2016 USF Art & Design Honors Exhibition
2016 USF Art & Design Honors Exhibition
April 11 – April 22, 2016
University of St. Francis Art Gallery
25 East Van Buren Street
Joliet, Illinois 60432
Gallery Mission:
The University of St. Francis Gallery is the on-campus exhibition space at University of St. Francis. Its primary purpose is to enrich the educational experience of ...
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Julia Haw – Comfort and Control & Other Paintings
Julia Haw is a lively gregarious spirit that understands the importance of balance within life and her astute layered technical approach in painting. This week The COMP Magazine caught with Haw to discuss her immersion into Chicago's art community, her analytic and technical approach in painting, how life experiences ...
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C2E2 2016 – In Review
C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo)
McCormick Place
Chicago, IL
March 18-20, 2016
Since 2010, some locals will agree that the beginning of spring is marked by the opening of C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo). There is a breaking in the weather and a bit more sunshine, lost time from those late ...
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Aimée Beaubien – Collecting Within & Recent Works
Over the past year, Aimée Beaubien has been exhibiting a series of elegant, labor intensive site-specific installations in various locations (Texas, Wisconsin and Illinois) around the country. These determined efforts offer a distinct aesthetic strategy that on one level contemplate the intersection between photography and sculpture. One of these ...
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Rita Grendze – homeward
In celebration of Woman's History Month, the University of St. Francis Art Gallery presents:
Rita Grendze: homeward
March 7 - April 8, 2016
Artist Talk: Thursday, March 17 @ 10:30 a.m.
University of St. Francis Art Gallery
25 East Van Buren, Joliet, IL 60432
Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Homeward explores ...
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Vincent Uribe – Sugar Talk & Winter Chat
Serving as a central hub for sharing new innovative work by a diverse roster of artists, LVL3 Gallery continues to offer challenging exhibitions and an intoxicating media presence. Directed by Vincent Uribe, The COMP Magazine recently visited the Wicker Park space to discuss the longevity of LVL3, what ...
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Thomas Frank – Environmental & Urban Ruminations
Thomas Frank is an artist/activist who creates complex multi-layered paintings that combine research regarding the impact of industrialization on our environment with an alluring and astute formal technique. Earlier this month, The COMP Magazine caught up with Frank to discuss his enduring connection with the Chicagoland region, the ...
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Anders Lindseth – Transitioning Points of View
In the fledgling stages of his career, Anders Lindseth is at a crossroads. Lindseth is juggling the daunting task of building a serious practice as a painter, while simultaneously establishing a strategy for creating an outlet for young art collectors. The COMP Magazine caught up with Lindseth at his ...
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Jaime Foster – Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth
Jaime Foster
Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth
February 1 - February 26, 2016
Public reception: Thursday, February 4, 6:30-9:00pm
The University of St. Francis Gallery
25 East Van Buren
Joliet, Illinois 60432
Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 10am-2pm
Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth is a solo exhibition featuring the work of artist Jaime Foster, a self ...
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Lee Blalock – Re-Designing Bodies & Worlds
Cross-pollinating new art techniques, sound, technology, and video, Lee Blalock explores a variety of critical and complex topics that confirm our society's immersion into a time-period which many are now defining as "posthuman". The first week of 2016, The COMP Magazine visited Blalock's Bryn Mawr studio to discuss her ...
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