Currently on Exhibit
"Metamorphosis" - Member Exhibit
May/June 2025
Judge: Jim Braun
Past Exhibits
"Inside Outside" - Public Art Competition
April/May 2025
Judge: Barry Skurkis
"Symbolism"
March/April 2025
Judge: Richard Stachon
"Imagined Landscapes" 
February/March 2025
Judge: William Worcester
"Global Cooling" - member exhibit
January 2025
Judge: Giselle Zangan
"Gallery of Gifts" - Holiday Show
November/December 2024
"Freedom" - member exhibit
October/November 2024
Judge: Carmelo Schifano
"Elements of Innovation" - Fiber Art Divas - guest show
​September/October 2024
"Duality" - member exhibit
August 2024
Judge: Betty James Hoppensteadt
"Shattered Images - member exhibit
June/July 2024
Judge: Charles Heinrich
"Full Circle" - member exhibit
May/June 2024
Judge: Carol Zack
"Perfectly Imperfect" - Public Art Competition
April/May 2024
Judge: Geoff Bevington
"Drip, Dribble & Splash"
April 2024
Judge: Barry Skurkis
"Dreams & Creations from the Night"
March 2024
Judge: Lynne Kornecki
"The Beauty Myth"
February 2024
Judge: Denise Laurin
"Texture & Depth" - member exhibit
January 2024
Judge: John Nester
Cat Guardians - Annual Auction
Guest Show
January, 2024
"Gallery of Gifts" - Holiday Show
November - December 2023
"Veterans Remembrance" - member show
November, 2023 
October - November,  2023
Judge: Gary Schirmer
Fiber Art Divas presented: 
"Elements of Innovation"
​in October 2023
"Casting Shadows"
August - September 2023
Judge: Benita Brewer
"Neon Beauty"
July 28 - August 25, 2023
Judge: Bill Austin
"Outside the Box"
May 29 - July 28
Judge: Charles Heinrich
"Pop of Warhol"
May 30-June 26, 2023
Judge: Amy Murphy
"Found Objects" - Member Exhibit
May 9 - 26, 2023
Judge: Chris Hodge
"Chromesthesia" - PAC
April 18 - May 6
Judge: William Worcester
"Glassy & Glossy" - member show
March/April 2023
Judge: Betty James Hoppensteadt
Chicago Calligraphy Collective - March 2023 guest show
More info: here.
"Paw Prints" - March 2023 member show
Judge: Jim Braun
"Show Us Your Colors" - February 2023 member show
Judge: Carol Zack
"Opus" - member show
Judge: John Nester
"Cat Guardians" 
Holiday Show - Gallery of Gifts
December 2022
Fiber Art Divas - Guest Show
 November 2022
"Small Art" - Member Exhibit
in October 2022
Judge: Chris Hughes
"Anything Goes" - Member Exhibit in September/October 2022
Judge: Carmelo Schifano
"Heroes" - Member Exhibit in September 2022
Judge: Steve Sherrell
"My Style" - Member Exhibit in July/August 2022
Judge: Charles Heinrich
"Tactile Layers" - Member Exhibit in July 2022
Judge: Barry Skurkis
"Along the Sidewalk" - Member Show in June 2022
Judge: Cynthia Boudreau
"Selfie" - Member Show in May 2022
Judge: Annette Leiber
"Gear Up" - Public Art Competition
April 2022
Judge: Denise Laurin-Donatelle
"Naperville - Celebrating Our Diversity" - member exhibit (March 2022)
Judge: Shelly Weiser
"For You" - member exhibit (February 2022)
​Judge: Julie Comerford
"Spice of the Continents"
January 2022
Judge: George Shipperley
Fiber Art Divas - guest show
(October-November 2021)
Public Art Competition - "In Focus" October 2021
                 Best of Show:              
Janet Pearson-Strack “Is Anyone There?”

Awards of Excellence:
Craig Vander Kolk “The Web”
Susan Janssen “Witness”
Award of Excellence in a student category:
​Annabelle Chang “Natural Bea-uty”
​
   Honorable Mentions:   
Jennifer Hauser “Nighttime in the City"
Cristina Arroyo “Splash”
Jim Braun “Untitled"
Kathleen Geisinger “Trashed Santa…”
   Sally Sharp “Palladian Gaze”
     Pat Karwatowicz “Foliage”
Michael Buday “City Reflections Off the Water”
     Tina Misantoni “Love Prevails”
      John Wiet “Times Gone By”
       Sherry Snyder “Alone”
        Suja Jacob “Captivated”
       Patricia Melekus “Zoom at (K)night”
 
Judge: Joe Hernandez

Judge: Joe Hernandez for “In Focus” – Public Art Competition Judge’s Statement to the winners:
The theme “In Focus” for this exhibit was excellent in all respects. I read all your interpretations and enjoyed your transition of thoughts and creativity to your artwork. I encourage you all to read others descriptive/art works and congratulate each other on this wonderful show. This past year was truly difficult. I hope it allowed us to dig deeper and be more creative. Art is the greatest equalizer. Thanks for allowing me this opportunity to judge your work. I took a small break and stepped outside, looked to the heavens, took a deep breath with my arms extended and did a very slow 360 degree.
I focused on my 86th birthday last Sunday. A diet of nature will keep us alive. As soon as we open our eyes we focus. Then focus within our focus…and so on.
Artists, I thank you.
Joe Hernandez
09/28/2021

Public Choice Award Winner is:
Shubhra Jain "Deep Meditation" #46
Winners of the July/August 2021 exhibit "Baobab Tree"
                                                 BEST OF SHOW                                                                                                                    BEST OF THEME
                                           Sally Sharp "Jacaranda" (sold)                                                                                             Suja Jacob "Sojourners"
                                   MERIT                                                                                    MERIT                                                                                  MERIT
            Cherie Matousek "Fractured Floral                                  Susan Walbridge-Fisher "Jabba Hut"                                  Valerie Lorimer "Baobab Trio"
​                                                                                                                                      (sold)                                                                                    (sold)
                                      MERIT                                                                                 MERIT                                                                                   MERIT
                       Hedy Dawson "Eclipse"                                           Bart Misantoni "Would U Buy This?                                Cynthia Boudreau "Yogi Tea Time"
Winners of the July 2021 exhibit "Viva la Vida"
                                                  BEST OF SHOW                                                                                                                   BEST OF THEME
                              Janet Pearson-Strack "Love, Live, Life                                                                           Cynthia Boudreau "Ella Amaba Las Flores"
                                MERIT                                                                         MERIT                                                                                               MERIT
        Kim Weeks "Corazon Espinoso"                         Sheri Butler "Mexican Peacock Bass"                                                John Wiet "Chicago Abstract"
                                  MERIT                                                                            MERIT                                                                            MERIT             
                  Robert Koch "Sombrero"                                 Valerie Lorimer "Under a Frida Moon"                        Mooneen Mourad "Frida's Friends"
Winners of the June 2021 exhibit "Eclipse"
                                           BEST OF SHOW                                                                                                                            BEST OF THEME
​                                      Savas Arazbey: "Eclipse"                                                                                                           Vera Shomshin: "Eclipse"
              MERIT                                                                  MERIT                                                           MERIT                                                             MERIT
Jim Braun: "The E Totem"                               Bryan Hall: "Poison Fruit"                                 Michael Buday:                                     Susan Walbridge-Fisher:           
                                                                                                                                                  "Dancing Under the Moon"                                   "In Her Shadow"
                                                                         MERIT                                                                                                                                                         MERIT
                                                 Cynthia Boudreau: " Moon Series"                                                                                                             Rita Moon Kain: "Unfolding"
Winners of the May 2021 exhibit: "Estuary"
                                                BEST OF SHOW:                                                                                                                   BEST OF THEME:
                   Cynthia Boudreau: "Freedom to the Sea" (fiber)                                                     Robert Koch: "Where the Lake MI & Green Bay Meet" (oil)                                                      
                                                             MERIT:                                                                                                                                   MERIT:
                                       Maureen McKee: "Giverny" (oil)                                                                                   Chris Hughes: "River Thaw" (acrylic)
                             MERIT:                                                                                 MERIT:                                                                                       MERIT:
Sally Sharp: "Estuario Italiano" (cold wax/oil)                        Beata Nowak: "Icy Blue" (acrylic)                                          Kirk Kerndl: "Winter Creek" (oil)
Previous Exhibit (March/April 2021): "Retro" winners:

         BEST OF SHOW: Marilyn Polivka "Sandy Shore"
                       BEST OF THEME: Kirk Kerndl "Mercury Comet"
                                MERIT: Jennifer Hauser "Infestation"
                                MERIT: Maureen McKee "Lemons and Grapes"
MERIT: Jim Braun "Untitled"                                        MERIT: Beth Hobby "Retrograde"                                                       MERIT: Sally Sharp "Throw Back"
PREVIOUS EXHIBIT:
Public Art Competition - "Abstract Symphony" March, 2021
​
"Abstract Symphony" Public Art Competition Winners:
Best of Show: Sara Filip
 
Award of Excellence: Cynthia Boudreau
Award of Excellence Student Category: Rachel Lyons

Honorable Mentions: Taiwo Owoniyi, Jennifer Hauser, Karen Sako, Jim Braun

In honor of the 60th Anniversary there are 6 Exhibit Director’s Merit Awards.
                             
Merit Awards: Karyl Silerzio, Jennifer Starchvill, Sally Monkus, Carl Valentine, Deanna Anatra, Hannah Galactic

Winner of the Viewer's Choice Award 3.19.2021: Shubra Jain #52 "The Strength of Musical Harmony"                       
AWARD of EXCELLENCE: 
Rachel Lyons #1                          Christine Cintula #2                                                                    Bart Misantoni #3                                                                      Robert Yurgaitis #4
AWARD of EXCELLENCE: Cynthia Boudreau #5                 Cherie Matousek #6                                Qyjon Clark #7                                                                                                            Rolanda Hudson #8
Kasia Szczesniewski #9                                                                                                                           Rita Andrianopoulos #10
Maureen McKee #11                                                                                   Maria Milik #12                                       Glenda Sirota #13                                                                                    James Filut #14                            
Peter Kobs #15                                                                   Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands #16                                Rachel Ayoung Chee #17                                          Julie Kline #18
BEST of SHOW: Sara Filip #19                    Walter Monastyretsky #20                                MERIT: Hannah Galactic #21                                                              MERIT: Carl Valentine #22
HONORABLE MENTION: Jennifer Hauser #23          MERIT: Sally Monkus #24                             MERIT: Karyl Silerzio #25                                                                                        Naomi Lares #26
James Hansen #27                                                              Allison Hillman #28                                                                                                                                                                                            Shelly Durham #29
Natalia Dagenhart #30                                                          MERIT: Jennifer Starchvill #31                  MERIT: Deanna Anatra #32                                                           Joann Murdock #33
Sally Sharp #34                                                         Bryan Hall #35                       HONORABLE MENTION:                             Beth Hobby #37                            Judy MacLeod #38
                                                                                                                                      Taiwo Owoniyi #36 
Valerie Lorimer #39                                          HONORABLE MENTION: Jim Braun #40             Charles Williams, Jr. #41                                                                  Beata Nowak #42
Chris Hughes #43                                                                           Linda VanderKolk #44                      Rose Calkins #45                                                                                         Lori Tucker #46
Sheri Butler #47                                                                                  Alli Wazorick #48                                                          HONORABLE MENTION: Karen Sako #49                                     Mia Bojorquez #50
Nancy Turner #51                                                                                           VIEWER'S CHOICE AWARD: Shubhra Jain #52                 Daria Corbett #55                                            Suja Jacob #54
                                                   Nidhi Thirthamattur #53                                                                      Carly Palmer #56                                                                     Kim Sowa #57                                                                        
Previous Winners
February 2021 winners:               "Fabulous Fakes"
              BEST OF SHOW: Savas Arazbey "Gipsy Girl" (mosaic)                                                 BEST OF THEME: Robert Koch "Out of the Past" (watercolor)
MERIT: Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands "Colorblind Composition" (acrylic)                                             MERIT: Barry Skurkis "Sunrise" (acrylic)
         MERIT: Susan Walbridge Fisher "The Old Bone Player" (acrylic)                                                    MERIT: Shubhra Jain "Fabula Fake" (clay)

​January 2021: "Dancing" 
​
                                    BEST OF SHOW: Savas Arazbey                                                                                        BEST OF THEME: Sally Sharp
                                                      "Bolero"                                                                                                                     "Oh How They Danced"
                                              MERIT: Patricia Melekus                                                                                                  MERIT: Maureen McKee 
                                                      "Hello Pointe!"                                                                                                              "Let the Dance Begin"                   
                         MERIT: Beata Nowak                                                          MERIT: Shubhra Jain                                                    MERIT: Taiwo Owoniyi
                                      "Raw"                                                                                    "Dance"                                                                    "Pageant Moves"
                                             MERIT: Valerie Lorimer                                                                                                         MERIT: Jim Braun
                                                     "Cha-cha-cha"                                                                                                               "Dance in the Flame"
October/November 2020: "We the People..." 
BEST OF SHOW: Taiwo Owoniyi                                                                                                                             BEST OF THEME: David Gray
​                   "Americans"                                                                                                                                                              "Reunion"                                                                                       
MERIT AWARD: Don Ryan                                                                   MERIT AWARD: Kip Pasta                                              MERIT AWARD: Bryan Hall
 "Cpl. Lawrence DuBose"                                                                                        "911"                                                                                         "19"                
                                       MERIT AWARD: Sangeeta Pande
                                                   "Eternal Gratitude"
     MERIT AWARD: Sally Monkus
​               "APO San Francisco"
September 2020: "Art Odyssey" 

​
                                           BEST OF THEME: Sally Sharp
​                                                                  "Iliad"
BEST OF SHOW: Cynthia Boudreau
​ " Tea in the Garden of the Giant"
         MERIT AWARD: Kip Pasta                                                        MERIT AWARD: Roberta Sieber                                    MERIT AWARD: Shelly Durham
​              "Acts of Kindness"                                                                    "Among the Wild Flowers"                                                         "Imagine This"
MERIT AWARD: Robert Yurgaitis                                                                               MERIT AWARD: Chris Jacobson
​                     "Botanical"                                                                                                                     "Suffrage"

GALLERY EXHIBITS

                                                     "See-Scapes" August 2020
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     BEST OF SHOW: Susan Janssen
​                     "Like Water"
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​         BEST of THEME: Geeta Rao
​                           "SEEking"
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                                MERIT AWARD: Roberta Sieber
​                                              "Tranquil Journey"
                                        MERIT AWARD: Patricia Mroczka
                                                      "See-Grapes"
                  MERIT AWARD: Laura Lein-Svencner
​                                     "Decades After"
MERIT AWARD: Cynthia Boudreau
​                 "Midwest View"
            MERIT AWARD: Robert Koch 
​                        "Storm Passing"
Public Art Competition " Juxtaposition" March 2020 

PREVIOUSLY on exhibit: HOMETOWN
​February 25-March 20, 2020

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Planned Urban Development" by Robert Koch
Best of Theme: "Uplitch Russia" by Vera Shomshin
Merit Awards: "Peace" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Larie Garden" by Yangzi Xu, "A Girl in a Russian National Dress" by Natalia Dagenhart, "Memory" by Rita Moon Kain, "National Bird" by Riddhi Patel, "Joliet Trail" by Lee Ann Zirbes, "Morning Walk" by Roberta Sieber, "No 16" by Beth Hobby.​

