Elmhurst Art Museum will open its doors wide this summer with new summer hours and free admission. From July 6th through Labor Day, all visitors can enjoy the summer exhibitions, Search for Form and Living Matters, selections from the Museum’s collection and Art on the Run, a drop-in summer program for kids, all without cost.
Phyllis O’Neill, Elmhurst Art Museum’s Interim Director, stated, “We encourage new and returning visitors to enjoy the Museum this summer. Young families and senior citizens are always looking for fun and enriching experiences - extending our hours and offering free admission is our way of saying, “Welcome! Whatever your budget, the Elmhurst Art Museum has something special for you!.”
New summer hours are: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 10:00 am through 8:00 pm on Wednesdays. While the Museum is free, visitors are always encouraged to make a small donation to support exhibitions and programs.
Parents and children should be sure to take advantage of the Museum’s free Art on the Run drop-In activities during July and August, on Wednesdays and Fridays from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Participants will tour the galleries and create their own work of art.
The Museum is closed Sunday and Monday.
Our mission is to provide the people of Elmhurst and surrounding communities with a center for visual arts - known for its welcoming atmosphere - where art can be viewed, studied, created and appreciated in an architecturally significant facility that enriches the lives of our visitors by broadening their knowledge, increasing sensitivity to the fine arts, and sparking the development of their own creative talents. As the cultural center of DuPage County, the museum specializes in late 20th Century American Art in an award-winning building designed around McCormick House, one of only three Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed residences built in the United States. 
Elmhurst Art Museum opens an exciting new exhibition on May 15, 2010. The Search for Form features the work of two remarkable Chicago artists: Eleanor Himmelfarb and Holly Renald Cohn. It was during the 1980’s that Holly Renald Cohn began formally studying painting with Eleanor Himmelfarb. The exhibition presents abstract canvases painted by both women during the last few decades.
Highlighting the work of Richard Bresnahan and four of his former apprentices, Stoked: Five Artists of Fire and Clay represents a decade of collaborative effort with the Saint John's Pottery program. Curated by Dr. Matthew Welsh, Assistant Director and Curator of Japanese and Korean Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the exhibition features not only the work of master potter and artist in residence, Richard Bresnahan, but that of Kevin Flicker, professor and ceramicist at University of Minnesota-Morris; Stephen Earp, ceramicist and writer from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts; Sam Johnson, professor and ceramicist at College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University; and Anne Meyer, ceramicist and sculptor from Saint Joseph, Minnesota. Each artist presents vastly different outlooks and creative approaches that share a common concern for indigenous materials in relationship to the environment.
