Art IWU
@artiwu.bsky.social
Illinois Wesleyan University: IWU Art & Design Alumni and Students
(run by IWU art alumn Matt Maldre '97 @spudart.bsky.social)
(run by IWU art alumn Matt Maldre '97 @spudart.bsky.social)
From the IWU Art Collection: "Escape" ca.1970 by former IWU professor Rupert Kilgore
Currently on display on the 3rd floor of the Ames Library
collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/coll...
Currently on display on the 3rd floor of the Ames Library
collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/coll...
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
From the IWU Art Collection: "Escape" ca.1970 by former IWU professor Rupert Kilgore
Currently on display on the 3rd floor of the Ames Library
collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/coll...
Currently on display on the 3rd floor of the Ames Library
collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/coll...
Need some handcrafted gifts to share this season?🎁 Come check out the Winter Art Sale this Reading Day in the Art building’s atrium! 10am-3pm.
Via www.instagram.com/p/DR2Z9kXkWnl/
Via www.instagram.com/p/DR2Z9kXkWnl/
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Need some handcrafted gifts to share this season?🎁 Come check out the Winter Art Sale this Reading Day in the Art building’s atrium! 10am-3pm.
Via www.instagram.com/p/DR2Z9kXkWnl/
Via www.instagram.com/p/DR2Z9kXkWnl/
From IWU Digital Commons: "Retiro Park, Madrid" 2009 by Erin Garmon (Hussey) '11
via BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/61
via BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/61
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From IWU Digital Commons: "Retiro Park, Madrid" 2009 by Erin Garmon (Hussey) '11
via BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/61
via BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/61
Art from IWU Digital Commons, "The Chockshire Choir" (2013) by former IWU professor Ian T. Carey
From Faculty Biennial Exhibition digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
From Faculty Biennial Exhibition digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Art from IWU Digital Commons, "The Chockshire Choir" (2013) by former IWU professor Ian T. Carey
From Faculty Biennial Exhibition digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
From Faculty Biennial Exhibition digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
Maggie Grugan '27 (Studio Arts) has a store called "GroogArt" on IWU's Student Made.
Maggie sells stickers for $2 in her store.
www.studentmadeiwu.com/products?tag...
Maggie sells stickers for $2 in her store.
www.studentmadeiwu.com/products?tag...
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Maggie Grugan '27 (Studio Arts) has a store called "GroogArt" on IWU's Student Made.
Maggie sells stickers for $2 in her store.
www.studentmadeiwu.com/products?tag...
Maggie sells stickers for $2 in her store.
www.studentmadeiwu.com/products?tag...
Art from IWU Digital Commons: "Line (left), Keeper (center), and Cras (right)", 2015 by IWU professor Connie Estep
Artwork from: digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
Artwork from: digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Art from IWU Digital Commons: "Line (left), Keeper (center), and Cras (right)", 2015 by IWU professor Connie Estep
Artwork from: digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
Artwork from: digitalcommons.iwu.edu/fac_biennial...
Featured in IWU's "Senior Spotlight" is Alyssa Germann.
www.instagram.com/p/DPcVT8Jkl1L
www.instagram.com/p/DPcVT8Jkl1L
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Featured in IWU's "Senior Spotlight" is Alyssa Germann.
www.instagram.com/p/DPcVT8Jkl1L
www.instagram.com/p/DPcVT8Jkl1L
IWU is the newest chapter for "Student Made" a group that sells artwork created by students.
Three art/design students are creators (along with four students in other majors). In the coming weeks, I'll feature one student each week.
studentmadeiwu.com
Three art/design students are creators (along with four students in other majors). In the coming weeks, I'll feature one student each week.
studentmadeiwu.com
Student-Made IWU
An online shop where you can find products and businesses of all kinds, created by students across all years and majors at Illinois Wesleyan.
www.studentmadeiwu.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
IWU is the newest chapter for "Student Made" a group that sells artwork created by students.
