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Chinoiserie, a painting by Miyoko Ito, layers together colorful ribbons in a vibrant composition

Miyoko Ito
Chinoiserie, 1970
The Highlands, a 1999 work by Mary Lou Zelazny, dazzles with pearls and silky fabrics against the backdrop of a traditional landscape.

Mary Lou Zelazny
The Highlands, 1999
Enchantment Looms is a 2001 mixed media artwork by Chicago-based artist Phyllis Bramson, featuring a collage style intrinsic to her work.

Phyllis Bramson
Enchantment Looms, 2001
Spiraling Blue Tiles HFP2, a painting by Susan Frankel, features tile-like geometric shapes repeating in serpentine patterns across the work.

Susan Frankel
Spiraling Blue Tiles HFP2, 2009
Green Hat HFP3, a painting by Susan Frankel features spiraling yellow geometric shapes on a light background.

Susan Frankel
Green Hat HFP3, 2009
Faust, a 2010 painting by Frank Trankina, features a disembodied head and arm emerging from a brown background. The head looks up at a crumpled piece of paper in the air.

Frank Trankina
Faust, 2010
Arbitrary Approach, a 1983 painting by Ray Yoshida, centers on a woman in a pink dress and a man in a bright green space suit..

Ray Yoshida
Arbitrary Approach, 1983
Ice Pick Nick Fisherman, a sculpture by Karl Wirsum, depicts two painted wooden figures facing one another with ice picks in their backs.

Karl Wirsum
Ice Pick Nick Fisherman, 1979
Pieta, a 1957 painting by the art critic Franz Schulze, is his modern interpretation of one of Western art's most famous pieces.

Franz Schulze
Pieta, 1957
Shep Step II, a 1973 painting by Barbara Rossi, uses acrylic paints on plexiglass to give the colors an almost iridescent quality.

Barbara Rossi
Shep Step II, 1973
Double Hesitation, a painting by Christina Ramberg, features heavy brown and bronze tones in its abstract depiction of a human torso.

Christina Ramberg
Double Hesitation, 1977
Herb’s Texaco III, an oil painting by Sandra Jorgensen, uses the artist's signature geometric lines and bright colors to depict a Texaco gas station.

Sandra Jorgensen
Herb’s Texaco III, 1983
In Vertical Shade, a painting by Gladys Nilsson, uses cool purple, blue and green watercolors to depict characters wearing dark, menacing masks.

Gladys Nilsson
In Vertical Shade, 1984
See Seven Cities, a 1971 painting by Roger Brown features seven small cityscapes on rolling green hills, with two silhouetted cannons in a town square in the foreground.

Roger Brown
See Seven Cities, 1971
Click, a 1971 painting by Karl Wirsum, is a comic-style portrait of a woman in shocking bright yellow clicking her black heeled shoes together.

Karl Wirsum
Click, 1971
Troubled Sleep, a 1974 painting by Art Green, features a window frame with drawn curtains, revealing four shattered layers of elemental motifs such as fire and blue mountains.

Art Green
Troubled Sleep, 1974
Cobmaster, by Ed Paschke, a 1975 painting that shows a performer with a bright blue face and large teeth.

Ed Paschke
Cobmaster, 1975
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May is AAPI Heritage Month! A time to recognize and celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. We're proud to honor the voices and traditions that help shape who we are. Student groups like the Asian Club of Elmhurst are hosting events all month long– join in and celebrate with us!

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