2017 EVENTS

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Momentum Art Guild artists have created an exhibition inspired by and based on the square. Squares are familiar shapes which generally are not attention getting; in fact they can be downright boring. This show will highlight the square and elevate it to a new level. Much the same way that lines convey meaning, shapes have meaning and are important elements in getting our visual messages across.

Art Squared Exhibition
December 11 - February 23, 2018​

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 11th, 5:00-7:00 pm

Group Exhibit in the Gallery Café
at the Freeport Public Library-100 E. Douglas St. Freeport, IL

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Saturday & Sunday, November 4th & 5th from 10-7 pm

SAVE THE DATE and join me in the studio for encaustic painting demonstrations, an exhibit & sales event, and to take advantage of this opportunity to purchase affordable original artworks from my Fall Series special offer. (while supplies last)

121 N. Harlem Ave.  - enter through the parking lot back door

No registration necessary, but it would be great to know if you are planning to come. ​
Join the Facebook event and let me know you are interested or planning to come to this event. CLICK HERE

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2017 National Juried Art Exhibition
October 6 - December 29, 2017​
​Opening Reception: Saturday, October 7th, 6-9 pm

I am very excited to announce that my painting Bolinus brandaris has been selected for the 1st Annual National Juried Exhibition at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art. This national exhibition was juried by artist Alyssa Monks.

​Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
309 McClellan St. 
Wausau, WI

Website: wmoca.org
Facebook: Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art

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Dangerous Lullabies III
October 2017​
​Opening Reception: Friday, October 6th, 7:00-10:00 pm

Dangerous Lullabies III is a group fine art exhibition showcased in Crystal Lake's historic Dole Mansion. This is the exhibition's 3rd year, back by popular demand. Artists are invited to submit work that explores the curious allure of things that frighten us. If you have work that is designed to examine the beauty found in the ashes of terror or the magnetic pull of work that is disturbing, on-edge or dark, this is the show for you. All mediums will be accepted for consideration.
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Website: xculturearts.com
Facebook: J and K Isacson

Historic Dole Mansion
Lakeside Legacy Arts Park
401 Country Club Rd.
Crystal Lake, IL

National Juried Exhibition by
Joe +  Kathleen Isacson

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SKETCHBOOK: an exhibition of artists' books
September 15 - October 14, 2017​

"Sketchbook" is an exhibition featuring artists’ Sketchbooks as objects of art research. This exhibition will feature a selection of sketchbooks allowing the public to touch and carefully browse the books in order to get a deeper insight into how artists generate, explore, and execute ideas.  Sketchbooks may serve as brainstorming material or studies for finished work. They may include text, collage, washes, drawings, paintings, and any other mark-making imagery. The exhibition aims to help the viewer get up close and personal into the artist’s mind. The gallery will document various pages of each book and will publish them in an online exhibition. The exhibition is curated by Sergio Gomez.​

Website: Art NXT Level / 33 Contemporary Gallery
Facebook: Art NXT Level Projects / 33 Contemporary

Art NXT Level / 33 Contemporary Gallery
Zhou B Art Center, 4th Floor
1029 W. 35th St., Chicago, IL
Curated by Sergio Gomez

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LIMITLESS 2017
August 1 - October 31, 2017​

Online Exhibition hosted by the Federation of Canadian Artists

I am honored to announce that “Colony Collapse/Bees 1” and “Precarious/Self Portrait” were chosen for the LIMITLESS 2017 exhibition hosted by the Federation of Canadian Artists.

Website: LIMITLESS 2017
Facebook: Federation of Canadian Artists

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6th Annual Encaustic Exhibition
August 4 - September 2, 2017​

Opening Reception: Friday, August 4th, 6:00-10:00 pm

I am very honored to have one of my paintings juried into the 6th Annual Encaustic exhibition by jurors Dan Addington and Kathleen Roman. Thank you both, and thank you to David and the Morpho Gallery for hosting the exhibition!

Morpho Gallery
5216 North Damen St.
Chicago, IL

Website: Morpho Gallery
Facebook: Morpho Gallery

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Ethereal Allure:
​Visions of Yellowstone NP
Quad City Arts - Art @ the Airport
Quad City International Airport Gallery: Carrie & Nick Baxter

July - August, 2017

​Last year the National Parks Service reached its centennial anniversary on August 25th, 2016. In celebration, this exhibition of textured paintings and colored photographs highlight the amazing landscape of Yellowstone National Park, which is our nation's first national park. Carrie’s paintings focus on the colors and textures of the microbial mats that are found in and around the hot-springs. Nick’s photographs compliment the paintings with imagery of the microbial mats and the landscapes they engulf. Together, these artworks express the wonder and beauty of one of the most amazing places on Earth. 

Quad City International Airport Gallery
2200 69th Ave.
Moline, IL

Website: Quad City International ​Airport Gallery 

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The Natural World
July 1 - July 31, 2017​

Online Exhibition: July 2017

For this competition artists and photographers, were encouraged to share their artistic vision and interpretation of the Natural World. The theme included any art and photography that depicts elements of the natural world. Natural and/or geographical objects and environments, wildlife, or anything that was from nature and/or not created by or substantially altered by man. The artwork could range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and all artists and photographers, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit their best representational or non-representational art and photography.
We once again received a diverse collection of quality artwork from artists all around the world including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Austria, Korea, Singapore and Australia.

