Art Events

Join us in the Catacombs Gallery on Friday, October 6th from 6 to 9 p.m. for the opening reception of "More than Lumpia" in celebration of National Filipino American History Month in October. “More Than Lumpia" is a groundbreaking exhibition that seeks to amplify the voices and narratives of Filipino-American artists, showcasing their talent, creativity, and  contributions to the art world. By exploring the Filipino-American experience through visual arts, this exhibit aims to challenge stereotypes, promote representation, and foster a more inclusive art community.

Join us on Friday, November 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Sacristy Gallery for the opening reception of Elaine Miller: Wanderlust
In "Wanderlust," Elaine Miller reflects on a lifelong desire to travel to the world's most exotic and remote landscapes and wildlife, contrasted with her paintings documenting a hyperlocal midwestern landscape. The primary impetus for her focus on landscape genre, whether fantasy or documentary, is a deep concern and reverence for the natural world, especially its forests and the wildlife it protects. The paintings are a way to reconnect the artists and the viewer with the spiritual qualities of nature and our complex relationship with it.  

Karen is a self-taught fiber sculptor who started her artistic life as a basket maker. As a fiber sculptor, first and foremost Karen is a materialist. Her exploration of materials and their relationship to the dimensional constructed surface takes advantage of their potency, limitlessness and pliability. Some of her work explores lines and shapes to create patterns. Some of her work uses the flexibility of the fiber to wrap and fold to build dimensionality. Experimenting with various craft techniques she studies the properties of materials to extract their highest possible resiliency and surface potential. As the noted fiber artist and educator, Warren Seelig wrote “When you experience a place it is the materiality that you engage with, and it is the expressiveness of that materiality that makes the place memorable and rich.”

Attend the opening reception of Chicago Sculpture International's exhibition Elemental Impact on Friday, November 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. This exhibition takes place in Chase Gallery through January 13, 2024. Elemental Impact takes interest in the parts that make up the whole, and how a single element can impact the world at large. Much like a single choice in material or form can change an entire piece, each of the sculptural works in this collective by 34 artists, change and impact the whole through their proximity.

Join us in The Guild Room for the opening reception of Louise LeBourgeois & Karen Reimer's exhibition Boundless & Disorderly, Friday, November 17, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Boundless and Disorderly is a two-person exhibition by painter Louise LeBourgeois and textile craft artist Karen Reimer. While their artwork is different formally and materially, both artists explore the horizon line of Lake Michigan, through LeBourgeois’s representational painting and Reimer’s naming and poetic language. Both scrutinize the horizon line, where water meets air, with awareness that it doesn’t actually exist.