2006 EXHIBITION



"Tumultuous Beloveds"
with Artist Alberto Aguilar
We act impulsively. We break up. We get back together.
We are in constant metamorphosis. We are indecisive.
We are lazy. We are a tornado. We are a soft wind.
We are a memory. We are a laboratory.
We are image smashers. We are delicious.
We are possessive. We are exclusive.
We are self-destructive. We no longer exist.
We are a question. We are all embracing. We don't care.
We take naps. We Attack. We are attractive.
We are repulsive. We are intuitive. We are young lovers.

Student Artist
Lindsey Tillman, Crystal Lake
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Zitali Adame, Crystal Lake
Travis Avenarious, Cary
Aimee Bueno, Cary
Meghan Keyes, Algonquin
Angie Lullie, Lake in the Hills


         
     



"Alternative Anatomy"
with Artist Christa Donner
"Alternative Anatomy" explored how people think about their bodies in terms of health and illness, injury and disability, beauty and body image. To investigate this idea, we wrote, collaged, and collected stories from people in the community. Two final works are the result: a small-press magazine containing interviews, artwork and essays; and a series of photographs and "wearable" drawings translated from sensations we can feel but can't usually see.

Copies of "Translucent Transformation" are in the collections of numerous libraries and public archives of small-press materials across the world, including:
  • Salt Lake City Public Library's Zine Collection, Salt Lake City, UT
  • The Denver Zine Library, Denver, CO
  • Books for Bums (homeless literacy outreach), St. Louis, MO
  • Community Arts & Media Project. St. Louis, MO
  • De Paul University Library's Zine Archive, Chicago, IL
  • Napartheid's Fanzinoteka, Pais Vasco, SPAIN
  • Charm City Art Space, Baltimore, MD
  • Pond Zine Archive, San Francisco, CA
  • The Wisconsin Historical Society's Zine Archive, Madison, WI
  • Misfit Theatre Zine Library in Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

The zines are also for sale at several zine-friendly bookstores:
  • Read Between the Lynes in Woodstock, IL
  • Quimby's Bookstore in Chicago, IL
  • Reading Frenzy Bookshop in Portland, OR
  • Clovis Press in Brooklyn, NY

Student Artist
Erik Hoff, Woodstock
McHenry County College

Angel Cress, Lake in the Hills
Margaret Eigenfeld, Woodstock
Daniel Heflin, Lake in the Hills
Betsy Melchers, Algonquin
Jack Moore, Cary
Kristine Seeley, McHenry

               




"Evidence of Change"
with Artist Paola Cabal
The "Evidence of Change" project consisted of creating artistic interventions in the natural landscape of the Pleasant Valley Conservation District. The interventions, in their limited life span, became visible records of the growth, change, and decay inherent to the natural cycles already present at the Pleasant Valley site.

"Evidence of Change" extended artist Paola Cabal's installation practice into the natural environment, and was a hugely stimulating experience both for her own artistic thinking, and for the group, which came to call itself "The Time Collective."

Student Artist
Ivan Ospina, Woodstock
McHenry County College

Amanda Buck, Crystal Lake
Austin Emery, Wonder Lake
Trista Hunter, Wonder Lake
Jenessa Sobieszczyk, Woodstock
Samuel Sotelo, Woodstock
Danny Volpe, McHenry


             
             



"My Space: McHenry County"
with Artist Penny Brice
An art experiment to create a new aural environment. This installation was initiated by questions related to identity and representation: Who am I? and What do I want to say?

Each participant produced an individual motif that was cast into porcelain. With the introduction of sound these objects have been turned into sonic vessels. Collected ambient acoustics and recorded sounds have been created. Each is unique in character and collectively they created OurSpace: McHenryCounty.

Student Artist
Amanda Aleman, Woodstock
McHenry County College

Tyler Franzen, McHenry
Emily Freirdich, Algonquin
Allison Grunthaner, Algonquin
Grant Powers, Harvard
Ann Treadwell, Crystal Lake
Lisa Walsh, Woodstock



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"Voice Rites"
with Artist Richard Curtis
"Voice Rites" explored the formation of culture and the important role of rituals of everyday life. Process art, rites-of-passage, and non-verbal vocalization are just a few of the topics discussed. Making objects, recording sounds, moving around, making noise, and acting absurd became a part of the process.

Student Artist
Jessica Garst, Crystal Lake
Washington University in St. Louis

Scott Browning, Crystal Lake
Lindsey Doran, McHenry
Zack Goulet, Cary
Selena Lester, Crystal Lake
Elyse Lucas, Woodstock
Ashley Sheehan, Crystal Lake

Listen to the project.

     



"Blue Sky" Mural
@ Tip Top Bistro
collaboration between Alberto Aguilar & Richard Curtis
A winetasting fundraiser at Tip Top Bistro on the historic Woodstock Square was all the inspiration artists Alberto Aguilar & Richard Curtis needed to create some soaring public art.


   


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