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.

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.