Our mission is to provide the people of Elmhurst and surrounding communities with a center for visual arts - known for its welcoming atmosphere - where art can be viewed, studied, created and appreciated in an architecturally significant facility that enriches the lives of our visitors by broadening their knowledge, increasing sensitivity to the fine arts, and sparking the development of their own creative talents. As the cultural center of DuPage County, the museum specializes in late 20th Century American Art in an award-winning building designed around McCormick House, one of only three Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed residences built in the United States.
Welcome to the Elmhurst Art Museum!Our mission is to provide the people of Elmhurst and surrounding communities with a center for visual arts - known for its welcoming atmosphere - where art can be viewed, studied, created and appreciated in an architecturally significant facility that enriches the lives of our visitors by broadening their knowledge, increasing sensitivity to the fine arts, and sparking the development of their own creative talents. As the cultural center of DuPage County, the museum specializes in late 20th Century American Art in an award-winning building designed around McCormick House, one of only three Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed residences built in the United States. |
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Stacza Lipinski’s intricately cut paper installation will be taking over the Hostetler Gallery and Mies Promenade. Her dense, organic forms mimic the invasive yet beautiful growth of ivy on the side of brick buildings. As Lipinski describes her installations, “…all overlap, weave, sweep up and down and turn in on themselves forming a continuous field...”
Marc Sijan, a Milwaukee artist, has carefully studied and modeled the human form for more than twenty years. Since his days as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, he has become totally immersed in the human form as a subject. After earning his bachelor’s degree in art, he returned to school to earn his master’s degree and received a heavy dose of scientific courses in anatomy and biology in the process. Although Marc Sijan’s creative talents are extensive he is best known for his ultra-realistic sculpture. Sijan's sculptures are "an homage to humanity's fascination with its own forms -- a fascination which has compelled artists throughout the millennia to mirror life in virtually every medium." Sijan's figures are incredibly lifelike, sensuous and graceful.
Elmhurst Art Museum will open Glass + Steel the first exhibition in the Struktur: Architecture & Design series at Elmhurst Art Museum on August 2, 2009. Glass + Steel will present examples of work from Herman Miller, Knoll, Higgins Glass, Haeger pottery, Isamu Noguchi, Alexander Girard, Paul McCobb, and Russel Wright on loan from many collectors as well as recent acquisitions to the Museum’s collection. This exhibitions focus will be the translation of the energy and freshness apparent in Mid-20th Century design. 
Nikki Renee Anderson creates ceramic sculptures and installations that explore the feminine experience based on her personal history. The Cherry Series is intended to create fantasy objects and explore cultural stereotypes about beauty, desire and femininity. The sculptures resemble abstract desserts, which reference to the female body. The inspiration for this project comes from Anderson's personal experience. Quick Facts
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