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An oil on canvas work by McHenry Community College student Betsy Gessert titled “The Imposter (Leda and the Swan).” The painting was given an Award of Merit at the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition on March 11, 2026.
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Morton College student Angel Ramirez’s ceramic stoneware artwork titled “Maladaptive Identity” on display in the Safety-Kleen Gallery (H100). This and other artwork in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Exhibition will be available for viewing from March 11-27, 2026.
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“Dancing in Guanajuato” is a digital and adobe fresco art piece by Morton College Student Edith Alvarez Ortiz. Given an Award of Merit as part of the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition, it is on display in the Safety-Kleen Gallery (H100) until March 27, 2026.
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Artwork in the Safety-Kleen Gallery as part of the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition and Exhibition. Elgin Community College student Gael Sanchez was given an Award of Merit for “Madonna in Phthalocyanine Blue.”
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The Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition took place on March 11, 2026 in the Safety-Kleen Gallery and building H lobby of ECC. “Necrotrophic,” a ceramic art piece by Adela Garcia Ordon of Morton College was awarded Best in Show.
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Artwork that was selected to participate in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition and Exhibition is on display in the Safety-Kleen Gallery in building H of ECC until March 27, 2026. “Self-Care Postcard” by Abigail Price of Moraine Valley College was created with Adobe InDesign.
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“She Owns the Streets,” a gelatin silver print by McHenry County College student Lourdes Michaelson is on display in the Safety-Kleen Gallery in building H of ECC from March 11-27, 2026. Eight community colleges in the western Chicago suburbs participated in the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition and Exhibition.
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“Krampus” a ceramic sculpture by Moraine Valley College student Hailey Cosgrove is displayed as part of the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Exhibition. The art pieces can be viewed from March 11-27, 2026 in the Safety-Kleen Gallery in Building H.
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McHenry County College student Eduardo Soto-Gonzalez’s archival inkjet print “Juntos and Seprate” can be viewed in the Safety-Kleen Gallery in Building H of ECC until March 27, 2026. Artwork by students from eight participating community colleges were chosen for the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition and Exhibition.
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Students exhibit their art in Skyway Art Exhibition
April 8, 2026
McHenry County College student Eduardo Soto-Gonzalez’s archival inkjet print “Juntos and Seprate” can be viewed in the Safety-Kleen Gallery in Building H of ECC until March 27, 2026. Artwork by students from eight participating community colleges were chosen for the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Juried Art Competition and Exhibition.
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