Adler Center in Libertyville to host printmaking exhibition
The David Adler Music and Arts Center announces the return of several regionally and nationally recognized artists in a special exhibition exploring printmaking.
Bob Klunk, Beth McKenna, Stephanie Toral and Scott Westgard will exhibit new prints, monotypes and etchings in their December exhibition. An opening reception will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at the David Adler Music and Arts Center.
This event is free. The exhibit will run through Dec. 19.
Adler Member Artist and Libertyville resident Stephanie Toral will exhibit a series of 10 new monotypes inspired by a single subject: a feather.
"Inspiration can take any form," Toral said. "One day, a beautiful feather caught my eye. I sketched it, photographed it, painted it. The pieces evolve from simple studies to more allegorical imagery. I think viewers will enjoy seeing the birth of idea take flight through the mind and hands of an artist."
Bob Klunk, who will display hand-colored etchings, is a longtime friend of the David Adler Music & Arts Center. He gained national recognition for his signature etching of the Chicago Museum Campus for "Butterfly Chair," which welcomes guests to the Field Museum, and for "Chicago 2000," a watercolor commissioned by the state of Illinois to celebrate the new millennium.
"My art is the expression of my imagination through my observation of all that I experience and see in life," Klunk said.
Beth McKenna will display monotypes featuring striking Bokashi color roll techniques.
"This monotype printmaking process involves altering an image through different harmonies of color," McKenna said. McKenna is an active instructor at the Art Center in Highland Park.
Scott Westgard's intimate copperplate etchings complete the exhibit.
Visit "Printmaking: Bob Klunk, Beth McKenna, Stephanie Toral and Scott Westgard" at the David Adler Music and Arts Center from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays Dec. 4-19.
The David Adler Music and Arts Center is dedicated to making music and the arts an integral part of everyday life. Its year-round activities are designed to foster critical thinking and interpretation, participation, entertainment and achievement in music and the arts for the people of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
The David Adler Music and Arts Center maintains and interprets the historic home of architect David Adler, which is the base of its activities, and a visual image of the harmony between music, the arts, and daily life.
The David Adler Music and Arts Center is at 1700 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville.