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Since 1993, the Riverside Arts Center (RAC) has provided Riverside, its surrounding suburbs, and the city of Chicago with vital arts programming. We host exhibitions, art classes, special events, and celebrations of creativity. Located in the heart of Historic Riverside, IL, the RAC includes the Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden, The FlexSpace, and a variety of studio spaces, including a renowned clay studio that has a full range of electric, raku, and stoneware kilns. Riverside, IL, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (the founder of landscape architecture), has a strong community of art makers, art teachers, and art lovers
The Riverside Arts Center strives to be the anchor for contemporary art in the near west suburbs of Chicago. Through exhibitions, education, artist studios and public events, the RAC is an advocate for the vital role the arts play in nurturing community, and amplifying diverse experiences, ideas, and backgrounds."
Holly Holmes - Companions. The Riverside Arts Center is pleased to present Holly Holmes’ solo exhibition, Companions in the FlexSpace, curated by Gallery Director, Joanne Aono. Holly Holmes utilizes painting and tufting to express her observations of physical spaces. Through these works, we become companions on her walks where she might sketch a view at a train station or from a porch, later combining them with her thoughts on current events and associated emotional reactions
Yvette Marie Dostatni - Face Value: Identities Both Seen and Unseen. The Riverside Arts Center’s Freeark Gallery is pleased to present a solo photography exhibition by Yvette Marie Dostatni, curated by Laura Husar Garcia. Yvette Marie Dostatni's photographs offer a profound exploration of borrowed, invented and cultivated identities from individuals who find belonging in unconventional ways. Her raw and sometimes gritty imagery sheds light on the stark contrast between the subjects' self-perception and the external gaze from society. From her "American Dream" series to her "Unconventional" photographs, Dostatni's work provides viewers a front-row seat to her visual narrative. This exhibit delves into the complexities of self-expression, personal personas, cultural costuming and the underlying common thread of our search for identity.
Rafael Nieves - Welcome Home. The Riverside Arts Center is pleased to present local designer, Raphael Nieves’ exhibition of graphic posters at the Riverside Town Hall.The Welcome Home series is about nostalgia. It’s about roots. It’s about memories of a time and place that had a significance to you. It’s about love and life.
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