Nonobjective
Jul 10 – Aug 22 2020
Peter Ahart, Lisa Nelson Raabe and Nichole Gronvold Roller all share an experience together in Bradley University’s Master’s program ... read more
Roy Rogers: Bronze Visions
Jul 10 – Aug 22 2020
Local artist Roy Rogers, a former tool designer turned sculptor, focuses on sharing his bronze sculptures, most of which were created ... read more
CIAO Artists Group Exhibition
Mar 13 – Jun 26 2020
The artists enrolled in the Contemporary Art Center’s Artist Membership program (CIAO) return to the Contemporary Art Center for a ... read more
Janis Mars Wunderlich
Mar 13 – Jun 26 2020
With playful and poignant imagery in ceramic sculpture and acrylic paintings, Janis Mars Wunderlich depicts themes of fertility, ... read more
Carry Weight | Hold Light
Jan 10 – Feb 21 2020
To Carry, To Hold began as a collaborative exhibition in her studio while Brammeier was an artist in residence at International Studio ... read more
Christopher Holbrook: Unique Impressions
Jan 10 – Feb 21 2020
This exhibition focuses on Holbrook’s inventive approach to the collograph process developed during the final years of his life. The ... read more
Colorful Creations
Nov 1 - Dec 27 2019
Colorful Creations will feature the photographs of Natalie Jackson O’Neal, paintings by Alice Traore and fiber art by Trish Williams. ... read more
A Small Wonder Gift Shop
Nov 8 - Dec 21 2019
A small wonder means small work from local artists and that means work priced for holiday gifts! Gallery 3R is turned into a gift shop ... read more
William H. Thielen: Running with Scissors
Nov 9 – Dec 20 2019
Thielen’s abstract art runs the gamut: from two-dimensional drawings and paintings to three-dimensional free-standing sculptures in a ... read more
Cynthia Merrill: Scratching Through the Surface
Sep 6 - Oct 25 2019
Cynthia Merrill creates black & white ceramic vessels that, while functional, serve as a vehicle to portray stylized sea creatures read more
Laura Lein-Svencner: Inner Most-Outer Expressions
Sep 13 – Oct 18 2019
Laura has pursued her love of paper; some she makes from the plants in her garden. Found papers, like engineer plans, nautical maps read more
Donald Mason: Double Consciousness
July 12 - Aug 30 2019
Growing up in the church, influenced by the murder of Emmett Till when Mason was 14 and troubled by the economic and social disparity read more
Twenty Dirty Hands Pottery Tour
July 5 - Aug 23 2019
Twenty Dirty Hands Pottery Tour was developed to promote ten ceramic artists in small towns in the Northwest corner of Illinois. As ... read more
Elizabeth Davis: Dances and Conversations
May 10 - June 21 2019
After years of experimenting with other art forms, long-time CAC resident artist Elizabeth Davis discovered encaustic and it has since ... read more
Everchanging
May 10 - June 21 2019
Sculptor Gene Mialkowski and multimedia artists Doug and Eileen Leunig, interpret movement found in wind and water while drawing ... read more