Previously on Exhibit: Fabulous Fakes | February 2020

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Homage to Marcel" by Beth Hobby
Best of Theme: "Cynthia Honors Vincent" by Cynthia Boudreau
Merit Awards: "Nopales" by Rocio Morena Arriaga, "Future Tin Man" by Don Sheldon, "Paw as Chardin" by Susan Walbridge Fisher, "Stone Bridge" by Christine Iosup, "Mona Me" by C. Banks, "Basquiat-ish" by Dawn Jones, "Warhol Revisited" by Brand Bobosky, "Studying American Gothic" by Kirk Kerndl.​

PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: FORMATION | JANUARY 2020

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Emergence" by Beth Hobby
Best of Theme: "Stacked" by C. Banks
Merit Awards: "Natural Form-Pink" by SR Janssen, "Yogi Bodhi Tea Time" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Formations in Yellow" by Mooneen Mourad, "Creek Rapids" by Susan R Wilson, "Inner Peace" by Laura Lein-Svencner.​

PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: Cat Guardians Guest Show Jan 2-4
​Reception Jan 4, 1-3pm

PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: Gallery of Gifts Holiday Show Nov. - December 21, 2019

PREVIOUSLY on Exhibit: FIBER ART DIVAS Guest Show 
​Through November 9th

Previously on Exhibit:  ​COSMIC VIBE | OCTOBER 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Trace Amounts" by Beth Hobby
Best of Theme: "Cosmic" by Mike Abraham
Merit Awards: "Nature and Man" by Laura Lein-Svencner, "Birth of a Star" by Elisa Hill, "Xanadu" by Kip Pasta, "Over the Moon" by Pat Nunez, "Love-Cosmic Street Vibe" by Lakey, "I Give you the Moon and the Stars" by Mooneen Mourad, "Space: The Final Frontier" by C Banks​

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT: ​COPPER | SEPTEMBER 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Scottish Love" by Laura Lein-Svencner
Best of Theme: "Sparks" by C Banks
Merit Awards: "Island Time 1" by Beth Hobby, "Flower Expressions" by Robert Yurgaitis, "River Parade" by Lee Ann Zirbes, "Copper Sunset" by Chris Hughes, "Still Life with Copper" by Paula Shuck, "Copper Rhapsody" by Valerie Lorimer, "Copper Implosion" by JoAnn Winkler, "End of the Day" by John Hershey, "Copper Dawn" by Lynda Ortega.​
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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​VERSUS | AUGUST 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Switch" by Pat Mroczka
Best of Theme: "Criticism vs Compliment" by C. Banks
Merit Awards: "Cage Fight" by Julien Aiglon, "Dream House" by Laura Lein-Svencner, "Mood Portrait" by June Padovani, "Woman vs Nature" by John Hershey, "Remnants of Ocracoke" by Beth Hobby.​

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​DEEP BLUE | JULY 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Deep Blue Sea" by Patty Nunez
Best of Theme: "Light at the End of the Deep Blue Tunnel" by Lynn Zuk-Lloyd
Merit Awards: "Blue Confidence" by Kathryn Brown, "Lady Sings the Blues" by Mooneen Mourad, "Land Before Atlantis" by C Banks, "Sunrise, Morton Bay" by John Hershey, "Passing Through" by Cheryl Quick.​

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​FINDING MYSELF | JUNE 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Saving What's Left" by C. Banks
Best of Theme: "Mirage" by Paris Delahoussaye
Merit Awards: "Flying" by June Padovani, "Somewhere Between Life and Death" by Madeline Rowe, "The Search" by Rita Moon Kain, "Butterfly Breakthrough" by Lynn Zuk-Lloyd, "Downtown Chicago" by Yangzi Xu​

