Many thanks to our juror, Chris Matusek for providing insightful comments on her choices for prize winners. Congratulations to all the participating artists.
Best in Show: Jonathan Casserilla Second Place: Abdullah Fadhli Third Place: Tor Dettwiler Honorable Mentions: Quentin Crockett, Erick Garcia, Tiffany Gholar, Sarah Ogren, Russ Laska and Becki Moffet-Moore.
Governors State University's 2010 Juried Student Exhibition runs from March 30, through April 7.
The exhibit displays the work of GSU graduate and undergraduate art students. Works chosen for the exhibit will include paintings, drawings, photography, digital imagery, sculpture, and printmaking. Best of Show, second and third place cash awards will be chosen by a juror,Chris Matusek, Gallery Director for the Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College.
Opening reception and awards ceremony: April 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. The public is invited to attend the exhibit. For more information, contact the Visual Arts Gallery at (708) 534-4021 or artsgrad@govst.edu.
The Visual Arts Gallery would like to thank everyone that helped to make this year's Illinois Community College Exhibition a success; Governor State University's President, Dr. Elaine Maimon; Dr. Eric V. Martin, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. James Howley, Division of Liberal Arts Chairperson; Student Life representative, Sheree Sanderson; and of course our distinguished juror, Kathleen Scarboro who was given the difficult task of choosing the following award recipients.
Merit Awards: Tube Vase - Candice James Ceramic - Kankakee Community College
Research Gallery 12 is again hosting artwork from one of Governor State University's neighboring community College. This exhibition "Terra Textures Cotta Conceptions" features artwork from Kankakee Community College's current three-dimensional design students who were each tasked with creating a series of low relief ceramic tiles examining texture and transformation. This exhibition will be available for viewing in the University Library through Wednesday, March 31. For more information, please visit the Art on Campus Blog.
Bring your family out to the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park to celebrate the summer solstice this June 19th for the Summer Sol-a-Bration 2010. There will be plenty of fun family activities like kite flying and sculpture building. Music will be provided by the Illinois Philharmonic’s Brass Quintet, the Prairie State College Jazz Band, and the South Suburban Dulcimer and Folk Music Society. Visit the Sculpture Park website for more information.
The 2010 Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate the creative work of emerging artists and to get a glimpse of the extraordinary talent in the region. Selected works by art students currently enrolled in Illinois community colleges will be on display in the GSU Visual Arts Gallery from March 4 through March 26.
Exhibiting artists include students from Black Hawk College, Elgin Community College, Harold Washington College, Harper College, Heartland Community College, John Wood Community College, Joliet Junior College, Kankakee Community College, Lincoln Land Community College, McHenry County College, Moraine Valley Community College, Morton Community College, Parkland Community College, Prairie State College, Richland Community College, South Suburban College, and Triton College.
A closing reception to celebrate the show and the artists and present merit awards is scheduled for Friday, March 26, from 1 to 3 p.m. Juror, Kathleen Scarboro, will announce the award winners at 2 p.m. This exhibition and reception is free and open to the public.
Governors State University's Visual Arts Gallery is proud to host the 2010 Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition.
There is no fee to enter this exhibition. Artists may submit up to three original works in any medium. Entry is open to any student currently enrolled in an Illinois community or junior college. Works must have been completed during the last two academic years. Works previously entered into this exhibition are ineligible. Deadline for Entries: February 15, 2010.
Exhibition Dates: March 4 through 26 with a closing reception on March 26, 1:00p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Award winners will be announced at 2:00 p.m.
Awards: Up to $1000 in awards including $300 for Best of Show.
All accepted entries must be framed/wired/ready for hanging or installation. Artists are responsible for transit of work. Accepted work must be received during normal business hours, no later than March 2. Pick up of work can be made after the March 26 closing reception.
Eligibility: Open to all students enrolled in GSU art courses during the Spring/Summer 09, Fall 09, and Winter 10 trimesters. Artwork must have been created in any art course at GSU during those trimesters. Any artwork previously exhibited in the student show is not eligible.
Requirements: -Maximum TWO entries per student -COMPLETED entry forms are to be attached to the back of EACH work. Forms are availa ble from art faculty or from the gallery. -All two-dimensional work MUST BE WIRED and ready to hang. NO SAW TOOTH HANGERS. Work should be framed if the painting does not extend to the sides or if staples are visible on the sides. -Photography, digital work, prints and drawings must be matted and framed, unless size does not permit and therefore appropriate hanging hardware should be installed. -Sculpture – check with gallery assistant for available pedestals. If there are no suitable sizes, student must provide their own. -Work not meeting the above criteria will not be exhibited.
Juror TBA
Awards: Best of Show: $300 2nd Place: $200 3rd Place: $100 Honorable Mentions: $50 at Juror's discretion
Calendar: March 22 - March 24: Accepting work in gallery during regular hours April 7th: Opening Reception 6-9pm /Juror’s critique and awards at 7pm April 12-13: Work pickup in gallery.
Starting February 16th The Visual Arts Gallery at GSU is presenting an exhibition of small prints culled from 2009's Littlest Print Exchange coordinated by Christopher Clark.
The Littlest Print Exchange is a juried trade of tiny art prints. Fifty printmakers and photographers from around the world were invited to submit an edition of prints. These editions were then collated into portfolios containing one print from each of the fifty artists and sent back out to all of the participants. The exchange was announced in February of 2009 and completed in November of the same year. This exhibit features all 50 prints from seven countries and 22 states and includescexamples of various printmaking techniques such as woodblock, linocut, etching, serigraphy, photography, cyanotype, collagraphy, letterpress, lithography, drypoint, and digital.
