ANAwim arts

OESTERLE LIBRARY GALLERY
320 School Street
Naperville, IL

November 4 - December 9

Reception Nov 12, 2-4pm

Barton Benes

SCHOENHERR GALLERY, WENTZ FINE ARTS CENTER
171 E Chicago Ave
Naperville, IL

November 2 - December 9

Receptions Nov 2, 5-8pm and Nov 4 3-9pm
Talks by Dr. Royce Smith at 6pm on both days

Tom Goodell

OESTERLE LIBRARY GALLERY
320 School Street
Naperville, IL

September 5 - October 7

Alumni Invitational 2023

SCHOENHERR GALLERY, WENTZ FINE ARTS CENTER
171 E Chicago Ave
Naperville, IL

September 5 - October 7

DEBRA YEPA-PAPPAN
SUSTENANCE

SCHOENHERR GALLERY, WENTZ FINE ARTS CENTER 171 E Chicago Ave Naperville, IL

January 30 - March 10, 2023

Debra Yepa-Pappan, who is Korean and a tribally enrolled member of the Pueblo of Jemez, is the co-founder of the Center for Native Futures in Chicago and is the Native Community Engagement Coordinator at the Field Museum where she played a critical role in the development of Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories. She is an artist with international acclaim in the field of contemporary Native American art, committed to changing inaccurate representations of Native people and advocates for the inclusion of Native first voice and perspectives. Educated at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and Columbia College Chicago, Debra’s work has been featured at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art in Santa Fe, the DePaul University Art Museum, the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, and the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia, among others. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM, the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Aurora, IL, and the British Library. She currently lives in Chicago with her husband artist Chris Pappan and their daughter.

Jenna Herbeck

OESTERLE LIBRARY GALLERY 320 E School Street Naperville, IL

September 26 - October 28, 2022

StUdent Gallery exhibitions

MEILEY SWALLOW HALL GALLERY 31 S Ellsworth St Naperville, IL

2021 - 2022

Joshua Cormack: Drawing and Animation October 11 - November 5, 2021

Emily Hanson: Photography November 15 - December 10, 2021

Fall Senior Show November 29 - December 10, 2021

Kaitlin Kirsch: Paintings January 18 - February 11, 2022

Tami Kidd-Brown: Portraits February 21 - March 25, 2022

Ella Smith: Recent Work April 4 - April 29, 2022

BEN BLount: Strong silent type

SCHOENHERR GALLERY, WENTZ FINE ARTS CENTER 171 E Chicago Ave Naperville, IL

November 15, 2021 - March 4, 2022

Blount is an Evanston-based artist, designer, and letterpress printer whose work is in collections such as The Newberry Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

http://benblount.com/

Faculty biannual

SCHOENHERR GALLERY, WENTZ FINE ARTS CENTER
171 E Chicago Ave
Naperville, IL

September 7, 2021 - October 29, 2021

The North Central College Faculty Biannual was juried by Sergio Gomez of Zhou B Art Center. The exhibition presents recent work from a wide range of media in design, ceramics, fiber, painting, drawing, and animation representing the many disciplines practiced in the Department of Art and Design.

ODYSSEY 2021 Senior art show

SCHOENHERR GALLERY, WENTZ FINE ARTS CENTER
171 E Chicago Ave
Naperville, IL

MEILEY SWALLOW GALLERY
31 S Ellsworth St, Naperville, IL

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March 29, 2021 - May 3, 2021

Odyssey is an exhibition put on by senior art and design students. Artists featured were Allison Janis, Emmanuel Owusu, Erica Marquez, Evan Scroggs, Jacob Ray, Molly Haupt, Morgan Donohue, Nick Marx, Thomas Costello, Victoria Ruud, Vincent Mayer, and Zoe Bilicki..

PROTEST ART

SCHOENHERR GALLERY, WENTZ FINE ARTS CENTER
171 E Chicago Ave
Naperville, IL

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An exhibition of protest signs made and used by North Central students, faculty, and alumni against systemic anti-black racism. Curated by David Cordero and Hale Ekinci, professors at the Department of Art and Design, the exhibition features community voices in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-racist demands for BIPOC communities. Works displayed: 

• A selection of signs from the North Central College Archives made for the November 2016 March in Solidarity  

• Signs used by students, faculty, and staff at the protests of Summer 2020 

• Black Lives Matter Unity Collage created by the Office of Multicultural Affairs with submissions from North Central community members

• Posters created by Design Agency students for the exhibition 

Press coverage:

“Protest art exhibit shines a light on North Central College’s call for social justice” by Jacob Imm on North Central College News

“Protest art from summer 2020 now on exhibit” by Cory Griffin on NCCLinked

COLLECTIVE

MEILEY SWALLOW GALLERY
31 S Ellsworth St
Naperville, IL

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January 30 - February 10, 2021

Collective explores the limitless approaches to the creative process through 36 featured artworks from Molly Cook and Kacie Warren. Through the combination of solo, collaborative, two dimensional, and three dimensional artwork, Collective takes the audience on a journey of four ubiquitous motifs that artists universally use as inspiration. Using the catalysts of discovery, relationships, recovery, and expansion, these works push the boundaries of conventional art movements, personal beliefs, and conceptual impressions.

Due to Covid-19, Collective is currently available for a short time to the North Central community for limited viewing at Meiley Swallow Gallery, and will remain available to the general public in a virtual format indefinitely.

BEAUTY & THE BEAST

MEILEY SWALLOW GALLERY
31 S Ellsworth St
Naperville, IL

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Solo student exhibition by Angela Kvitek featuring costume design for Beauty and the Beast.