# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Shape of What Remains
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 26 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Mon, 26 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Shape of What Remains: Kathleen DeJong, Andi Ritter, Gynx Valentine

Exhibition Dates: January 5 – 26, 2026
CLOSING Reception: Monday, January 26 from 4 to 6pm, free and open to all

The Shape of What Remains brings together three artists whose works probe the unseen layers of human experience—emotional, psychological, and mythological. Through clay, paint, altered found objects, and personal narrative, each artist reveals how form can both conceal and expose what lies beneath.

DeJong transforms the functional vessel into a meditation on purpose, loss, and material resilience—where even “bad” clay becomes a site of meaning. Valentine turns inward, translating trauma into shared experience and uneasy laughter, reclaiming power through vulnerability and storytelling. Ritter conjures cryptids and shadowy creatures from the edges of imagination, using paint and charcoal to blur the line between myth and memory, fear and fascination.

Together, their works inhabit a space between the tangible and the intangible—where what is hidden takes shape, and what is broken becomes whole again through the act of making. These three artists are currently MFA Graduate Students enrolled in the Art Program at GovState.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/university-park/the-shape-of-what-remains/200029521672947
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, health-wellness, meditation, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: University Park
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL, United States, Illinois 60484
- **lat**: 41.44866
- **long**: -87.71641
- **full address**: 1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL, United States, Illinois 60484

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Shape of What Remains being held?
  - **A:** The Shape of What Remains takes place on Mon, 26 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Mon, 26 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 1 University Pkwy, University Park, IL, United States, Illinois 60484.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Shape of What Remains?
  - **A:** The Shape of What Remains is organized by Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Shape of What Remains is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in University Park, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Shape of What Remains sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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