Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists

Join Us for the Closing Reception and third Artist Panel Talk
Saturday, December 9th at 2pm

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

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

January 6th 2pm Closing Reception and Artist Panel Talk: Artists Whitney Bradshaw, Bob Faust, Nancy Hejna, Heather Hug, Indira Freitas Johnson, Anna Kunz, and Jennifer Taylor, with curators Anne Harris and Joanne Aono

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 is on view in RAC’s Freeark Gallery, FlexSpace, and Sculpture Garden 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 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.

Riverside Arts Center’s exhibitions are free and open to the public.

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

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

The Riverside Arts Center is a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization.

Our programs are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; the Village of Riverside, sponsorship from the Riverside Township, and by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council.

image: Bob Faust | Riverside, 2021, 12-color, digitally printed canvas, flash paint, gold leaf, and rubber, 101 x 57 inches

32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, Illinois 60546
www.riversideartscenter.com
Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists

Join Us for the second Artist Panel Talk
Saturday, December 9th at 2pm

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

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

Artist Panel Discussions: Saturdays at 2pm
December 9th: Artists Larry Bookbinder and Matthew Girson, Jason Lazarus (remote) and Ali Feser, Erin Washington, and Camille Silverman, with curators Anne Harris, Laura Husar Garcia, and Joanne Aono

January 6th Closing Reception and Artist Panel Talk: Artists Whitney Bradshaw, Bob Faust, Nancy Hejna, Heather Hug, Indira Freitas Johnson, Anna Kunz, and Jennifer Taylor, with curators Anne Harris and Joanne Aono

(More artists to be added to panel talks; look for future emails)

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 is on view in RAC’s Freeark Gallery, FlexSpace, and Sculpture Garden 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 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.

Riverside Arts Center’s exhibitions are free and open to the public.

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

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

The Riverside Arts Center is a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization.

Our programs are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; the Village of Riverside, sponsorship from the Riverside Township, and by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council.

image: Erin Washington | Light Handed, 2019-2020, Acrylic, chalk, collage, high-polymer film lead, book titled “how to know people by their hands” and nitrile gloves on panel, 24.25 x 30.25 x 7 inches

32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, Illinois 60546
www.riversideartscenter.com

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