Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists

Opening Reception: Sunday, November 5, 2023, 3:00 – 6:00 pm
Join us afterwards for a private happy hour across the street at the Quincy Street Distillery for handcrafted artisanal spirits.

Exhibition Dates: November 5, 2023 – January 6, 2024

Gallery Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 1:00 – 5:00 pm

Artist Panel Discussions: TBA

The artists in Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists include:
Candida Alvarez, Karen Azarnia, Aimeé Beaubien, Deborah Boardman, Larry Bookbinder, Whitney Bradshaw, Tom Burtonwood, Paola Cabal, Bob Faust, Andreas Fischer, Ruth Freeark, Nancy Hejna, Heather Hug, Indira Freitas Johnson, Anna Kunz, Jason Lazarus, Riva Lehrer, Tim Lowly, Janice Nowinski, Nnenna Okore, Sabina Ott, Yoonshin Park, Tony Phillips, Kim Piotrowski, Colleen Plumb, Judith Raphael, Camille Silverman, Altoon Sultan, Jennifer Taylor, and Erin Washington.

The Riverside Arts Center is pleased to present Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists, a group exhibition commemorating our thirtieth anniversary. This exhibition will be on view in RAC’s Freeark Gallery, FlexSpace, and Sculpture Garden from November 5, 2023 through January 6, 2024.

Established in 1993, the Riverside Arts Center has evolved into a respected destination led by its world-class exhibition programming. In recognition of the hundreds of artists whose art has similarly grown through the years, thirty extraordinary artists were selected from RAC’s solo and two-person exhibitions.

Representing a diverse range of artistic mediums, the exhibition includes a wood sculpture by one of the Riverside Arts Center’s founders, Ruth Freeark; a colorful multimedia installation by Aimée Beaubien; and a figurative oil painting by Janice Nowinski. Photography and video are explored by Whitney Bradshaw and Colleen Plumb, while painting is represented by respected artists such as Kim Piotrowski, Anna Kunz, Candida Alvarez, and Andreas Fischer. In addition, we honor Sabina Ott and Deborah Boardman posthumously through their art.

The exhibition will open with a reception for the artists on Sunday, November 5th from 3-6pm. Coinciding with the exhibition, several of the exhibiting artists will participate in panel discussions led by the exhibition’s curators, Anne Harris, Laura Husar Garcia, and Joanne Aono, on select Saturday afternoons.

Riverside Arts Center
32 East Quincy Street
Riverside, Illinois 60546

Gallery Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 1-5pm, Closed Sundays – Wednesdays and major holidays.
All of our exhibitions are free and open to the public.

For press inquiries and high-resolution images or for additional information contact Gallery Director, Joanne Aono at jaono@riversideartscenter.com

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