Three art/design students are creators (along with four students in other majors). In the coming weeks, I'll feature one student each week.
studentmadeiwu.com
Three art/design students are creators (along with four students in other majors). In the coming weeks, I'll feature one student each week.
studentmadeiwu.com
Featured in @iwuart's "Senior Spotlight Sunday" is Aaron Bania.
www.instagram.com/p/DPKMb8kElHs
www.instagram.com/p/DPKMb8kElHs
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Featured in @iwuart's "Senior Spotlight Sunday" is Aaron Bania.
www.instagram.com/p/DPKMb8kElHs
www.instagram.com/p/DPKMb8kElHs
From the IWU Art Collection "Untitled", 1977
by Terry Lundberg '77 collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/677/r...
by Terry Lundberg '77 collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/677/r...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
From the IWU Art Collection "Untitled", 1977
by Terry Lundberg '77 collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/677/r...
by Terry Lundberg '77 collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/677/r...
From IWU's art archives: "Shattered", 2013 monoprint by Olivia Dunham, '13.
from BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/97
from BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/97
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From IWU's art archives: "Shattered", 2013 monoprint by Olivia Dunham, '13.
from BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/97
from BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/97
The latest Senior Spotlight is studio art major Georgia Sharwarko.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The latest Senior Spotlight is studio art major Georgia Sharwarko.
Eckley Scholar Joanna Steven '27 used art and archives to dig into identity and campus life at IWU. Through portraits, sculptures, and mirrors, she crafted over ten works connecting past and present.
Read the full story ➡️ www.iwu.edu/news/2025/jo...
Read the full story ➡️ www.iwu.edu/news/2025/jo...
Joanna Steven '27 Uses Art and Archives to Study Student Experience
Illinois Wesleyan junior Joanna Steven combined art and archives to explore the history of identity and campus life at IWU through her research as a 2025 Eckley Scholar.
www.iwu.edu
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Eckley Scholar Joanna Steven '27 used art and archives to dig into identity and campus life at IWU. Through portraits, sculptures, and mirrors, she crafted over ten works connecting past and present.
Read the full story ➡️ www.iwu.edu/news/2025/jo...
Read the full story ➡️ www.iwu.edu/news/2025/jo...
"Birds in Barcelona", 2010 by Emily Giacomino '10
From IWU art archives, "BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery"
digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/32
From IWU art archives, "BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery"
digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/32
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Birds in Barcelona", 2010 by Emily Giacomino '10
From IWU art archives, "BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery"
digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/32
From IWU art archives, "BA/BFA Senior Honors Image Gallery"
digitalcommons.iwu.edu/arthonors/32
From the IWU Art Collection: "Awesome Mix Vol. 1", 2015 watercolor and marker by Kyla Thomas '16
On display in Center for Liberal Arts, Room 114
Women's and Gender Studies Student Art Purchase Award, 2015-2016
collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/1253/...
On display in Center for Liberal Arts, Room 114
Women's and Gender Studies Student Art Purchase Award, 2015-2016
collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/1253/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From the IWU Art Collection: "Awesome Mix Vol. 1", 2015 watercolor and marker by Kyla Thomas '16
On display in Center for Liberal Arts, Room 114
Women's and Gender Studies Student Art Purchase Award, 2015-2016
collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/1253/...
On display in Center for Liberal Arts, Room 114
Women's and Gender Studies Student Art Purchase Award, 2015-2016
collections.carli.illinois.edu/.../id/1253/...
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Still painting li’l guys to #fundthefight and support my #artforaidpledge!
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Still painting li’l guys to #fundthefight and support my #artforaidpledge!
Photos of the IWU Student Art Exhibition being set up.
Merwin and Wakeley galleries will be open starting today. (according to iwuart Instagram) www.instagram.com/p/DHej8ddygS...
Merwin and Wakeley galleries will be open starting today. (according to iwuart Instagram) www.instagram.com/p/DHej8ddygS...
March 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Photos of the IWU Student Art Exhibition being set up.
Merwin and Wakeley galleries will be open starting today. (according to iwuart Instagram) www.instagram.com/p/DHej8ddygS...
