27 Artists Featured In Aurora Public Art Exhibit For Women's History Month

AURORA, IL — In celebration of Women's History Month, 27 local female artists are being featured in a new Aurora Public Art exhibit.

"Riverine: A Confluence Of Women Artists On The Fox" features media from watercolor and oil painting to sculpture and photography. The show will run through March 21 at the downtown Aurora gallery, 20 E. Downer Place.

"Just as the Fox River serves as the lifeblood of Aurora, the women featured in 'Riverine' serve as vital currents in the local cultural landscape," the City of Aurora wrote in a news release.

Curator Sangeeta Pande said the show, which opened March 6, celebrates resilience, movement and artists' creative depth.

"Hosting 'Riverine' in the heart of downtown Aurora — only steps away from the Fox River itself — creates a powerful dialogue between the art and the environment,” she said in a statement.

These artists are featured:

• Imisioluwa Adekoya
• Cassidy Alexander
• Rebecca Wilson Allen
• Shweta Baid
• Eva Balek
• Dana Primrose Bloede
• Carol Stone Carson
• Dana Gere
• Cherylyn Gnadt
• Lisa Gloria Green
• Judie Hoenig
• Cheryl Holtz
• Jen Hunger
• Gin Ingram
• Carol Kling
• Lisa Lentz Manning
• Mays Mayhew
• Helen Ratzlow
• Mary Rodriguez
• Antonia Ruppert
• Mary Shoemaker
• Kathy Swayne
• Laura Lein Svencer
• Isabel Trujillo
• Anne Von Ehr
• Kim Watts
• Bethany Young

Aurora Public Art is open from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.