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BRANDT GALLERY
Traverse: Megan Kathol Bersett & Tyler Lotz
January 11 - February 15, 2019
Sponsored by Susan Emmerson
Armstrong GALLERY
In Contrast: Jeff Bess
January 11 - February 15, 2019
Sponsored by Gay Dolan
Sales GALLERY
Marisa Boyd
January 11 - February 15, 2019
BRANDT and Armstrong GALLERies
Holiday Treasures
November 2 - December 30, 2018
Sponsored by Julius Alexander, Mary Anderson, Anne and Brian Boyden, Julia David Law Firm LLC, The Family of Jackie Dolan, Richard and Diana Finch, Ruth Ann and Steve Friedberg, Peggy Hundley, Mike and Alexis Kalish, Anne and Steve Matter, Cathy Pratt and Dave Templeton, Kim and Pam Raymond, and the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
Artist Residency Workshops:
Mandy Roeing (pastel) Thursday, Nov. 1st – Saturday, Nov. 3rd
Kara Kirchner (felting) Wednesday, Nov. 7th – Saturday, Nov. 10th
Natalie Wetzel (encaustic/mixed media painting) Wednesday, Nov. 14th – Saturday, Nov. 17th
Holiday Treasures Reception, Thursday, Nov. 15th from 5-8pm
Heather Evert (temari Japanese embroidery) Wednesday, Nov. 21st – Thursday, Nov. 29th
Krystal Lyon (mixed media sculpture) Friday, Nov. 30th – Saturday, Dec. 8th
Whitney Johnson (mixed media painting/collage) Wednesday, Dec. 12th – Saturday, Dec. 15th
Brandt GALLERY
A practice in permanence
September 7 - October 18, 2018
The exhibit includes works from Christopher Cohoon (painter/mixed media), Christopher Hagen (printmaker and bookmaker), Claudia Husband (printmaker and textile designer), Whitney Johnson (plant materials/mixed media), Kira Santiago (organic flower farmer and floral designer), Melanie Scott-Dockery (mixed media), and Chris Wille(New Technology/mixed media artist).
Armstrong GALLERY
Alice lee
September 7 - October 18, 2018
Sales GALLERY
Student artists of the mclean county arts center
September 7 - October 18, 2018
Brandt Gallery
August 3 – September 1, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, August 3, 5 – 7 pm
Armstrong Gallery
August 3 – September 1, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, August 3, 5 – 7pm
Generously sponsored by Kathy and Jim Butler, Diana and Richard Finch, and Paul and Sandra Harmon.
Sales Gallery
Revisiting Rockwell by Maggie Meiners
June 22 – July 28, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, June 22, 5 – 7 pm
Sponsored by Yvonne & Brian Hoop
Meiners’ project, Revisiting Rockwell, attempts to contemporize Rockwell’s original works by weaving into each photograph the social issues and elements more suggestive of today. She is examining whether the nostalgia of Rockwell’s work translates into our rapidly changing lifestyles and how his very human tableaux can reflect this moment in time. She is drawn to Rockwell’s work because she has always had a fascination with the past and ends up having a better understanding of the world if she looks at the old in the context of the new. As she continues to examine Rockwell’s work, she has noticed, for better or worse, that while sociological landscape has changed in many ways, there is much that remains the same.
Armstrong Gallery
Lunacy: A group exhibition
May 4 – June 16, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 5 – 7 pm
The invitational show titled Lunacy emphasizes the drama of light in nocturnal, lunar, space, stars, distance, and occasional madness of artworks from a select group of Illinois artists including: Ali Akyuz & Kayla Hueneburg Akyuz, Les Allen, Sheila Asbell Allen, Angel Ambrose, Gary Beaumont, Jessica Benjamin, Rick Boschulte, Jan Brandt collaboration with Lucas Stiegman, James Butler, Cathie Crawford, Ian Crawley, Herb Eaton, Cathy Engberg, Gerard Erley, Dennis French, Alfonso Gosalbez, Graehound, Harold Gregor, Claire Hedden, Carole Hennessy, Jonathan Higgins, Gary Justis, Jeff Little, Carmen Lozar, Melissa Oresky, Lyle Salmi, Rosalyn Schwartz, AJ Art Slut, Tim Stone, Torri Thompson, and Janusz Walentynowicz.
