents of the Presbyterian Homes, the Mather Pavillion, Mather Homes and 3 Crowns, members of the Osher Life Long Learning Institute groups, Northwestern University, Chris Green’s poetry writing class at Loyola University, Family Focus, Young Evanston Artists, Evanston Youth Job Center, Evanston Library Teen Center, Northeast Association, Evanston Women’s Club, Jr. League of Evanston & the North Shore, Northwestern Settlement House, Open Studio, Evanston Arts Council/Public Arts Council, City of Evanston: Mayor Morton, Council and Staff, Arts & Business Council, NEXT Theater and Evanston Art Center volunteers, staff and students, Wilmette Park District Kindergarten, The Garden Club of Evanston, Ramona School Garden Club, Evanston Current Events Club, Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club, Rotary International and several book clubs have participated. First Bank & Trust of Evanston, Art + Science Salon, Sara Gutheridge, Gerry Macsai, Sandy Brown, realtor, The Homestead Hotel, 800 Condominium Association and The Paper Source solicited messages from their customers and staff. Many unidentified individuals are also part of the art. This project could not have been realized without the generosity of the City of Evanston’s Community Public Art Program, Community Art Fund, the Illinois Arts Council, Beth & David Hart, Allan Drebin and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and the hard work of committee members Beth Hart, Geraldine Macsai, Coni Lyman, Jane Chapman, Katherine Hart, Bill Lampkin, Bruce Rogers, Barbara Blades and EAC staff Paula Danoff, Larry Boswelll, Jyl Bonaguro, Judy Fenton, Bonnie Katz, and Alan Leder, Executive Director. A special thank you to: The Homestead Hotel & Quince Restaurant for the gift of hospitality The Music Institute of Chicago & Aaron Kaplan, cello, Jay Hsu, violin and Jeff Spenner, trumpet for performing Handel’s Water Music Professor Chris Green of Loyola University for the poetry reading of his students’ writings for “The Nereid Beckon”

	Biennial Adult Student Exhibition Scene @ the Evanston Art Center July 20 - August 17, 2008 Sunday, July 20, 1 - 3:30pm Artists: A juried exhibition showcasing the work of Evanston Art Center Spring Semester 2008 adult students and currently enrolled students. Featuring over 100 works of art in ceramics, digital arts, drawing, painting, fiber, figure sculpture, jewelry, metal sculpture, mosaics, photography, and printmaking. This exhibition is free and open to the public.

	Spring Benefit 2008 at the Evanston Art Center Annual Evening Gala & Live Auction Saturday, May 17, 2008 One hundred forty-four artists from the Chicago area contributed artwork to Evanston Art Center’s 2008 Spring Benefit Art Auction. Proceeds benefited the Center’s school, exhibition, and outreach programs. The event netted the largest income in history of this 21 year event, with over $40,000 in art sales and donations. The art-loving public had an opportunity to view and bid on paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramics, sculpture, prints and other artworks by leading Chicago area artists including Vera Klement, Melissa Ann Pinney, Paul Sierra, Buzz Spector, Terry Evans, Chuck Walker, Dennis Kowalski, Gladys Nilsson, Barbara Crane, Judith Geichman, Jane Fulton Alt, Michiko Itatani, Cheonae Kim, Shona Macdonald, James Mesplé, Corey Postiglione, Scott Wolniak, Barbara Cooper, Gary Justis, and Sandra Perlow. Many Chicago galleries donated artwork to the event, including Jean Albano Gallery, Alfedena Gallery, Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Ann Nathan Gallery, Nicole Gallery, Perimeter Gallery, and Primitive Gallery. John Brunetti and Kathy Kirka donated from their personal collection. The preview exhibition and advance bidding began April 20 and continued until the live auction on the night of Saturday, May 17. The live auction and closing night party began at 7:00 PM with wine and refreshments. David Kaufman conducted the live auction of 14 works, with Chicago art advocate Paul Klein assisting. David Kaufman, a talented guitarist, also entertained guests with his musical performance. Tickets were $100 per person for the closing night event. The Evanston Art Center’s Board of Trustees presented the Spring Benefit Art Auction. Board of Trustee member, George Accattato, of Evanston, IL, was the Benefit Chair. Board of Trustee members, Greg DeStefano, of Evanston, IL and Susan Curry, of Winnetka both underwrote portions of the Benefit. Artwork framing was donated by: Good’s of Evanston, The Frame Warehouse, Evanston, and The Great Frame Up, Evanston. Lighting was donated by John Millen Ace Hardware, Wilmette. The Board of Trustees donated all the food for the event. View 2008 Auction Artwork! Proceeds from the auction benefit the Art Center’s exhibition, education, and youth outreach programs.

