The Merwin and Wakeley Galleries

Galleries closed for summer

Upcoming Exhibitions - Fall 2024

September 9 – October 16
(Galleries closed for fall break 10/11)
Saturday Homecoming reception 10/5, 1-3PM in the galleries

MERWIN – Embroidering Histories. The Chilean Arpilleras  1973 to 2023
WAKELEY – Too Familiar Tim Kowalczyk (trompe l'oeil ceramicist)

Reception and artist talk: Tuesday, September 23, 3PM

 

MERWIN GALLERY
Embroidering Histories. The Chilean Arpilleras 
1973 to 2023 
- From the collection of Marjorie Agosin - 

 

 

WAKELEY GALLERY
Too Familiar
Tim Kowalczyk

Tim Kowalczyk was born and raised in Morris, IL. He was the first college student in his
immediate family. He attended Joliet junior College and transferred to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to complete his BFA in Ceramics and Art Education with a minor in Art History. Tim obtained his MFA from Illinois State University in Normal, IL in Ceramics.

Tim has been in national, invitational, and international group and solo exhibitions since 2009.  He is currently represented by Companion Gallery and Black Book Gallery. He is part of a 3 man ceramic group making trompe l’oeil work called the Mo Fauxs. Tim does a variety of demonstrations and workshops around the United States and Virtually. He has been featured on several podcasts, websites, and is featured in books and magazines. Tim currently lives in Minonk where he has a home studio and works as an Art teacher at Fieldcrest High School. 

"Using clays, slips, underglazes, and glaze I use various handbuilding, slipcasting, underglaze and glaze applications to create trompe l’oeil objects. Sculptural objects to functional items I try to blur the line between overlooked ordinary objects and my ceramic objects. Using ceramic materials and ceramic techniques with a variety of applications I mean for my objects to look like garbage. Through faux marks, tapes, labels, stains, paint splatters, and a myriad of other rips, tears, and cuts I am trying to construct an fictitious narrative of the objects I create. These
narratives refer to the usage of the recreated materials or objects and their new purpose."
- Tim Kowalczyk

October 21 – December 5
(galleries closed for Thanksgiving recess November 26- December 1)

MERWIN –   Fred Brian: Lake Gogebic Memories and Myths 
DeVos Art Museum Director and Curator Emily Lanctot and DeVos Collectons Curator Sydney Sarasin curated this exhibition with production assistance from Philip Kucera and Holle Brian.

WAKELEY –  She/Her  Sara Sally LaGrand - sculptural glass portraits

Closing reception and artist talk for both exhibits: Thursday, December 5th at 3PM

 

 

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Gallery Hours 

Monday - Friday 12-4PM
Tuesday Evening 7-9PM
Saturday & Sunday 1-4PM

Location

Ames School of Art and Design
Illinois Wesleyan University
6 Ames Plaza West
Bloomington, Illinois 61701-2900

Artists interested in showing at our galleries click the link below for more information

All events are free and open to the public

 

About the Galleries

The Merwin and Wakeley Galleries provide exhibition schedules that support our curriculum, the University community and the general public. These exhibitions mostly consist of contemporary artworks in all media. Each exhibition is meant to suggest the variety of visual approaches one may choose to present an idea. Student exhibitions include the Annual Juried School of Art Student Exhibition, the B.F.A. Candidate Exhibition and the B.F.A. and B.A. Degree Exhibition.

About the Galleries / Artist Submissions