Winners announced at the opening reception of "Gallery 2022"

After a 2 year halt due to the pandemic, the Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery annual community art show - Gallery 2022 has returned. Artists could enter works in any fine art media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography, printmaking, ceramics, metal, sculputure and mixed media.

Julian Tillery, Manager of Theater Operations and Services Fine Arts & Performing Arts Center at Moraine Valley Community College stated that this year there were 69 entrants. Out of those, 54 were selected for the Community Art Show Exhibit. This years exhibit runs from June 8th through July 18th, 2022.

Six awards were announced at the opening reception on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Gallery 2022 Juried Community Art Exhibition winners include:

• 1st Place: T.C. English-Dumont - "Harvest"- Oil Painting
• 2nd Place: Kristine Christensen - "Dragon Scales: Interactive Mischief Makers" - Metal
• 3rd Place: Andrea Fox - "Sooo Good" - Transparent Watercolor

Honorable Mentions include:

• Robert Chi "Dimension-Linear-Day" - Photography
• John Howard - "The Cranes" - Mixed Media
• Maria DeCaprio- Sunta - "Winter Nights in NYC" - Watercolor

This year's exhibition features 54 community artists listed below:

• Margaret Coughlin - "Hydrangea & Teddy"
• Paulette Domzol - "I See You" and "On a Mission"
• T.C. English-Dumont - "Harvest"
• Vianne Korhorn - "Drifting #3" and "Drifting #4"
• Katie Luo - "Turner in Chicago"
• Tom Mulqueen - "Minnie"
• Annette Plettau - "Consider the Lilies"
• Richard Schmidt - "Birches on a Trail"
• Irene Smith - "Carolina Gator"
• Stella Soliday - "Road Trip"
• Lois Stanciak - "Pink Power"
• Jim Tunney - "Reflection of"
• Michael Weyhe - "Tank Car"

• Pam Behr - "California Flames"
• Lyn Tietz - "Glittering Rose"

• Stephanie Bieniek - "White Daisy"
• Patricia Block - "The Nest"
• Margaret Coughlin - "All Tired Out"
• Mary Anne O'Neil - "Slim Pickens" and "Center Stage"
• Maria DeCaprio - Sunta - "Winter Nights in NYC"
• Martha Fahey - "After the Rain"
• Andrea Fox - "Sooo Good"
• Margi Hafter - "Released"
• Deborah Konopinski - "Nature at Its Best" and "Where are the Geraniums"
• Sharon Madderom - "Aubergine Shadows"
• James Swiatek - "Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral, Florida"

• Nancy Bentley - "Side by Side"

• Robert Chi "Dimension-Linear-Day"
• Karin Fox - "5 O'Clock Somewhere" and "Cross of Glory"
• Geri Magnuson - "Sheltered" and "A Wheel& A Prayer"
• Margarita Piaskowy - "In they Beginning"

• Pam Behr - "Explorer"

• Kristine Christensen - "Dragon Scales: Interactive Mischief Makers"

• Stephanie Bieniek - "Colorama"
• John Howard - "The Cranes"
• Teri Starosta - "Primordail Soup"

Ink/Pencil/Maker

• Mary Flynn - "Humming Bird"
• Alfred Martinez - "Piano Bar Intermission"
• Carl Tocwish - "1889 Sign Shop"

Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery is a meeting ground for students of Moraine Valley Community Collge, the local community, and the contemporary art world. Their mission is to present significant works through exhibitions and programming by local, national and international artists.

All Exhibits are free and open to the public Monday through Thursday from 9am to 4:30pm.

The Gallery 2022 Exhibit runs from June 8th through July 18th, 2022.