Artist's Show and Reception

The opening reception for an exhibition of new paintings by Art and Design faculty member Steven Hudson, will be on Saturday, October 10th from 6-8pm at the Cinema Gallery. 

Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century Sneak Preview

Parkland Art Gallery, in partnership with Art21, Inc., will be showing a sneak preview of an upcoming episode of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century on Monday, October 5 at 6pm in the Art Gallery. An hour-long viewing of the series' segment, "Compassion," will be followed by a panel discussion with Parkland Art and Design Faculty Members Kelly White, Craig McMonigal, Denise Seif, Peggy Shaw, and Laura O'Donnell.

Light refreshments will be provided.

"this event is part of Art21 '09, a celebration of contemporary art and Season 5 of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century sponsored by Art21. Art21 Access 09 is held at over 300 museums, schools, libraries, art spaces, and community centers and is organized in collaboration with Americans for the Arts' National Arts and Humanities Month. Visit art21.org for more information.

Museum of Mystery: A thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies

Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies opens on Monday, October 5. The reception for this show will be on Thursday, October 15, 6-8pm with a Gallery Talk given by Mr. Davies at 7pm.  Music will be provided by The Parkland College Guitar Ensemble.  An additional Artist Lecture will be given on November 3, at 1pm in room D244.

Highly influenced by his experience of traveling with circuses and carnivals in the 1970s, Mr. Davies' current retrospective focuses on his series of Bannerline paintings. "Bannerline" refers to the style of artwork influenced by the special form of advertising in which banners are hung on clothesline that can be easily put up and taken down for a traveling show. This artistic style has allowed Mr. Davies to express his mysterious narratives through a personal visual language. In his response to the loose canvas format, he brings to mind signage commonly associated with carnival attractions, fraternal lodge rituals, and medieval religious pilgrimages; the artist thus relates life experience as a moral drama, played out in a public forum.

Prairie Stories

Sally Walsh, instructor of watercolor, will be demonstrating plein air painting at the Prairie Stories event on September 19 from 10am until 4pm at Early American Museum in Mahomet.  http://www.earlyamericanmuseum.org/program.htm

Gallery Opening

Melinda McIntosh, Parkland Art & Design Instructor and printmaker, will be opening a new gallery & studio in downtown Monticello on Friday September 18.  The Paper Crane Studio & Gallery is located at 216 W. Washington, Monticello, IL.  The hours of operation will be Fridays, 11-6 and Saturdays, 11-4.  The public is welcome!

Artist's Reception

You are invited to an Artist's Reception with Alyce Cheska whose work is currently on exhibit in The Gallery at Clark-Lindsey.  The event will be held on Wednesday, September 23, from 2:30 until 3:30.  Alyce was a painting student here at Parkland for many years.

Art Exhibition

"Phases of Construction", an exhibition of paintings by former Parkland painting student Jason Patterson is currently on display at the Amara Yoga Center in Lincoln Square Mall.http://amarayoga.com/gallery.html

Seek Conference

All Parkland students are invited to participate in the upcoming Seek Conference in DeKalb, Illinois on Saturday, November 21, 2009. Featured keynote speakers include Massimo Vignelli and Jakob Trollback. Parkland College will provide a mini-bus (reservations are required). More info: gds.parkland.edu/seek

Artist's Opening Reception

Come to Indi Go Gallery this Friday between 7 - 9pm for the Opening Reception of Photographic Art, featuring Parkland Art Faculty, Matthew Watt and Bryan Heaton's recent digital photographs.  This exhibition runs from September 1 -27.  Gallery hours are on Friday from 5-9pm and Saturday from 1 - 7pm, or to view by appointment, contact:  Jim Barham at jab@barhambenefit.com, Matthew Watt at mwatt@parkland.edu or Bryan Heaton at bheaton@parkland.edu.

Friday Night is Pecha Kucha Night!

Artist's Reception

If you happen to find yourself in Milwaukee, WI this weekend, stop by the Tory Folliard Gallery and visit the show: New Sculpture.  This a one man show featuring our own Instructor of Ceramics and Sculpture, Chris Berti.  The show will run from September 11 - October 10, with an artist's reception Friday, September 11, 5-7pm. 

Artist Talk - Thursday, September 10th

Join us in the Art Gallery this Thursday at noon for the second lecture in our series, "High Noon with the Artist".  Laura O'Donnell, Instructor of Ceramics and Art History, will discuss both her sculptural and functional work, with the common thread being their visual reference points of the figure integrated with natural and architectural forms. Her lecture coincides with the Annual Parkland Art and Design Faculty Exhibition.

Artist Talk - Thursday, September 3, 12pm

The first "High Noon with the Artist" on Thursday September 3. Bryan Heaton, Instructor of Photography, reveals dark subject matter within his colorful suburban narratives. His lecture coincides with the Annual Parkland Art and Design Faculty Exhibition. This programming is designed to allow faculty from selected areas to discuss their work more in-depth. This lecture begins at noon and will be held in the gallery.