A new art exhibition opening at Elmhurst Art Museum is certainly unique. It’s called Rescuer of Once Loved Things: The Art of Donna Castellanos. The art show features works created by Elmhurst resident Donna Castellanos, who uses repurposed belongings that were given away or otherwise cast aside. Castellanos calls the items “once loved things.” She…
Come see the work of 50 local artists in the Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Spring Members Show at the Elmhurst Art Museum from March 10 through April 21. All the art on display was created by Elmhurst Artists’ Guild members in the Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery within the museum. These contemporary works are original pieces of…
You’ll go back in time 165 years when you take in By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst at the Elmhurst History Museum! The entire second floor of the museum has been turned into an interactive exhibit so you can journey through the city’s history. This ongoing exhibit features a variety of photos and objects…
Dr. Martin Luther King was one of the most important figures of the 20th century. Born in Atlanta in 1929, he became the foremost voice of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. You can learn more about Dr. King and his message on Feb. 21, when Rev. L. Bernard Jakes presents a…
You’ll feel like you’re traveling back in time to the 1860s to meet President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln in this wonderful reenactment called The Lincolns Present: The Genesis of the Gettysburg Address. Through the amazing skills of historical presenters Max and Donna Daniels, the Elmhurst History Museum brings the Lincolns to…
You won’t have to travel to Washington, D.C. to see gorgeous Smithsonian Gems when you visit the special exhibit at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art. Now through Saturday, March 31, the Lizzadro Museum showcases 12 pieces of beautiful, hand-wrought jewelry that incorporate beautiful gems. The items in the exhibit are all on loan from…
Elmhurst Art Museum presents a new art exhibit to that we at McGrath Elmhurst Toyota would like to recommend. It’s called Gertrude Abercrombie: Portrait of the Artist as a Landscape. The show, which consists of 40 paintings, is available for the public to view from Jan. 20 to March 4. Abercrombie is a Chicago-based artist who is…
The fight for freedom has been central to our country since its creation, and it continues today in ways the founders never anticipated. You can explore the significance of freedom at a new exhibition at the Elmhurst History Museum, called Freedom: A History of US. The show runs from Jan. 12 through March 11. At…
