<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417854/mlfjykfzkj4ubux5xttm.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian,’ AKA the Viral Banana Art, ExplainedThe banana phenomenon is a study in how stories go viral in our hyperconnected world—and how much some love to hate on contemporary art.By artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/maurizio-cattelan-banana-explained-1732773">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417855/d70jaqedjtq9g4ewbk5o.jpg"></figure>A Gardener Found a Stolen Gustav Klimt Painting—in the Very Building It Was Stolen From'Portrait of a Lady,' pilfered over two decades ago, was found in a black bag and originally mistaken for a sack of trash.By Caroline Elbaor, artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/23-years-theft-gustav-klimt-painting-may-discovered-1729515?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US+News+Afternoon+4%3A30+p.m.+for+12%2F11%2F19&amp;utm_term=NEW+US+NEWSLETTER+LIST+%2890+DAY+ENGAGED+ONLY%29&amp;fbclid=IwAR1FGMNF_K7CqPkAxOZWTeiLh4pY7EzptIqIy9W0KthSSZpdpgMASWZLEV0">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417856/rcx9b7syi9mwdtfo48wu.jpg"></figure>A statue of a black man on a horse has a new home in the heart of the ConfederacyA monument of a young African-American man has found its permanent Virginia home near the Confederate statue it was modeled after. "Rumors of War," by artist Kehinde Wiley was unveiled at Richmond's Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.By Madeline Holcombe, CNN<a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/rumors-of-war-monument-virginia-trnd-style/index.html">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417857/lq9bicacjzgwf9sfcn6x.jpg"></figure>Author Alice Walker Says She Must Sell Bill Traylor Art to Save ItA two-sided work by the self-taught artist and former slave Bill Traylor heads to Christie’s.By Kelly Crow, WSJ<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/author-alice-walker-says-she-must-sell-artwork-to-save-it-11576252401">Read More</a></body></html>

News From Around the Art World: December 17, 2019

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418641/a1ettp8ald624pzqp1qd.gif"></figure>By CGN STAFF VIA PRThe Chicago Parks Foundation has completed the first phase of the new AIDS Garden Chicago with the unveiling of a specially-commissioned 30-foot-high sculpture,Self-Portrait, by iconic HIV/AIDS activist and artist, the late Keith Haring. AIDS Garden Chicago will be the city’s first public monument to memorialize the early days of Chicago’s HIV epidemic and to honor those who continue to fight against the disease today.&nbsp;The new 2.5-acre public lakefront garden will be located along Lake Michigan just south of Belmont Harbor, at the original location of the ‘Belmont Rocks,’ a space where the local gay community gathered between the 1960s and 1990s.&nbsp;"The fight against HIV/AIDS represents more than a health epidemic: it symbolizes a time in our history when the LGBTQ+ and ally communities came together in the face of tragedy,” said Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. "We lost countless neighbors and friends and relatives over the years, but we have made significant strides in combatting the virus. What was one of the darkest moments of the 20th&nbsp;century has given way to a blooming garden of hope and love; this new AIDS Garden Chicago will serve as a permanent reminder of how far we have come and as a way to honor those who continue the work of getting to zero new HIV infections.”“The Chicago Parks Foundation is so honored to be a part of this historic and legacy project for the city and all the communities and individuals who have been affected and still are living with HIV/AIDS.&nbsp; We are far from eradicating the disease, but this garden and iconic Keith Haring sculpture will serve as a beacon of hope and unity for all.&nbsp;This is truly a park with a purpose and a message,” said Chicago Parks Foundation Executive Director Willa Lang.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418642/pbsulmnaz4eluixrkenh.gif"></figure>“We have worked closely with some of our longtime community leaders, held meetings with various community groups and are now excited to start phase one of this overdue project,” said Alderman Tom Tunney (44). “Self-Portrait’s new home at AIDS Garden Chicago, in the 44th Ward, is a small but powerful way to continue talking about the epidemic as we fight to bring both HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths to zero.”Bold, bright green and nearly three stories high, Self-Portrait will be the largest iteration of this popular sculpture that has ever been fabricated, and the Chicago Parks Foundation expects it to be the Garden’s signature anchor and gathering point.&nbsp;Working with the Chicago Park District and designed by landscape architects Design Workshop, AIDS Garden Chicago is set to be complete in 2020 and will include unique areas designed for reflection, education, honor, and pride.&nbsp;Visitors will be guided with markers and milestones through a variety of intimate and collective garden spaces to be coordinated and maintained by community gardeners still in formation. The garden will provide a sensory nature experience, including a grove of Gingko trees and a perennial garden of natural plantings at the entrance. A serpentine path will be the site for future temporary art installations organized by community partners.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418643/hltjutaf6cc5w4urxs8d.gif"></figure>Self-Portrait is provided to AIDS Garden Chicago through a generous gift from the Keith Haring Foundation with personal financial support from Alderman Tom Tunney that was matched by the Alphawood Foundation Chicago. Chicago's Rosenthal Fine Art facilitated the conversation with the Haring Foundation.Keith Haring (1958-1990) generously contributed his talents and resources to numerous causes. In 1989, Haring established a foundation to ensure that his philanthropic legacy would continue indefinitely. The Keith Haring Foundation supports arts and educational institutions by funding exhibitions, educational programs, and publications that serve to contextualize and illuminate the artist’s work and philosophy.More information on AIDS Garden Chicago can be found at <a href="https://www.aidsgardenchicago.org/">AIDSgardenchicago.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sculpture credit: Keith Haring Foundation</body></html>

New AIDS Garden Chicago Unveils 30-foot-high lakeside Self-Portrait by Keith Haring 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418641/h0subhzcycxuzy2vb5cf.jpg"></figure>By GINNY VAN ALYEALongtime River North art dealer Andrew Bae formally announced yesterday that he is closing his eponymous gallery at 300 W. Superior St. by the end of this year. He is holding a private closing event in celebration of 30 years this month. The gallery's program, unique in Chicago, has been dedicated to introducing contemporary works by Asian artists, primarily with ties to Korea and Japan. Bae represented established as well as emerging artists, from Young June Lew, to Dr. <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2018/2/artist-dr-keysook-geum-at-olympics-opening-ceremony">Keysook Geum,</a> to recent SAIC graduate <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2018/7/artist-insights-dabin-ahn">Dabin Ahn</a>, showcasing each for them for a lengthy period of time in order, as Bae noted, to allow viewers to&nbsp;examine and follow their&nbsp;development.Bae sent a message to friends and supporters saying, "It is a momentous time for me to make this announcement for my retirement after 30 fabulous years in Chicago River North art district. I want to thank all of you for it would not be possible without your confidence and support."Bae came to America from Korea when he was 23 years old, with a Bachelor’s degree in science, and he worked as an analytical research chemist at Kellogg's company for seven years. Indulging a desire to travel, he left his job as a scientist and became an importer of beautiful things from around the world, and he even made furniture for a while, fascinated by its aesthetic and function. Eventually he became an art dealer and opened Andrew Bae Gallery.&nbsp;Following the closing of the gallery at the end of December, Bae says he will focus on consulting with institutions such as museums and universities. His parting retirement gift to one of his artists is the announcement by The Art Institute of Chicago of <a href="https://andrewbaegallery.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=55ccb03a54923634574800faf&amp;id=f84de253da&amp;e=ac6a80712d">the solo exhibition of Tetsuya Noda's 'Diary' prints</a>.Bae told CGN in a 2017 interview that he believes that nature and art are the ultimate beauty of all existing things.&nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418642/u0mav0raga5ylro1fjnc.png"><figcaption>Tetsuya Noda, 474 Diary; Mar. 05th, '10, Woodcut and silkscreen print, Ed. 10, 21.5 x 33.25 in., 2010</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Andrew Bae Announces Retirement After 30 Years in River North

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418641/wehxfni2gvdqcxiocas5.gif"></figure>Via PRChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) announced today the second cycle of the&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-xllkkuy-dlvzir-y/">SPARK&nbsp;Grant</a>: an unrestricted award opportunity for emerging Chicago-based visual artists who identify as&nbsp;ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, Native American), an artist with acute financial need, an artist with a disability, or as a self-taught/non-formally trained artist who does not hold a degree from an art program but has made their art practice a primary vocation.CAC's commitment to Chicago’s emerging artists provides resources that alleviate some of the financial burden that comes with being a working artist today. The SPARK Grant directly addresses historical barriers that have prevented the arts in this city from reflecting its demographic -- the ethos of this program having been created through the lenses of social, racial, and economic justice. Additionally, the SPARK&nbsp;Grant recognizes that the category of “emerging artist” is not necessarily defined by age but oftentimes a consequence of encountering systemic disadvantages perpetuated by discriminatory policies, structures, and&nbsp;practices; or, by operating outside of an academic or institutional system.&nbsp;With the support of the Joyce Foundation, the SPARK&nbsp;Grant&nbsp;offers unrestricted awards of $2,000 each to recognize exceptional emerging artists working in Chicago. After last year’s inaugural cycle the grant received 186 applications for 15 awards. There will be 20 awards granted through SPARK this year.&nbsp;Caroline Older, Executive Director of&nbsp;CAC, notes, “We are excited to launch the second year of the SPARK Grant with continued and generous support from&nbsp; the Joyce Foundation and to provide much-needed, unrestricted grants to Chicago’s artists. ” &nbsp;“Expanding funding for Chicago artists was among the top priorities outlined in the city’s cultural plan. The creation of this grant&nbsp;program directly connects to that goal,” stated Tracie D. Hall, Director of the Joyce Foundation’s Culture Program. &nbsp;“We have truly visionary artists living and working in every neighborhood across the city. We hope that this line of support will help bring some of their visions to life, for their individual benefit and that of their broader communities.”Applications for the SPARK Grant open December 16th.&nbsp;In the meantime, more information about the program and upcoming information sessions can be found&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-xllkkuy-dlvzir-j/">HERE</a>.</body></html>

