The Oak Park Art League celebrates emerging talent with works created in our historic classroom studio and taught by award winning artist instructors.
Our OPAL Student Showcase, highlights the creativity, vision, and artistic development of student artists of all ages and skill levels creating in our studio class room as well as work by OPAL teaching faculty.

This showcase provides a supportive platform for student artists to share their work, connect with the community, and celebrate the vital role of art education.

Mars Mythos Tripartite

Heather Lowe

This installation of lenticulars and a few sculptures was primarily inspired by re-reading The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. I was struck by how his messages of colonization, prejudice, peace and harmony still resonate so strongly today.

In an age of digital connection and physical distance, how do we capture and portray what makes us most human? What does it mean to be human in this moment? Through figure and portrait, artists have long explored the complexity of human experience—our vulnerabilities, connections, contradictions, and resilience.

AERIAL - Jacqueline Rueckert Lakely

Feb 12 - March 8

This series of tiny mixed media pieces is called Aerial, evoking a view from a secluded, safe, elevated perspective, suggesting peace, nature, and a sense of freedom.

This open call exhibit asks; what are your best or strongest memories about food, or eating in community? What are your feelings about food and how can they be conveyed in an artwork to continue the long tradition of food as subject? All media welcome.

Whether your art is inspired by the implications of quantum physics, metaphysics, spirituality, formal design or any combination we invite you to submit your abstract explorations of art to this national juried exhibition.

Lynn Harris Micro Solo Show

During OPAL’s Fall Fundraiser, the work by current OPAL members on the gallery walls will create a rich backdrop of creative expression, epitomizing OPAL’s mission and reflecting our unique artistic community. Artists will interpret the multiple meanings of the word ‘fashion’ - the concept of fashion, the verb to fashion, to create in your own unique style an artwork that can only be made by you and is immediately recognizable as your work.

Emerging Curator Exhibition: Stories from the Soul is an innovative art exhibition designed to foster meaningful dialogue between artists of diverse backgrounds. Curated by OPAL Artist Resident alum Shanelle Harrison, this show will feature five invited artists whose works reflect personal narratives, cultural heritage, and unique life experiences.

OPAL Board & Staff show

Explorations of how fiber can be used to reflect the interweaving of community while still representing artifice, facade, pride, protection or disguise are all welcome interpretations and valid explorations during Pride month. All media welcome, made of or depicting hair.

How small can you work and still maintain your style?  Find out!  This national open call will feature a group of artists, and each artist will have a solo show, but there’s a catch!  The solo show will be in a box gallery that is 12” x 12” x 12”

Bugs, People
Alexandra Blom

Christina Cornier, THE FIRST YEAR
Nov 30 - Jan 2025

ASMA KAZI Sept 19 - Oct 30, 2024

This is a whimsical reimagining of how our familiar organic ecosystems reflect cosmic phenomena, drawing parallels between micro and macro environments. These works are a cosmic soup of elements from the natural world and fiction, integrating seemingly disparate components into cohesive clusters where vibrant life flourishes in unexpected ways, reflecting on the interconnectedness of life across scales in the macrocosm.