Join Us - The Benefits of Membership
Join the DuPage Theatre Visual & Performing Arts Coalition. The benefits are many! Here are just a few of the perks:
· Your Arts Coalition Membership helps to support the arts in the community, including local art displays and events, and art scholarship awards.
· Member artists are eligible to have their own one/two-person art exhibit in the National University of Health Sciences Art Gallery.
· A bi-monthly newsletter goes out to all members throughout the year. Members may use that newsletter to promote their accomplishments and arts events.
· Free art demos following monthly board meetings.
· Members qualify to have their own page on this web site, which may include two images and a biography.
· Invitation to participate in two DTVPAC Member Art Shows as well as any other Member Art Displays or Events that may occur throughout the year.
The Mission of the DuPage Theatre Visual and Performing Arts Coalition is to promote the arts in our community for cultural enrichment.
Won't you please consider joining this tremendous organization? Just click on the "Join" tab at the top of this page for a membership application. Enrich your life, enrich your community. Join The Arts Coalition! Download a membership form.

The National University of Health Sciences Art Gallery
The DuPage Theatre Visual & Performing Arts Coalition is proud to be the selected custodian of the National University of Health Sciences Art Gallery. This wonderful display of artwork is located in the University's Health Clinic and is open to the public during the clinic's regular business hours - Monday thru Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Admission is absolutely FREE!
Every two months a new exhibit is installed, featuring the talent of one or two of DTVPAC's member artists. There is also an annual "DTVPAC Member Fine Art Show" every February/March and an annual "DTVPAC Open Fine Art Show" every October/November. More information about how artists can be considered for this event can be found below.
The National University of Health Sciences Art Gallery is located at 200 E. Roosevelt Road in Lombard - the northwest corner of Roosevelt and Highland Avenues. The art gallery is inside the Clinic, which is the east-most building on the NUHS Campus. Click on the this NUHS Art Gallery link for more information about the artists currently being featured.

Who Will Be Featured in the NUHS Gallery This Year?
Below are the artists who will exhibiting in the gallery this year. Please visit often to see the wide range of styles and media in their artwork.

August-September J. Michael Carter-Karen Schuman
October-November DTVPAC Open Fine Art Show
December-January '08 Tania Blanco

The gallery is located at 200 E. Roosevelt Road in Lombard - the northwest corner of Roosevelt and Highland Avenues. The art gallery is inside the Clinic, which is the east-most building on the NUHS Campus. Also, click on the this NUHS Art Gallery link for more information about the artists currently being featured.

Our Annual "DTVPAC Open Fine Art Show" at the NUHS Art
Every year during the months of October and November, DTVPAC features an "open" fine art show in the National University of Health Sciences Art Gallery. Artists from all over the Chicagoland area have been featured in this exhibit. If you are a visual artist and wish to receive an information packet and application for this show, please e-mail us or download the packet here. Packets generally go out in early August. This is a juried show.

Illinois Arts Week Event - October, 2007
Illinois Arts Week is October 7th through the 13th, but DTVPAC prefers to celebrate the arts for the entire month of October. The Arts Coalition is making arrangements with the merchants of downtown Lombard, IL to display art in their places of business during this time. Artwork will also be on display at the Lombard (Helen Plum) Public Library.
This year's theme is MASKS. Masks may be two dimensional or three dimensional. Some masks will be produced by members of the Arts Coalition. Others will be made by local children, adults, or even families at mask-making workshops hosted by DTVPAC.
More information will appear in the local papers regarding the time and location of these workshops. The Arts Coalition is hoping for an abundance of participants.
Be sure to stop by downtown Lombard, IL during October and view the many masks on display.

The DTVPAC Arts Scholarship Award
Each year, the Arts Coalition considers the work of area students for receipt of one of the DTVPAC Arts Scholarship Award. Awards include one $500 first-place award and two $100 honorable mention awards.
Eligibility:
· Must be a high school senior graduating in the year that the award is being distributed or a full-time undergraduate student
· Must reside inside the boundary of Illinois DuPage County School Districts 87, 88, or must attend a private school within those school district boundaries
· There is no age limit
Creative Arts Include:
· Visual Arts
· Dancing
· Theatrical Arts
· Music
· Poetry
· Creative Writing
Other Information:
Postmarked deadline for entry: April 15th annually
Award Notification: May 1st annually
For more information or to receive a scholarship application/information packet, please e-mail your request, download an application or call (630) 415-3656.

Our 2007 Meeting Schedule
Join us at our board meetings! Following is the schedule for 2007:
NO MEETINGS IN JUNE OR JULY
Monday, August 13th - 7:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting, plus mask-making workshop to prepare for Illinois Arts Month Event.
Monday, September 10th - 7:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting, plus continuation of mask-making in preparation for Illinois Arts Month Event.
Monday, October 8th - 7:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting. Demo to be determined.
Monday, November 12th - 7:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting. Demo to be determined.
Monday, December 10th - 7:30 p.m. Regular Board Meeting & Annual Christmas Party! Location to be determined.
Regular board meetings are at 7 p.m. in the Art Room at the Sunset Knoll Recreation Center, located at 820 S. Finley Road in Lombard, IL. The Annual Meeting takes place at the National University of Health Sciences Art Gallery. NUHS is located at 200 E. Roosevelt Road in Lombard - the northwest corner of Roosevelt and Highland Avenues. The art gallery is inside the Clinic, which is the east-most building on the NUHS Campus.
The Arts Coalition enjoys presenting demonstrations and workshops relative to the arts. Some subjects we have delved into include: Altered Books, Fused Glass Earrings, "Wrinkled Paper Art", Airbrush Art, Monotypes, Ukrainian Easter Eggs, and Painting Silk. We need to ask, though, is there something out there that you are interested in learning or getting information on? Call us and let us know. Also, anyone interested in demonstrating a skill or with new ideas should call DTVPAC at (630) 415-3656. We're always looking for new ideas.

Join Us For Open Studio
On Wednesdays from noon to 2 p.m., local artists gather at Open Studio. Why don't you join them? It's FREE! Everyone brings their own supplies and works on their own special project. Open Studio takes place in the Art Room at the Lombard Park District Sunset Knoll Recreation Center, located at 820 S. Finley Road in Lombard. Open Studio runs in Fall, Winter, and Spring. Registration is required. Call the Lombard Park District at (630) 620-7322 for the current schedule and to register or check them out online at www.lombardparks.com.