Graehound, Periphery
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Gary Beaumont , Oceanic, Planet X, Ice Planet
Thank you to Kevin Kuebler for the generous sponsorship!
Armstrong Gallery
DECONSTRUCT I ACCORD
May 4 – June 16, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 5 – 7 pm
Bushell's current creative efforts challenge the norms of letter forms and letterpress printing. Instead of utilizing type as words and paragraphs to be read, he explores individual letterforms as elements of abstract compositions allowing letters to fall off the page. The visual results are dynamic and colorful abstractions which push the conventional letter forms away from familiarity.
Sales Gallery
Cathie Haab
Wingding: Some Small Quilts
May 4 – June 16, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 5 – 7 pm
Cathie Haab is a quilter and artist from Hudson, Illinois. Preferring colorful printed fabric, she makes contemporary quilts which express her thoughtfully humorous take on common human experiences of discovery, doubt, life journey and just plain fun.
The quilts depict some humor, some fun, some encouragement to hope, some different color combinations as something unique to see and think about. The movement conveyed in the quilts is inspired by the fun and freedom birds have in flight, the motion of spinning and twirling, and even the sensation of vertigo which may come in celebration or working through despair.
91st Annual Amateur Exhibition
March 2 - April 21, 2018
Merwin Medal – Best of Show – Jeanna Campbell, ISU Graduate School of Social Work, “#sayhername”
Ashley Ritter Most Promising Art Award – Luci Bianco, Heyworth High School, “Grateful”
HIGH SCHOOL 1st PLACE 2nd PLACE
Graphics Madyson Fosdick Cecilia Fosen
Heyworth HS, “Mistress” Lexington HS, “Self-Portrait”
Painting Laura Westpfahl Olivia Frank
Normal Community HS, “Progression” Bloomington HS, “What’s Underneath”
Photography Hayley Dralle Colleen Hayes
Bloomington HS, “Exertion” Central Catholic HS, “Beyond the Surface”
Sculpture Ashley Spencer Bree Maze
Heyworth HS, “Open Up” Normal West HS, “Steam Punk Box”
UNIVERSITY 1st PLACE 2nd PLACE
Graphics Felicia Cannon Aianna Zachary
Illinois State, “Smoke Blush” Heartland Com. College, “Self Portrait”
Painting Alissa Palmer Annie Otto
Illinois State, “untitled” Illinois State, “The Siblings”
Photography Lucas Stiegman Brianna Lehnen
Illinois State, “Boxed In” Heartland Com. College, “la femme d’or”
Sculpture Sarah Hurley Mary Beth Breshears
Heartland Com. College, “Elevate” Illinois State, “Sunny Day Shrivel”
ADULT 1st PLACE 2nd PLACE
Graphics Amber Gravett Sean-Thomas Gunnell
Bloomington, “Cat in Motion” Bloomington, “Herne, the Horned God”
Painting Mardell Klasen Lizzie Lindenbaum
Bloomington, “On a Fall Day” Chicago, “Good Earth”
Photography Michael O'Brien Georgi Baird
Downs, “American Citizen” Bloomington, “Magical Morning”
Sculpture Catherine Haab Eunjung Schantz
Hudson, “Cosmic Gyre” Normal, “Tea Pot”
Entries received: Entries accepted:
HIGH SCHOOL 98 26
UNIVERSITY 75 27
ADULT 114 40
Total 287 Total 93
Juror’s Statement
It was such an honor to jury the 91st Annual McLean County Amateur Art Competition and Exhibition. The work submitted was incredibly strong, and it was a challenge to make final selections. The time I spent with the works was inspiring, and gave me great confidence in the future and reputation of art and artists working in McLean County and Central Illinois. Everyone who submitted should be proud of their accomplishments. Congratulations to those artists included, and I look forward to seeing your continued creative output!