Chicago Artists Coalition Announces SPARK Grant for Chicago’s Emerging Artists

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418631/p7kkmnngpkdfu76rfzcu.gif"></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEA&nbsp;Nearly two years after The Terra Foundation for American Art launched Art Design Chicago in January 2018, an expansive, year-long initiative to highlight the city as an international&nbsp;hub and crossroads of visual culture, the Terra just announced that they are going to revisit the program again in 2024. The undertaking of such a far reaching, varied and ambitious program in 2018 provided $6 million in funding to the year-long event, in addition to a $1 million donation from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and $1 million raised from smaller donors. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The city-wide partnership of more than 40 cultural organizations gathered cultural powerhouses and mass creativity and collaboration under one mission: to explore Chicago’s art and design legacy through some 25 exhibitions and hundreds of public programs in order to elucidate Chicago’s rich art and design history for all and to demonstrate that art can lead the way in changing lives in the city.&nbsp;Largely viewed as a resounding success, Art Design Chicago will return in 2024. Through exhibitions, academic and public programs, and publications, the initiative will examine Chicago as a critical site for the exchange of ideas and meeting of cultures, from the past and into the present, and highlight the ways in which these dynamic confluences within the city have shaped creative innovation and civic life. Building on the success of Art Design Chicago 2018, which drew approximately 2.5 million people across its yearlong run, the 2024 edition will place additional emphasis on community outreach and audience engagement efforts, highlight the work of contemporary artists and designers, and encourage more projects that capture the narratives and contributions of immigrant and other under-represented groups. The anticipated budget for Art Design Chicago 2024 is $11 million, with the majority of funds going toward grants to institutional partners. The Terra Foundation will invest $9.5 million toward the realization of the initiative—an increase of nearly $3 million from 2018—and seek to raise the rest through philanthropic partnerships. Art Design Chicago 2024 will kick off in May 2024 and run for approximately eight months. “We are delighted to announce that Art Design Chicago will return in 2024. When we first launched the initiative, we envisioned it as a beginning—a first step in rediscovering, and in some cases discovering for the first time, the depth of Chicago’s artistic legacy and its dynamic position as an incubator for innovation in American art and design. We have been inspired by the passion and enthusiasm for Art Design Chicago, from both our cultural partners and our wider audiences. We look forward to once again collaborating with Chicago’s cultural communities to create fresh and exciting experiences for the public, and to further expanding knowledge about Chicago’s history, its diverse communities, and its contemporary culture,” said Elizabeth Glassman, President &amp; CEO of the Terra Foundation for American Art.&nbsp; New scholarship is an essential aspect of Art Design Chicago, and the 2018 edition enhanced awareness of and presented the work of a wide range of cultural figures, including Ralph Arnold, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Jesus Torres, Bill Walker, and Ray Yoshida, &nbsp;as well as groups such as AfriCOBRA, the Hairy Who, and the artists and designers affiliated with the New Bauhaus, among others. For 2024, the Terra Foundation is again offering exhibition research-and-development grants—and will make them available to more organizations—which provide cultural partners with the financial support to examine underexplored topics, collections, and archives; connect with other specialists; and hire fellows to support research into content that is rich in historic context and relevant to contemporary experience. These grants, which range in scale from approximately $25,000 to $75,000, offer an avenue for curators and organizational leadership to undertake expansive research projects that might otherwise be out of financial reach. First-round grants will be awarded in summer 2020 and second and third rounds in fall 2020 and spring 2021, respectively, following inquiry and proposal processes. Organizations will also have the opportunity to apply for larger exhibition-implementation grants in 2022 to bring their research to bear in new exhibitions. For Art Design Chicago 2024, the Terra Foundation is also offering separate research-and-development grants for audience- and community-engagement efforts related to exhibitions within the initiative. The addition of these grants is a direct acknowledgement that establishing well-rooted and forward-looking connections with communities and the public takes both time and sustained commitment. Organizations can use these funds toward exploring new strategies for interpretation and programming as well as for developing partnerships with other cultural organizations or community-based groups. Along with these grants, the Terra Foundation will support a learning-community focused on engagement (to commence in 2021), which will provide opportunities for partners to convene, collaborate, and cross-pollinate project concepts. These audience-engagement research-and-development grants will be awarded in fall 2021, following inquiry and proposal processes. "Art Design Chicago was first established through a robust series of listening sessions, which allowed us to create a platform that spoke directly to the needs and interests of cultural partners, who had been seeking new opportunities to investigate Chicago as a place rich in artistic heritage and to deepen relationships across the city’s many neighborhoods and cultural enclaves. Plans for Art Design Chicago 2024 are informed by feedback from partners and advisors, ensuring that we remain responsive and engaged as the initiative evolves,” said Jennifer Siegenthaler, Program Director for Education Grants and Initiatives at the Terra Foundation for American Art. Art Design Chicago 2018 marked the most expansive exploration to-date of Chicago’s essential role as an innovator and incubator of visual art and design in the US. In 2018, 95 partner institutions presented 46 exhibitions, 36 scholarly convenings, and more than 300 public programs, drawing a total audience of approximately 2.5 million. Partners additionally developed 29 publications and 15 new digital resources. With a total budget of $8 million ($6.8 million of which was contributed by the Terra Foundation), Art Design Chicago had an economic impact of more than $55 million, according to Choose Chicago, the city’s official destination marketing organization. “At its core, Art Design Chicago is about leveraging the strength of the city’s cultural institutions to animate communities and encourage civic engagement and dialogue. We know, from our experience and the experiences of our partners, that art, in its many permutations, has the power to stimulate conversation, contribute to mutual understanding, and invite reflection and new ways of seeing the world. Through this collective effort we hope to inspire projects that display essential connections to civic life and that resonate with this contemporary moment,” said Amy Zinck, Executive Vice President of the Terra Foundation for American Art.&nbsp; Further information on exhibition research-and-development grants can be found at <a href="http://terraamericanart.org/art-design-chicago-grants">terraamericanart.org/art-design-chicago-grants</a>. The Terra Foundation will open grant opportunities in support of publications and academic programs related to the initiative in January 2020. Details regarding grants for audience-engagement research and development, exhibition implementation, and public programs will be announced at a later date. About Terra Foundation for American Art Since it was established in 1978, the Terra Foundation for American Art has been one of the leading foundations focused on art of the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, through its grant program, collection, and initiatives, it is committed to fostering exploration, understanding, and enjoyment of American art among national and international audiences. To further cross-cultural dialogue on American art, the foundation supports and collaborates on innovative exhibitions, research, and educational programs. Implicit in such activities is the belief that art has the potential both to distinguish cultures and to unite them. <a href="http://terraamericanart.org/">terraamericanart.org</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

The Terra's Art Design Chicago Will Return in 2024

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418631/dpok6uolrmic0fstzbst.gif"><figcaption>One of the previous locations of the Hyde Park Art Center. Photo courtesy Hyde Park Art Center &nbsp;</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff and via PRHyde Park Art Center celebrates its 80th Birthday this month, and to collectively mark this milestone and make many supporters and artists a part of the occasion, it is holding its annual gala, as well as an after party, on Friday, November 22, co-chaired by Denise &amp; Gary Gardner, Kate Groninger &amp; Molly Meyer, and Julie &amp; John Guida. The evening will be packed with food, music, dancing, and lots of art, as well as a series of interactive arts experiences for guests.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418632/bm0v1ct1ncj77gxpmmyc.png"><figcaption>Interactive art is part of the celebration</figcaption></figure>THE BEGINNINGSHyde Park Art Center was founded at the end of the Great Depression and in the beginnings of WWII, in 1939. Originally established as the Fifth Ward Art Center of Chicago, IL, the Ward became the first alternative exhibition space in Chicago. In 1940, the Ward changed its name to Hyde Park Art Center because of its close ties with the Hyde Park community. In its adolescence, the Art Center struggled to find permanence in the city, moving annually and even bi-annually in order to remain open. Raising rent prices and gentrification was changing the community of Hyde Park. Despite of its struggle, Hyde Park Art Center was received very well during the 1940s as a prime source of arts education for the community.LEGACYOver the past 80 years, the Hyde Park Art Center has burgeoned into one of the prime contemporary arts exhibition and education spaces in Chicago. The Art Center’s legacy includes launching artists’ careers, fostering new artistic movements, and providing socially adept arts education programming. The most internationally recognized artistic styles to come out of Chicago, Chicago Imagism, emerged from artists exhibiting at the Art Center during the 1960s and 1970s under the leadership of director Don Baum, who brought together the Hairy Who, the group of five artists who came out of the School of the Art Institute and first exhibited at the Art Center and later became known as part of the <a href="http://chicagoimagists.com/">Chicago Imagists</a>.In recent years, the Art Center has continued this tradition, presenting solo exhibitions of artists including Juan Angel Chavez, Theaster Gates, and John Preus. Meanwhile, the Art Center strives to provide access to arts education to youth and adults through its education programs, many of which are free or highly subsidized and to also connect artists with supporters of all walks of life through unique collaborations such as its popular artist/patron matchmaking event, <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/njapf-2019/">Not Just Another Pretty Face</a>. The Art Center’s continued incubation of talented artists and art curious brings new and exciting conversations to the world of art in Chicago and beyond.TODAYNow each year the Art Center unveils 20 exhibitions, offers 200+&nbsp;studio classes, hosts artists from around the world, welcomes 45,000 visitors, and holds 200+ free events. Ongoing highlights include solo shows by emerging Chicago artists, studio classes with working and professional artists teachers and peers, youth and teen performances and exhibitions, family days, and more.Executive Director Kate Lorenz says, “Hyde Park Art Center is humbled to be celebrating 80 years of supporting Chicago art. For the past 80 years, artists have led movements and established their careers by exhibiting work at the Art Center while also learning new skills in our school and studios. Today, artists of all ages are pushing boundaries, developing creative identities, and supporting their communities. This milestone is a celebration of our history, a call to action for the future to continue and build on this work. Happy birthday, Hyde Park Art Center!”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418633/vwdlolqt2xzmgsqort16.png"><figcaption>HPAC supporters and artists at the 2018 gala</figcaption></figure>This year for the gala the Art Center will celebrate a select Honorary Artist Committee and reflect on the positive impact Hyde Park Art Center has had on artists at all stages. The Honorary Artist Committee includes:<ul><li>Dawoud Bey</li><li>Sanford Biggers</li><li>Sara Black</li><li>Juan Angel Chavez</li><li>Jim Duignan</li><li>Conrad Freiburg</li><li>Susan Giles</li><li>Michelle Grabner</li><li>Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford</li><li>Barbara Kasten</li><li>Anna Kunz</li><li>Faheem Majeed</li><li>Gladys Nilsson</li><li>Jim Nutt</li><li>Jefferson Pinder</li><li>Pooja Pittie</li><li>John Preus</li><li>Karen Reimer</li><li>Suellen Rocca</li><li>Dorian Sylvain</li><li>Lan Tuazon</li><li>Rhonda Wheatley</li><li>Amanda Williams</li><li>Julian Williams</li><li>Anne Wilson</li><li>Folayemi Wilson</li><li>Rodrigo Lara Zendejas</li></ul><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418634/jqknubloafdr1t3ovmho.gif"></figure>The evening will begin with a cocktail hour to be followed with the dinner program. After dinner, additional guests will arrive for the After Party. Both the cocktail hour and after party will feature interactive artist interventions by artists Hannah Barco, Cecilia Iwata, Kara Cobb Johnson, Liz McCarthy, Sadie Woods, and more. Follow Barco’s footsteps around the building to encounter surprises; search for McCarthy’s ceramic whistles hidden throughout the building; play with play-dough with Cobb Johnson or music boxes with Woods. The After Party experience also includes music, dancing, an open bar, late-night bites, and more fun to be announced.Individuals may purchase tickets or tables <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/gala-tickets/">online</a> (starting at $800) but tickets to the After Party are, appropriately, $80.More information about the gala may be found <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/gala/">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Hyde Park Art Center is Turning 80!

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418631/akdahrhvlmlqhmrww7y3.jpg"><figcaption>The Individual Artists Program aims to assist Chicago's practicing artists in creating work that develops their craft and elevates their careers, while adding to the cultural vitality of the city of Chicago.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Via PRCHICAGO—Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced today that the <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2019/november/FundingCulturalGrants.html">City of Chicago</a> will increase funding for cultural grants by $1 million, fulfilling a commitment to prioritize equitable grantmaking and microfinancing to individual artists, organizations and arts corridors throughout Chicago — particularly in communities of need. This new investment increases the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Cultural Grants Program budget by 59% from $1.7 million to $2.7 million. At least $500,000 will be restricted for projects taking place on the South and West sides, and in wards that have traditionally been least served by the Program.“The arts are powerful. Now more than ever, it is essential that we lift up and invest in our unparalleled Chicago artists,” said Mayor Lightfoot. “A robust Chicago arts community inspires us, engages us, questions the status quo and has the power to bring our diverse city together in conversation around the critical challenges of our day.”DCASE is primarily funded by the Special Events and Hotel Tax Fund and revenues from this tax are used to support the promotion of cultural activities. There are no Corporate Fund dollars being used for this increase.This year’s budget proposes the following:<ul><li>$300,000 in increased funding for the former Microgrant Program, which will be re-named the Neighborhood Access Program and offer grants up to $50,000 for arts projects that are increasing diversity, access and inclusion in under-resourced neighborhoods. This program will be open to individuals and all types of nonprofit organizations.</li><li>$110,000 for additional grants distributed through the existing Individual Artists Program for projects in alignment with DCASE’s “Year of” themes and for new “Esteemed Artist Awards,” which will range in size from $10,000 – $15,000 and can be applied to any expenses associated with an artist’s practice.</li><li>$140,000 in increased general operating support for arts and cultural organizations (which has grown by 58% over the past three years), distributed through the existing CityArts Program.</li><li>$350,000 for additional sector-building project grants in alignment with DCASE’s “Year of” themes — also distributed through the CityArts Program.</li></ul>Additionally, a $100,000 increase will be allocated to arts education and to covering production costs for DCASE’s ArtsSpace public programming grantees. “Today marks an exciting time for the City as we celebrate our vibrant cultural community and begin the work to further improve access to the arts in every neighborhood throughout Chicago,” said DCASE Commissioner Mark Kelly. “Mayor Lightfoot’s increased funding will ensure that more local artists have an opportunity to develop their talents and skills and share them with the world.” “There is no question that the arts are vital to a neighborhood’s spirit and the quality of life for our residents,” said Ald. Nicholas Sposato (38th), Chair of the Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation. “I am pleased that more Chicago artists and community organizations will be supported through this increase, without tapping the Corporate Fund.” Since 1984, the Cultural Grants Program has served as a catalyst to foster a robust, healthy arts community where artists, non-profit arts and culture and creative industries thrive. DCASE now offers competitive grants in the following three categories. For more information and to apply, please visit chicagoculturalgrants.org. Individual Artists Program Through project grants, the Individual Artists Program aims to assist Chicago’s practicing artists in creating work that develops their craft and elevates their careers, while adding to the cultural vitality of the city of Chicago. In 2020, all applicants to the IAP Program will also be considered for a special new grant — the Esteemed Artist Awards, which may be applied to any expenses associated with an artist’s practice.<ul><li>Project grants range from $500 – $5,000; ~100 grants per year.</li><li>Esteemed Artist Awards range from $10,000 – $15,000; 1–15 grants per year.</li><li>The application is currently open with a deadline of December 5, 2019 at 5pm CST.</li></ul>CityArts ProgramNonprofit arts and culture organizations of all sizes may apply for general operating grants and project grants through the CityArts Program. In 2020, the project grants will support initiatives that have the potential to impact the music sector at large, as part of the Year of Chicago Music. Sector-building project grants may fund research, audience development, professional development and training — and/or partnerships and programs that could serve as replicable models for the industry.<ul><li>General operating grants range from $2,000 – $25,000; ~150 grants per year.</li><li>Project grants range from $5,000 – $50,000; 5–25 grants per year.</li><li>The application will open in January 2020 with a deadline in February 2020.</li></ul>Neighborhood Access ProgramThis new grant program will support arts projects highlighting diversity, access and inclusion taking place in South and West Side neighborhoods and in under-served wards. Funding will extend to social services and community organizations including SSAs and chambers of commerce, libraries, parks, transit and family services agencies; religious institutions providing significant services that are non-religious in nature, and individual artists working in partnership with an organization or fiscal sponsor.<ul><li>Grants will range from $5,000 – $50,000; 10–40 grants per year.</li><li>More information about this program will be available in February 2020. Pending approval by City Council, DCASE will incorporate the $1 million increase into the Cultural Grants Program budget and work with Aldermen to make their constituents aware of upcoming grant opportunities and deadlines. Grant awards are decided through a competitive process using panels of external members of the arts and culture sector.</li></ul>&nbsp;</body></html>

