With portraits filling its walls, the Evanston Art Center hosted an opening reception on Sunday for new exhibitions, highlighting the work of diverse artists and drawing in community members. The Evanston Art Center is open to the public seven days a week, and the new exhibitions will be on display for the next month. Menchen said she believes the fronts and backs of art pieces are equally important. Art enthusiast Carol Coven Grannick came to Sunday’s opening reception to see a painting that, on most days, hangs on her apartment wall. Email: [email protected]Related Stories:— Artist Moritz Kellerman shows off layering techniques in Evanston Art Center painting exhibit— Evanston Art Center’s ‘Stronger Together’ exhibit highlights teen artists— Evanston Art Center exhibit ‘La Jaula de Oro’ challenges the myth of the American Dream