Youth Art Month
January 31 – February 22
For the month of February, the Highland Park school district showcases the next generation of artists in two unique exhibitions featuring High School and Elementary level students.
Nicole Gordon: Postmemory
February 28 – April 5.
Opening reception: February 28, 5:30 – 8:00 pm.
Postmemory is a series of paintings by Nicole Gordon that describes the” relationship that the “generation after” bears to the personal, collective, and cultural trauma of those who came before. Inspired by intimate interviews with her parents about their family history of immigration and assimilation from Eastern Europe to South Africa, Cuba, and ultimately to the United States.
To be displayed in the Art Center’s Main Gallery.
Memory Is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience
February 28 – April 5
Opening reception: February 28, 5:30 – 8:00 pm.
An exhibition that brings together ten women photographic artists exploring the liminal space between time and transience. This body of work represents the universal concepts of loss, mortality, and legacy, and the exploration of what inspires us to seek solace and reexamine our histories; subsequently unearthing discoveries about ourselves, our relationships, and our place in the universe.
To be displayed in the Art Center’s Elkins Gallery.
Annual Benefit Exhibition
May 2 – June 14
The Art Center Highland Park will celebrate its 65th anniversary with a special exhibition to coincide with its annual Spring Benefit.