2010 Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition

Great exhibition opportunity for Community College Art Students. All should apply! Details below...

2010 Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: March 4-26
Closing Reception & Awards Ceremony: March 26, 1-3 pm.
Deadline for Entries: Entries must be received by February 15th.
No Entry Fee!
Accepted Artists will be notified via email by Feb. 18th
Awards:
Best of Show: $3oo
$100 awards of merit will be awarded at the discretion of the juror.

Entry Checklist:
Completed Entry Form
A CD containing up to 3 images (maximum of 1000 pixels on the longest side at 72 dpi).
Each image file should be named with the artist's last name, first name, followed by entry letter and be seperated by underlines, such as: Smith_John_A.jpg

Send Entries to:
Visual Arts Gallery
c/o Javier Chavira
Governors State University
1 University Parkway
University Park, IL 60484

Questions at: artsgrad@govst.edu or (708)534-4021

Open to any student currently enrolled in an Illinois Community or Junior College. Works must have been completed during the last 2 academic years.

Kamelian Art and Literary Magazine, and Kish Juried Student Art Show Reception

Students who wish to drop off their art pieces at the gallery for the Kamelian may do so during these gallery hours:

For the week of January 19-21, 2010 the gallery will be open TR 11am-12pm & 4pm-9pm and W 1pm-9pm. There is an artist reception on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 2pm-5pm with an awards ceremony at 3:30pm.

by Janell Ray, Fall 2009

Field Trip to Chicago to Art Institute of Chicago

What: Field Trip to Art Institute of Chicago
Where: Chicago, IL
When: Saturday, January 16th from 8:25 am - 7:06 pm
Why: See a great art museum, visit the NEW Modern Wing, and see the Caravaggio painting on loan until Jan. 24th.

How: We meet at the Metra Elburn Train Station at 8 am. The train leaves at 8:25 am and takes us directly to Chicago. From there, we take 1 CTA bus that drops us right in front of the museum. We tour, walk around, eat lunch, tour, then go on home. We will catch the 5:40 pm train going home.

Costs: 2 one-way train tickets: $10
Bus Fare: $4.

Parking at Elburn: $1.25

Admission to Museum: $ 12 with student ID
Lunch: pack a lunch, or buy one.
Total: $27.25 plus lunch, etc.

What else can you expect to see?
Vincent Van Gogh
Rembrant
Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
Andy Warhol
African Art
Asian Art
Textiles
Prints
Photography
Sculpture
Contemporary
Ancient Stuff
Architecture
Foreshortened limbs
Dramatic Chiaroscuro
Awesome

Act fast. There are no Caravaggio's in the country. This one is on loan until next weekend from Europe. Caravaggio is one of the best figure painters who ever picked up a brush. Very influential. A rapscallion and a genius too. So much to see and do. Millennium Park will be visited (right next to the museum)!

I will be your guide! You will be safe, and won't be lost! Chicago is like Malta, only bigger. Come with me to see the art. All are welcome. Bring a friend.

See two previous blog entries ago for more info on the Caravaggio. We will see it all.