NEWS BY

McLean County Arts Center

Anna Marema
Email: armarem@ilstu.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

McLean County Art Center Launches ‘Growing Time’ Exhibit by Melissa Oresky

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The McLean County Arts Center will launch Melissa Oresky’s
“Growing Time” exhibit for the Bloomington-Normal community to admire. This exhibit will
begin January 10 – February 14, 2020. McLean County Arts Center is holding a reception for
“Growing Time” on Friday, January 17 from 5-7 p.m. During the reception, Melissa Oresky will
present her entire collection of work for the community to attend.

Oresky’s exhibit will highlight her focus on plants, their forms and their modes of being. Her
work attempts to connect plantlike processes rather than direct plant images.

“My main goal of this exhibit is to express my kinship with plant life and how it has played a
huge role in my life,” said Melissa Oresky. “When I was a child, my mother and I would go on
wildflower hunts and ever since then, I wanted to share my passion for botany through art.”

The “Growing Time” exhibit is open to the anyone in the Bloomington-Normal area to attend if
they’re interested in admiring works of art created by local artists. There will be free snacks and
beverages offered during the reception.

For more information about McLean County Arts Center, https://mcac.wildapricot.org/. To learn
more about Melissa Oresky’s exhibit, head to https://mcac.wildapricot.org/event-3479311.

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About McLean County Arts Center

The McLean County Arts Center is an independent 501c3 non-profit organization that was
founded in 1888. The McLean Country Arts Center is in the Bloomington-Normal area that
promotes the arts of McLean County. Their mission is to encourage and promote the
appreciation, cultivation, development, study and practice of the Arts in McLean County. It is a
contemporary art museum that encourages local artist to promote their pieces.