HOLIDAY TREASURES
McLean County Art Center
The Holiday Treasures exhibition in the McLean county art center was a great experience. The exhibition included a wide variety of art in a variety of mediums. I had never been to the art center and it was a lot more incognito than I thought it was going to be. It was hiding in some trees next to a store of some kind. While the the exterior of the building wasn’t that eye catching the art inside definitely caught my eye.
There were works ranging from landscapes all the way to a baby chick looking at an egg, sunny side up, asking, “Are you ok?” This exhibition had such a wide range of artists() that at times I was struggling to find a theme of the show (going in thinking it would have some holiday theme), but I felt it showcased the artists’ work very well. There were a few pieces that I enjoyed a little more than the rest. Pieces like Don’t Count Your Chickens by Desiree Swanson who took a very humorous route in her art as well as a technical route that we see in the reflections of the glass sculptures she painted in her piece Birds of a Feather. There was also a number of pieces by Katie Kaelber Davis on wood panels that I thoroughly enjoyed. 1000 Memories-from the Portal was one of my favorite pieces from the exhibition. She uses many different mediums in the piece creating a tent like structure out of very geometric shapes. I also love the contrast the wood color has with the very bright and vibrant colors she chose to use in the actual image.
Holiday treasures was an interesting experience, while it didn’t influence me as much as other exhibitions I have been to it still showcased some create artwork that I enjoyed looking at.
The Holiday Treasures exhibition in the McLean county art center was a great experience. The exhibition included a wide variety of art in a variety of mediums. I had never been to the art center and it was a lot more incognito than I thought it was going to be. It was hiding in some trees next to a store of some kind. While the the exterior of the building wasn’t that eye catching the art inside definitely caught my eye.
There were works ranging from landscapes all the way to a baby chick looking at an egg, sunny side up, asking, “Are you ok?” This exhibition had such a wide range of artists() that at times I was struggling to find a theme of the show (going in thinking it would have some holiday theme), but I felt it showcased the artists’ work very well. There were a few pieces that I enjoyed a little more than the rest. Pieces like Don’t Count Your Chickens by Desiree Swanson who took a very humorous route in her art as well as a technical route that we see in the reflections of the glass sculptures she painted in her piece Birds of a Feather. There was also a number of pieces by Katie Kaelber Davis on wood panels that I thoroughly enjoyed. 1000 Memories-from the Portal was one of my favorite pieces from the exhibition. She uses many different mediums in the piece creating a tent like structure out of very geometric shapes. I also love the contrast the wood color has with the very bright and vibrant colors she chose to use in the actual image. 
Holiday treasures was an interesting experience, while it didn’t influence me as much as other exhibitions I have been to it still showcased some create artwork that I enjoyed looking at.
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