2024 High School Art & Design Scholarship Exhibition

2024 High School Art & Design Scholarship ExhibitionUniversity of St. Francis Art Gallery25 E. Van Buren StreetJoliet, IL 60432 Dates: January 5, 2024, through January 26, 2024.Public Reception and Portfolio Reviews: Saturday, January 13, 2024, noon to 3 p.m. 2024 High School Art & Design Scholarship Exhibition, University of St. Francis ... Read more

Allison L. Wade – Transformations of Language Into Form

With a background in literature, Allison L. Wade has been carving out a visual vocabulary that references past and present experience while simultaneously establishing a consistent aesthetic vocabulary that explores contemporary tenets of abstraction. This can be seen in her recent exhibitions here in Chicago at Devening Projects, in ... Read more

SaraNoa Mark – A Conversation with Ancient Objects

Residing in a place that initially appears to be from some distant time and place, SaraNoa Mark's contemporary aesthetic practice requires thoughtful observation. Engaged with trying to decipher the invisible activity of time, Mark creates artworks that could easily sit alongside artifacts and tablets created over a millennium ago. ... Read more

Doug McGoldrick – Juggling Art & Life Challenges

Balancing a career as a professional photographer, teaching part-time, and raising a family is daunting in this day and age. Top those three time-consuming activities with an ongoing aesthetic pursuit has been Doug McGoldrick's life challenge for the past 20 plus years. This week The COMP Magazine caught up ... Read more