	Biennial Youth Fine Arts Student Exhibition Refreshments for family and friends!! August 31 - September 21, 2008 Opening: Sunday, August 31, 1 - 3:30pm Artists: Evanston Art Center YFA students from summer classes, camps and outreach programs with Family Focus of Evanston. Over 300 friends and family attended the opening reception for the Youth Fine Arts Biennial Student Exhibtion. This exhibition is featuring the work of Evanston Art Center YFA students from summer classes, camps and outreach programs with Family Focus of Evanston. Students are displaying work in the following mediums: drawing, painting, ceramics, fashion, photography, digital arts and printmaking. This exhibition is free and open to the public. Come experience the magical world of: fairy tale dragons, colorful cardboard/painted kingdoms, puppets, ceramic tableware and mosaic thrones. Watch original digital videos, animation and see digital photography by our Youth/Teen departments and explore the many medias of works on papers: charcoal, pastel, paint and printmaking. Don't miss this exciting exhibit!

	Heating Up October 5 - November 9, 2008 Opening Reception: Sunday, October 5, 1 - 4 pm with Artist's panel at 2pm Artists: Daniel Anhorn, Jane Ingram Allen, Mary Ellen Croteau, Kim Jackson DeBord, Julie Ganser, Myeongbeom Kim, Jill Metcoff, People Powered, Lee Tracy, Lisa Truax Not a week goes by without a report in the news about melting ice caps, intensifying weather phenomena, accelerating topsoil erosion, and dwindling water resources. “Heating Up” features a group of concerned artists who are responding to environmental challenges with creative and practical applications that educate and engage the public. The variety of their artworks shapes the cultural discourse by filtering information through their creators’ imaginations, transforming the generic or obscure into the tangible and relevant. The goal of “Heating Up” is to produce both dialog and a guide for active participation on behalf of protecting life on this amazing planet.

	Trace/Memory January 11 - February 15, 2009 Curated by Beth Hart & Barbara Blades Artists: Jelena Berenc, Jeffery Cote de Luna, Sarah Earle, Diana Gabriel, Ed Hinkley, ATYL (Alexandra Lee), Judith Mullen, Nnenna Okore, Olivia Petrides, Kathy Pilat, Jean Sousa, Travis LeRoy Southworth Trace/Memory features artists who are consciously playing with and investigating the transformative process of manipulating information. Memory, like art, is a creative act. Small bits of information gleaned from real world events, objects, activities and emotions are routed, selected, mapped and catalogued for use in creating individual stories. All of the senses as well as intellectual, emotional and experiential information, varied & complex, are in play in the artist’s explorations. These “traces” are the raw materials of their creations. Using both additive and subtractive processes the artists in Trace/Memory distort and reinvent reality to create each unique work of art.

	RememberingStudent Exhibition January 19 - February 15, 2009 Artists: "Remembering" is this months current adult student exhibition featuring 38 artists from the Evanston Art Center. Please visit the student gallery to look at this wonderful show of 2d and 3d work.

	WithOut Borders: A Global Perspective March 1 - April 5, 2009 Curated by Indira Freitas Johnson Artists: Sun H. Choi, Indira Freitas Johnson, Von Kammanivanh, Eleftheria Lialios, Giselle Mercier, Josue Pellot The issue of “who we are” while common to many artists is especially poignant for immigrant artists who move back and forth, sometimes seamlessly, but at other times dissonantly between their country of birth and the country they live in, the US of A. The artists in “WithOut Borders” use irony, wit and occasionally nostalgic longing to make cross-cultural references that also address moral, spiritual, social and environmental issues. Part of a global multi-culture these artists reference his or her own individual culture while tapping into the collective subconscious.

	Scene@The Evanston Art Center: Adult Student Exhibition March 1 - April 5, 2009 Opening Reception: Sunday, March 1, 1 pm - 4 pm An Exhibition of two and three dimensional works by the talented adult students of the Evanston Art Center. Please visit the student gallery and enjoy this wonderful show!

