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<channel><title><![CDATA[Visually Clear Info - News]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news]]></link><description><![CDATA[News]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:03:34 -0600</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Gallery 2019 Juried Community Art Exhibit]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/gallery-2019-juried-community-art-exhibit]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/gallery-2019-juried-community-art-exhibit#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/gallery-2019-juried-community-art-exhibit</guid><description><![CDATA[       June 03, 2019-August 01, 2019Location: Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College&#8203;Reception: Saturday, June 8, 1-3 p.m.Summer Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.&#8203;The local community is invited to submit artworks for this annual juried exhibition with cash prizes for the Best of Show artwork. A call for entries begins in April 2019 and can be found online and at the Fine and Performing Arts Center. [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/image_8_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">June 03, 2019-August 01, 2019<br />Location: <a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/gallery-2019-juried-community-art-exhibition/" target="_blank">Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College</a><br /><br />&#8203;Reception: Saturday, June 8, 1-3 p.m.<br />Summer Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.<br /><br />&#8203;The local community is invited to submit artworks for this annual juried exhibition with cash prizes for the Best of Show artwork. A call for entries begins in April 2019 and can be found online and at the Fine and Performing Arts Center.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[MV Juried Student Art Exhibit]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/mv-juried-student-art-exhibit]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/mv-juried-student-art-exhibit#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[gallery reception]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/mv-juried-student-art-exhibit</guid><description><![CDATA[       April 25, 2019-May 17, 2019Location: Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community CollegeReception: April 25, 2:30-4 p.m.Awards: 3 p.m.The juried selection of student work from Moraine Valley students shows the college&rsquo;s emerging artistic talents. This exhibition features work from across many media, including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking and design. The atrium exhibition includes these student artworks, as well as designs for the exhi [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/image_7_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">April 25, 2019-May 17, 2019<br />Location: <a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/moraine-valley-juried-student-art-exhibition-2/" target="_blank">Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College</a><br /><br /><span>Reception: April 25, 2:30-4 p.m.</span><br />Awards: 3 p.m.<br /><br />The juried selection of student work from Moraine Valley students shows the college&rsquo;s emerging artistic talents. This exhibition features work from across many media, including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking and design. The atrium exhibition includes these student artworks, as well as designs for the exhibition poster and postcard competition. The gallery exhibition will continue into the atrium.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Juried Art Exhibition]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/illinois-skyway-collegiate-conference-juried-art-exhibition]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/illinois-skyway-collegiate-conference-juried-art-exhibition#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[gallery reception]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/illinois-skyway-collegiate-conference-juried-art-exhibition</guid><description><![CDATA[       Location: Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community CollegeMarch 25-April 17Reception: Saturday, March 30, 1-3 p.m.&#8203;Moraine Valley hosts this regional exhibition of artwork by students from eight community colleges: College of Lake County, Elgin Community College, McHenry County College, Moraine Valley Community College, Morton College, Oakton Community College, Prairie State College, and Waubonsee Community College. [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/image_6_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">Location: <a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/illinois-skyway-collegiate-conference-juried-art-exhibition/" target="_blank">Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College</a><br /><br />March 25-April 17<br />Reception: Saturday, March 30, 1-3 p.m.<br /><br />&#8203;Moraine Valley hosts this regional exhibition of artwork by students from eight community colleges: College of Lake County, Elgin Community College, McHenry County College, Moraine Valley Community College, Morton College, Oakton Community College, Prairie State College, and Waubonsee Community College.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[35th Annual High School Art Exhibition]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/35th-annual-high-school-art-exhibition]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/35th-annual-high-school-art-exhibition#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[gallery reception]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/35th-annual-high-school-art-exhibition</guid><description><![CDATA[       March 13, 2019-March 18, 2019Location: RFD Art Gallery, Atrium Display Cases, and John and Angeline Oremus Theater, Moraine Valley Community CollegeWednesday-Friday and following Monday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Reception: March 15, 5-7 p.m.A showcase of this year&rsquo;s talented students from 11 local high schools: Victor J. Andrew, Argo Community, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Alan B. Shepard, Chicago Christian, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Sandburg, Harold L. Richards, Evergreen Park Co [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/image_5_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><span style="font-weight:400">March 13, 2019-March 18, 2019</span><br />Location:<a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/35th-annual-high-school-art-exhibition/" target="_blank"> RFD Art Gallery, Atrium Display Cases, and John and Angeline Oremus Theater, Moraine Valley Community College</a><br /><br />Wednesday-Friday and following Monday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.