Merwin and Wakeley galleries will be open starting today. (according to iwuart Instagram) www.instagram.com/p/DHej8ddygS...
Photos from iwuart Instagram, getting ready for the student show. www.instagram.com/p/DG1fnLRyopK
March 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Photos from iwuart Instagram, getting ready for the student show. www.instagram.com/p/DG1fnLRyopK
Students in Sculpture I are working on a project called “Objects with a voice”. They have each picked a world concern and are making a toy that will teach the user about that problem.
Images from iwu on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DG0kI0RR6U...
Images from iwu on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DG0kI0RR6U...
March 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Students in Sculpture I are working on a project called “Objects with a voice”. They have each picked a world concern and are making a toy that will teach the user about that problem.
Images from iwu on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DG0kI0RR6U...
Images from iwu on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DG0kI0RR6U...
Recent work done by the amazing Sculpture 1 class!!🤩
Pics from @iwuart Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DF_pkdnRkUJ/
Pics from @iwuart Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DF_pkdnRkUJ/
February 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Recent work done by the amazing Sculpture 1 class!!🤩
Pics from @iwuart Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DF_pkdnRkUJ/
Pics from @iwuart Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DF_pkdnRkUJ/
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Boops for a cause! #fundthefight
ARTISTS + MAKERS please join me! I’ve donated $15 to the@nrdc.org and $15 to the @aclu.org
DM to get involved with this campaign!
To purchase your abstractimal today head over to www.UpCycleDeco.com and use the discount code FUNDTHEFIGHT25
ARTISTS + MAKERS please join me! I’ve donated $15 to the@nrdc.org and $15 to the @aclu.org
DM to get involved with this campaign!
To purchase your abstractimal today head over to www.UpCycleDeco.com and use the discount code FUNDTHEFIGHT25
February 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Boops for a cause! #fundthefight
ARTISTS + MAKERS please join me! I’ve donated $15 to the@nrdc.org and $15 to the @aclu.org
DM to get involved with this campaign!
To purchase your abstractimal today head over to www.UpCycleDeco.com and use the discount code FUNDTHEFIGHT25
ARTISTS + MAKERS please join me! I’ve donated $15 to the@nrdc.org and $15 to the @aclu.org
DM to get involved with this campaign!
To purchase your abstractimal today head over to www.UpCycleDeco.com and use the discount code FUNDTHEFIGHT25
February 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Workshop with visiting and exhibiting artist Bobbi Meier.
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDsK6xBc...
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDsK6xBc...
February 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Workshop with visiting and exhibiting artist Bobbi Meier.
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDsK6xBc...
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDsK6xBc...
IWU beginning sculpture students are making beautiful progress on hanging rice paper lamps.
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDBi8xbkH
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDBi8xbkH
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
IWU beginning sculpture students are making beautiful progress on hanging rice paper lamps.
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDBi8xbkH
Pics via iwuart on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DFvDBi8xbkH
Current Exhibits
• Merwin Gallery: “Beautiful Family Living” by Bobbi Meier
• Wakeley Gallery: “Tender Gradations of Life” by Ludvig Perés
Reception and gallery talk from both artists: Tuesday, January 28th at 2pm in the galleries
(Images via iwuart Instagram)
• Merwin Gallery: “Beautiful Family Living” by Bobbi Meier
• Wakeley Gallery: “Tender Gradations of Life” by Ludvig Perés
Reception and gallery talk from both artists: Tuesday, January 28th at 2pm in the galleries
(Images via iwuart Instagram)
January 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Current Exhibits
• Merwin Gallery: “Beautiful Family Living” by Bobbi Meier
• Wakeley Gallery: “Tender Gradations of Life” by Ludvig Perés
Reception and gallery talk from both artists: Tuesday, January 28th at 2pm in the galleries
(Images via iwuart Instagram)
• Merwin Gallery: “Beautiful Family Living” by Bobbi Meier
• Wakeley Gallery: “Tender Gradations of Life” by Ludvig Perés
Reception and gallery talk from both artists: Tuesday, January 28th at 2pm in the galleries
(Images via iwuart Instagram)