Western Illinois Museum: Current Exhibit

Shared Images: Recording and Collecting a Visual History

September 20 - December 20, 2011

Every picture tells a story.  Shared Images explores what a community and individuals collect and share to inform our history. Whether it is school photos, wedding photos or documentation of historic events, we all have an inherent need to record and collect visual details of our lives.  We use them to tell a family’s history, remember experiences and document our lives.  Images from our region will be shown alongside well known images of our country’s history evoking memories and confirming the relevance of our visual history. The exhibit includes a history of local photographic studios such as Laure Gaites, as well as artifacts from the museum’s camera and photography collections.

To learn more about the current exhibit, please visit the Western Illinois Museum Website.

Western Illinois University Art Gallery: Current Exhibit

Selections from the Permanent Collection:
Science, Technology and Art

Monday, August 22 - Thursday, September 22, 2011

Guest-curated by students in the Museum Studies Program at Western Illinois University, this exhibition features works that in some way reflect the campus theme of “Science & Technology,” selected from the Western Illinois University Art Gallery Permanent Collection.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with and in support of Western Illinois University’s 2011-2012 Campus Theme: “Science & Technology: Discover, Innovate, Create.”


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Paul Davis: Power Users

Tuesday, September 27 - Thursday, October 20, 2011

Public Reception: Tuesday, September 27, 6-8 p.m. in the Gallery.

Paul B. Davis is a multimedia artist and musician best known for his pioneering work in video-game modification of NES game cartridges through creative hacking. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, now living and working in London, Paul is a lecturer in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.
The exhibition includes video-game mods, video compression manipulations, and other
experimental digital media works.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with and in support of Western Illinois University’s
2011-2012 Campus Theme: “Science & Technology: Discover, Innovate, Create.”

More information can be found on the WIU Art Gallery Website.