	From A PositionContemporary Arts Council May 24 through June 28, 2009 Curated by Maxwell G. Graham Artists: Barbara Crane, Jeff Carter, Heather Guertin and Zak Prekop, Xavier Jimenez Owen Land, Jason Loebs, William J. OBrien, Jason Pickleman, Stephen Prina, Valerie Snobeck, Catherine Sullivan, Tony Tasset From A Position explores the relationship between figures and the grounds which contextualize them. The exhibition questions the ways in which artworks might be understood as figures referring back to the social and historical fabric they represent and also how artworks can come to serve as grounds in and of themselves creating microenvironments for the gallery visitor. In this way the artworks in From A Position play the dual roles of both character and set and the script they provide for the viewer heightens an awareness of the exhibition as a form of complex landscape. Image by Jason Pickleman

	"Ghostly Echoes"Invitational Exhibition August 23 - September 25, 2009 Curated by Alan Leder and Bruce Rogers Artists: Jesse Avina, Larry Chait, Alice Hargrave, Eric Holubow Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. - Henri Cartier Bresson Ghostly Echoes, this year’s Invitational Exhibition, features the work of four local photographers, three of whom were selected from the 2008 Evanston+Vicinity Biennial. While these artists observe and record very different aspects of change, from the concrete to ghostly vapor, they all share the conceptual thread of decay and loss, the residue of a culture’s artifacts. Reflecting this theme are representations of the detritus of abandoned places, in which spectral environments act as metaphors for a lost past or past lives, where spaces can engender a feeling of uneasiness and disquietude in the observer. These large-scale images, in all their narrow focus and specificity, bear witness to the recent disintegration of the social fabric in our world.

	2009 Faculty Exhibition July 12 - August 9, 2009 Artists: EAC Faculty An exhibition showcasing the work of Evanston Art Center faculty members in ceramics, digital arts, drawing, and painting, fiber, figure sculpture, jewelry, metal sculpture, mosaics, photography, printmaking, and workshops. This exhibition is free and open to the public. Participating Faculty Members: Iris Allen, Andrew Breen, Akemi Nakano Cohn, Julian Cox, Kathy Cunningham, Linny Freeman, Jill Frank, Aviva Ginzburg, David Gista, Barbara Goldsmith, Lisa Harris, Katherine Hilden, Ruyell Ho, Robert Horn, Michael Jackson, Christy Karpinski, Bonnie Katz, Jill King, Judy Koon, Deborah Kugler, Gavin Lupinski, Donna Lurie-Semmerling, Regina Mamou, John Minkoff, Bruce Noel Mortenson, Didier Nolet, Jill Oberman, Sheila Oettinger, Les Orenstein, Leslie Perrino, Sandra Peterson, Janis Pozzi-Johnson, Virgil Robinson, Heidi Ross, Matt Runfola, Christopher Schneberger, Nancy Sickbert-Wheeleer, Flo Singer, Eleanor Spiess-Ferris, Cheryl Steiger, Sandra Stone, Jill Sutton, Kay Thomas, Angela Watters, Maggie Weiss, Nina Weiss, Shencheng Xu, Noël Yovovich

	"Inspiration"Members Exhibition August 23 - September 25, 2009 Curated by David Gista and juried by Tim Anderson Artists: Suzanne Arist, Harold Bauer, Susan Block, Elizabeth Bolich, Bruce, Boyer, Katie Compernolle, Gail Cotovsky, Maureen Crowley, Nancy Delman, Deborah DeManno, Mike Dillon, Judith Edelman, Bliss Feldman, Bliss Feldman, Marc Frazer, Peg Frazer, Arnold Ginsburg, Trudi Goodman,Tobi Greenblatt,, Cindy Helfand, Lucille Herman, Claire Hirsch, Daisy Hu, Mark Hudson, Jadwiga Kapturska, Erica Karp, Diana Kast, Sueko Kawamura, Grace Kroll, Rick Lenell, Erdmut Lerner, Ralph Levinson, Jessica Lucas, John Macsai, Roberta Malkin, Amy McCormac, Matthew McGuire, Kim Moore, Jeff Morrissett, Marina Nemtseva, Theresa Nollette, Laura Olsen, Cindy Oneal, Andrea Orcutt, Barbara Ostergren, Stanley Reiter, Melissa Saks, Brigitte Salchow, John Saliba, Eugene Schiltz, Lilach Schrag, Robert Sills, Candace Stein, Rebecca Strehlow Emily Testa, Benjye Troob, Gil Wallerstein, Diane Walsh, George Weissler, Nancy Wickum, Wendy Witten, Jill Worm, Colette Zeman The exhibition showcases the recent works of registered EAC students in ceramics, digital arts, drawing and painting, sculpture, fiber, jewelry, metal sculpture, mosaics, photography and printmaking. The show is curated by David Gista and is juried for cash awards, one for 2D and one in 3D, by Tim Anderson. David Gista is the faculty representative of the painting and drawing department at the Evanston Art Center. Tim Anderson is a former faculty member of the EAC and has taught at Columbia Collge and the School of the Art Institute; he is a painter who has exhibited widely.

