CLC's 34th 'Recent Works' exhibit opens Oct. 3

An opening reception for the College of Lake County's 34th Annual Recent Works exhibit will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at CLC. The Recent Works exhibit will be on view in the gallery through Nov. 9.

At the reception, more than $1,000 in cash prizes and purchase awards will be announced. The reception includes music by the Mojo Daddies acoustic duo and refreshments. The public is invited to attend.

Selected from 150 entries, the artwork in the exhibit includes 55 pieces in various media, created by 40 artists who live or work in Lake County. The exhibit's jurors are artists Doug Jeppesen, ceramics instructor, Waubonsee Community College, and Nina Weiss, adjunct instructor, Columbia College.

The winners' names will be made public after Oct. 3. Many of the artworks are for sale.

The Wright Gallery of Art's 2014-15 exhibit calendar includes the following shows. Opening receptions are held on Fridays from 7-9 p.m. on the opening date.

CLC Art Faculty Exhibition, Nov. 14 to Dec. 14, 2014

Members Exhibition, Jan. 16 to Feb. 22, 2015

Deanna Krueger: Shimmer, Feb. 27 to April 5, 2015

College of Lake County Student Art Competition, April 10 to May 16, 2015

20/20 Vision: Travels Along America's Accidental Highway: May 22 to June 26, 2015.

For more information about the exhibit, contact art professors Hans Habeger at (847) 543-2964 or Erick Rowe at (847) 543-2552.

The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art on the Grayslake campus is located at 19351 W. Washington St. For further information, the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division at (847) 543-2040. Or visit http://gallery.clcillinois.edu/. Gallery hours for this exhibit are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday. Hours vary during college breaks.