Mayor Lightfoot Announces $1 Million  Boost to City's Cultural Funding 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418631/xkva7jtenkmsvotwsvab.jpg"><figcaption>Edra Soto, Manual GRAFT, 2018, Decal, 192 x 72 in.</figcaption></figure>By the CGN Office via PRLast week it was announced that Chicago-based artist Edra Soto was awarded the inaugural Foundwork Artist Prize, a new juried grant awarded to recognize outstanding artists on the Foundwork platform. As the 2019 awardee, Soto will receive an unrestricted $10,000 grant and studio visits with each of the inaugural jurors. This combination of financial support and personal engagement reflects Foundwork's goal to be a resource and facilitate professional development for artists.<a href="https://foundwork.art/artist-prize">Foundwork</a> is a platform designed to help connect artists and collaborators across the art community. The project was informed by Adam Yokell’s experience running Hometown, a gallery in Brooklyn where he worked primarily with emerging artists. Seeing the limitations that artists, curators, and gallerists often face trying to reach one another, he decided to develop Foundwork as a tool to support access across this group.Born in Puerto Rico and based in Chicago, artist Edra Soto creates conceptually rich installations and audience-responsive projects that explore the ways in which identity is expressed, and shaped, by the objects of daily life. Soto's work is rooted in a deep commitment both to community building and to a continuous, almost meditative observation of social patterns. Whether re-situating urban architecture from San Juan, inviting museum-goers to decorate liquor bottles gathered on the streets of Chicago, or welcoming neighbors to play dominos in a Harlem gallery, Soto's work embodies a sort of poetic sociology that leaves a lasting impression on those who are fortunate to experience it.Soto has exhibited widely at venues including the Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where she was invited to inaugurate the MCA’s new space for civically-engaged art, the Commons, in 2018. Soto also recently completed a commissioned public project, Screenhouse, for a two-year exhibition in Chicago’s Millennium Park. She received her MFA in 2000 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has attended residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Art OMI, among others. In addition to her art practice, Soto is also co-director of The Franklin, an outdoor project and exhibition space located in the backyard of her home.Soto was CGN's summer cover artist in 2019. Read Alison Reilly's interview with her <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2019/5/artist-edra-soto-mining-personal-history-to-create-artistic-engagement">here</a>.Read Foundwork's interview with Soto <a href="https://foundwork.art/dialogues/edra-soto">here</a>.&nbsp;</body></html>

Edra Soto Awarded Inaugural Foundwork Artist Prize

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418632/nyhwjxklekkddaa9walb.png"><figcaption>Shannon R. Stratton, photo by Jessica Labatte</figcaption></figure>Via PRThe Board of Directors of Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency today announced the appointment of Shannon R. Stratton as the 110-year-old organization’s next&nbsp;Executive Director. Stratton is currently Interim Senior Curator-at-Large for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and Core Faculty for the MA in Critical Craft Studies at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina, as well as an independent curator, working closely with the Poor Farm in Little Wolf, Wisconsin. She will join Ox-Bow full-time on February 3, 2020.&nbsp;“We are thrilled to have Shannon Stratton as our new Executive Director,” said Board Chair Steven Meier. “Her broad experience, national&nbsp;reputation in the arts community, and forward-thinking orientation to partnerships will be essential in moving Ox-Bow into our next century, growing our regional and national relationships and developing new platforms for intergenerational learning, discovery, and critical conversation.”Stratton comes to Ox-Bow with experience as an educator, chief curator, and seasoned arts administrator, including 12 years as Director of Chicago’s Threewalls, a nonprofit arts organization she co-founded in 2003. Speaking to her appointment, she said, “I have deep respect for Ox-Bow as a place that convenes artists at all career levels to learn from and with each other. Ox-Bow reserves time and space for creative experimentation, collaboration, and innovative pedagogy in a way no other program does.” She noted its strategic partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), which has long connected Ox-Bow to an extraordinary slate of artists.&nbsp;As an alumna and former faculty member of both Ox-Bow and SAIC, Stratton is uniquely positioned to foster Ox-Bow’s approach to the creative process. “My time at Ox-Bow has had a lasting impact on my practice as an arts administrator, educator, curator, and thinker,” she said. “I look forward to leading one of the country’s most extraordinary artists’ residencies and schools, and continuing Ox-Bow’s legacy as a sanctuary for artistic practice and thought.”&nbsp;Elissa Tenny, Ox-Bow board member and SAIC President, said, “Shannon is a visionary, making spaces for artist-centric practice in galleries, museums, classrooms, and beyond for nearly two decades. I know that she will bring a depth of art education know-how to her executive leadership of Ox-Bow.”&nbsp;Stratton most recently served as Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), in Manhattan, where she spearheaded four seasons of programming, launched the Burke Prize for artists working in craft media, and curated a number of significant exhibitions, including&nbsp;Tanya Aguiñiga: Craft and Care; Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia’s Environment for Sound; and the recent&nbsp;Roger Brown: Virtual Still Lifes. She collaborated with guest curators and organizations to produce notable shows such as&nbsp;Derrick Adams: Sanctuary&nbsp;(curated by Dexter Wimberly) and&nbsp;Ebony G. Patterson: Dead Treez&nbsp;(curated by Karen Patterson for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center). Much of Stratton’s leadership focused on activating interstitial spaces at the museum and re-examining the collection, including authoring a new five-year acquisitions plan committed to strengthening the representation of POC and LGBTQI artists.Prior to joining MAD, Stratton’s service at Threewalls (2003–2015) included launching the publication&nbsp;PHONEBOOK, a guide to artist-run, independent, and grassroots arts organizations in the United States; co-organizing the first Hand-in-Glove Conference, which gave birth to the national arts organization Common Field; and co-founding the Propeller Fund, administered by Threewalls and Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, which has provided funding to artist-run and organized public initiatives since 2010.As a curator, Stratton has worked with hundreds of artists, including Theaster Gates, Sheila Pepe, Cauleen Smith, and Indira Allegra, through exhibitions and programs at institutions of all scales. She curated the traveling exhibition&nbsp;Fearful Symmetries, the first retrospective of the feminist artist Faith Wilding, and edited the subsequent publication. Stratton’s curatorial work has focused on manifestations of craft in contemporary art, as well as socially engaged practice, sound, and artist-built environments.&nbsp;Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she holds an MA in Art History, Theory, and Criticism and an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Arts from the Alberta College of Art and Design (now Alberta University of the Arts).&nbsp; &nbsp;ABOUT OX-BOW SCHOOL OF ART AND ARTISTS’ RESIDENCYFounded in 1910, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency is a separately incorporated nonprofit organization offering year-round programs that cater to degree-seeking students, professional artists, and those new to the field. Students from schools across the country visit Ox-Bow to study and make art on its 115-acre campus in Saugatuck,&nbsp;Michigan, 150 miles northeast of Chicago.&nbsp;After a century in operation, Ox-Bow’s mission has remained consistent: to serve as a haven for the creative process through instruction, example, and community. Ox-Bow connects artists to a network of creative resources, people, and ideas; an energizing environment; and a rich artistic history and vital future.</body></html>

Shannon R. Stratton Named Exec. Dir. of OX-BOW School of Art and Artists' Residency 

Via PRCHICAGO, IL (OCTOBER 21, 2019)–3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization, is honored to award 20 Chicago artists with unrestricted grants at the 12th annual 3Arts Awards Celebration, taking place Monday, November 4 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The celebration will honor ten 3Arts Awards recipients with $25,000 cash grants, and ten additional artists with $2,000 cash grants through Make a Wave—an unprecedented artist-to-artist giving initiative in which each of the previous year’s 3Arts awardees select another artist to receive a surprise grant, sending a “wave” of support through Chicago’s cultural communities.3Arts has distributed more than $3.4 million in total funding to more than 900 Chicago artists over the past eleven years and will award $270,000 on November 4 alone.“As we prepare to celebrate the newest awardees on November 4, everyone at 3Arts is full of gratitude and admiration—for all of the ways that artists shake up and wake up Chicago and for the generous contributors who support those artists by investing in our work,” said Esther Grisham Grimm, Executive Director of 3Arts. “We are looking forward to a night of pure joy.”The 2019 celebration on November 4 will be led by honorary co-chairs Honorable Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, First Lady Amy Eshleman and Dr. Carrie Sandahl (University of Illinois at Chicago), and event co-chairs Dee Alexander (2012 3Arts/Southwest Airlines Awardee), Christine Donovan (Manager, The Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program), and Kwesi Smith (3Arts Board of Directors and Global Research Analyst, William Blair).This year’s event will feature performances by past awardees and Make a Wave recipients including violinist Nura Aly, dancer/choreographer Nejla Yatkin, musician Ben LaMar Gay, and members of Ayodele Drum &amp; Danceled by T. Ayo Alston. &nbsp;The 2019 recipients of $25,000 3Arts Awards are:Dance artists Laksha Dantran and Jumaane Taylor; musicians Samuel “Trump” Harris and Bethany Thomas; teaching artists Ivelisse Diaz and Damon Locks; theater artists Richard Costes and Stephanie Diaz; and visual artists Norman Teague and Santiago X.&nbsp; 3Arts will additionally celebrate the recipients of Make a Wave, a groundbreaking artist-to-artist grant program in which past 3Arts Awards recipients select another ten Chicago artists to receive awards. This year, Make a Wave grants are doubling to $2,000 per artist, thanks to the generous partnership of the Siragusa Family Foundation and additional support from the Reva &amp; David Logan Foundation. The recipients of this year’s Make a Wave grants were selected by 2018 3Arts awardees and will be announced at the November 4th event.3Arts is a nonprofit organization that advocates for Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and artists with disabilities who work in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. By providing cash awards, project funding, residency fellowships, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers.For more information about 3Arts and this year's full list of awardees, please visit <a href="http://www.3arts.org/">www.3arts.org</a>.

