Monday, August 18 – Saturday, September 27
- Reception: August 21, 5:30–7 pm, with welcoming remarks at 6:15 pm by Dr. Isabel Scarborough, chair of Arts, Media, and Social Sciences, followed by a gallery talk with Peg Shaw
The Giertz Gallery at Parkland College proudly presents the 2025 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, featuring the work of faculty artists, including one who will be retiring in the 2025–26 academic year.
This annual showcase features paintings, drawings, ceramics, metalsmithing, photography, and video. Exhibiting faculty members include Travis Keller, Paula McCarty, Melinda McIntosh, Josh Schutz, Denise Seif, Peg Shaw, and Matthew Watt.
An Oak Park, Illinois native, Shaw received her Master of Fine Arts in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from UIUC. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including solo exhibitions in Chicago and New York, and has won numerous awards in both photography and video, including those from the Illinois Arts Council and Arts Midwest/NEA Regional.
During her tenure at Parkland, she received an Illinois Community College Trustees Association Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Award and a 40 North Artist Ace Award from the Champaign County Arts Council. She also curated several group exhibitions at the Giertz Gallery, including "Shift" in 2013 and "Flaw" in 2024.
She identifies as a multimedia artist "who works with photography, video, sound, and writing, as well as mixed media such as paint, charcoal, dirt, leaves, thorns, petals, eggshells, hair, thread, wings, wire, and glass. The layered elements have both a conceptual and physical presence."
Image: Mountains Made of Atoms, Video Projection / 20:00 Loop, 2025
Questions?
Contact Giertz Gallery at Parkland College Office by email at giertzgallery@parkland.edu or call 217/351-2485. Contact 40 North: Champaign County Arts Council by email at kwhite@40north.org or call 217/351-9841.
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Admission is free. Donations welcome!
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Giertz Gallery acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. All events in the accessible gallery are free and open to the public. Parkland College is a Section 504/ADA-compliant institution. For accommodation, call 217/353-2338 or email accessibilityservices@parkland.edu.