The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage (COD) are supporting this summer’s must-see exhibition, “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World, Artworks from the Chiossone Collection,” with a variety of programming. This includes a free outdoor concert by New Philharmonic, at 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 3 at the MAC’s outdoor Lakeside Pavilion.
A highlight of the 90-minute program conducted under the stars by New Philharmonic Music Director and Conductor Kirk Muspratt will be Debussy’s “La Mer" (“The Sea”) performed in honor of Hokusai’s “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” now on view at the “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e” exhibition.
The program also features additional classical works including Rossini’s “William Tell Overture,” Brodin’s “Polovtsian Dances” and Elgar’s “Enigma Variation” No. 9, “Nimrod.” Marches include Linke’s “Berliner Luft March & Two Step” and Sousa’s “Washington Post March” and “El Capitan March.” Additional works include Abreu/Colonot’s international hit “Tico Tico,” Anderson’s “Irish Washerwoman” jig, and contemporary works including music from Lerner and Lowe’s “Camelot Selections for Orchestra” and popular movies “Jaws,” “ET, The Extra Terrestrial” and more.
Attendees are asked to bring a donation for the COD Fuel Pantry and the Glen House Food Pantry. For more information about this and additional exhibition programming visit www.Hokusai2025.org.
About New Philharmonic
New Philharmonic, the only professional orchestra based in DuPage County, Ill., has inspired classical music enthusiasts in Chicago and the suburbs for more than four decades. New Philharmonic’s honors include the Illinois Council of Orchestras’ 2020 ICO Award in the category Programming of the Year. It continues to thrive with the goal of giving innovative treatment to both classic compositions and modern works while striving to make the music accessible to new audiences and youth through a variety of educational efforts. Today, under the direction of Music Director/Conductor Kirk Muspratt, named 2018 Conductor of the Year (Professional Orchestra) by Illinois Council of Orchestras, New Philharmonic consists of more than 60 professional musicians and typically performs more than a dozen concerts a year, reaching more than 7,500 from the greater Chicago area annually.
2025-2026 season support for New Philharmonic is provided in part by the DuPage Foundation, a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, Brookdale Glen Ellyn; Sullivan Taylor Family Trust, Frank Modruson and Lynne Shigley, Anonymous, and the College of DuPage Foundation. Media sponsor is 90.9 FM WDCB Public Radio
About the “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World” Exhibition
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and McAninch Arts Center (MAC), located on the College of DuPage campus (425 Fawell Blvd.), present “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World, Artworks from the Chiossone Collection,” now through Sept. 21. The all-encompassing exhibition takes guests on a fascinating journey into the world of shoguns, samurai and kabuki actors during a vibrant time of Japanese cultural renaissance.
The exhibition’s featured art collection, on loan from the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art in Genoa, Italy, features 53 woodblock prints and original paintings by the masters of ukiyo-e, including original works by Hokusai, Hiroshige and 15 of their contemporaries, and a selection of handcrafted objects such as games, instruments and hair ornaments.
The exhibition is organized by the Cleve Carney Museum of Art, with works from the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art of Genoa, Italy that was originally collected by Edoardo Chiossone (1833-1898), whose collection is known worldwide for the quality of art and its remarkable state of conservation. The featured ukiyo-e collection on loan will be curated by professor and art historian Rossella Menegazzo of The University of Milan as part of the larger exhibition at the MAC and CCMA, curated by Justin Witte.
Support for “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World, Artworks from the Chiossone Collection” is provided in part by The County of DuPage, Ball Horticultural, DuPage Foundation, Arts DuPage, Wight & Company, The Illinois Arts Council, Capstone Financial Advisors, the JCS Fund, Molex, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the College of DuPage, Discover DuPage and DCVB DuMore DuPage.
Exhibition Tickets
Ticket prices are as low as $12 ($12 tickets available Tuesdays – Fridays for admission after 2 p.m.). $20 youth tickets are available for those age 12 and under. VIP add-on packages start at $25 and include benefits such as audio tours, catalogs and exhibition merchandise. For tickets or more information visit www.Hokusai2025.org or call the MAC Box Office 630.942.4000. Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more by contacting the group sales coordinator at 630.942.3026 or www.grouptix@cod.edu.
About the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art of Genoa, Italy
Founded in 1905, the Museum is named after Edoardo Chiossone. Skilled Genoese engraver who lived and worked in Japan at the end of the 19th century, Chiossone is known throughout the world for having designed the first Japanese banknotes and securities. The Museum, in the city center and facing the sea, was the first museum dedicated to Japanese art to be founded in Italy, and houses the largest, most precious and most varied collection of Japanese art in Italy and one of the most important in Europe, donated to the city of Genoa by Chiossone himself.
About MondoMostre
MondoMostre is the world’s leading producer of exhibitions. Founded in Italy in 1999, it has successfully delivered critically acclaimed exhibitions for many of the most recognized museums internationally. As thought leaders at the forefront of cultural discourse, it offers unique insight and a distinct perspective that is helping to shape the future of the cultural sector. Through its exhibitions, it seeks to inspire audiences globally by making great works of art accessible to more people. MondoMostre champions the power of arts and culture to educate, build knowledge and reflect its shared humanity.
About the Cleve Carney Museum of Art
The late Cleve Carney provided a significant legacy gift to establish the Cleve Carney Art Gallery at College of DuPage. The gallery opened in February 2014 with its inaugural exhibition, “Selections from Cleve Carney’s Art Collection.” In fall 2019, the gallery was expanded to a 2,500 square-foot museum. The Cleve Carney Museum of Art opened June 2021 with the highly anticipated “Frida Kahlo: Timeless” exhibition followed up in summer 2023 with “Warhol.” Funding for CCMA is provided by the Cleve Carney Endowment Fund, which supports vital programming including artist engagement opportunities for community members and students, gallery exhibitions, artist commissions, new acquisitions and other teaching and learning tools that foster cultural enrichment in our community. More information can be found at www.TheCCMA.org and on social media at CleveCarneyMuseumofArt.
About the MAC
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage is located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355. It houses three indoor performance spaces (780-seat proscenium Belushi Performance Hall; 186-seat soft-thrust Playhouse Theatre; and a versatile black box Studio Theatre), outdoor Lakeside Pavilion, plus the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and classrooms for the college’s academic programming. The MAC has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and typically welcomes more than 100,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances each season. For more information about the MAC, visit www.AtTheMAC.org or @AtTheMAC on Facebook and Instagram.