Mayor Lightfoot to Co-Chair 2019 3Arts Awards for 20 Chicago Artists

<figure class="image"><img src="https://marketing-image-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/3e895147a87d2cd88173e5d40a62a9d51ece75a59d97cc10f3cbd5074bb92bb0ae2cb15679b0b95d4e6e416530515b228987c2ddb880634fd28e5c11f57c0010.png" alt=""></figure>Via PRChicago — Hindman today announced two key leadership appointments, adding to the auction house’s growing team of experts who are advancing the firm’s ambitious growth strategy. Alyssa Quinlan has been named Chief Business Development Officer and Kimberly Burt has been appointed as Director of the Fine Jewelry and Timepieces Department. This continued growth follows Hindman’s previously announced acquisition of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (est.1982) and Cowan’s Auctions (est.1995), which together operate more US salerooms than any other auction house in the country.Alyssa Quinlan returns to Hindman following nearly two decades of experience in wealth management, art advising and appraisal with nationally renowned firms. Quinlan held the position of Director of Business Development and head of Trusts &amp; Estates for Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in 2003. After joining the Chicago office of J.P. Morgan in 2010 in their Private Bank, she opened the Chicago branch of international appraisal firm Gurr Johns in 2016, expanding their presence throughout the Midwest and Texas. As Chief Business Development Officer for Hindman, Quinlan will oversee business development efforts nationally, in tandem with the firm's ongoing expansion in locations, services and expertise. She has served as an auctioneer for charitable organizations including Special Olympics, Children's Home &amp; Aid and is also an active member of the Women's Board of Ravinia, Art Table and The Arts Club of Chicago.“Hindman is on a strong trajectory for growth in the market, evidenced by our recent enhancements to digital client services as well as several record-breaking auction results in the past six months alone,” said Hindman CEO, Thomas Galbraith. “As top experts in their fields, we know that both Alyssa and Kimberly are ideal additions to the Hindman team, and they share our commitment to unparalleled client service.”Kimberly Burt joins Hindman from Maison Public Relations, her marketing and public relations consulting firm which launched in 2011 with the Moet Hennessy Portfolio as an anchor client. With nearly two decades of experience in luxury marketing and public relations, beginning in the Sotheby’s jewelry department in 2000, Burt previously led Consumer Development and Marketing efforts for LVMH brands Dom Perignon and Moet &amp; Chandon in the Central U.S. She has represented a wide range of luxury brands including Ruinart Champagne, Bulgari and Huntsman. As Director of the Fine Jewelry and Timepieces Department, Burt will spearhead valuation services, sales strategy and client relationships for the department. She is a past president of the Guild Board of the Chicago Botanic Garden, an active member of the Woman’s Board of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Arts Club of Chicago.Burt will lead a team of seven gemologist and specialists and will be working closely with Katie Guilbault, Director of Business Development in Fine Jewelry and Timepieces.&nbsp;Guilbault will be managing Hindman’s business development and appraisals for jewelry across the country, which includes an extensive schedule of appraisal days in each of our regions.&nbsp;Hindman conducts over 100 auctions annually and appraises thousands of objects throughout the year in addition to handling major single-owner collections. The firm is currently accepting consignments for summer, fall and winter sales. To contact the Chicago office of Hindman LLC, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=rhdgSW3qiB5LkucBSx97yk4dz-2BgXsQX2rtDB-2BISgUYhjLkCgfdgV6e8DpW0I8cPfYcuWpgWYKxXfWB7aGkHeV5MHKMoR7i8FV9oJlXsiPiuroxVFwEPvPp2iP-2FTU1-2BaaTuU-2Focprv4DCa3vz2K-2BbZiWPY140c2dBK93rOIbl-2BQK54-2BUAFzyZdSAj87ImIViMnwtGiWk01sEq2qZ8fclmEWwBXyGZBeWny-2FBf9HzUCSk-3D_ccrt5mFyEURAsnSxeCM5PPo2atdxAGCaQlH-2BxhBeC2CXdtoRskmbVfOZI162ow-2FcFbRvHHXvmWFsiOTp9XtEo0OjuX5EiD9Xmkg0NMXMseQiz-2Bl5z6p2-2FQesrIvLXaeJpB5EtAscVXCyjNI7OtKM5VvfsZGBDwwR1P3osuie-2FU1spGlpEbqlHJI9Yn5TOV6vGv2zXcOaAKNoj3MxYxpvaFRai75zi5ZBemkRZe4Ws76jkvo-2F8to9DBGkTsViNtCn7la863WThjK-2FAJ2EN7JKhyS2Zvo-2F-2FRp6CHtva8vvZCbevPMMTW1XQskCms6-2B8AmJKyF3ub5ZXbEkID48KlUhtVSixQCgYWcBs-2BJLABnPb138ZOb0XHjdehfDmSXgOe5tYCcVwfaQWHN5Duwk1Ygu5M8AOLhbL3Ki-2FdHZdxkIBfOkJNUv4O5dB-2FWT1eXEjZ1dpRt8qABe6eJRkNqFykPCMA-3D-3D">hindman.com/chicago</a> or call 312.280.1212.

Hindman Announces Two New Major Industry Leaders at Auction House 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418621/qwjzrquav6uc0csu1wdd.jpg"><figcaption>The auction wall at DARKROOM 2019</figcaption></figure>By CGN Via PRFall is moving quickly, and many plans for the winter 2020 arts season in Chicago are already shaping up. Today we received the announcement regarding the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago's upcoming annual benefit.&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=03c5f3e9bc&amp;e=58cea278c7">DARKROOM</a> is MoCP annual auction. This year's event, co-chaired by Cheryl Sandner and Ann Thompson, with honorary co-chairs Jeremy Efroymson, Elissa Hamid Efroymson, and Adnaan Hamid, will take place on Thursday, February 27, 2020 from 6:30-9 p.m. at the recently-opened Columbia College Student Center, with a VIP Reception from 5:30-6:30 p.m. preceding the event. Photography enthusiasts will enjoy hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and music while perusing auction items by celebrated contemporary artists, including work by Teju Cole, Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann, Christian Patterson, Dave Jordano, and more. All proceeds raised at this event will support essential MoCP exhibition and education programs in 2020. 2019's event raised $230,000 for the museum's programs.&nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418622/si3qqafsl0o5adxldohv.gif"><figcaption>Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1961, Gelatin silver photograph. c. 1961 print. Signed, titled, dated and annotated 'vintage print' and '61-35-50-28' in pencil by artist on print verso. 6 1/32 X 8 15/16 inches. Courtesy Stephen Daiter Gallery</figcaption></figure> This year, the MoCP is pleased to present the seventh annual Silver Camera Award to Kenneth Josephson. The Silver Camera Award honors those who have made significant contributions to the medium of photography. Chicago-based Kenneth Josephson (American, b. 1932) is considered a pioneer of conceptual photography. His career was launched at the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, where he studied under Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. Josephson was later a professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1960 to 1997, and a founding member of the Society for Photographic Education. He was the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship (1972) and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships (1975 and 1979). His work is in the MoCP permanent collection as well as the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Bibliotéque National, Paris; and Fotograficka Maseet, Stockholm. Tickets to DARKROOM start at $150 for individuals and $300 for VIP Tickets. Visit <a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=2a36952da3&amp;e=58cea278c7">mocp.org</a> for more information.The complete list of 2020 Auction Artists is below:&nbsp;<ul><li>Aimée Beaubien</li><li>Vernon Cheek</li><li>Teju Cole</li><li>Beth Dow</li><li>Jess T. Dugan</li><li>Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann</li><li>Oliver Godow</li><li>Alice Q. Hargrave</li><li>Ethan Jones</li><li>Dave Jordano</li><li>Colleen Keihm </li><li>Jin Lee </li><li>Cecil McDonald Jr. </li><li>Noritaka Minami </li><li>Christian Patterson </li><li>Melissa Ann Pinney </li><li>Birthe Piontek </li><li>Whitten Sabbatini </li><li>Shen Wei </li><li>Larry Snider </li><li>Brad Temkin </li><li>Bob Thall </li><li>Millee Tibbs </li><li>Jay Wolke</li></ul></body></html>