Jeff Robinson
Armstrong Gallery
Jeff Robinson March 2 – April 21, 2018
Jeff Robinson is an artist and curator based in both Chicago and Springfield, Illinois. He received his MFA degree from Illinois State University in 2011. Robinson has exhibited at venues that include RomanSusan (Chicago), Ski Club (Milwaukee), Rosalux Gallery (Minneapolis), Outhaus (Urbana), and E. Tay (New York). His work has been published in New American Paintings and Manifest Gallery’s International Painting Annual. His work has been featured on Daily Serving, in NewCity Magazine (Chicago), and in the Riverfront Times (St. Louis), among others. In 2014, he received an Individual Artist Support Grant from the Illinois Arts Council. Robinson has worked as artist-in-residence at Ragdale (2017) and ACRE (2017). In addition to his studio practice, Robinson serves as Instructor of Art at the University of Illinois Springfield, as Director of the UIS Visual Arts Gallery, and as co-director (and co-founder) of DEMO Project.
Sales Gallery
Jinghua Zeng
March 2 – April 21, 2018
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 4, 2 pm
At the age of 92 years old, Ms. Jinghua Zeng continues to be very passionate in her practice of Chinese calligraphy. Since immigrating to Bloomington twenty years ago, she has sought out many opportunities to promote Chinese culture in the United States. She has demonstrated her calligraphy skills at various international fairs at Illinois State University, the Heartland Community College Chinese School, a local Chinese martial arts school and McLean County Arts Center Holiday Treasure event. Her art contains many distinguished characters, including those that are powerful, playful and elegant, as well as several different calligraphy fonts that trace back 2,300 years of Chinese history. Community members across the area have enjoyed her art on college campuses, in business offices, and in homes.
Ms. Jinghua Zeng is a retired professor and served as the Chair of the Education Department at the Guangxi Teachers’ College in Nanning, China. She is a well-respected scholar featured in the “Chinese Academic Who’s Who” publication.
Dann Nardi / from the studio
January 12—February 17, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, January 19, 5—7 pm
Gallery Talk: Thursday, February 15, 6—7 pm
Generously Sponsored by Julius and Sue Alexander
Armstrong Gallery
Boundary Layer
Photographs by Nancy Fewkes and Sculptures by Laura Primozic
January 12—February 24, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, January 19, 5—7 pm
Sales Gallery
Molly Markow
January 12—February 24, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, January 19, 5—7 pm
Exhibition Archive
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2017 |
point | line | shape | form Thin Deep Ribbon - Scott Rankin Dualities - Carolina Rodriguez Alighted - Stephanie Roberts 90th Amateur Art Exhibition Spring is on the Wing - Deanna Frautschi |
Nuclear Tourism - Nate Matthews Welcome to Hard Times (East Texas Pinholes) - Vaughn Wascovich To the Sacred Grove - Cynthia Kukla Lose the Feeling - Heather Brammeier |
Figura Autem A Femina - Krystal Lyon KodaRoamers Camera Club
MCAC Board Members & Staff Harold Boyd Rhea Edge Holiday Treasures |
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Legacy Elemental- Doug DeWitt 89th Amateur Art Exhibition |
Emerging Illinois Artists The View from Here - 4 Photographers of McLean County
micro<MACRO Rover tread lightly my dear, for you tread on my dreams - Dawn Gettler |
40 Years NEW Behind Every Print
Holiday Treasures Flora - Colleen McCall, Julie Nelson, Matt Urban Abstracted Landscapes - Dick Folse |
| 2015 |
Contemporary Portraiture -Margaret LeJeune, Rick Lewis, Jason Patterson Self is a River - Mel Keiser, Nicole White, Chris Wille |
Know You - Benjamin & Delaney Demott Illinois Quiltscape Contemporary Quilts - Mary Jo Bowers Art in Nature Memory of Water - Brian Frink |
Observance - Bethany Carlson, Dawn Gettler, Ann Coddington Rast Animalia - Carlene Dingman Atwater, Kara Kirchner, CJ Niehaus Holiday Treasures The Corner of my Eye - Dale C. Evans |
2014 |
Film Noir- KodaRoamers Camera Club |
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2013 |
Harold Gregor 86th Amateur Art Exhibition Andrew Huot & Angela Pease |
125th Celebration |
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2012 |
Jin Lee & Rhondal McKinney John Cassidy 85th Amateur Art Exhibition Connie Estep |
Dennis French Matt Moyer In Your Neighborhood Figure Drawing |
Timothy van Laar O’Donnell & Chalmers Made By Hands Holiday Treasures Vase as Voice |
