The exhibit will feature works that reflect the high caliber and aesthetic diversity of some of the best private collections in the city. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will open on Aug. 30 from 5-7 p.m. and run through Sept. 23. Local collector Claudette Einhorn's love of art began as a teenager one afternoon in the Art Institute of Chicago . Today, she has amassed an impressive collection that includes everything from sculptures to furniture and artists from Indianapolis painter T.C. Steele to her son, a trainer photographer. My pieces are extensions of who I am.
Art gives a texture to one's life beyond daily living.
It lifts you above an ordinary existence to a spiritual plane. Einhorn's collection is one of more than 30 that will be represented at the exhibit. Gallery Director David Russick selected more than 60 pieces representing the range of media taught at Herron School of Art including painting, prints, sculpture, photography, design, furniture design and ceramics. As with all exhibits at the gallery I wanted this one to inspire the Herron students. The gallery is closed Sundays.