Hooking Up: Meet the Collection

Home to over eight hundred works of art by celebrated masters such as Rembrandt and Toulouse-Lautrec, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art invites visitors to their summer exhibition, Hooking Up: Meet the Collection. In this dynamic presentation, CCMA permanent collection works will be in conversation with contemporary pieces by artists from the Greater Chicago area. Works by esteemed Chicago artists, including Amanda Williams, Britni Mara, and Riva Lehrer will be in dialogue with permanent collection highlights by Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Roxy Paine and more.

Hooking Up offers a rare opportunity for visitors to draw links between disparate works of art while connecting with others in the museum and beyond. A locally commissioned mural, cocktail hours with Glen Ellyn’s Common Good Cocktail House, and other programs foster a community of conviviality against a backdrop of compelling artworks, familiar and new. The exhibition is curated by CCMA Assistant Curator Julia Walker.

A reception will be held on July 15 at 6:30 p.m.

About the Cleve Carney Museum of Art

The late Cleve Carney provided a significant legacy gift to establish the Cleve Carney Art Gallery at College of DuPage. The gallery opened in February 2014 with its inaugural exhibition, Selections from Cleve Carney’s Art Collection. In fall 2020, the gallery was expanded to a 2,500 square-foot museum. The Cleve Carney Museum of Art opened June 2021 with the highly anticipated Frida Kahlo: Timeless exhibition. Funding is provided by the Cleve Carney Endowment Fund, which supports vital programming including artist engagement opportunities for community members and students, gallery exhibitions, artist commissions, new acquisitions and other teaching and learning tools that foster cultural enrichment in our community. More information can be found at TheCCMA.org and on social media @CleveCarneyMuseumofArt.