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EXHIBITIONS

CURRENTLY ON VIEW

2019 FALL MEMBER SHOW

On view through Friday, December 6th.

UPCOMING SHOWS

DECEMBER 2019

THE HOLIDAY 100

Drop off work: Wednesday December 4th - Saturday December 7th

Exhibition dates: December 10th - January 4th

Opening reception: Friday, December 13th, 7pm - 9pm

Pick up work: Saturday, January 4th - Wednesday, January 8th

Free submission!
Artists are invited to submit up to two works, each not to exceed 48" in its largest dimension. This is a cash and carry exhbition. Proceeds from ALL sales will be split 50/50 between OPAL and artists.

JANUARY 2020

MOTION/COMPOSURE

The Oak Park Art League announces an open call for figurative artwork expressing states of motion, rest, or both. Artwork of all 2D and 3D media are welcome to be submitted in this exploration of the human figure and its anatomical extremes of movement and stillness.

Artists are invited to submit up to two works, each not to exceed 48" in its largest dimension. All work must have been created in the past 3 years and not previously exhibited at OPAL.

Drop off work: January 3rd, 4th and 6th. (We will be open on Monday the 6th)

Exhibition dates: January 10th - January 31st

Opening reception: Friday, January 10th, 7pm - 9pm

Pick up work: Saturday, February 1st - Tuesday, February 5th

Cost per submission:
$15/for first submission, $10 for second submission - Member

$25/first submission, $15 for second submission - Non-member

FEBRUARY 2020

DOMESTIC MOMENTS

Domestic Moments is an exhibition that explores the artist’s relation to the domestic scenery of our everyday lives as the denizens of suburbia. What does living in an environment that invites structure and habitual living look like? Resident artists of Chicagoland are invited to record and exhibit the family tensions, activities and chores, and moments of leisure that repeatedly punctuate our lives.

Artists are invited to submit up to two works, each not to exceed 48" in its largest dimension. All work must have been created in the past 3 years and not previously exhibited at OPAL.

Drop off work: Wednesday, January 29th - Saturday, February 1st.

Exhibition dates: February 5th - February 28th

Opening reception: Friday, February 7th, 7pm - 9pm

Pick up work: Saturday, February 29th- Wednesday, March 4th

Cost per submission:
$15/for first submission, $10 for second submission - Member

$25/first submission, $15 for second submission - Non-member

PAST EXHIBITIONS

October, 2019

Carved and Compsed
An exhibition of sculpture and photography
Judged by Bryan Northup
1st place: Kimberly Dubsky
2nd place: John Padour
3rd place: Gina Lee Robbins

THE AESTHETIC OF OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY
July, 2019

OPAL held an open call for artists to submit artwork that explored and expressed the artist’s personal experience or of others they know living in the United States of America during our present moment. We are going through an interesting period of time where there are so many individual viewpoints of who we are as a nation and what it means to be a citizen and what rights are included. Many times, it is artists who are asked to tell their stories and the stories of others who have lost their voice or who are afraid to speak. The hope is that through art, our shared experiences and expressions will help us find a wider perspective and understanding of one another in our mutual national identity.

THEN AND NOW
June, 2019

As we approach our 100th anniversary, We want to look at the history that has made The Oak Park Art League the place it is now. Along showing selected pieces from our permanent collection, We are holding an open call for art that explores our past and envisions our future.

OPALESCENCE
April, 2019

Celebrating our 98th year as a vibrant part of Oak Park’s art community, this biannual tradition exhibits work by Oak Park Art League’s current membership. In conjunction with the exhibition, OPAL will publish a catalog that will tell our current story through members’ artwork and glances at this year’s triumphs and tribulations. In addition to wide local distribution, the catalog will be added to the OPAL Smithsonian Archive ensuring that our place in the OPAL story is remembered for generations to come.