Sacred Portals Art Exhibition Opening Reception

Join us for the opening of "Sacred Portals," a four-month exhibition at ALTAR Community Chicago celebrating the visionary work of artist Lydia Ruyle (1935–2016), pioneering creator devoted to reimagining the sacred feminine in art.

Anchored by twelve large-format Crop Circle Portals, this rare body of work merges sacred geometry, myth, and the mystery of the Earth’s own artistry. Inspired by formations near sacred sites in the UK and created at Columbia College Chicago, each portal invites viewers into a vibrant field of divine pattern and cosmic harmony, which Ruyle called “temples in the land.” This marks the first public display in decades of this extraordinary series.

Surrounding these monumental pieces are rotating monthly micro-exhibits from Ruyle’s renowned Goddess Banner Collection, representing hundreds of images of the divine feminine from cultures across the world. Together, these two bodies of work create a powerful juxtaposition—earth and cosmos, goddess and geometry, myth and…