Artist Kenneth Josephson to be Honored at MoCP's 2020 DARKROOM Benefit

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418621/xjobxphjvurbmf47zjfm.gif"></figure>By CGN Office via PRSOFA CHICAGO has released its list of exhibiting galleries for its 26th annual edition, October 31–November 3, 2019&nbsp;at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. The full list is below, as well as online. The fair's October 8 announcement lists 68 participating galleries, primarily from around the United States, plus several participants from Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Poland, South Korea, and more and other countries.&nbsp;Always a crowd favorite because of the reputation for being an accessible, yet high-end fair, built up over the course of more than 25 years, fair organizers said at the end of last year's fair that 2018 was their most successful fair to date. What distinguishes SOFA from other top art events is its focus on three-dimensional artworks that cross the boundaries of fine art, decorative art and design.&nbsp;Guests can expect to see an expanded collection of glass works, wood and metal sculpture, textile art, and contemporary jewelry alongside traditional paintings. The fair reports an average of 35,000 people attending, with sales at the fair are estimated at $15-20 million dollars per show.You can preview works at the fair via <a href="https://www.artsy.net/sofa-chicago?m-id=ca13&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=sofa-chicago&amp;utm_campaign=widget">Artsy</a>.And of course CGN will be on site all weekend from our booth at the Partner Pavilion, so please come and visit us to say hi, to subscribe and to get your copies of CGN. We will also have details on free shuttles running between Navy Pier, the MCA and River North on Friday and Saturday, as well as a host of <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=openings">openings</a> taking place on Friday, November 1.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418622/yev4lntkfd8oyniltq2w.jpg"><figcaption>Sandra Davolio Vessel With Blue Edges, 2019, Porcelain. Image Courtesy of J. Lohmann Gallery</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<h3>Programming and Lectures</h3><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418623/klqjrlaa5njgppfv1sgm.png"><figcaption>The Art History Babes</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;SOFA will also present its unique slate of on-site programming again this year, including new partnerships, lectures and one-of-a-kind experiences. A notable addition is this year is a partnership with the <a href="http://info.urban-expo.com/e/338151/2019-09-06/2vwc7z/559363263?h=izQtwMZrEjSLZ4tfMmyBXwTVWKQapznULsN-cFI22TU">Art History Babes</a> as part of SOFA 2019. The Art History Babes platform, presented by Corrie Hendricks, Natalie De La Torre, Virginia Van Dine, &amp; Jennifer Gutierrez, is a space for open-minded, unabashed discussion of art, visual culture, and creativity. While sipping wine and discussing all things visual culture, the Babes chat about everything from Paleolithic cave art, to the Renaissance masters, to contemporary internet memes, ultimately seeking to educate, encourage, and expand on the study of art history in an honest, entertaining, and accessible way.&nbsp;Join the Art History Babes in a live podcast at SOFA in the lecture hall:<ul><li>Friday, November 1st: 5:00PM - 6:30PM</li><li>Saturday, November 2nd: 5:00PM - 6:30PM</li><li>Sunday, November 3rd: 2:00PM - 3:30PM</li></ul>More programs will be listed <a href="https://www.sofaexpo.com/lectures-talks">online</a> soon.&nbsp;<h3>Special Exhibits</h3><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418624/oryjlytlpswoxjpek2er.jpg"><figcaption>Liz Collins, Royal Embrace, 2019, USA</figcaption></figure>• One special exhibit happening this year is Female Design Council Presents Intricate: Complexity &amp; Beauty Sewn Up. Since its launch in 2016, Female Design Council has been dedicated to bringing together women in design and art to foster dialogue and spur action on the difficult issues facing women in a predominantly male industry as well as broadening awareness of exceptional, contemporary design and art made by women.&nbsp;Intricate: Complexity &amp; Beauty Sewn Up, a powerful group exhibition featuring 7 dynamic female textile artists weaving pathways to pertinent conversations through the exciting medium of fiber arts. These unique, collectible works highlight issues surrounding the view and function of the female body, the need for self-preservation, social impositions, sustainable materials, the appreciation of handmade imperfections, and a consistent vulnerability of being female. This body of work serves to capture and release a visual and meaningful conversation around the universal female experience using the lens of textiles to tell the story.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418625/uvvdyuzeingflunvcpc2.jpg"><figcaption>Detail from "Savage Liaisons"</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;• Savage Liaisons is an exhibition that is the result of an ongoing artistic collaboration between two artists who, through experimentation in sculptural mosaics, have developed a visual partnership in their respective studios 9,670 miles apart. This show explores aspects of identity through the artists’ processes of utilizing their shared language of storytelling through interpretations of masks and facades in both classical and unexpected mosaic materials.In Savage Liaisons, artists Karen Ami (Chicago, USA) and Pamela Irving (Melbourne, Australia) expand upon their individual practices and ongoing visual discourse manifested in their mosaics and drawings. Pulling inspiration from roles of characters in both American and Australian cultures, the artists explore dualistic qualities in the form of masks that reference contemporary icons and personalities. Ami and Irving each incorporate materials which challenge the norm; their methodology questions the traditions that exist within contemporary mosaic. This unique and shared language incorporates handmade ceramic pieces, broken china, byzantine glass, and miscellaneous objects that connects us viscerally to both the past and present worlds.&nbsp; Ami and Irving have the same veins of material training and education in art history, ceramics, sculpture and mosaics. The two met over a decade ago while leading their newly formed Mosaic Arts organizations in their respective countries. Both artists have become outliers and influencers in the modern mosaic movement. Their aesthetic connections- appreciation for fetish objects, underground humor, as well Paul Klee and Picasso- became the basis for an ongoing trade of work conversation and a visual chemistry, culminating in several exhibitions, despite their geographical differences.&nbsp; View all the 2019 Special Exhibits <a href="https://www.sofaexpo.com/special-exhibits">here</a>.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418625/aoagsczdqe2v6nmh24xw.gif"></figure><h3>Fair Dates and Times</h3>Opening Night Preview Thursday, October&nbsp;31 |&nbsp; 5 - 9pm VIP Ticket Holders Only | 5 - 9pm Public Preview | 7 - 9pm General Admission Friday, November&nbsp;1 | 11am - 7pm (10 - 11am VIP hour) | All Ticket Holders Saturday, November&nbsp;2 |&nbsp;11am - 7pm&nbsp;(10 - 11am VIP hour) | All Ticket Holders Sunday, November&nbsp;3 |&nbsp;12 - 6pm | All Ticket HoldersLocationFestival Hall, Navy Pier 600 East Grand Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418626/mydch1dzkp31apraxtda.gif"><figcaption>Jim Rose, Six Drawer Starburst Counter, 2017, Hot-rolled steel, found painted steel, 38 x 50 x 15 inches, Courtesy of Gallery Victor Armendariz</figcaption></figure><h3>2019 Participants</h3><a href="https://www.917finearts.com/">917 Fine Arts</a> | Miami<a href="http://www.aaronfaber.com/">Aaron Faber Gallery</a>&nbsp;| New York<a href="http://www.adamargallery.com/">Adamar Fine Arts</a>&nbsp;| Miami<a href="http://www.aibogallery.com/">Ai Bo Gallery</a>&nbsp;| Purchase<a href="https://www.aricahilton.com/">Arica Hilton International</a> | Chicago<a href="https://www.artblend.com/">ArtBlend</a> | Pompano Beach<a href="https://www.ginomiles.com/">Awesome Art</a>&nbsp;| Santa Fe<a href="http://www.axiomcontemporary.com/">Axiom Contemporary</a>&nbsp;| Santa Monica<a href="http://www.bendergallery.com/">Bender Gallery</a>&nbsp;| Asheville<a href="http://www.bertrandproductions.co/">Bertrand Productions</a>&nbsp;| Philadelphia<a href="https://www.bluefineart.com/">Blue Gallery</a>&nbsp;| Delray Beach<a href="http://www.blueraingallery.com/">Blue Rain Gallery</a>&nbsp;| Santa Fe<a href="http://www.bluespiral1.com/">Blue Spiral 1</a> | Asheville&nbsp;<a href="https://luriegallery.com/">Bruce Lurie Gallery</a> | Los Angeles&nbsp;<a href="http://www.charonkransenarts.com/">Charon Kransen Arts</a>&nbsp;| New York<a href="https://www.cube-gallery.co.uk/">Cube Gallery</a>&nbsp;| London<a href="http://www.duanereedgallery.com/">Duane Reed Gallery</a>&nbsp;| St Louis<a href="https://evanluriegallery.com/">Evan Lurie Gallery</a>&nbsp;| Carmel<a href="https://www.faustgallery.com/">Faust Gallery</a>&nbsp;| Santa Fe<a href="http://www.galerienoelguyomarch.com/">Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h</a>&nbsp;| Montreal<a href="https://www.gallerygiuseppe.com/">Gallery Giuseppe</a>&nbsp;| New York<a href="http://www.gallerysp.com/">GallerySP</a>&nbsp;| Seoul<a href="https://www.galleryvictor.com/">Gallery Victor&nbsp;Armendariz</a>&nbsp;| Chicago<a href="http://www.georgebillis.com/">George Billis Gallery</a>&nbsp;| New York + Los Angeles<a href="https://www.gugsablackarts.com/">Gugsa Black Art Collective</a>&nbsp;| New York<a href="http://www.habatat.com/">Habatat Galleries</a>&nbsp;| Royal Oak<a href="http://www.hellergallery.com/">Heller Gallery</a>&nbsp;| New York<a href="http://www.hilton-asmus.com/">Hilton | Asmus Contemporary</a>&nbsp;| Chicago<a href="http://hivecontemporary.com/">Hive Contemporary</a>&nbsp;| Havertown<a href="https://www.hugogalerie.com/">Hugo Fine Arts Galerie</a> | New York<a href="http://www.igniteglass.com/">Ignite Glass Studios</a>&nbsp;| Chicago<a href="https://jg-fineart.com/">JG Fine Art</a>&nbsp;| Grand Rapids<a href="http://www.jlohmanngallery.com/">J. Lohmann Gallery</a>&nbsp;| New York<a href="http://natsoulas.com/">John Natsoulas Gallery</a>&nbsp;| Davis<h3>&nbsp;</h3></body></html>

SOFA Chicago Announces Participants and Programs for 26th Edition

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418610/hgzltenkcwcm54wd5mjc.gif"><figcaption> In-Session Maya Mackrandilal with Bhanu Kapil, Enid Muñoz, and Udita Upadhyaya</figcaption></figure>Via PRThreewalls announced that the organization has received a $1.2 million award from Surdna Foundation, enabling the non-profit organization to dedicate $300,000 per year for three years to further develop its already expansive programs helping to fund and develop projects from ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, Native American) identifying artists based in Chicago. Threewalls’ social justice fellowship, RaD Lab+Outside the Walls, will expand to support 12 artists per year with grants of $25,000, focusing on community-oriented research and public projects that reimagine racial justice and equity. The program was founded in 2017 to address the disproportionally inadequate funding and artistic support ALAANA artists typically receive.The multi-year nature of the grant opens up an expansive realm of possibilities for Threewalls to invest in artists and creatives who use radical imagination to practice a racially just society. The $900,000 will allow Threewalls to support&nbsp; ALAANA creative projects and non-profits with operational funding. All of the fellows will demonstrate alternative ways towards racial equity through the lens of radical imagination and social justice.The RaD+Outside the Walls program allows fellows to spend a year researching, developing and testing an idea that responds to the lived experience. Outside the Walls, Threewalls’&nbsp;exhibition model, presents the research as installations and interventions throughout Chicago in various neighborhoods. Outside the Walls prides itself on placing art in public spaces that do not typically host art exhibitions and are easily accessible to the public.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418611/os2glibdmz9irsvlgyqf.gif"><figcaption>Jeffreen Hayes</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;“We are thrilled about our partnership with Surdna Foundation. It will help Threewalls continue to support so many Black Artists and Artists of Color in a holistic way for the next three years and beyond,” said Jeffreen M. Hayes, executive director at Threewalls. “It is my hope that this program will inspire big ideas from Chicago-based artists in the ALAANA community in advancing a racially just society. The radical imagination that Surdna encourages is what Threewalls practices every day.”“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with Threewalls under the creative genius and leadership of Dr. Jeffreen Hayes!” said F. Javier Torres-Campos, Director of the Thriving Cultures program at the Surdna Foundation. “Dr. Hayes’ vision and track record of collaborative leadership have taught us about the real impact that is possible when we invest in the cultural assets of our communities with racial equity at the center of our approach.”Fellows will be selected through an open call process to open in January 2020 and reviewed by an external community-based panel. The community-based panel of five individuals will be a majority of Chicago-based individuals who identify as members of an ALAANA community. The panel will be designed to feature people actively involved in artistic work in this community, including program directors, assistants and teaching artists. Before the call opens in January, Threewalls will host two information sessions—one in October and one in November—to share more about the fellowship.In addition to the all-important funding, Threewalls offers technical and creative development assistance through the fellowship to include digital coaching sessions, creative counseling, and ethics workshops. Threewalls also works to handle any logistical problems, including securing the public spaces for the artwork to be shown and working with other groups in the city to gauge their interest in promoting and displaying the installations.About the Surdna FoundationThe Surdna Foundation seeks to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States -- communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by healthy environments, strong local economies, and thriving cultures. Learn more at <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=vuRFHzTxfcKQnkGWizvvpGm6xSpqNL8rfzHb1IeXmGRDzdHHtzVf4ZJ7uEigl14NEU6u8BdmXePOnyLwa1AZuHX4K-2FbUn8cAzGYtgd1B09-2FqyEHERIamOKLyMUri0r8N_ccrt5mFyEURAsnSxeCM5PPo2atdxAGCaQlH-2BxhBeC2CXdtoRskmbVfOZI162ow-2FcFbRvHHXvmWFsiOTp9XtEo0OjuX5EiD9Xmkg0NMXMseShb2kEOcbbzH6oSmbTnTdMPBHdp1w7opatM7wJPGN91ZU6M9GwGNVgNCHpyZXxHlPHsb8F-2BahvQGK2uDAwzO7qhVamZtitZ6-2BQgL-2BvOtrPRAZY0Aio311umKiREYvRj-2BV8-2BFm9fi0gKz1shMuudy7v4IO-2FYGUtCeKpk4jqlcYTxzcRlxCct3nGLxMe2KxYHMYvrhgDjC3W9TE2JxdQGVBK-2Btx05-2BzxIXhHXWrEvZVRjhEV95UD4kC7YqQBcd65soqZsrVnE1aXhaPIIvR55SieE3cSR6Q-2Fnk9h-2Bpv5gVoptrBl9ItEzL7YQXj55ZcQXUFChsQgdptLTqUQU8nasT9K6KeYb3CltJCdCawXKBYifA-3D-3D">www.surdna.org</a>.About ThreewallsThreewalls&nbsp;was founded in 2003 to provide support and visibility for the visual arts community in Chicago. The founders wanted to encourage a greater awareness of Chicago’s art scene by inviting emerging professional artists to share in the city’s rich histories, resources and creative communities. Over the past fifteen years, Threewalls has been a center for artist-focused programming, critical writing, and direct support for artist projects. Threewalls hosts artists interested in working in and with diverse Chicago communities through their&nbsp;RaD Lab&nbsp;program; supports interactive work by local and regional artists in&nbsp;Outside the Walls; and programs salons to generate open dialogue, the presentation of new ideas and the publication of new writing. Threewalls partners with other organizations on exhibitions, publications, and education programs in an effort to broaden and contribute to the contemporary visual arts. For more information about Threewalls, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=fpdTpsPuj4cuTwAs6ZeMTRJRTcYUVTe-2BSDXenC-2BxNvZzcjaeK34O63J7RZraR8wW-2B-2BjaBbrgrt8FfXuN2KyrjM4nof3ffLPzPpNKQImzts9XT5WofksSfr0z6s-2FSEkoP_ccrt5mFyEURAsnSxeCM5PPo2atdxAGCaQlH-2BxhBeC2CXdtoRskmbVfOZI162ow-2FcFbRvHHXvmWFsiOTp9XtEo0OjuX5EiD9Xmkg0NMXMseShb2kEOcbbzH6oSmbTnTdMPBHdp1w7opatM7wJPGN91ZU6M9GwGNVgNCHpyZXxHlPHsb8F-2BahvQGK2uDAwzO7qhVamZtitZ6-2BQgL-2BvOtrPRAZY0Aio311umKiREYvRj-2BXfD9fdoBiRIhqzl2UBuuvUSGcpgl-2FDiy-2B0hwAv-2B1JvMaTuGX6YC9oI-2Fz1K7zyUA3Z37jXIPWoxnpNw69NRvbPut7kOUSKpv8uutJVWeKyiDU9ldSodoKrqHPqnRxmt-2B5hTTSiXvjEH0LpZvDFciG9KzIe-2FTg078lyV1iby-2FON6kczKQno7ZPj4TRr4HhrW2gw-2BgovLDFiEpxSRQcbJWXHPEeWsCt5TY-2FBL1EqFwnf7sw-3D-3D">three-walls.org/</a>.</body></html>

