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"Museum of Mystery: A Thirty-Year Bannerline of Paintings by Glen C. Davies" Oct. 5 - Nov. 17 at Parkland Art Gallery, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., C. Reception: Thursday, Oct. 15, 6-8 p.m.; Gallery Talk: Glen Davies at 7 p.m., Music by The Parkland College Guitar Ensemble. Additional Artist Lecture: Tuesday, 1 p.m., Nov. 3, Room D244, Parkland College. "Museum of Mystery" exhibition to feature a retrospective of canvas painting by local artist. Davies is a native of Champaign and is an accomplished artist of over 25 years whose work can be seen throughout the country. His artwork has been on exhibition at he Art Institute of Chicago, Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois, Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and the Hunstville Museum of Art in Alabama. His work is included in many collections including the Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. He has been the recipient of a Ford Foundation Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship and has part of the Illinois Arts Council's Arts in Education Program since 1985. Through this program he has done artist residencies and workshops and has completed over 80 murals using students as his assistants. Davies is also asked to do lectures for various educational venues.Visiting colleges and Universities, serving as artist-in-residence through the Illinois Arts Council's Artstour, he has provided insight to over 70 primary and secondary schools, community centers, and museums. I have conducted specialized residency programs at the Lakeview Museum in Peoria, the Rockford Art Museum, and Bradford College in Bradford, Massachusetts. He states "Through slide presentations of paintings, sculptures, and installations, I try to forge a link between personal vision and my experiences in travels and alternative art pursuits." Influenced by his experience travelling with the circuses and carnivals in the 1970's, this retrospective focuses on his banner paintings that allowed him to express his mysterious narratives through a personal visual language. Responding to the loose canvas format in that it relates to the kind of signage commonly associated with carnival attractions, fraternal lodge rituals, and medieval religious pilgrimages, he relates life experience as a moral drama, played out in a public forum. Fall gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday; noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Call 351-2485, or visit http://www.parkland.edu/gallery

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