Student Gallery Proposals 2026 From Cleve Carney Museum of Art

The mission of the Wings Student Art Gallery is to provide a venue for College of DuPage art students to pursue cultural practices, which reflect the ideas and concepts of contemporary art. The gallery offers students the opportunity to exhibit their artwork and to learn and practice aspects of curation and professional gallery operation. 

Techcetera Gallery is dedicated to celebrating and understanding the interdependence of technology, media and design in a culturally diverse, global society. The gallery will feature the work of COD’s technical students and will help prepare them to excel in their creative and innovative careers.

Exhibition proposals are selected and scheduled by the CCMA staff, members include art faculty and the gallery director. Current students and recent alumni from the visual arts areas at COD may submit proposals for review. A visual arts faculty member must support the proposal. 

CCMA staff reserves the right to edit works that do not follow the proposal or the theme, remove works that are incomplete, a danger to viewers, or do not fit the concept or space. CCMA staff has the right to cancel or postpone exhibitions if found necessary. The CCMA staff reserves the right to photograph or document artworks related to exhibitions for publicity or archival purposes. 

Press Release information and digital images should be submitted to the Gallery Director at least one month prior to the exhibition. 

The Gallery will produce posters for each exhibition that will be posted around campus (and beyond if possible) prior to the opening date of the exhibition. Email announcements within the College will be sent and press releases to local papers and venues. 

Each exhibitor or exhibiting group is encouraged to plan, install, and de-install their own exhibit in coordination with the faculty sponsor, Gallery Director, and the gallery’s student workers. Any specific plans for installation (pedestals, shelving, painting, additions to walls, ceiling, or floor, electrical requirements, special equipment etc.) must be approved before installation. 

Exhibitors will be responsible for finding display props, pedestals, tables or shelving. Consult with a faculty advisor for exhibition needs. The gallery will provide basic hanging supplies and tools. 

Exhibitors are responsible for providing a written list of titles and materials of all artworks and a price list (if work is for sale). The installation should be completed and the gallery ready to open on the exhibition opening date at the start of the gallery’s open hours. Typically, a week or so is planned to change over exhibits. 

Exhibitors need to be aware of dates and deadlines. Art cannot be removed from the gallery before the end of the exhibition. All artworks and equipment must be removed from the gallery within a few days after the exhibit closes (if a show ends Friday, pick-up of artwork is Monday or Tuesday). 

Exhibitors must comply with safety regulations required by the College of DuPage. The gallery staff will enforce certain installation restrictions. The Gallery Director reserves the right to close the doors on any exhibition where safety regulations are not followed until the violation is rectified. 

The CCMA will organize the reception and provide a tray of cookies. The reception date and time should be coordinated with the gallery director at least one month before the opening. Exhibitor(s) should be in the gallery, available to visitors during reception hours.

In less than 300 words and using simple language, please describe what your proposed exhibition is about including any relevant subject matter, themes or research areas. Please also describe the actual artwork and layout of the artworks in the space.

This exhibition will reference two personal experiences of lens surgery, Andy Warhol’s Shadow paintings and Juhani Pallasmaa’s writings on atmospheres. These works will explore the form and depth of shadows in this gallery space as well as imagined spaces. They will also question the importance of the sensory effects of shadows that prompt varied ‘shady’, often unconscious, experiences such as menace, low spirits, nothingness, timelessness and allure.

The exhibition will consist of five paintings, and three constructions. The materials include acrylic and oil on linen or wood, vinyl, metal, plastics and fabric. All square and of varying sizes, the paintings will be installed in playful ways – leaning, high or at a wall’s edge, but with regard to each other, the architectural features and fixtures of the room, particularly the windows (and what they reveal). In addition, vinyl on the floor and paint directly on walls is envisaged with six overhead lights being required; the installation process will allow for play and final decisions.



Must List All Participants:

Include a list of participants with contact information (if more than one artist)



Must Provide Images of Proposed Work:

Acceptable file types: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .png, .mp3, .mp4, .mov

Upload up to 10 images of artwork to be included in exhibition. If the proposed artwork is incomplete, please upload images of artwork that are representative of the proposed artwork. Please ensure that all images are under 1MG in size and please number the images 1 to 10.

Must Provide an Image List:

Upload an image list that provides artist name, title, medium and size of the images of artworks uploaded. Use the numbers 1 to 10 on the document to correspond with the numbered images.

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Must Provide an Artist Statement:

Submit a short artist statement from all participants. Please ensure the statement is less than 100 words.

Carla Tanaka is a Tokyo born artist currently residing and practicing in Chicago, IL, USA. Tanaka is interested in art as a medium to facilitate conversation around social, political and personal themes. 

Recent projects include a series of paintings on television screens that depict the data used to measure adverting effectiveness on small American towns and a series of audio works that collage sound from 1960’s radio advertising and the voices of American youth today.



Must Provide a Resume:

Submit a Curriculum Vitae for all participants. 

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