ThreeWalls Nabs $1.2 Million, 3 Year Award to Expand Support for Underfunded Artists in Chicago

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418610/na4a9dvfyvmma3q36zkj.gif"><figcaption>Jim Nutt (American, b. 1938), Plume, 1989, acrylic on canvas in acrylic on wood frame, signed Jim Nutt, titled, dated and annotated (verso), 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches., Property from a Corporate Art Collection</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Via PRHindman’s September 26 Post War and Contemporary Art sale realized over $3.4 million and was led by an extraordinary session of rare and outstanding paintings by the Hairy Who? and the Chicago Imagists that surpassed presale estimates and broke four global auction records. This session included the top selling lot of the sale, Jim Nutt’s Plume, which realized $516,500 against a presale estimate of $200,000- $400,000. The painting broke a global record, being the most expensive work ever sold at auction by the artist.Other Chicago Imagists realizing global records include Gladys Nilsson, Karl Wirsum, and Art Green. Gladys Nilsson’s Dipdick...Adam and Eve after Cranach shattered expectations realizing $324,500 against a presale estimate of $20,000-$30,000. Karl Wirsum’s Doggerel III realized over triple its high estimate, selling for $212,500. Guarded Irregularities by Art Green, sold for almost double its presale estimate, realizing $45,000.Zack Wirsum,Senior Specialist of Post War and Contemporary Art, stated: “We are absolutely over the moon about the prices that the works by Hairy Who? and Chicago Imagists brought today. To be in a position to continue to set new precedents for the auction prices of these artists fills us with hometown pride. The entire auction was gangbusters with the majority of the lots offered selling above or towards the high end of the estimate, it was a truly phenomenal day in the Hindman salesroom.”More highlights from the sale include Larry Poons Untitled, which carried a presale estimate of $30,000 - $50,000 and sold for $131,250 and Personajes con Pajaro Negro by Wifredo Lam which realized $200,000 against a presale estimate of $40,000- $60,000.The Post War and Contemporary Art sale was immediately followed by Hindman’s Prints and Multiples auction, which was led by a strong session of Alexander Calder lithographs from the Terrance J. Dimoff Charitable Remainder Trust.&nbsp; This rare group realized $89,250, exceeding the high estimate for the collection.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Additional highlights of the Prints and Multiples auction include Helen Frankenthaler’s Tales of Genji I which sold for $57,500 against an estimate of $30,000-$50,000 and a pair of Frank Stella relief collages which sold for $11,875 and $11,250 respectively. The Pop Session included a Roy Lichtenstein’s Crak! which sold for $15,000.&nbsp;About HindmanHindman is one of the nation’s leading fine art auction houses connecting cities nationwide to the global art market and providing expertise across all categories, sales channels and price points. Hindman operates more salerooms in the United States than any other auction house and conducts over 100 auctions a year in categories such as fine jewelry and timepieces, contemporary art, 20th century design, rare books and manuscripts, furniture, decorative arts, couture, Asian works of art, Arts of the American west, numismatics, and more. Hindman was formed through the acquisition of two premier auction houses, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (est.1982) and Cowan’s Auctions (est. 1995). Headquartered in Chicago, Hindman is home to 150 employees, with additional offices in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Milwaukee, Naples, Palm Beach, Scottsdale and St. Louis. Visit <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=v5lWRLEoCuLoaiW6Ro-2FnIwXrCD3S11Z9KzXPCdGMeV0PXaZ7R8mNfpJ5MjBCYna04Xi0fL5BQkyzpz9-2B6KEDSO6BF31TCcA6f-2BiL4MRV-2B7yAXVDUVcJiggVqt1YSRZzH_ccrt5mFyEURAsnSxeCM5PPo2atdxAGCaQlH-2BxhBeC2CXdtoRskmbVfOZI162ow-2FcFbRvHHXvmWFsiOTp9XtEo0OjuX5EiD9Xmkg0NMXMseSqJfGfvKODe-2BrRsRJfYT5bLsiAzslUmBNFRG0POEutUlVPTBarmbDXPSAbftOyIfAb8T-2BPHORD2vxurGEbARdboBgnf8h6CC54yT8-2B2MHqB4DYDCMqelKneR1HpqGcXTrBjuvRdMla8dMwn8Z7Z-2Fs58ErE4fPudy1FwDoSsMODtP9Y8YJIESw0HmEhWQXMyORmyayg7ZY-2BVH8b-2F0SHioBnE-2FPcDokULcU8oOumGPt2YPRSY7Ll8vkAIc3FhIkfPkD-2FhGESlhdrn5ODTO-2F6-2FP9gArh4bzYyLWOC74aVhxg2-2FHKOJVSoYCnQHn1rexstkQY5NH7Y4VBd8gFBUD76c8nGKJD-2BbFObmk7L-2BXRvPFi0qQ-3D-3D">hindmanauctions.com</a> for more information.&nbsp;</body></html>

Global Records Set for 4 Hairy Who? Chicago Artists at Hindman Auction

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418610/qtbberlqfmwkvq4f8yh7.gif"><figcaption>Jeffrey Gibson, Courtesy John D. &amp; Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By CGN Staff via PRArtist&nbsp;Jeffrey Gibson was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant this week.Gibson combines Native American traditions with the visual languages of Modernism to explore the contemporary confluence of personal identity, culture, history, and international social narratives. Gibson is a member of the Chocktaw and Cherokee nations. He currently lives and works in Hudson, New York.&nbsp; Growing up, Gibson traveled extensively with his family, living for long periods of time in Germany, Korea, and the United States. While moving from place to place, he found solace and friendship in the music scene, at various times exploring the sounds and social traditions of the punk and rave music of his generation, and the PowWow traditions of his native heritage. These influences helped him to contextualize the power of costume as objects that can transform the wearer, and helped him understand the contemporary desire to be able to take agency over our own identities.Gibson is represented in Chicago by Kavi Gupta Gallery. An exhibition of his work, <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jeffery-gibson-can-you-feel-it">Can You Feel It</a>, opened at the gallery's Elizabeth St. location on September 20 and continues through October 19.More info on Gibson and the award is <a href="https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1036/">here</a>.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418611/kbxoxike4bstrw5x8em7.gif"><figcaption>Emmanuel Pratt, CourtesyJohn D. &amp; Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Chicago urban designer Emmanuel Pratt was also named to the fellowship.Pratt studied architecture and urban design at Cornell and Columbia Universities and co-founded and serves as executive director of the <a href="https://www.sweetwaterfoundation.com/">Sweet Water Foundation</a>. Pratt was also the 2017–2018 Interpreter in Residence at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, where he hosted a series of intimate dinners across Chicago beginning in <a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/emmanuel-pratt-radical-reconstructions/">Radical [Re]Constructions</a>, his site-specific Threshold installation at the Museum. Each dinner featured nutritious, locally grown food from Sweet Water Foundation and examined a different theme connected to Radical [Re]Constructions: housing, work, health, and education. The interdisciplinary series convened a curated group of diverse individuals around a common table, from the team at Sweet Water Foundation to artists, scholars, practitioners, and civic and community leaders.“One of the challenges on the South Side and West Side of Chicago is there’s been a depletion of resources, access to capital,” said Pratt in a <a href="https://youtu.be/KN5gvObB6qo">MacArthur Foundation video</a>. “So a lot of times we don’t start with the dollars and the capital. We start with what assets are there: what humans are there, what spaces are available.”More info on Pratt and the award is <a href="https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1047/#photos">here</a>.&nbsp;The MacArthur Fellows Program is intended to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations. In keeping with this purpose, the Foundation awards fellowships directly to individuals rather than through institutions. Recipients may be writers, scientists, artists, social scientists, humanists, teachers, entrepreneurs, or those in other fields, with or without institutional affiliations. They may use their fellowship to advance their expertise, engage in bold new work, or, if they wish, to change fields or alter the direction of their careers.Although nominees are reviewed for their achievements, the fellowship is not a lifetime achievement award, but rather an investment in a person's originality, insight, and potential. Indeed, the purpose of the MacArthur Fellows Program is to enable recipients to exercise their own creative instincts for the benefit of human society.The Foundation does not require or expect specific products or reports from MacArthur Fellows and does not evaluate recipients' creativity during the term of the fellowship. The MacArthur Fellowship is a "no strings attached" award in support of people, not projects. Each fellowship comes with a stipend of $625,000 to the recipient, paid out in equal quarterly installments over five years.About this year’s winners, Foundation President John Palfrey said, “From addressing the consequences of climate change to furthering our understanding of human behavior to fusing&nbsp;forms of artistic expression, this year’s 26 extraordinary MacArthur Fellows demonstrate the&nbsp;power of individual creativity to reframe old problems, spur reflection, create new knowledge,&nbsp;and better the world for everyone. They give us reason for hope, and they inspire us all to follow&nbsp;our own creative instincts.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

MacArthur Foundation Genius Grants: Artist and Designer with Chicago Ties Among 2019 Recipients

EXPO CHICAGO Announces Numbers From 8th Edition

<html><head></head><body>By CGN via PR<a href="https://www.govst.edu/Nathan_manilow_Sculpture_Park/">The Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park</a> at <a href="https://www.govst.edu/">Governors State University</a> (GSU) hosted its annual benefit—Sculpture, Wine and Dine— on the evening of September 14 attracting more than 300 guests who dined under the stars amidst the park’s unparalleled collection, and experienced artist meet-and-greets, golf-cart and self-guided tours of the park, and a speaking program with campus and park leadership.Heralded as one of the top sculpture parks in the world, the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park holds a collection of more than 30 master works of large-scale sculpture situated within 100 acres of prairie landscape at Governors State University. This “museum-in-the-prairie” is free and open to the public 365 days a year.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418610/qs45rdzade5kkozyjapm.gif"></figure>Announced at the event, the newly established Lewis Manilow Common Ground Initiative—named after the park’s founder, philanthropist, and University Park and Park Forest developer—will serve as a dedicated fund to support arts education for the community. The initiative will make it possible for additional school children and youth groups to make regular visits to theNate and to learn from the experience.“Governors State University is proud that our campus is an internationally recognized Sculpture Park. In fact, Lew Manilow invited sculptors to create artistic works here even before GSU was officially a university. We can think of no better way to honor Lew Manilow than to establish the Lewis Manilow Common Ground Initiative to unite our community through art—from Frankfort to Ford Heights to Millennium Park,” said GSU President Elaine P. Maimon.The event hosted several of the artists represented in the collection, including Mike Baur, Michael Dunbar, Ted Sitting Crow Garner, Richard Hunt, Terrence Karpowicz, Richard Rezac, Christine Tarkowski, Tony Tasset, and Barry Tinsley who mingled with guests and shared insights on their works within the collection. The event also celebrated the park’s recent new addition, “Rudder,” a long-term loan by sculpture artist Neil Goodman, as well as a number of recent restorations and a sculpture relocation.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418611/nncoryiyzk1kcgjbfye1.gif"></figure>“Sculpture, Wine and Dine is always an exceptional arts and culture event, but this year’s gathering is made extra special as we celebrate the establishment of the Lewis Manilow Common Ground Initiative, as well as a considerable number of developments within the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park’s collection,” said Jeff Stevenson, Director and Curator of the park. “Just this summer, theNate has restored several of its sculptures, and relocated ‘Lanleff-Demure No. 4’ by French Artist Henri Etienne-Martin, which was the result of a student-led and crowd-funded campaign in support of the sculpture. It’s these types of community-led improvements that make theNate a truly special place to visit, and we’re thrilled at the support we receive each year through Sculpture, Wine and Dine.”This year’s Sculpture, Wine and Dine event is also a core component of <a href="www.govst.edu">Governors State University’s</a> celebration of 50 years of education and excellence.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418612/okjxrduo7lgrqcoocul7.gif"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Alfresco Dining Among Art Benefits Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418610/tkssuhrlhyfelcnep3h0.png"><figcaption>Navy Pier on Lake Michigan in Chicago, the home of Expo Chicago. Courtesy Choose Chicago.</figcaption></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>Big Galleries in the Windy City: Expo Chicago Welcomes a Slew of Power Dealers to the Midwest’s Biggest Fair</h3>&nbsp;The event, now in its eight edition, offers a calmer alternative to elbow-thrashing fairs in New York or Miami.By Nate Freeman, Artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/market/expo-chicago-2019-1656568?utm_content=from_&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=US%20Morning%20News%209%2F20%2F19%2010%20a.m.&amp;utm_term=New%20US%20Newsletter%20List">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418611/r9am9jaeftsxjoscprdk.jpg"><figcaption>Edward Kemeyss' Lions welcome visitors to The Art Institute of Chicago Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago</figcaption></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>Making the Art Institute of Chicago a more inclusive place is about more than just architecture</h3>&nbsp;The museum’s director James Rondeau on why the institution is bringing Barcelona architects Barozzi Veiga on board to rethink the whole campusBy James Rondeau, The Art Newspaper<a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/making-the-art-institute-of-chicago-a-more-inclusive-place-is-about-more-than-just-architecture">Read More</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418612/uwoz06al6aptkgcc9toi.jpg"><figcaption>LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mindy Miller standing with fellow Auto Warehouse Company ironworkers and the last Cruze in the GM Lordstown Plant Complex at 2300 Hallock-Young Road (11 years in at AWC), Lordstown OH, from “The Last Cruze,” 2019. Courtesy the artist.</figcaption></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>‘No One Was Going to Pay Attention’: As GM Auto Workers Strike in Ohio, LaToya Ruby Frazier Debuts Photos of Union Laborers in&nbsp;Chicago</h3>&nbsp;On a frigid afternoon last March, LaToya Ruby Frazier was taking photographs some 1,500 feet in the air above the Lordstown General Motors complex. Strapped into a helicopter, she carefully trained her heavy 600-millimeter lens on her mark below: a white Chevrolet Cruze surrounded by workers from the Auto Warehousing Company waving signs. The largest of the signs, dense with signatures, read in bold letters, “THE LAST CRUZE.”By Claire Voon, ARTNEWS<a href="http://www.artnews.com/2019/09/19/latoya-ruby-frazier-gm-union-workers/">Read More</a>Note: Frazier's exhibition, The Last Cruze, is on view at the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/latoya-ruby-frazier-the-last-cruze">Renaissance Society</a> thru December 1, 2019. &nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418613/kcv4uutbwppahtuoee6z.jpg"><figcaption>Mariane Ibrahim joins a growing contemporary art scene in Chicago with her new gallery in the city's West Town neighborhood. Photography by Philip Newton. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.</figcaption></figure><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>‘You Have to Create the Market’: Dealer Mariane Ibrahim on Moving to Chicago and Promoting Artists From Africa, Its Diaspora, and Beyond</h3>&nbsp;Mariane Ibrahim's new 5,000 square-foot space results from a much longer journey than her move from Seattle to Illinois.By Tim Schneider, Artnet<a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mariane-ibrahim-gallery-chicago-1652671">Read More</a>Note: read CGN's fall 2019 interview with Ibrahim <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2019/8/mariane-ibrahim-a-west-coast-gallery-moves-to-chicago-for-its-authenticity">here</a></body></html>

