Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Main Gallery

50th Annual Junior/ Senior High School Exhibition

Exhibit: April 12–May 12, 2024

Teacher and Member Preview Party: Thursday, April 11, 4:30–6:30pm Awards Ceremony: Sunday, May 5, 1-3pm; Awards Presentation begins at 1:30pm

South Shore Arts is pleased to present the 50th Annual Tri-County Jr/Sr High School Exhibit at the Center for Visual & Performing Arts, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. The exhibit will take place from April 12 through May 12, 2024, with an awards ceremony on May 5, from 1-3pm.

Junior and Senior High School students from Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties in Indiana and south suburban Cook County in Illinois are invited to participate in this annual juried exhibition, which features original artwork created by students in grades six through twelve from public, private, and parochial schools.

Prizes totaling over $8,000 will be awarded this year, including the important Donald H. Berwanger Scholarship Award.

Seniors can apply to the Donald H. Berwanger Scholarship Award. The Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior that plans to attend an accredited college or university to study fine art. Seniors competing for the Berwanger Scholarship are entered by their teacher and must submit an application, portfolio, and a letter of recommendation. The guidelines for the Berwanger Scholarship can be found here.

Image: David Sander, *Lake View 2*, Oil on paper

Atrium Gallery

What's New?

Selection from the Greisen Collection

March 1–April 6, 2024

Curated by Dorman + Torluemke

Always Searching features a collection of artwork from well-established Northwest Indiana artists dating back to the turn of the century, collected by the Greisen Family.

Past Exhibitions

80TH ANNUAL SALON SHOW

SEPTEMBER 8–NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Salon Show is a tradition that has defined South Shore Arts since its inception in the late 1930s, when ten Hammond and Calumet City artists sponsored the first annual Art Exhibition of the Hammond District Art Association in the millinery department of the Minas Department Store in Downtown Hammond.

This year over 400 pieces were submitted with 60 shown in the gallery!

Exhibit Catalog

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ARE YOU AN ARTIST?

More than 15 exhibitions fill four South Shore Arts galleries each year, showcasing regional, national and international artists and cultures. If you are an artist interested in exhibiting with South Shore Arts, submit your exhibit proposal here or contact Brandon Johnson, Gallery Coordinator, at Brandon@southshoreartsonline.org

SPONSOR AN EXHIBIT!

Advertise Your Business While Supporting the Arts.
Exhibit sponsors receive:
• logo and credit line on signage at exhibit
• logo and/or credit line in publicity and promotion
• opportunities for corporate entertaining throughout the exhibit

Contact Sandie Phalen, Director of Marketing and Development
219/836.1839, ext.107