	"Once Upon A Time and Now" October 4 - November 8, 2009 Curated by Barbara Blades and Susan Sensemann Artists: Patty Carroll, Teresa Mucha-James, Stacee Kalmanovsky, Bonnie Klehr, Julie Laffin, Erik Lowe, Casey Riordan-Millard, Mitch O Connell, Alex O Neal, Deborah Simon, Eleanor Spiess-Ferris Artists-as-storytellers use a narrative structure to pursue superstition, human emotion, and the collective dreams that reveal subliminal anxieties and fantastic phenomena. Archetypal stories of love, greed, loss, and redemption engage artists for investigation of life-changing situations, shadows of evil, and the complexities of the unconscious. Reinvention is a characteristic wholly human, and once upon a time and now, we look to our own self-designated heroes within magical realms as the mysterious appeal of possibility.

	"The Figure"Members Exhibition October 4 - November 8, 2009 Curated by David Gista The Evanston Art Center is proud to present "The Figure" in our Members Gallery. This exhibition features EAC students' different perspectives of the human figure in 2D and 3D. The exhibit showcases 40 works in different types of media. David Gista curated "The Figure." Gista is the faculty coordinator of the painting and drawing department at the Evanston Art Center.

	ContactConnectCollaborate January 10 – February 14, 2010 Curated by Beth Hart & Vera Scekic Artists: Jordan Martins, Joaozito, Lanussi Pasquali * Corinne Rhodes & Guadalupe Victorica * Michele Feder-Nadoff & Kanaan Kanaan * David Carlson, Betsy Stewart, Ashraf Fouad * Chris Lawson & Leang Seckon * Mary Hark & Gabriel Boakye * Jin Soo Kim & Bo Hyung Kim * William Andersen & Maryam Hosseinnia *ContactConnectCollaborate* explores the nature of international artist collaborations in a world made permeable by modern communications, technology and travel. Artists from around the world are connecting with their American counterparts in order to examine political, philosophical, sociological and historical issues from both particular and global perspectives. The formats of these artist collaborations vary widely, encompassing video, mixed media installations, performance, prints and textile works. The resulting projects point up the possibilities of creative collaboration without negating the real differences in cultures and situations and express the artists’ deep desire to make human connections in a complex world. Click here for a downloadable pdf of the exhibition curatorial Click here for a gallery slideshow of the opening and installation images

	Mary Dritschel> In Retrospect February 28 - April 4, 2010 Artists: The Evanston Art Center Retrospective Series is pleased to present the artist Mary Dritschel. Over 100 people attended the exhibition opening on Sunday, February 28th. This exhibition features Mary Dritschel, an installation artist, whose ideas are influenced by the metaphorical qualities of materials and by specific sites that gives definition to her work. Her objects as well as site-specific installations have focused on the use of non-art materials as a conceptual conduit. In most cases, the material is used as a metaphor to reinforce the meaning. Word play and delight in the richness of language are often the genesis for her work. Sources range from such diverse references as the Bible, Shakespeare, and political environment. The describing, organizing and categorizing functions of language and their linkage to the objects are what she explores and amplify in her work. The same conceptual elements seen in the installation and objects inform her photographic works. Although installations have been her major focus in the recent past, photography has played an ongoing role in her career. Please join us on February 28th to meet this fascinating artist. Click here for a downloadable pdf of the exhibition curatorial Mary Dritschel's exhibition is featured in The Daily Northwestern and North Shore Magazine. Read the Daily Northwestern Article! Read the Northshore Article

	Scene@Evanston Art Center Members Gallery Here and Now February 28 - April 4, 2010 Curated by Sandra Blanc, this show features 40 works created by our adult student members. Works feature different painting and drawing medias as well as one metal piece. "Here and Now" runs through April 4th in the Members Gallery on the second floor.

