Artwork by Hildy Maze

"Equilibrium: Art for a Changing World" hosted by The Women's Caucus for Art, explores the tensions, demands and challenges inherent in living in a rapidly changing world. Included are works in all genres and media to express the multiple expressions of balance or its absence, ranging from abstract to representational, psychological to social, and whimsical to political. Entries were juried by Mary Stoppert and Beate Minkovski.

 

Exhibiting artists include Lynn Arnold, Carol Brookes, Cat Del Buono, Rene Culler, Lynn Dau, Sherri Denault, Hope Esser, Jean Fernandes, Helen Geglio, Laurie Hall, Beth Holmes, Martha Markline Hopkins, Hilla Hueber, Lisa Knoop, Beth Lakamp, Judy Langston, Lee Lee, Chandrika Marla, Hildy Maze, Penny McElroy, Sandra Mueller, Jennifer Murray, Brenda Oelbaum, Joann Perry, Corinne D. Peterson, Laura Petrovich-Cheney, Gwendolyn Plunkett, Margee Bright Ragland, Laura Phelps Rogers, Ann Rowles, Ellen Schillace, Carol Scott, Gail Stouffer, Patricia Terrell-O'Neal, Cynthia Tom, Jeane Vogel. Janet Frazee Wade, Elizabeth Wallace, and Nancy Youdelman.   

 

The Women's Caucus for Art was founded in 1972 in connection with the College Art Association (CAA). WCA is a national member organization unique in its multidisciplinary, multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students, educators, and museum professionals.  

 

The mission of the Women's Caucus for Art is to create community through art, education, and social activism. WCA is committed to recognizing the contribution of women in the arts; providing women with leadership opportunities and professional development; expanding networking and exhibition opportunities for women; supporting local, national and global art activism; and advocating for equity in the arts for all.

 

The exhibition, "Equilibrium: Art for a Changing World" is wheelchair accessible.   

Artwork by Suzanne Keith Loechl

Illinois artists, Suzanne Keith Loechl and Robin Riggs both combine the themes of nature, either implied or absent, with denatured aspects of American society. Loechl does this through her observations of contemporary American space. Riggs playfully examines processed and packaged food culture.  

 

Loechl believes the landscape and the built environment have evoked a sense of place and identity throughout history because they evolved within a local and regional framework. But much of the contemporary landscape is made up of predictable architecture and land use design dominated by national chains and trends. Drawing from her background as a landscape architect, she examines how people live, work and play in these environments. She is especially curious about the psychological effects that these spaces have on the individual.

 

Artwork by Robin Riggs

Riggs bases her work on America's increasing disconnect from nature through what we eat. Through her re-creation of the food pyramid and development of hybrid food types, she pokes fun at brightly colored, lusciously appealing food industry products. While fresh fruits and vegetables are intentionally absent from Riggs images, she constantly questions how this new diet of artificial flavors and colors has become part of the collective subconscious. Loechl and Riggs works complement one another because of their mutual interest in human-made culture, yet their explorations come from two uniquely different perspectives.

 

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