artruckish 2026

65 artists. Seven weeks. Each artist received the identical 8.5 x 11 paper and made a work of art based on a prompt. The prompt was a poem by Derek Mahon, titled, “Everything is Going to be Alright“.
We really want to believe that.

Poem text by Derek Mahon titled Everything is Going to be All Right.
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Poem text by Derek Mahon titled Everything is Going to be All Right.
POEM BY DEREK MAHON
VAN ROSENBAUM
MINDI DEWEY-ROSBURG
TODD JACOBS
JULIE COWAN
BONNIE KATZ
JOERG METZNER
JANET WEBBER
Sharon Hyson
SHARON HYSON
DEBORAH NEWMARK
CHARLIE FRIEDLANDER
BOB KIOLBASSA
artwork by Ben Blount
BEN BLOUNT
MARJORIE DAVIDSON
STACEY FOISY
MICHAEL ENNIS
TERRI MICHAELS
JILL MEYERHOFF
ALICJA PULIT
KATHY PILAT
SUSAN GREDELL
ROBYN HURTIG
REN PICCO-FREEMAN
PAM BAUMGARTNER
JUDI KICKEL
LISA ZSCHUNKE
JEAN CUNNINGHAM
CHRIS CHAUDRUC
ELENA KAISER
BILL FRIEDMAN
TOM JACKSON
LINDSEY CAPLICE
SHERRY SMITH
SHARON FIFFER
ANDREA DEMERS
SHERRI KOENIG
ANDREW WALKER III
KATHY MANDELL
PAM SLOAN
ANNA MARIE CROVETTI
PHILOMENA O’HALLORAN
JOYCE ELIAS
MARLA SEIBOLD
CHRIS HEISINGER
ANNE EVANS
JULIE RIVERA
TAMMY LONGSJO
LAURA LEITH
CHAI WOLFMAN
STEPHEN MURPHY
LARRY LUNDY
GABE FREEMAN
LESLIE RILEY
LARRY PINTO
CIE BOND
ANNIE TRINCOT
ZULEYKA BENITEZ
LINDA SUMMERFIELD
DAVID TENNENBAUM
MARSHA SMITH
MELANIE DEAL
DARREN OBERTO
PATRICK PERRY
KRISTEN NEVEU
MARY RIDLEY
CAROL NEIGER
KELLY ROARK

View our digital gallery here or experience the works in person May 2 – May 16, 2026 at Union Pizzeria’s window exhibition space in Evanston.

*This poem can be found at the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation website, which reads “By kind permission of the Estate of Derek Mahon and The Gallery Press, Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland from The Poems: 1961-2020 (2021).