Art in the Library

On Display Now

"Correspondence Invited" - Collages by James Hosking

Set between 1966 to 1981, the collages in this exhibit are inspired by found LGBTQ+ personal ads and their authors. The works explore how the times they lived in, and the media they consumed, shaped their psyches and hopes for connection in the pre-digital era.

View the display on the 3rd floor through August 1st.  And take part in a July collage workshop led by the artist!

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Exhibit Info

Our Permanent Collection

The Evanston Public Library is proud to house a permanent collection of public art that celebrates creativity, community, and cultural expression.

Public art enriches our shared spaces, sparks dialogue, and makes the library a more welcoming and inspiring place for all.

Exterior

Sidewalk Poetry
The Poetic Foot by Alicia Berneche
Snowflakes by Susan Gundlach
Clark Street Beach by Charlotte Hart
Research by Ethan Plaut
Poem by Toby Sachs

Completed with funds from the Washington National Tax Increment Financing District

Location: Front ramp sidewalk

Western Facade
Richard Hunt (American b.1935)

Bookends, 1997
Stainless steel

Purchased with funds from the Edward Johnson Endowment Fund

Location: Western facade

First Floor Lobby

Ralph Helmick (American b.1952) and Stuart Schechter (American b.1958)

Ghost Writer, 1994

Cast metal and stainless metal

Commissioned with funds from the City of Evanston Public Art Program

Location: Grand Staircase

Michele Oka Doner (American b.1945)
Book Leaves
Cast bronze in terrazzo

Commissioned with funds from the City of Evanston Public Art Program

Location: 1st floor, lobby

Children's Area

Brian Pinkney (American b. 1961 )
“A Strong Breeze Shook the Tree…”
Oil on board
16”x10”

Purchased with funds from the Edward Johnson Endowment Fund

 

Kristina Swarner (American b. 1965)
She Told You All The Stories In the World from the book Before You Were Born, 2005
Linocut with watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil on paper
11”x21”

Purchased with funds from the Edward Johnson Endowment Fund

Alejandro Romero (Mexican b.1948)  & Peter Exley (British b.1964)
Kinderspring, 2007
Mixed media mosaic

 

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French 1848-1919)
Head of Coco, 1908
Bronze on marble base
10 ¾ ”x7 ⅝” x 7 ½ “

Reproduction by Alva Studios, Inc.1958

 

 

Brendan Wenzel (American b.1981)
Peregrines Over Evanston, 2018
Mixed media collage
11”x14 ¼”

Gift of the Artist

George Suyeoka (American 1926-2015)
Momotaro from the book Urashima Taro, 1973
Marker and watercolor on paper

Gift of the Suyeoka Family in memory of George Suyeoka

Eric Rohmann
Discover New Worlds
Oil on canvas
34.25”x11”

Purchased with funds from the Edward Johnson Endowment Fund
9.2003

Accompanying Discover New Worlds are preliminary pencil and watercolor sketches of the final piece.

Peggy MacNamara (American)
Metamorphosis
Watercolor on Paper
30”x20”

Purchased with funds from the Edward Johnson Endowment Fund

 

Edward Martinez (Argentine)
Too Many Tamales from the the book Too Many Tamales, 1992
Oil on canvas

Elisha Cooper (American b. 1971)
Big Cat, Little Cat from the book Big Cat, Little Cat, 2017
Serigraph print
97/100

 

Beverly Stucker Precious (American b.1952)

For Endless Trees, 1994

Stained Glass

Commissioned by the City of Evanston

 

Second Floor Landing

Richard LaLonde (American b.1950)
World View, 1993
Fused glass on ceramic

Gift of Nancy and Philip Kotler

Evanston Children
Untitled, 2018
Acrylic paint on acrylic

Gift of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce

 

Second Floor

Giovanni Maria Benzoni (Italian, 1809-1873)
Innocence Guarded by Faithfulness, 1868
Marble

Unknown Provenance

Location: Evanstoniana Room

Nicholas Krushenick (American 1929-1999)
Untitled, 1969
Silk Screen Print
72”x41”

Gift of Frederick Dose

 

Ruth V. Weiner (American b.1923-2009)
Out of Antiquity, 1992
Porcelain

Gift of the Artist

Bill Boyce (American b.1950)
Untitled Sculpture

Gift of the Artist

Third Floor

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French 1825-1905)
A la Fontaine (At the Fountain), 1897
Oil on canvas

Digital reproduction by Christie’s Fine Art Auctioneer, 1999

Beth Adler (American b.1955)
Peregrine Chick
Pencil, india ink, gesso on canvas
30”x22”

Gift of the Artist

 

Fourth Floor Offices

Walter Burt Adams (American 1903-1990)

May First, 1952
Oil on canvas
29”x50”

Gift of Library Volunteers

Robert Burton Middaugh (American 1935-2011)
Severed Connections
Acrylic on canvas
30”x50”

Gift of Danielle & Victor Barcilon

 

Herb Jackson (American b. 1945)
Jazz Time (for Romare Bearden), 1993
Acrylic on canvas
72”x72”

On loan from the collection of John F. Vail

Location: 4th floor, Administrative Offices

 

Artist Unknown

On Loan from the collection of John F. Vail.

 

 

Artist Unknown

On loan from the collection of John F. Vail

 

 

Artist Unknown

On Loan from the collection of John F. Vail.

 

 

Artist Unknown

On Loan from the collection of John F. Vail.

 

 

Artist Unknown

On Loan from the collection of John F. Vail.

 

Robert Crown Branch Library

Ruth Duckworth (German 1919-2009)
Untitled, 1973
Stone

Gift of Paul H. Leffmann, in memoriam of Theo H. Leffmann

Long Form Descriptions of Art on Display

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