'The Collective Muse' collage exhibit opens at Aurora Public Arts Commission

The Aurora Public Art Commission and the Midwest Collage Society are proud to present "The Collective Muse," an exhibit featuring the work of 30 collage artists.

An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, in the third floor gallery of the Aurora Public Art Commission, in the David L. Pierce Art and History Center, 20 E. Downer Place, Aurora.

"The Collective Muse" will be on display until Oct. 22, during regular gallery hours from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

The Midwest Collage Society, a regional affiliate of the National Collage Society founded in 2003, promotes collage as fine art, exhibiting three or more times per year at galleries across the Chicago metropolitan area. The Midwest Collage Society boasts more than 60 members from the Chicago area and northwest Indiana, and includes both formally trained graduates and the self-taught.

Artists who will be exhibiting work include: Nancy Castner, Nancy Staszak, June Fuerstenhaefer, Elaine Rath, Cherie Denton, Barb Boland, Mary Yezek, Pat Pope, LuEllen Joy Giera, Melinda VanDril-Beer, Turkan Ildekmirci, Joan Lucht, Marge Boyd, Jerri Reimann, Tania Blanco, Margi Hafer, Donna Johnston, Maureen Gasek, Cindy Hughes, Gale C. Vance, Kathy Schoenauer, Dee De Schneider, Laura Lein-Svencner, Fabra DiPaolo, Margaret Swedzikowski, Rose Kostan-Schwartz, Meg Guttman, Teresa Cash, Karen Sako and Mary Alice DeRose.

Admission is free to the reception and during regular gallery hours. Off-street parking is available at Downer Place and Stolp Avenue. For free parking, validate your parking ticket at the Art History Center museum shop.

To learn more about the Midwest Collage Society, visit midwestcollagesociety.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/MidwestCollageSociety.

For more on the Aurora Public Art Commission, visit www.aurora-il.org/publicarts/.