<br />Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.<br />Reception: March 15, 5-7 p.m.<br /><br />A showcase of this year&rsquo;s talented students from 11 local high schools: Victor J. Andrew, Argo Community, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Alan B. Shepard, Chicago Christian, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Sandburg, Harold L. Richards, Evergreen Park Community, Oak Lawn Community and Reavis.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Workshop: Migration, Fragmentation, and Translation]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/poetry-workshop-migration-fragmentation-and-translation]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/poetry-workshop-migration-fragmentation-and-translation#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[events]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/poetry-workshop-migration-fragmentation-and-translation</guid><description><![CDATA[March 20th, 2019All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop in conversation with two Block Museum of Art exhibitions: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time and Isaac Julien&rsquo;s groundbreaking 2007 video installation on histories of African migration, The Leopard. Together, we will read and discuss poetry of migration, fragmentation, and translation. In response to the exhibitions, participants will compose original poems exploring the experience of migration and the le [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><span style="color:rgb(29, 33, 41)">March 20th, 2019<br /><br />All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop in conversation with two Block Museum of Art exhibitions: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time and Isaac Julien&rsquo;s groundbreaking 2007 video installation on histories of African migration, The Leopard. Together, we will read and discuss poetry of migration, fragmentation, and translation. In response to the exhibitions, participants will compose original poems exploring the experience of migration and the legacies various migrations have left behind. Maggie Queeney of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/poetryfoundation/" target="_blank">Poetry Foundation &amp; Poetry Magazine</a><span style="color:rgb(29, 33, 41)">&nbsp;will lead the session. Space is limited. Registration is required.&nbsp;Presented by The Block Museum in partnership with The Poetry Foundation.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">Learn more at&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/view/events--engagements/index.html" target="_blank">blockmuseum.northwestern.edu</a><br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">When: Wednesday, March 30, 2019, 5:30p</span><br /><span style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42)">Where: Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208</span><span style="color:rgb(29, 33, 41)"><br /></span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lynn Peters New Work]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/lynn-peters-new-work]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/lynn-peters-new-work#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[gallery reception]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/lynn-peters-new-work</guid><description><![CDATA[       LYNN PETERSFebruary 06, 2019-March 08, 2019Location: Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community CollegeReception: Thursday, Feb. 7, 10:30 a.m.-NoonArtist Talk: 11 a.m.&#8203;An exhibition of new ceramic works by Lynn Peters, professor of sculpture and ceramics at Moraine Valley, developed during her recent sabbatical. Lynn will talk about her new work and about her residency at the opening reception. [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/image_4_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">LYNN PETERS<br />February 06, 2019-March 08, 2019<br />Location: <a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/new-worklynn-peters/" target="_blank">Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College</a><br /><br />Reception: Thursday, Feb. 7, 10:30 a.m.-Noon<br />Artist Talk: 11 a.m.<br />&#8203;<br />An exhibition of new ceramic works by Lynn Peters, professor of sculpture and ceramics at Moraine Valley, developed during her recent sabbatical. Lynn will talk about her new work and about her residency at the opening reception.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert F. DeCaprio Retrospective]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/robert-f-decaprio-retrospective]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/robert-f-decaprio-retrospective#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[gallery reception]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/robert-f-decaprio-retrospective</guid><description><![CDATA[       January 10, 2019-February 01, 2019Location: Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community CollegeReception: Friday, Jan. 18, 6:30-8 p.m.&#8203;The Robert F. DeCaprio Retrospective features a solo accolade to the artist&rsquo;s passion for a life of art. Featured interests range from classic automobiles, European travel and architecture to graphic design. The collection of representational work shows the immense attention to detail and realism. Photography and comprehensive priv [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/image_3_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">January 10, 2019-February 01, 2019<br />Location: <a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/robert-f-decaprio-retrospective/" target="_blank">Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College</a><br /><br /><span>Reception: Friday, Jan. 18, 6:30-8 p.m.</span><br /><br />&#8203;The Robert F. DeCaprio Retrospective features a solo accolade to the artist&rsquo;s passion for a life of art. Featured interests range from classic automobiles, European travel and architecture to graphic design. The collection of representational work shows the immense attention to detail and realism. Photography and comprehensive private travel journals will be shown as they provide insight to the artist&rsquo;s eyes and creative mind. The exhibition will be featured in his&nbsp; commemorative gallery and will continue into the atrium.