ARC Members’: 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Please join the collective membership of ARC for its 50th Anniversary Members' Exhibition! For this 50th year celebration, ARC presents work by members past and present.

ARC, founded in 1973 as a women-run cooperative organization, has a long and distinguished history as a cultural institution in the city. ARC's mission is to bring innovative, emerging and experimental visual art, to a wide range of viewers, and to provide a nurturing atmosphere for the continued development of artistic potential and dialogue. Celebrating 50 years in existence, ARC provides exhibition opportunities and support to artists, across all artistic disciplines including performance, sound, and video. The support ARC offers includes: professional presentation of work, significant financial subsidy of gallery space, group and themed show opportunities, and feedback and encouragement to young and emerging artists.

Exhibiting Artists: Karen Ami, Kina Bagovska, Raissa Bailey, Monica Bauer, Nancy Bechtol, Denise Bellezzo, Gerda Meyer Bernstein, Rine Boyer, Dawn Brennan, Monica J. Brown, Virginia Carstarphen, Nancy Charak, Esther Charbit, Laura Cloud, Jan Chenoweth, Sessah DelaRue, Rosemary Mesa DesPlas, L.J. Douglas, Kathleen Dugan, Abigail Engstrand, Leslie Ann Eliot, Nancy Fritz, Anne Farley Gaines, Stacey Lee Gee, Iris Goldstein, Jessica Gondek, Kristina Gosh, Cait Hardie, Kerry Hirth, Pamela Hobbs, Nicole Jacquard, Diane Jurado, Carolyne King, Pauline Kochanski, Elizabeth LeFauve, Laura Lencioni, Elyse Martin, Renee McGinnis, Ruti Modlin, Lynnette Mohill, Julia Morrisroe, Cheri Reif Naselli, Jan Parker, Ellen Petraits, Ann Ponce, Granite Palombo-Amit, Civia Rosenberg, Katherine Steichen Rosing, Cheri Sampson, Beth Shadur, Randi Shepard, Lee Stanton, Jane Stevens, Rebekah Stoneberg, Michele Stutts, Deva Suckerman, Beth Turk, Ralitzo Vladimirova, Monika Wilfers, Michelle Williams, Jodi Younglove, Chiyeko Yuki, Amy Zucker

Gallery hours: Thurs – Fri 2-6pm, Sat – Sun 12-4 pm

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Read about ARC's 50th Anniversary here