July 10: New exhibit by Maureen Fritchen opens at CLC Art Gallery
A new exhibit of paintings called "Time and Again" featuring works by Maureen Fritchen will be on display from Friday, July 10, through Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County in Grayslake.
The exhibit will kick off with a reception from 7-9 p.m. July 10 in the gallery, located on CLC's Grayslake campus, 19351 W. Washington St. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. The opening night reception will include refreshments and music.
Because of construction, park in Lot 1 and enter the Technology Building at door T1.
A Chicago native, Maureen Fritchen lives and works in Racine, Wisconsin. "Time and Again" features 24 pieces that are two-dimensional mixed media (collage, oil and encaustic paintings on birch plywood panels) and three-dimensional (found wood and oil paint).
"Colors, shapes, and pattern conjure up strong connections to place for me and (place) holds the same emotive capacity that scent does," Fritchen said. "It is our connection to place that gives us a human experience that identifies oneself. My paintings evoke a familiarity of place and yet they are mostly void of any identifiable associations or landmarks. The use of strong horizontals and sensitive color ranges suggest landscapes. Each piece has its own temperature and atmosphere with subtle multilayered events occurring on and below the surface."
Fritchen has been a resident artist at the 16th Street Studios in Racine since 2010. Her work has been shown in several solo exhibits in the Racine and Kenosha area and has been included in juried and invitational exhibits at galleries throughout Wisconsin, including Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend; The Fine Art Gallery in Milwaukee; the Frank Juarez Gallery in Sheboygan; Racine Art Museum in Racine and others. She was the cover artist for Wisconsin Visual Arts Magazine in March 2014. Since 2012, she has served as education assistant for the Racine Art Museum, working on the Professional Artists Development Series.
For more information, call the Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts division at (847) 543-2040 or visit gallery.clcillinois.edu. Gallery hours for July 10 through Aug. 7 are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; from Aug. 10-16, hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15.
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