Continuing the Gurler House’s tradition as a long-standing space of community gathering, the Northern Illinois University Sculpture and property owner, Shane Harris, extend a welcome to the neighbors, friends, and passersby to engage with the work of Illinois and Wisconsin based artists in Gurlers Just Want to Have Fun outdoor installation.
Gurlers Just Want to Have Fun is delighted to be joined this semester by the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Sculpture students and University of Wisconsin Madison Graduate students and returning NIU alumni for the show’s seventh instalment.
Combining a variety of materials, forms, and concepts, this group of artists sought inspiration from The Gurler House’s property. The artists involved in the project were informed by the history of the house and themes of their own artistic research to produce an exhibition which interacts with and amplifies the historic structure. Gurlers Just Want to Have Fun invites the community to an art exhibition at one of the first frame houses built in DeKalb, IL.
Gurlers Just Want to Have Fun opening reception is May 2 from 2 – 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Featured artists include:
NIU
Eli Beezhold
Alexis Del Fiacco
Diana Hernandez
Lenora Houston
Rylee Moiser
Katrine Renee
Kara Waddington
NIU Alumni
Madelene Przybysz
MIAD
Lyle Atkinson
Kai Davis
Alex Death
Rhianna Dye
Melanie Macias Real
Maddie Reagan
Ella Ringel
Siren
Ariana Vaeth
Layla Yang
UW – Madison
Christian Ulloa
Henry Burk