News From Around the Art World: September 20, 2019

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418602/vcbhgr0yldiczwg2zgow.jpg"><figcaption>SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO GRAND BALLROOM AT MACLEAN CENTER</figcaption></figure>Via PRThe complete list of participating locations for Open House Chicago 2019 is now available. On October 19–20, tour soaring skyscrapers, repurposed mansions, opulent theaters, exclusive private clubs, industrial facilities, cutting-edge offices and breathtaking sacred spaces—all for free. Start planning your #OHC2019&nbsp;weekend with the Chicago Architecture Center's online itinerary planning tool. You may visit an OHC site listing page at&nbsp;<a href="http://email.wordfly.com/click?sid=NzYxXzExNTAwXzk4NTMzXzY5MTc&amp;l=057ac8cf-4ecf-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=OHC_September2019_Siteannouncement_general&amp;utm_content=OHC%20sites_version_A&amp;sourceNumber=97449">openhousechicago.org</a>&nbsp;and click the “add to itinerary” button to get started, though this optional tool is not required to participate in the citywide festival.A few select OHC sites require advance registration and will not accept drop-in visitors. CAC has partnered with with TodayTix to manage ticketing for most of these sites, several of which allow direct booking but are expected to fill on a first-come, first-served basis.TodayTix will conduct lotteries for the most in-demand sites in order to randomly assign the opportunity to register for tickets.From now until 8am on September 20, you can enter the online OHC lottery system for a chance to book tickets for one or more of these sites. Most RSVP Only sites are subject to a $6 per person booking fee.&nbsp;<a href="http://email.wordfly.com/click?sid=NzYxXzExNTAwXzk4NTMzXzY5MTc&amp;l=b0b1a0a9-c9d0-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=OHC_September2019_Siteannouncement_general&amp;utm_content=RSVP%20sites_version_A&amp;sourceNumber=97449">Explore the RSVP Only sites and reserve tickets or enter lotteries on openhousechicago.org</a>.Another way to access these sites is to volunteer to be a greeter at OHC 2019. Get the insider experience and exclusive benefits—including a Priority Access pass.&nbsp;<a href="http://email.wordfly.com/click?sid=NzYxXzExNTAwXzk4NTMzXzY5MTc&amp;l=077ac8cf-4ecf-e911-8991-e41f1345a486&amp;utm_source=wordfly&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=OHC_September2019_Siteannouncement_general&amp;utm_content=Volunteer%20at%20OHC_version_A&amp;sourceNumber=97449">Register today!</a>Read CGN's 2018 OHC coverage <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2018/10/open-house-chicago-s-architectural-gems-from-distilleries-to-churches">here</a>.<figure class="image"><img src="http://email.wordfly.com//open?sid=NzYxXzExNTAwXzk4NTMzXzY5MTc"></figure></body></html>

View Open House Chicago 2019's Participating Locations

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418602/ejofakbupve6srkmcebc.jpg"><figcaption>courtesy of Assemble&nbsp;and Logan Center Exhibitions</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Via PRStarting Thursday September 19, 2019 with a weekend of&nbsp;curatorial performances&nbsp;and dialogues&nbsp;at the Chicago Cultural Center that align with the eighth edition of EXPO Chicago, the Chicago Architecture Biennial offers more chances to engage with the diverse neighborhoods of Chicago than ever before. Through the course of the Biennial, sites across Chicago will come alive with lectures, panels, performances, workshops, and events both produced by and in coordination with the Biennial.The CAB announced last week&nbsp;that more than 100 programs will take place at upwards of 50 venues from September 19, 2019 through January 5, 2020.&nbsp;These range from events, lectures, panels, workshops, and performances organized by the Biennial to partner programs that respond to the Biennial’s themes at cultural organizations around the city, bringing the Biennial’s exploration of space, community, and architecture to Chicagoans of all ages, interests, and backgrounds, as well as visitors from around the world.&nbsp; The 2019 edition, titled ...and other such stories, will form an expansive and multi-faceted exploration of the field of architecture and the built environment globally -- as such, programming is central to ensuring that the conversation is inclusive, diverse, and ever-changing through the course of the Biennial“Chicago is at its best when a diverse range of communities, organizations, and individuals come together to learn from one another, collaborate, and explore our shared histories and hopes for the future.&nbsp; The comprehensive range of programming taking place during the Biennial is an exciting example of the exchange that makes our city so dynamic,” said Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot.The opening weekend of the biennial kicks off Thursday&nbsp;September 19-21 with performances by&nbsp;CAMP, Alexandra Pirici&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jimmy Robert&nbsp;alongside conversations on architecture and advocacy with&nbsp;Forensic Architecture &amp; Invisible Institute, Maurice Cox,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Maria Gaspar,&nbsp;among others at the Chicago Cultural Center. Offsite curatorial projects will be animated through public workshops and community events.&nbsp; &nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6/_compresseds/12ab27b5-a308-4eef-9fa3-608e1b0b73ba.jpg"><figcaption>courtesy of Alexandra Pirici</figcaption></figure> “Foregrounding the idea of&nbsp;Common Ground, the curatorial team has devised spaces and programs that ensure that this edition of the biennial supports inclusive and diverse explorations of the built environment today,” noted&nbsp;Yesomi Umolu, Graham Foundation Artistic Director, Chicago Architecture Biennial. “By deeply engaging the public and various communities in our contributor projects and curatorial ideas, we are excited to extend the exchange we have fostered during our research phase into the biennial experience at the Chicago Cultural Center and at our various offsite venues.”Within the Chicago Cultural Center, these will largely be hosted in the purpose-built gathering space designed by Biennial contributor ConstructLab. In addition, the Biennial will host regular programs at the Chicago Cultural Center in coordination with partners and collaborators to further explore the works on view and related concerns:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Tuesday series:&nbsp;Each Tuesday, the Biennial will host a lecture at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater (or, occasionally, at a partner venue), bringing together cultural leadership from around the world. Always free and open to the public, these programs are produced in coordination with key partners and supporters of the Biennial, including the Chicago-based Terra Foundation.</li><li>Film series:&nbsp;The Biennial will screen a series of films chosen by the curatorial team to expand on emergent issues and concerns across the field of architecture. Also free and open to the public and made possible by a partnership with the Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), these films will be on view in the Claudia Cassidy Theater, and will be announced in forthcoming Biennial communications.</li></ul>A full calendar of programming will be accessible on the Biennial’s website later this month.&nbsp;View the complete <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=2b598ca5e9&amp;e=3dc58ca038">press release</a> and list&nbsp;of programming partners and additional highlights.</body></html>

