Current and Coming Exhibits

  CCC 2008 exhibit logo, by Linda P. Hancock
  CCC 2008 exhibit logo, by Linda P. Hancock

Exploration 2008
The Chicago Calligraphy Collective’s Annual
Juried Exhibition
May 28 – July 11, 2008

Hermon Dunlap Smith Gallery

The Chicago Calligraphy Collective was founded in 1976 to promote the study, practice, and appreciation of calligraphy in all its historical and present day applications. This annual juried exhibit of members' work includes handmade artists' books and broadsides as well as three-dimensional works executed in various media and styles, from classical to contemporary. The annual Purchase Award enables the Newberry to acquire one exhibited piece to strengthen the calligraphy holdings of its distinguished John M. Wing Foundation for the History of Printing.

Chicago Calligraphy Collective Opening Reception and Presentation of the Purchase Award
Saturday, June 7, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Join members of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective to view the twenty-second annual juried show, and meet exhibiting aritists.  Find out which exhibited piece will become part of the Newberry's calligraphy collections when Paul F. Gehl, Custodian of the Newberry's John M. Wing Foundation for the History of Printing, announces the 2008 winner of the Purchase Award.  Admission is free; no reservation is required.


Past CCC shows at the Newberry

 
  Julie Wildman. “Psalm 117.”
   
 
  Corinna Taylor. “Voices of innocence.”

Exploration 2007 (21st Annual Juried Show)
January 31 – April 7, 2007
Purchase Prize Winner: Julie Wildman for “Psalm 117.”
Newberry Library: vault oversize Wing MS 203

Exploration 2006 (20th Annual Juried Show)
February 1 – April 1, 2006
Purchase Prize Winner: Michael Kesceg for “Letters possess gracefulness.”
Newberry Library: vault oversize Wing MS 200
Purchase Prize Winner: Reggie Ezell for “The wisdom of a thousand summers is held within a single seed.”
Newberry Library: vault oversize Wing MS 199

Exploration 2005 (19th Annual Juried Show)
February 2 – March 26, 2005
Purchase Prize Winner: Corinna Taylor for “ Voices of innocence.”
Newberry Library: vault Wing MS 187

Exploration 2004 (18th Annual Juried Show)
February 11 – March 13, 2004
Purchase Prize Winner: Christie Burns for “The dry salvages.”
Newberry Library: vault oversize Wing MS 181

Exploration 2003 (17th Annual Juried Show)
January 22 – March 8, 2003
Purchase Prize Winner: Linda P. Hancock for “I believe the earth exists.”
Newberry Library: vault Wing MS 168

Exploration 2002 (16th Annual Juried Show)
February 8 – April 6, 2002
Purchase Prize Winner: Jill K. Berry for “Essential and invisible."
Newberry Library: vault Wing MS 151

Exploration 2001 (15th Annual Juried Show)
February 3 –March 3, 2001
Purchase Prize Winner: Robert Borja for "Selections from Abraham Lincoln thought."
Newberry Library: vault oversize Wing MS 144

Exploration 2000 (14th Annual Juried Show)
January 19 – March 18, 2000
Purchase Prize Winner: Timothy R. Botts for "With all your heart."
Newberry Library: vault oversize Wing MS 121