GALESBURG — The annual Carl Sandburg College Student Art Show is on display in the Lonnie Eugene Stewart Art Gallery through May 8, with an opening reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 14 in the gallery on Sandburg’s Main Campus in Galesburg, 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd.
The show and reception are free and open to the public. An award will be given for Best of Show in addition to six honorable mention awards and eight juror’s choice awards, courtesy of Blick Art Materials.
The juror for this year’s Student Art Show is local textile artist Eboni Bellott, whose “Vivid Interlacing” show was featured at Sandburg earlier this year. Originally from Schaumburg, Bellott now lives in Macomb. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2005 with a concentration in textiles.
Established in 2006 and named for area artist Lonnie Eugene Stewart in 2015, the Lonnie Eugene Stewart Art Gallery has hosted group faculty exhibits, juried student exhibits and the works of area professional artists. For more information, contact art program coordinator Lisa Walker at 309.341.5303 or ldwalker@sandburg.edu.
