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.
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.