Participating Artists include Jennifer D. Anderson from California, Trina Baker from Kansas, Rakesh Bani from India, John Bergmeier from Michigan, Donald Booth from California, Marc Bosworth from Kansas, Brainstorm from New Jersey, Craig Burkhalter from Georgia, Katarzyna Cepek Idaho, Christopher Clark from Illinois, Bonnie Cook from Washington, Michael Costanza from Illinois, D. Wesley Davis from Kentucky, Patricia Delgado from Spain, Daryl DePry from Nevada, Karri A. Dieken from Washington, Erin Dollar from Oregon, Carolina Espinosa from Canada, Kari Garon from Wisconsin, Brett Grunig from California, Mary Hanson from Minnesota, Stephanie Harvey from Pennsylvania, Nancy Jo Haselbacher from California, Robert Howsare from Ohio, Teréz Iacovino from New York, Ashley Kanaley from New York, Mari LaCure from Kansas, Adam Laughlin from China, Amos Leager from Missouri, Melody Knight Leary from Connecticut, Luke Leyden from New Jersey, Big John Lingenfelter from Arizona, B. Love from Idaho, Nichol Markowitz from Hawaii, Jill Marie Mason from Indiana, Casey Neumann from Hawaii, Carrie Ohm from Illinois, Matthew Pazzol from Indiana, Sage Perrott from West Virginia, Diana Phillips from the United Kingdom, Roxanne Phillips from Missouri, Joanne Price from Minnesota, Dennis Raines from Washington, Pete Rangel from Illinois, Lindsay Riley from Kentucky, David Spencer-Pierce from Missouri, Lee Turner from United Kingdom, Lorna Turner from California, Jessica Van Swol from Illinois, and Maggie White from California.
For more information on the exchange and each of the participating artists please visit The Littlest Print Blog.
To coincide with the Governors State 2010 commencement and annual honorary degree ceremonies, the Visual Arts Gallery has invited a selection of of current GSU students and recent alumni to showcase their artwork for a short term exhibit. This exhibition will be open for viewing from February 4th through 11th.
On Friday, February 5th at 3:30 in Engbretson Hall, the 2010 Honorary Degree recipient, Major League Baseball outfielder, author and businessman, Doug Glanille, will be talking about the unique blend of education, business, and baseball in his life.
The Art on Campus program and Research Gallery 12 in the Governors State University Library are pleased to present a selection of artwork by 3D Design students at Prairie State College. The assignment encouraged students to explore relief sculpture. Twelve of these sculptures will be available for viewing during library hours for the next few months. For more information, please visit the Art on Campus Blog.
This year’s juror of the Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition, Kathleen Scarboro, was given the difficult task of surveying nearly 250 works of art from 18 colleges throughout Illinois to make her selections. Through their painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography and digital media these artists represent the future of art in Illinois. The following artists have works accepted into the exhibition at Governors State University’s Visual Arts Gallery. Images of all accepted artwork are available for viewing online. All accepted artists should download and carefully read the acceptance document which includes delivery and pickup requirements.
Black Hawk College Tabitha DeFrieze - Tentacles U Tabitha DeFrieze - Tentacles H Tabitha DeFrieze - Tentacles V
Elgin Community College Claudia Frost - Cold Pumpkins Claudia Frost - Bits and Pieces Claudia Frost - Autumn Gourds Jeff Kolak - Found Nick Morland - Deceive
Harold Washington College Alex Cohen - In My Room
Harper College Victoria Cacciatore-Claus - Core
Heartland Community College Teandra M. Fleming - Virtue of Innocence
Joliet Junior College Carrie B. Barrera - History Carrie B. Barrera - First Time Anna Dankova - I Shall Do More Anna Dankova - In the Floating Alley Robert Dennis - Bird on a Wire Christina Donisch - Joy Tamatha Francis - Helping Hand in Nature Tamatha Francis - Sundamage Sherri Kiefner – Epiphany Vanessa Martinez - Flow Rodrigo Montoya - While I Draw Allison Stevens - Shrine Head
John Wood Community College Amanda Rush - Me
Kankakee Community College James Basham - Untitled Christine Hallock - Undersea Dreaming Lisa Hanley - Untitled Candice James - Twisted Vase Candice James - Electric Green Bowl Candice James - Tube Vase Bailey Maricle - Fossil Alea N. Shea - Evidence of a Designer that Cares Alea N. Shea - Girls Growing Up Britni Ulrich - Faceted Flower
Kishwaukee College Natalie Zographos - Cheers! Natalie Zographos - Room for One More
Lincoln Land Community College Hallie Hedinger - Nire no Ki Tierra Reed - A Touch of Innocence
McHenry County College Katia Chernyavskaya - Reflections in White Maggie Hay - Disorder Andy Lechner - Desert Flight Andy Lechner - Green Dream Andy Lechner - Black & White
Moraine Valley Community College Eric Sterling - The Dream of Absolute Aloofness
Morton Community College Kathryn A. Budd - Fall With Purple Ball Kathryn A. Budd - Chicago Flurries
Parkland Community College Rachel Rosenberger - Safety
Prairie State College Michael Carr - Hinged Michelle D. Cox - Chicago Bruce Peerson - Balancing Act Amy Yoder - The Oak Tree
Richland Community College Sean Huskey - Joker
South Suburban College Joe Walton - Eyes Glued to the Television