	20th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2010 May 23-June 27, 2010 Artists: Caroline Anderson, Evanston; Mike Baur, West Chicago; Michelle Bolinger, Chicago; Christopher Bradley, Chicago; Jenny Buffington, Shorewood; Marian Carow, Chicago; Nancy Charak, Chicago; Liz Chilsen, Forest Park; Younghwan Choi, Chicago; Laura Davis, Chicago; Andreas Fischer, Chicago; Scott Fortino, Chicago; Bill Frederick, Chicago; Judith Roston Freilich, Glencoe; Aron Gent, Chicago; Burton Isenstein, Oak Park; Beverly Kedzior, Lincolnshire; Duk Ju L. Kim, Chicago; Scott Jarrett, Chicago; Pamela Johnson, Chicago; Art Kleinman, Chicago; Chantala Kommanivanh, Chicago; Jordan Martins, Chicago; Liz Meyer, Highland Park; David Moenkhaus, Homewood; Steve Mueller, West Chicago; Kumiko Murakami, Chicago; David Murray, Chicago; Andrea Myers, Chicago; Martina Nehrling, Chicago; Grant Newman, Berwyn; Marcia Palazzolo, Oak Park; Sandra Perlow, Chicago; Mary Phelan, Chicago; Jeff Phillips, Chicago; Paul Preissner, Chicago; Marilyn Propp, Chicago; Andrew Rauhauser, Evanston; Eli Robb, Evanston; Darrell Roberts, Chicago; Virginia O. Roeder, Evanston; James Schneider, Chicago; Megan Sterling, Chicago; Anne Hayden Stevens, Wilmette; Nancy Wickum, Lindenwood; Rebecca Wolfram, Chicago; Travis Wyche, Chicago On May 23rd, over 300 people visited the Evanston Art Center for the opening of the 20th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, one of the Midwest's largest and most prestigious juried exhibitions. From a talented pool of over 500 local artists, Biennial jurors John Himmelfarb, Artist, and Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, selected forty-seven artists. During an award ceremony at the opening, they selected Duk Ju L. Kim, Younghwan Choi, and Travis Wyche as winners in the Best of Show and Jurors' Merit categories. The featured award at Biennial is the Morgan-Blake Fellowship, which provides a two-week residency at Ragdale, an artists' retreat located in Lake Forest, IL. A representative from Ragdale selected the winner of this year's residency, Bill Frederick, for his painting entitled "Cap-Blanc Auto." Julie Rodrigues Widholm gave a few words about her experience jurying the Biennial event: "The vibrancy and diversity of Chicago's large community of artists was reflected in this year's submissions. It was interesting to find artists of all ages address long-standing artistic genres such as the figure and the landscape, yet in each in their own way." Click here to read the article in New City Click here to read the article in the Pioneer Press

	Scene@Evanston Art Center Members Show July 11 - August 15, 2010 Artists: An exhibition showcasing the work of Evanston Art Center members in ceramics, digital arts, drawing, painting, fiber, figure sculpture, jewelry, metal sculpture, mosaics, photography, and printmaking. The exhibition is curated by David Gista, EAC Faculty member. Vera Scekic, Artist and EAC Board Member, juried the exhibition for the following awards. Members Show Prize winners: First Prize: Jyl Bonaguro - "Relationships Spatial and Otherwise" Second Prize: Betsey Fiddler - "I Don't Feel So Good" Third Prize: Marc Frazer - "Untitled" Honorable Mention: Ekaterina Bitkin - "Chasing Clouds" Patricia Brew - "Waving Light Sconce" Susan Goldberg - "Blue Pitcher with Fruit" Joan McLane - "A Fine Balance" Mollie Morris - "Untitled" The 2010 Members Show is funded by the general membership. The Exhibition is free and open to the public.