Fall Expo. Artist Roster
Join us at the library this fall as we celebrate creativity in all its forms! From October 10 through October 28, visitors are invited to explore an inspiring collection of artwork on display daily from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
This year’s showcase features a wide range of artistic expression, including photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media, and stained glass. Each piece reflects the unique vision and talent of the artists in our community, offering something for every admirer of the arts.
Browse our roster below to learn more about the artists whose work will be enriching our space during the exhibition.
Helen Krieger
Watercolor, Pastel and Layered Designs
Helen Krieger is a self-taught Artist in the Chicago/LaSalle area of Illinois, and admits that she has been "Creatively Bent... since she could first pick up a crayon." Helen feels her biggest influence was having a very creative mother. "My Mom was constantly creating with what was around her & worked in a wide variety of mediums, as do I." Growing up Helen turned low self-esteem and a lack of self-confidence into a Passion, and in recent years has been a full-time artist gaining recognition through Local and State competitions.
Natalie Zelman
Mixed Media Artist
A mixed media artist creating displaying a short study of Soil Fungi.
Mary Jean Dzurisin
Watercolor Artist
Mary Jean is a nature artist working in watercolor, acrylic, stipple, and pencil. Her work has been displayed at the Reddick Library in Ottawa, at NCI ARTworks in Peru at the Naturescapes show in April 2025 and at the Emerging Artists show in July 2025. Three of her watercolors are in the Farms and Barns show at The Next Picture Show in Dixon. Mary Jean's work is a tribute to Mother Nature. She enjoys traveling and hiking to photograph subjects for her paintings.
Christian Landorf
Photographer
From a young age I’ve been a big history buff and found the rural landscape, old, historic, and forgotten places intriguing. If those places could talk oh the stories they would tell these are the thoughts I think of often while capturing my photographs. From the beginning of my photography journey in 2015 Streator and its surrounding area have always been a favorite of mine to photograph due to my family roots in the area. Now a decade later despite all the places I’ve been and photographed the Streator area is still one I travel around and photograph often there’s so many neat and intriguing places to capture. I view my photography as an artistic way of capturing the past, present, and future along with documenting and preserving the history of what I capture for years to come. While there’s many mediums of art to express one’s artistic mind, I express it through how I capture and showcase my photography.
Nicole Close
Photographer
Photography is a hobby that brings me joy and allows me to explore and show the details and textures of the world.
Courtney
Preidis
Stained Glass Artist
Hi friends, I’m Courtney. I’m a hobbyist stained glass artist who also enjoys powerlifting, gardening, reading, and hiking with my dogs. I go by “Dat Glass Studio on social media annd you can shop my ary ant Chaos and Curiosities in LaSalle. Enjoy this little piece of Halloween nostalgia!
Nadler
Petit-Dieu
Acrylic Painter
Nate is a modern day artist swaying the pendulum of creativity between digital and traditional “fine” art. While acrylic painting is a staple to Nadler’s kit of skills, graphite pencils and ball point pens remain the artists preferred choice of medium. On his journey to becoming a professional artist Nadler has been a graphic designer, art instructor and muralist with artistic credits strewn throughout the Miami-Dade and coral gables area before moving to Illinois.
Nate’s work on canvas hopes to inspire a deeper conversation within the viewer using ambiguous concepts such as love and anger as means to convey his own thoughts on the matter. These topics and more fuel his love for art as he continues to work on self expressive series such as “Flesh and Glass”