Concordia-Chicago faculty artists to exhibit works in celebration of Women's History Month

Related Articles

Upcoming Events

Feb. 9, 2010—Exhibiting their work together for the first time, Concordia University Chicago’s four art faculty—all of whom are women—will showcase their painting, fiber, clay, drawing, prints and mixed media art at the University’s Ferguson Art Gallery during Women’s History Month.

The exhibit runs Feb. 22 through March 21, with an artists’ reception Feb. 28 from 2-4 p.m. at the gallery located in Kretzmann Hall on Concordia’s campus, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. 

The artists will also give a special talk March 1 at 7 p.m., as part of the gallery’s celebration of Women’s History Month. For more information, visit www.cuchicago.edu/ferguson or call 708-209-3013.

Featured artists include:

Maria Gedroc, M.A.A.A., adjunct professor of art, will display work in mixed media painting. Gedroc’s art focuses on urban environments including the Chicago metropolitan area as well as the small neighborhoods surrounding them. She is among the local artists who have been featured in Chicago Art Scene, Gedroc’s work is currently displayed at the Dancing Krow Studios in the Oak Park Arts District on Harrison Street. The studio is open Wednesdays 12-5 p.m. and by appointment, for more information call (847) 537-9817.

Deb Herman, M.F.A., associate professor of art and curator of the Concordia University Chicago Art Collection, will exhibit new drawings of winter trees. Herman recently unveiled the first phase of an online collection of Web-based art lessons on 14th- through 19th-century artists as part of a three-year research grant from the John and Frances Beck Foundation for Literacy. The lessons can be found at www.cuchicago.edu/artlessons. Herman exhibits her art locally, nationally and internationally.

Nikkole Huss, M.F.A., assistant professor of art, will exhibit her work that shifts between intersecting regions of drawing, painting, photography, fiber, and installation. Her art connects the fragility and vulnerability of the natural environment to its distinct elements of inner strength, adaptability and resiliency. Huss exhibits her work nationally in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Auburn and St. Louis. Huss’ international shows include ArtExhibition Link in Berliner Liste, Germany, and the Civic Museum of Santa Marinella in Italy. She is currently participating in “Alphabets and Excursions,” a solo show featuring drawings and paintings at Saginaw Valley State University in University Center, Mich.

BettyAnn Mocek, M.F.A., professor of art and director of the Ferguson Art Gallery, will exhibit mixed media works utilizing drawing, painting, collage and printmaking. Mocek’s urban aesthetic focuses on a fascination with line, capturing an explosion of glimpses, busy-ness and energy of the landscape within a muted palette and scrubbed colors. Awarded for her work in the arts community, Mocek exhibits her work nationally and internationally. Her work is in the collection of the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China. She recently participated in “Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project,” a traveling group exhibition that began at the Chicago Cultural Center. View more of Mocek’s artwork at http://www.bettyannmocek.com.
 

About Ferguson Art Gallery

Bringing the region’s rich diversity of visual art to the Oak Park/River Forest and University communities, Ferguson Art Gallery at Concordia University Chicago showcases the works of established and upcoming Chicago-area artists in five to six exhibits each year, including special events celebrating African-American perspective, Hispanic heritage, women’s history and Chicago history.

The gallery is directed by BettyAnn Mocek, Concordia professor of art and a prominent Chicago artist, educator and arts advocate through her work with the Chicago Coalition of Artists, the Chicago Society of Artists and others.
 
The Ferguson Art Gallery is located in Kretzmann Hall at Concordia University Chicago, 7400 Augusta St., River Forest. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. For more information, visit www.cuchicago.edu/ferguson or call 708-209-3013.

About Concordia University Chicago
 
Founded in 1864, Concordia University Chicago is a comprehensive liberal arts-based Christian university in the Lutheran tradition. Through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and College of Graduate and Innovative Programs, Concordia offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral study in small classes taught by professors who are passionate about teaching and student success.
 
Under the leadership of President John F. Johnson, Concordia equips men and women to serve and lead with integrity, creativity, competence and compassion in a diverse, interconnected and increasingly urbanized church and world. More than 5,000 full-time undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled at Concordia, located 10 miles west of downtown Chicago in River Forest. Learn more at www.cuchicago.edu.

 

Sarah Hickman, Communications Coordinator
708-209-3235 or sarah.hickman@cuchicago.edu