Curatorial
Joanne Aono curatorial and exhibition facilitation as of May 2026
I hold the highest respect for those that have degrees in the field and devote their lives to being a Curator. Therefore, I consider myself a curator with a lowercase c.
Good Trouble: Ben Blount and Catherine Jacobi
April 19 - June 6, 2026
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2026/04/ben/blount/catherine/jacobi/good/trouble
Riverside Arts Center's Teaching Artists: Christine Blanek, Diane Claussen, Erin Hayden, Corrine Miller, Tariq Tamir, Shawn Vincent, and Daiva Walz
March 13 - April 11, 2026
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2026/03/rac/teaching/artists
In the Circle of Melissa Potter
October 26 - December 6, 2025
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2025/10/melissa/potter
Like a Hole in the Heart: Brides, Battlefields, & Betrayal: Anthony Vizzari
October 26 - December 6, 2025
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2025/10/anthony/vizzari
The Listening Fence: Hillary Johnson
October 1 - December 6, 2025
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2025/10/hillary/johnson/terrain/biennial
Expedition Spectrum: Renee Robbins
September 14 - October 18, 2025
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2025/09/renee/robbins
Pause: Julieta Beltrán Lazo, Steven Carrelli, Jason Dunda, Sofía Fernández Díaz, Xiaohan Jiang, Tulika Ladsariya, James Kao, SaraNoa Mark, and Connie Noyes
May 18 - June 21, 2025
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2025/05/pause-carrelli-diaz-dunda-jiang-ladsariya-loza-kao-mark-noyes
Falling to Pieces: Alison Ruttan
October 20 – November 30, 2024
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2024/10-alison-ruttan
Dancing for Our Tribe: Sharon Hoogstraten
October 20 – November 30, 2024
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2024/10/sharon-hoogstraten
Companions: Holly Holmes
September 8 - October 12, 2024
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2024/09/holly-holmes
That Which Remains: Mary Porterfield
April 7 – May 11, 2024
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2024/4/7/-mary-porterfield-
Flowing Within the Recesses: Cydney Lewis
January 21 – March 2, 2024
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2024/01/-cydney-lewis-flowing-within-the-recesses
Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists
November 5, 2023 – January 6, 2024
Co-curated by Joanne Aono, Anne Harris, and Laura Husar Garcia
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2023/11/-past-perfect-celebrating-30-years-with-30-artists
1909: Youree Kim
October 1 - November 15, 2023
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2023/-terrain-biennial-youree-kim
Reflection Of A Community As It Is: Jesse Howard
May 18 – June 24, 2023
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2023/05/-jesse-howard
Over the Rainbow, One More Time: Laura Kina
March 26 - May 6, 2023
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2023/03/26-laura-kina-krf4nover-the-rainbow-one-more-time
One Ends Another Begins: Regin Igloria
March 11 - May 6, 2023
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2023/03/04-regin-igloria
Dwell: Margie Glass Sula
November 13, 2022 - March 10, 2023
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2022/11/13-margie-glass-sula
Flock: Catherine Schwalbe
May 15 - June 25, 2022
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/flexspace/2022/05/15-flock-catherine-schwalbe
Unseen Things are Still There: Alexandra Antoine, JB Daniel, Kate Ingold, Esau McGhee, and Elsa Muñoz
February 27 - April 9, 2022
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2022/02/27-unseen-things-are-still-there
Care: Karen Azarnia, Brenda Barnum, and Cydney M. Lewis
October 15 - November 19, 2021
https://www.artbeatbuzz.com/post/art-curator-joanne-aono-creates-care-exhibit-for-geneva-ctr-for-the-arts-featuring-3-artists
Gathering: Indira Freitas Johnson and Garland Martin Taylor
September 7 - October 6, 2018
https://www.riversideartscenter.com/freearksculpturegarden/2020/2/22/indira-freitas-johnson-and-garland-martin-taylor-gathering
Cultivator: Chicago Art Exhibitions & Farm Projects
August 2015 - May 2026 and on-going
Take It Slow: Karen Azarnia
May 2026
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Karen-Azarnia.php
Mid-day Meditations for May: Regin Igloria
May 2026
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Regin-Igloria.php
Drawing You Outside: Christine Forni
June 2025
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/christine-forni---drawing-you-outside.php
