Exhibitions and Programs

Here, There: New Perspectives from the Illinois State Museum Collection

September 8 - December 11, 2026

This guest-curated exhibition features modern and contemporary artworks from the Illinois State Museum. Three guest curators, Mariela Acuña, Sheridan Tucker Anderson, and Allison Lacher were invited to explore and bring a fresh perspective to the ISM’s nearly 100-year-old collection of Illinois and regional artists. Their curatorial projects speak to themes of nostalgia, home, belonging, and sites of history in American art.

This exhibition is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Image: Raeleen Kao, Stories, 2020

Ongoing Exhibitions

Contemporary Native American Art Display

Marlin Johnston Gallery

Installation view of Contemporary Native American gallery

View selections of contemporary Native American art from the Schingoethe Center Collection. Artists on display include:

• Peggy Black (Navajo)
• Julie Buffalohead (Ponca)
• Dan Friday (Lummi)
• Tammy Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo)
• Edgar Hachivi Heap of Birds (Cheyenne)
• Lisa Holt (Cochiti Pueblo)
• Erica Lord (Athabascan / Inupiat)
• Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
• Chris Pappan (Kanza / Osage / Lakota Descent)
• Lilliana Pitt (Warm Springs / Wasco / Yakama)
• Harlan Reano (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
• Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke)
• Preston Singletary (Tlingit)
• Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish)
• Angela Swedberg (Tribally Certified Indian Artisan)
• Emmi Whitehorse (Navajo)
• Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala Lakota)
• Debra Yepa-Pappan (Jemez Pueblo)

Click here to see works currently on display.

Click here for Past Exhibits and Programs.