His-ter'-ee-uh ARC Gallery

Behind the Restaurant, Mali

One World -Anatomically Correct Gallery at Bailiwick Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois

"Susan McMillen steals the show with her funky studies of odd sights that transcend place; in “Behind the Restaurant”, shot in Mali, a severed goats head hangs from a noose in the alley. McMillen's most stunning image shows a row of statues of saints caught from behind on the roof of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, standing like sentinels against a luscious muted purple, blue and pink evening sky." Michael Weinstein, New City photography critic in his review of One World group show at Bailiwick Arts Center, Anatomically Correct Gallery-one of "5 shows to see" that week.

Get Behind the Saints, Vatican City

Juror-Colin Westerbeck, Associate Photography Curator, Art Institute of Chicago. 

"On the evidence of the pictures seen in this exhibition, at any rate, photographers are recovering their interest in the astute and quirky observation and in what used to be called 'photographic seeing’ —   in the pleasures of catching and fixing those moments that only the camera can reveal."

8th International

Art in Response to Violence Conference

At Northeastern Illinois University

Scholars and artists will demonstrate and discuss diverse ways of using the arts to express, document, and heal the experiences of those who have been affected by violence. The conference will include a variety of presentations, participatory workshops, and art exhibits that cover a variety of topics.

Rusting on the Journey, Xiehe, China

"Archetypes are living psychic forces that demand to be taken seriously, and they have a strange way of making sure of their effect." Dr. Carl Jung 

"The effect of the unconscious images has something fateful about it. Perhaps-who knows-these eternal images are what men mean by fate." Dr. Carl Jung

"It is a great mistake to treat an archetype as if it were a mere name, word or concept. It is far more than that: it is a piece of life, an image connected with the living individual by the bridge of emotion."

Dr. Carl Jung

"It is only possible to live the fullest life when we are in harmony with these symbols; wisdom is a return to them." Dr. Carl Jung

“ Susan McMillen is not motivated by exotic voyeurism, but by the intent to reveal the continuities of human life that pulse beheath the variegated skins of cultural forms.. Always receptive to intimate details, McMillen moves in on telling and spontaneous expressions and gestures that epitomize our primal emotions. “  Photo critic, Michael Weinstein, New City