(FusionArt.com is credited for this exhibition description)

Website: Fusion Art- The Natural World

Fusion Art
Online Exhibitions & Gallery
FusionArtps.com
Palm Springs, CA

​Honorable Mention award for
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Colony Collapse/Bees 1

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2017 DUMA Biennial
May 27 - August 20, 2017​
​Opening Reception: Friday, June 2nd, 5:00-8:00 pm

I am honored to have three pieces selected for the 2017 DuMA Bienial juried exhibition. 
Juror Gallery Talk on June 3rd, at 1:30 pm, with Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D., Associate Curator of the Brandywine River Museum of Art

Dubuque Museum of Art
Falb Family Gallery and Bouche Balcony Gallery
701 Locust St.
Dubuque, IA

Website: Dubuque Museum of Art
Facebook: Dubuque Museum of Art

Dubuque Museum of Art
Falb Family Gallery & Balcony Gallery
701 Locus St.
Dubuqie. IA

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Wish You Were Here  -  group exhibition

Freeport Art Museum - Contemporary Gallery
May 26 -  August 11, 2017
Reception: Friday, May 26th, 5:00-7:00 pm

In today's world of ever-changing technology and social media, the art of postcard and letter writing have largely gone by the wayside. This group exhibition by the Momentum Art Guild acknowledges these changes with a salute to 'postcards' as a throwback to the days when taking vacations, seeing the world, and communicating with loved ones was just as much a part of the adventure as the actual act of traveling.  Today, many of us can quickly communicate through easy access to emails, receive instant notices on our smart phones, as well as send and receive updates with social media. The excitement of traveling and taking the time pick out the perfect postcard and mail it to share our adventures with those at home, has nearly evaporated. We would like to celebrate the postcard as a long time communication device and bring to light some of our own personal experiences and interpretations as artists.  The title, "Wish You Were Here" relates back to one of the common phrases that often accompanied postcard and letter messages. However, at the same time, the phrase eludes to the idea that with so much social media bombarding our everyday lives, we might wonder how many of us might wish we could break away.  Do others reminisce with old letters and postcards, and long to retreat back to a simpler time when social media wasn't in our everyday lives?

Freeport Art Museum
Contemporary Gallery
121 N. Harlem Ave.
Freeport, IL

Group Exhibition by the
​Momentum Art Guild

Website: Momentum Art Guild 
Facebook: Momentum Art Guild 

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Beneath the Surface
The Art Center Highland Park

March 3 - April 2, 2017​
​Opening Reception: Friday, March 3rd, 6:30-8:30 pm

Beneath the Surface is an exhibition of artists whose work uses encaustic techniques to reflect how the multifaceted layers express messages. The meanings are sublime and often subtle taking on a quiet reverie, requiring the viewer to discover what lays beneath the surface. I am honored to have my piece, "Colony Collapse/Bees 1", selected for this show.

Website: The Art Center Highland Park
Facebook: The Art Center Highland Park

The Art Center
Highland Park
Fireplace Gallery
1957 Sheridan Rd.
Highland Park, IL

Juried by
artist and curator
Caren Helene Rudman

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LAYERED
January 20 - March 3, 2017​

Opening Reception: Friday, January 20th, 7:00-10:00 pm

I am very excited to announce that my piece, "Rattlesnake Master Borer Moth 4", is included in the exhibition "LAYERED", curated by Sergio Gomez in his Art NXT Level / 33 Contemporary Gallery.

Artists Talk on February 17th, at 8 pm.

Art NXT Level Projects / 33 Contemporary Gallery
Zhou B Art Center, 4th Floor
1029 W. 35th St.
Chicago, IL

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Website: Art NXT Level Projects / 33 Contemporary
Facebook: Art Next Level Projects / 33 Contemporary

Rattlesnake Master Borer Moth 4
​Encaustic with hand-drawn image laser transfers, 24" x 24"

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Between Red and Blue
group show by the Momentum Art Guild 

January 2 - February 27, 2017

"Between Red and Blue" is a group show by the Momentum Art Guild currently on display at Higher Grounds Coffee in Freeport, IL. My piece is titled "Bolinus brandaris".

Website: Momentum Art Guild
Facebook: Momentum Art Guild

Website: Higher Grounds Coffee
Facebook: Higher Grounds Coffee

Higher Grounds Coffee
1709 S. West Ave.
Freeport, IL

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MASKS by MAG
group show by the Momentum Art Guild 

January, 2017

During the month of January, MAG members will display creative masks at 9 East Coffee, in downtown Freeport, IL. My piece is titled "Sentient".

Website: Momentum Art Guild
Facebook: Momentum Art Guild

Website: 9 East Coffee
Facebook: 9 East Coffee

9 East Coffee
9 E. Stephenson St.
Freeport, IL

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4th Friday at The Starline Gallery

January 27th, 6-9 pm

Starline Gallery, 2nd Floor
Studio# 205H, 2nd Level
300 W. Front St.
Harvard, IL

Website: 4th Friday at The Starline Gallery
Facebook: 4th Friday at The Starline Gallery

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