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​LA VIE EN ROSE | MAY 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Sweet Unfolding" by Kasia Szczesniewski
Best of Theme: "And Life Will Always Be" by John Hershey
Merit Awards: "Relaxed" by June Padovani, "Incredible Gingko's" by Pat Mroczka, "Streetlight in New York" by Neil Pradzinski, "Rosewood" by Jon Doud, "Through Rose Colored Glasses" by Barbara Elsenheimer

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​Travel in Time | April 2019

.AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Straight and Narrow" by Neil Pradzinski
Best of Theme: "Zendaddy...Below the Wall" by Bill Austin
Merit Awards: "Butterfly" by Jon Doud, "Little Time Travelers" by Chris Hughes, "Timeless Travel" by C. Banks, "Elephant in the Mist" by Jana Kedles, "Amish Country" by John Hershey

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​REAL SURREAL Public Art Competition | March - April 2019

AWARD WINNERS
Best of Show: "Dream Deferred" by Roxanne Munch
Awards of Excellence: "Iron's Dream of Capturing the Sun" by Michael Perrot
"Earth Rising" by Bruce Mabee
Honorable Mentions: "Homage to Moogrite" by Gary Schirmer, "Calm and Storm" by Pat Nunez, "Calmness" by Tamta Soselia, "Gateway to the Surreal" by Neil Pradzinski, "Looking Skyward" by Barbara Colbert, "Handmade Island" by C Banks, "Geography of Memory" by Karyl Silerzio, "Bent Reality" by Beth Hobby, "Tick Tock" by Cheryl Quick, "Pelican Photo" by Beth O'Connor, "Whale Bone" by Patsy Davis, "Sunny Side Up Meets Red Eye" Kathleen Geisinger

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​HEART OF GOLD | March 2019

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "Conquistador" by SR Janssen
Best of Theme: "The Alabaster Heart" by C. Banks
Merit: "Wrapped in Gold Vest" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Acts of Kindness" by Kip Pasta, "Keeper of the Gold Hearts" by Rita Moon Kain, "Screech Owl" by Barbara Colbert, "Gilded Window" by Ariana Poe

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​FABULOUS FAKES | February 2019

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "Almost Ted's Montana Grill" by Patricia Melekus
Best of Theme: "Oh My Moai" by C. Banks
Merit: "Homage to Hannelore" by Beth Hobby, "The Iberian Icon of Mother of God" by Natalia Dagenhart, "Bridge at Moret" by Kirk Kerndl, "Pick an Impressionist - Winter" by Susan Janssen, "My Dogs" by Susan Fisher

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  ​Million Dreams | January 2019

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "The Clubhouse" by David Gray
Best of Theme: "Midnight Dream" by Beth Hobby
Merit: "Summer Gold" by Julie Kline, "Forest of Dreams" by Neil Pradzinski, "Tangled Rainbow" by Patricia Mroczka, "Blue Heron" by June Padovani, "Counting Sheep" by Robert Koch.
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PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  MUSE | October 2018

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "Reliquary of the Twilight" by John Walker
Best of Theme: "Fleeing Muse" by Kasia Szczesniewski
Merit: "The Garden Muse" by Valerie Lorimer, "Which Muse Are You?" by Patsy Davis, "Walking Meditation" by Cynthia Boudreau, "Euterpe - The Muse of Music, Song and Poetry" by Natalia Dagenhart, "Iceland Shore" by C.Banks.

PREVIOUSLY ON EXHIBIT:  Twins | September 2018

AWARD WINNERS
​Best of Show: "The Grapple Spot I Can't Reach" by Ian Mitchell Wallace
Best of Theme: "Pain" by Sylvia Wuensche-Wienands
Merit: "Deja-Vu" by Charles Williams Jr., "Twins-522" Patsy Davis, "Twin Spirits" by Eva Genevieve Scarborough, "Twings" by Patricia Melekus, "Twin Storms" by Rita Moon Kain.
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