Human as Euphemism: Claire Pentecost
June 2025
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/claire-pentecost---human-as-euphemism.php
Ova Anima: Susannah Papish
May 2024
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Susannah-Papish.php
Dung Paper with Annabelle and Loretta: Melissa Potter
May 2024
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Melissa-Potter.php
Jason Dunda
October 2023
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Jason-Dunda.php
Larry Lee
October 2023
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Larry-Lee.php
Prairie Pods: Claire Helen Ashley
May 2023
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Claire-Helen-Ashley---Prairie-Pods.php
Cultivators: The Way of Women: Tariq Tamir
May 2023
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Tariq-Tamir---Cultivators-The-Way-of-Women.php
Ancestral Light: Robin Dluzen
October 2022
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Robin-Dluzen---Ancestral-Light.php
Pathways: On Reflecting, Wisdom and Meditation: Alexandra Antoine
October 2022
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/alexandra-antoine---pathways.php
A Gathering of Energies, Labor and Love: Indira Freitas Johnson
May 2022
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/indira-freitas-johnson---a-gathering-of-energies-l.php
The Mules of Bray Grove Farm and Other Working Equines: Brenda Moore
May 2022
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/brenda-moore---the-mules-of-bray-grove-farm-and-ot.php
Marginalia: Steven Carrelli
September 2021
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Steven-Carrelli---Marginalia.php
Passing hours, space in between, I am breathing your air: Yoonshin Park
September 2021
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Yoonshin-Park---Passing-hours.php
Have and Hold: Kim Piotrowski
October 2019
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Kim-Piotrowski.php
Broken Words: Eric Scott Fisher
October 2019
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Eric-Scott-Fisher.php
A Good Wander II: Judith Mullen
May 2019
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Judith-Mullen---A-Good-Wander-II.php
Emotional Memory of Scampering: Marzena Ziejka
May 2019
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Marzena-Ziejka---Emotional-Memory-of-Scampering.php
silence is ____________________. Beep, Beep, Beep.: Connie Noyes
September 2018
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Connie-Noyes.php
Elements: Margie Glass Sula
September 2018
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Margie-Glass-Sula--Elements.php
Clearing: C. C. Ann Chen
May 2018
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/c-c-ann-chen---clearing.php
Time Well Spent: Tom Torluemke
May 2018
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/tom-torluemke---time-well-spent.php
Architectural Collaboration: Diana Gabriel
October 2017
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Diana-Gabriel.php
Garden of Loss: Vivian Visser
October 2017
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Vivian-Visser--.php
Seeking Quiescence: Sherri Denault
May 2017
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/sherri-denault-seeking-quiescence-bray-grove-farm.php
Acknowledgement: Ish Muhammad
May 2017
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Ish-Muhammad---Acknowledgement-at-Bray-Grove-Farm.php
Tending: JB Daniel
October 2016
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/JB-Daniel---Tending.php
Looking for Truth: Catherine Schwalbe
October 2016
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Catherine-Schwalbe---Looking-for-Truth.php
Intent as Content: Joyce Owens
April 24 - 26, 2016
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Joyce-Owens---Intent-as-Content.php
Glean: Tatjana Jovancevic and Bill McBride
March 13 - April 17, 2016
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Tatjana-Jovancevic-and-Bill-McBride---Glean.php
Mid-sentence: Rita Grendze
January 10 - February 7, 2016
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Rita-Grendze---Mid-sentence.php
Coddled and Bruised: Anne Harris
November 1 - December 13, 2015
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/anne-harris---coddled-and-bruised.php
The Relatively Brief Preponderance of Moments: Kate Ingold
September 13 - October 17, 2015
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Kate-Ingold---Solo-Exhibition.php
Study of the Forbidden Stitch: Kate Ingold
August - September 2015
https://www.cultivatorarts.com/Kate-Ingold---Sew-Sow.php