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

Ash Huse – Queer Digital Transformations

We live in a time of where identity and self-reflection have become common themes in aesthetic inquiry. In this, youthful spirits are taxed with sorting through the past, identifying misnomers, addressing present day crisis, and creating new formats in one's studio art practice. Ash Huse is a graduate student ... Read more

Monika Plioplyte – Cyclic Pagan Patterns & Universes

One item I am drawn to is direct display and conversation. Monika Plioplyte holds these nonevasive traits in her art practice and the manner in which she carries herself. In recent time, there's been an insistence to avoid frankness and honesty due to our present socio-political milieu. In Plioplyte's ... Read more

Blues Legend Buddy Guy Brings Down the House at the Rialto

Buddy Guy at the Rialto Square TheatreSaturday, February 26, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m.102 N. Chicago StreetJoliet, IL 60432 Buddy Guy performing at the Rialto Square Theatre, February 26, 2022 The Rialto Theatre welcomed blues legend Buddy Guy to the stage on Saturday, February 26th. I was very honored to have been ... Read more

Niki Grangruth & James Kinser – “MUSE” @ USF

EXHIBITION: MUSE, Niki Grangruth & James Kinser August 25 – September 25, 2020 University of St Francis Art Gallery25 E. Van Buren St.Joliet, Illinois, 60432 Niki Grangruth & James Kinser, Odalisque (after Ingres) 2009, laminated inkjet print Muse, a collaborative body of work by artists Niki Grangruth and James Kinser, ... Read more

Ciurej & Lochman – Evolving Histories and Processed Views

With nearly 40 years of collaborative efforts under their belts, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman have expanded awareness of the female voice in the fine arts while simultaneously staying current with new formats and strategies for visual presentation. This week the COMP Magazine caught up with Ciurej & Lochman ... Read more

2018 Art & Design Senior Thesis Exhibit

2018 Art & Design Senior Thesis Video & Exhibition USF Art Gallery 25 East Van Buren Joliet, IL 60432 Opening reception: Friday, April 27, 2018, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Exhibiting Artists and Designers: Abdul Abohmoud: presenting a series of graphic works focusing on historical sites in Saudi Arabia Gloria Allen: created a series of ... Read more

Jay Wolke – Cycles of Observation and Time

I was first introduced to the photographs of Jay Wolke almost 20 years ago. This was in the photography galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago. There, I encountered a collection, All Around The House, of images detailing the communal spirit of the Jewish American experience and how it ... Read more

Bob Thall – Navigating Chicago and Beyond

With a cool methodical patience, Bob Thall has spent more than 40 years photographing Chicago and its environs. Long known as the quintessential documentarian of the city's urban landscape, in recent time Thall has expanded his oeuvre through traveling to and photographing in a variety of American city centers. ... Read more

Tytia Habing – About a Boy

TYTIA HABING: About a Boy October 31 - December 1, 2016 Artist Lecture: Wednesday, November 9, 1PM University of St. Francis Art Gallery 25 East Van Buren Joliet, IL 60432 The gallery and all events are free and open to the public Fall gallery hours: Monday + Wednesday: 10am-4pm, Tuesday + Thursday: 10am-2pm Artist Interview: Tytia Habing ... Read more
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