Cleve Carney Museum featuring emerging artists at exhibit opening Oct. 7

Seventeen artists from across the nation will be featured in Cleve Carney Museum of Art's exhibition opening Saturday, Oct. 7.

In the first iteration of this concept since 2018, "Once: 2023 Emerging Artists" showcases contemporary artwork ranging in mediums, size, concept, and technique.

This juried exhibition is an opportunity for a range of artists at the beginning of their careers to display their artwork in a professional museum setting and reach new audiences.

The exhibit follows this summer's blockbuster "WARHOL" exhibition at the museum located on the College of DuPage campus, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn.

Admission is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view through Jan. 7.

Three featured artists have been selected to receive $500 awards for outstanding submissions and one artist will receive a $1,500 award for "Best in Show."

The awards are determined by the panel of jurors and based on the artwork's quality of execution, conceptual clarity as well as its relevance to contemporary art and society.

The award recipients will be announced at the opening reception Saturday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m.

"This exhibition provides early career artists from the community and beyond the opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional setting and to have it seen by our audience," said Justin Witte, gallery director and curator. "While the museum is focused on bringing world-class exhibitions to DuPage County, we are also committed to being a platform for artists to grow their careers."

Out of the 17 featured artists, seven are Chicago-based artists.

James Hosking is the recipient of a 2023 Individual Artists Program grant from the city of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

Contemporary artist Sarah Leuchtner draws inspiration from the city and contemporary culture.

Photographer, designer and artist Dylan Yarbrough teaches photography at Columbia College Chicago and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Multi-disciplinary artist and educator Teri Carson holds a bachelor's in fine arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago.

Maria Burundarena is a visual artist and educator who creates installations using large-scale printed images, light projection and reflective materials.

Seonyoung Lee from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a weaver, designer and installation artist.

Rivers Qinnan Zhu is a visual artist whose works include textile techniques such as weaving and lace-making.

The other 10 artists selected include: From California, Beihua Guo, photography; from Florida, Jessica Gispert, wax, metallurgy and photochemistry; from Indiana, Alejandra Carrillo, screen print; from New York, Jonathan Sanchez Noa, multimedia sculpture; from Oregon, Ambrin Ling, multimedia, watercolor; from Tennessee, Lindsy Davis, sculpture; from Texas, Zac Benson, multimedia sculpture; Christopher Miñán Fitzgerald, painting; and Corey De'Juan Sherrard Jr., music and multimedia; and from Utah, Jerad Ragland, photography.

The "Once: 2023 Emerging Artists Exhibit" is coordinated by Julia Walker, assistant curator at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art.

The four jurors who have reviewed the artwork alongside Walker and Witte include: Pritika Chowdhry, visual artist, curator at the South Asia Institute and member of the Women Made Gallery board; Orianna Cacchione, assistant museum director at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Jonathan Michael Castillo, Chicago-based visual artist and educator; and Kasia Houlihan, multimedia artist and independent curator.

The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and through intermission for MAC performance series shows. For more information visit TheCCMA.org.