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Reading with Tyehimba Jess]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/poetry-reading-with-tyehimba-jess]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/poetry-reading-with-tyehimba-jess#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[events]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/poetry-reading-with-tyehimba-jess</guid><description><![CDATA[Tyehimba Jess's Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection,&nbsp;Olio&nbsp;(2016), presents the sweat and story behind America&rsquo;s blues, work songs, and church hymns. Part fact, part fiction, Jess&rsquo;s much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers.&nbsp;Olio&nbsp;is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them. Tyehimba Jess&r [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph">Tyehimba Jess's Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection,&nbsp;<em>Olio&nbsp;</em>(2016), presents the sweat and story behind America&rsquo;s blues, work songs, and church hymns. Part fact, part fiction, Jess&rsquo;s much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers.&nbsp;<em>Olio&nbsp;</em>is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them. Tyehimba Jess&rsquo;s first book of poetry,&nbsp;<em>leadbelly</em>, was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series.&nbsp;<em>Library Journal&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>Black Issues Book Review&nbsp;</em>both named it one of the &ldquo;Best Poetry Books of 2005.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>Olio</em>, his second collection, was published by Wave Books in 2016 and received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.&nbsp;<span style="color:rgb(111, 114, 135)">Presented by the Litowitz Creative Writing Graduate Program.</span><br /><br />Learn more at <a href="https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/view/events--engagements/index.html" target="_blank">blockmuseum.northwestern.edu</a><br /><br />When:&nbsp;<span style="color:rgb(111, 114, 135)">January 31, 2019,&nbsp;</span><span style="color:rgb(111, 114, 135)">6-7:30p</span><br />Where: Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208<br /><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMPLICIT]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/complicit]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/complicit#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[gallery reception]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/complicit</guid><description><![CDATA[       TOBY ZALLMANNovember 01, 2018-December 15, 2018Location: Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community CollegeReception: Thursday, Nov. 8, 10:30 a.m.-NoonArtist Talk: 11 a.m.In Toby Zallman&rsquo;s sculptures there is always a combination of unrelated materials to represent dialectical oppositions such as hard/soft, ephemeral/enduring, open/closed and natural/fabricated. Since 2004, she has been using some form of recycled material as the basis for her pieces. The ubiquitous pr [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/image_2_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">TOBY ZALLMAN<br />November 01, 2018-December 15, 2018<br />Location: <a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/complicittoby-zallman/" target="_blank">Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College</a><br /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent;">Reception: Thursday, Nov. 8, 10:30 a.m.-Noon</span><br />Artist Talk: 11 a.m.<br /><br />In Toby Zallman&rsquo;s sculptures there is always a combination of unrelated materials to represent dialectical oppositions such as hard/soft, ephemeral/enduring, open/closed and natural/fabricated. Since 2004, she has been using some form of recycled material as the basis for her pieces. The ubiquitous presence of plastic bags in our lives inspired the most recent sculpture and drawings. Their usefulness belies the damage that they wreak on the environment. The newest work combines the drawings and sculpture into multimedia installations.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innov Gnawa]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/innov-gnawa]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/innov-gnawa#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:40:11 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.visuallyclear.info/news/innov-gnawa</guid><description><![CDATA[       Next week (October 16 &ndash; 20) MVCC is hosting the group &ldquo;Innov Gnawa&rdquo; on campus. Innov Gnawa is a Grammy-nominated musical collective dedicated to exploring Morocco&rsquo;s venerable gnawa music tradition &ndash; often referred to as the &ldquo;Moroccan blues.&rdquo;&nbsp;This is a rare opportunity to interact directly with some world-class musicians. There are so many curricular connections in music, dance, theater, humanities, history, etc.&nbsp;They will be here for sev [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.visuallyclear.info/uploads/2/0/6/7/20674202/supp-innov_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">Next week (October 16 &ndash; 20) MVCC is hosting the group &ldquo;Innov Gnawa&rdquo; on campus. Innov Gnawa is a Grammy-nominated musical collective dedicated to exploring Morocco&rsquo;s venerable gnawa music tradition &ndash; often referred to as the &ldquo;Moroccan blues.&rdquo;<br />&nbsp;<br />This is a rare opportunity to interact directly with some world-class musicians. There are so many curricular connections in music, dance, theater, humanities, history, etc.<br />&nbsp;<br />They will be here for several residency activities and will perform on Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. All of the residency activities are free and the performance is free for students.<br />&nbsp;<br />For more information, visit any of the following links:<br />Show information:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/innov-gnawa/" target="_blank">https://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/events/innov-gnawa/</a><br />Information about the group:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.innovgnawa.com/" target="_blank">http://www.innovgnawa.com/</a><br />YoTube channel:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/hopagnawa" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/hopagnawa</a><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>