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Rotating Banner Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery

The Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery is a meeting ground for students of Moraine Valley, the local community, and the contemporary art world. Our mission is to present significant works, through exhibitions and programming, by local, national, and international artists.

Exhibits are available for viewing Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and during most Fine and Performing Arts Center performances.

For information, contact Tommy Hensel, managing director, at (708) 974-5500 or henselT2@morainevalley.edu.

Gallery 2009
May 26-Aug. 5
Moraine Valley hosts its 11th annual juried exhibit of works by local artists in this juried community exhibition.

Works by: Peter Bosy, Claudia Craemer, Sarah A. Conway, Marcia Duff, Rebecca Healy, Pat Coffman Huss, Laura Kleinheuz, Joan Lycardi, Dianne Martia, Carol L. Morrison, Kay O'Brien, Mary Anne O'Neill, Kristine O'Reilly, Jim Pavlatos, Richard Schmidt, Carl Tocwish, Jim Wallace, Claire Wiest and Sarah Beth Woods
 

Fall 2009 Exhibits


James Ehlers

Living Death, Dying Life

Aug. 17–Sept. 17
Reception: Thursday, Aug. 27, 2-4 p.m.
James renders the expression of energy transfer occurring from the death of the physical body.

Amanda N. Simons
5/8” Seam Allowance

Sept. 21–Oct. 15
Reception: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2-4 p.m.
“My work is an exploration of the legal and social struggles of lesbian domestic partnership in contemporary America and what that partnership means in the context of both heterosexual and homosexual communities.”

Kim William Fink
Oct. 19–Nov. 12
Reception: Thursday, Oct. 22, 2-4 p.m.
Kim William Fink explores contemporary American popular culture and documents its symbolic language through his work.

MVCC Faculty Exhibition
Nov. 16–Dec. 17
Reception: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2-4 p.m.
Moraine Valley Community College art faculty share recent work with the college and community.

Spring 2010 Exhibits


Daniel Miller
Altered Landscapes

Jan. 19–Feb. 11
Reception: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2-4 p.m.
Daniel Miller’s work reflects our “transitional environment” by investigating “the complex relationships that exist in our world.”

Ming Zhou
“Glorious” Life

Feb. 15–March 11
Reception: Thursday, Feb. 18, 2-4 p.m.
Ming Zhou’s work “is a critique of the China’s New Middle Class’s tasteless manner” and their attempts “to use ‘good taste’ as a means of distinguishing themselves from the mass.”

High School Exhibition

March 17–24
Reception: Friday, March 19, 6-8 p.m.
This annual exhibition showcases work created by students from local high schools.

Shaila Christofferson
Here and There

March 29–April 22
Reception: Thursday, April 1, 2-4 p.m.
“These works comment on our material culture and everyday lives in both the forms that are represented as well as the means of their production.”

MVCC Juried Student Art Exhibition

April 26–May 21
Reception: Thursday, April 29, 4-6:30 p.m.
The Juried Student Art Exhibit is an exhibition showcasing the breadth and depth of emerging art students who are either currently enrolled in or have taken art classes within the past year at Moraine Valley.
 
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