Chicago Architecture Biennial Elaborates on Fall 2019 Programming 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418602/uv0xmrqh02xvppvj9qdo.gif"><figcaption>Founders, 2019, installed in Hadiya Pendleton Park, photo courtesy of Floating Museum</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff via PRLast week the Floating Museum collective unveiled its latest public art initiative, Cultural Transit Assembly, which turns the CTA Green Line into a moving cultural destination and activates Chicago neighborhoods along from Austin to Englewood, throughout the summer, culminating at Art EXPO September 19-22, 2019. &nbsp;In 2017 the <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/8/following-the-floating-museum-where-and-when-to-expect-it">Floating Museum</a> perched on a barge that literally floated down the Chicago River in order to highlight specific areas of the city and, in the organizers' own words, “create temporary, site-responsive museum spaces to activate sites of cultural potential throughout Chicago’s neighborhoods”.&nbsp;The robust roster of Cultural Transit Assembly programming – all free and open to the public – includes a series of Chicago artist exhibitions in Austin Town Hall Park and Garfield Park and a gigantic inflatable sculpture paying tribute to the City’s founders, which will be stationed next to the Green Line in a new location every Wednesday.&nbsp;Connecting the sites, a two-car ‘L’ train is currently traveling the Green Line route featuring custom artwork commemorating Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Chicago’s first non-indigenous settler, and his wife Kitihawa from the Potawatomi tribe. Later this summer, lunchtime music and poetry performances will pop up on the cars.“Thanks to our collaborators, the CTA and the Chicago Park District, Floating Museum is transforming the Green Line into a moving cultural destination,” said Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford co-director of Floating Museum, along with <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/8/into-the-neighborhoods-faheem-majeed-s-artistic-evolution">Faheem Majeed</a>, Andrew Schachman, and Avery R. Young. &nbsp;“Following up on our River Assembly project on the Chicago River in 2017, we’re now utilizing Chicago’s public transit system – and this line in particular that travels through southside and westside communities - to both celebrate the important cultural work being done in these neighborhoods as well as strengthen the ties between these spaces.&nbsp; And it is worth noting that some 50+ local artists have been commissioned (i.e. paid!) to lend their visual art and spoken word talents to Cultural Transit Assembly.” &nbsp;&nbsp;Cultural Transit Assembly elements:&nbsp;Currently underway:• Green Line ‘South Branch’ features a gigantic roving, 25 x 35 x 34’ inflatable sculpture titled Founders, featuring four busts facing the four cardinal directions. &nbsp;Featuring a mix of interpretations of items from the DuSable Museum of African American History and the Field Museum collections, the busts represent du Sable; his wife, Kitihawa; Harold Washington (the first African American Mayor of Chicago); and a bust of a young boy by artist William Artis. &nbsp;&nbsp;Founders is popping up weekly thru September 11 in community spaces adjacent to the Green Line from Austin to Englewood and can be viewed both by CTA riders and those at ground level. For this installation, Floating Museum worked with the Field Museum and its Potawatami textile collection, in addition to collaborating with contemporary Native American artists Chris Pappan (Kanza, Osage, Cheyenne River Sioux) and Monica Rickert-Bolter (Potawatomi).• Then, expanding the Cultural Transit Assembly message to an international audience, the final destination for Founders will be ArtEXPO at Navy Pier, installed at the Fair entrance, Sept 19-22, 2019.• Green Line Train Car ‘Soul EL’ is currently in regular service on the Green Line and incorporates two train car ‘art galleries’ dedicated to DuSable and his wife, Kitihawa.&nbsp; Visual artists include Pappan and Rickert-Bolter, plus Adam Sings In The Timber (Crow) Elise Paschen (Osage), Santiago X (Koasati/Chamoru), Debra Yepa-Pappan (Jemez Pueblo, Korean), Arthur Wright, Brandon Breaux, Robert Johnson, Nyia Sissac, Max Sansing, and Joyce Owens. &nbsp;&nbsp;As curated by Avery R. Young, local performing artists will also reflect on founding stories and have envisioned the founders with artwork covering the cars’ exterior and interior. ‘Soul EL’ is inspired by the American television series Soul Train that merged music, dance and fashion; stay tuned for pop-up music and poetry performances on the ‘Soul EL’ in the coming weeks.&nbsp;Coming soon...Chicago artists were asked to submit work in response to prose written by Avery R. Young that focused on the 1968 Democratic National Convention and riots throughout the city’s west side.&nbsp; Selections were made based on the quality of the submissions with a focus on including women and artists of color as well as artists who had a strong connection to the areas.&nbsp; Those works will appear in two locations: &nbsp;&nbsp;• Green Line ‘Central’ will feature a field of sculptures on pedestals for the green space in front of Austin Town Hall adjacent to the Central Green Line stop. The sculptures are 3D printed ceramic reproductions of works by Chicago artists Ayanah Moor, Derrick Woods-Morrow, Elizabeth Barren, Juan Angel-Chavez, Kushala Vora, Rhonda Wheatley, Ricky Willis, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Santiago X (Koasati/Chamoru), and Tony Lewis.• Green Line ‘Conservatory’ re-imagines civic sign infrastructure as artwork and creative language through new interpretations of common street signs, such as Stop and Yield. &nbsp;Signage will be installed adjacent to the Conservatory/Central Park Drive Green Line stop. Participating Chicago artists include Aram Han Sifuentes, Ishita Dharap, Caroline Kent, Carris Adams, Chris Pappen, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, Candace Hunter, Dayo Laoye, Emilio Rojas, Esau Mchgee, Kellie Romany, Natasha Kohli, Paul S. Benjamin, Sherwin Ovid, Shirley Hudson, and Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke (Crow)&nbsp;The Cultural Transit Assembly project is partially supported by ComEd, Indiana University’s New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Program, the Field Foundation, the Terra Foundation as part of Art Design Chicago and the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.&nbsp;All Floating Museum programs including Cultural Transit Assembly are free and open to the public; for more information visit <a href="http://www.floatingmuseum.org/transit">floatingmuseum.org/transit.</a>&nbsp;Read about the 2017 Floating Museum <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/8/following-the-floating-museum-where-and-when-to-expect-it">here</a> Read CGN's 2017 profile with co-founder Faheem Majeed <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/8/into-the-neighborhoods-faheem-majeed-s-artistic-evolution">here</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Chicago’s Floating Museum launches latest public art initiative: Cultural Transit Assembly

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417748/gb9jgdowx0jjdsmnkbnw.jpg"><figcaption>Stine Deja &amp; Marie Munk, Synthetic Seduction, 2018. Annika Kultys Gallery, London.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By CGN Staff via PREXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, announced the full participating artist and speaker roster for its core programs taking place during the eighth annual edition (September 19 – 22, 2019), in alignment with the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Complete details may be found <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs">here</a>.Core programs include:&nbsp;• &nbsp;/Dialogues, the onsite panel program, presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)• Exchange by Northern Trust: An Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting, featuring exclusive panels open to VIP guests• IN/SITU, large-scale sculpture, video, film and site-specific works installed within the expansive, vaulted architecture of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall• IN/SITU Outside, temporary public art installations situated along the Lakefront and throughout Chicago neighborhoods• OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, which utilizes citywide digital billboards in Chicago’s City Digital Network (CDN) to display a curated selection of contemporary artwork on view from September 9 – 28."EXPO CHICAGO hosts one of the world's most critical and engaging platforms for contemporary art and culture within the context of an international art exposition," said EXPO CHICAGO Artistic Director and Editor-in-Chief of THE SEEN Stephanie Cristello. "With programs ranging from panels and discourse, to site-specific art works, to collaborations with major international curators, EXPO CHICAGO is committed to supporting the exhibiting international galleries and their artists,” she added. “These commitments align with our goals to elevate the role of Chicago within the global contemporary art context, as well as provide an access point for curators, collectors, artists and dealers. As the exposition grows, we continue to forge lasting partnerships and foster citywide alignments that solidify September in Chicago on the international art fair calendar.”<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417748/syzvocxuw0hgnhrqfv6x.jpg"><figcaption>EXPO CHICAGO</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The EXPO CHICAGO program also features an unprecedented commitment to host curatorial initiatives during the exposition, including the Curatorial Forum in partnership with Independent Curators International (ICI), and the Curatorial Exchange, which partners with foreign agencies and consulates to expand the exposition’s global reach.&nbsp;EXPO CHICAGO is the publisher of THE SEEN, Chicago’s only international journal of contemporary and modern art criticism, online and in print.&nbsp;/Dialogues&nbsp;Presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), /Dialogues offers panel discussions, conversations and provocative artistic discourse with leading artists, curators, designers and arts professionals on the current issues that engage them.&nbsp;&nbsp;Symposium: On Utopia&nbsp;The 2019 /Dialogues Symposium: On Utopia, gathers scholars and artists through a series of panels, performances and book signings to discuss the various ways in which utopias have remained relevant in a twenty-first century context, fueling discussions within fields of politics, art, architecture and culture. The Symposium will take place on Friday, September 20, and feature prominent artists and scholars such as Emilia Kabakov, Sheikha Hoor Al Qassimi, Jill Snyder, Jan Tichy (SAIC MFA 2009) and Samson Young, among others.Highlights for the Saturday and Sunday /Dialogues program include a panel with Prospect.5 curators Grace Deveney, Naima J. Keith and Diana Nawi moderated by Sarah Thornton; a discussion with artist Charles Atlas in alignment with his new commission for Art on theMART; and a conversation on the cosmos with artists Eduardo Terrazas and Edra Soto (SAIC MFA 2000), moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist in advance of his book launch for Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417749/emjfvyaewfrjxwmiuhyb.jpg"><figcaption>Todd Gray, Love &amp; Happiness (Chicago), 2019. Courtesy of the artist and David Lewis, New York.</figcaption></figure>Exchange by Northern TrustAn Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting.Located within the Northern Trust Anchor Lounge, Exchange by Northern Trust: An Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting features exclusive panels open to invited VIP guests.Highlights of the 2019 program include a conversation between painter and President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London Christopher Le Brun and Director of The J. Paul Getty Trust James Cuno; a panel on private collections featuring collectors and philanthropists Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida and Mac MacLellan from Northern Trust; a case study on diversity, inclusion and accessibility within an institution with moCa Cleveland Executive Director Jill Snyder; and a discussion on collaborative museum models with Miranda Lash of the Speed Art Museum.IN/SITU&nbsp;Installed within the expansive, vaulted architecture of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, IN/SITU features large-scale sculpture, video, film and site-specific works. Jacob Fabricius, Artistic Director at Kunsthal Aarhus and recently appointed Artistic Director of the Busan Biennale, presents a curated selection of work, with pieces by Janine Antoni, Neïl Beloufa, Stine Deja &amp; Marie Munk, Morgan Fisher, Theaster Gates, Lena Henke, Dan Peterman, Scott Reeder, Kay Rosen and more.PUBLIC ART&nbsp;Engaging the city’s long legacy of pioneering public art, EXPO CHICAGO presents major initiatives presented in collaboration with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), the Chicago Park District, and Navy Pier to highlight work by internationally recognized artists beyond Navy Pier. Core off-site programs include IN/SITU Outside, siting works by major contemporary artists throughout Chicago neighborhoods for up to one year, and OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, which features a curated selection of artworks throughout the citywide digital network.OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project&nbsp;September 9 – 29OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project is a citywide public art initiative, presented by EXPO CHICAGO and the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), displayed throughout Chicago’s City Digital Network (CDN). Placing artwork within this public context and the broader presentation of billboard advertising, OVERRIDE takes its name from industry terminology referring to the continuation of an outdoor advertising program beyond a contracted period. Fully integrated into the language of advertising and local familiar signage, each of the works included within the OVERRIDE program present the opportunity for artists to intercept and push the boundaries of how visual culture is disseminated in our increasingly image-based environment.As a special feature of OVERRIDE, the single vertically oriented screen at 515 W Ida B. Wells Drive will present a self-contained exhibition of the works of Jessica Campbell, Zakkiyyah Najeebah, Summer Wheat, alongside pioneering feminist artist Betty Tompkins. Additional participating artists include Charles Atlas, Shezad Dawood, Stine Deja, Todd Gray, Ayana V. Jackson, Hayv Kahramian, Farrah Karapetian, Tony Lewis, Chris Pappan, Kay Rosen and Chris Ware.&nbsp;IN/SITU Outside&nbsp;IN/SITU Outside provides the opportunity for EXPO CHICAGO Exhibitors to present temporary public art installations situated along the Lakefront and throughout Chicago neighborhoods, presented in partnership with the Chicago Park District (CPD), the city of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Navy Pier.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721417750/ogqo8ghwc5t6zit1sqna.png"><figcaption>Ship of Tolerance © Zug Tourismus Fotografie Daniel.</figcaption></figure>2019 installations include The Ship of Tolerance (2019) by The Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Foundation, a large-scale installation with accompanying educational programs and performance that connects communities through art and music to address issues surrounding intolerance (located in Polk Bros. Park at Navy Pier); Collages for the Esplanade Apartments(2019) by Assaf Evron, a site-specific installation that treats the Mies van der Rohe building windows with rock formations that harken to Evron’s homeland and reference van der Rohe’s original collaged works on paper (located at 900 N Lake Shore Drive); and Founders Inflatable(2019) by the Floating Museum, a mobile monument whose form is a mix of interpretations of items from the collections of the DuSable Museum of African American History, the Field Museum of Natural History, as well as interpretations of various historical figures (located at Navy Pier).&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO CHICAGO Announces Core Programs

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418296/gjuo1zxuev2l5kwnn3rc.png"><figcaption>John Boesche, To Be In Love, Performance by Cheryl Lynn Bruce and Original Artwork by Kerry James Marshall. Photograph by Bob Grosse.</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff via PROn September 21, Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, will unveil new site-specific commissions by Charles Atlas and Petra Cortright. The program will also feature extended viewing of select soliloquies by Year of Chicago Theatre artist John Boesche, including a projected performance by Cheryl Lynn Bruce backgrounded by images of paintings by artist Kerry James Marshall. The approximately 25 minute program will be unveiled with a free public launch event at 6:30 p.m. on September 21 in alignment with EXPO ART WEEK (September 16 – 22). The launch event will feature food vendors and entertainment on Wacker Dr. between Wells St. and Franklin St., followed by a fireworks display that concludes the program.“We are proud to present a strong program highlighting new contemporary artwork by Charles Atlas and Petra Cortright on our monumental platform this fall,” said Art on theMART Executive Director Cynthia Noble. “The visually and conceptually rich work is perfectly suited for a presentation of this scale and will be essential viewing for Chicagoans and visitors from around the world.”<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418297/exjrlhmo9xtrpfo8e4kt.jpg"></figure>This expansive permanent piece of public art continues Chicago’s legacy of providing both residents and visitors with exceptional art that is both free and accessible to all. Projections are visible to the public from Wacker Drive and along the Chicago Riverwalk two hours a night for ten months of the year (March – December), beginning approximately 15 minutes after sundown. The projections are regularly on view five nights a week from Wednesday – Sunday, with expanded nightly viewing to seven nights a week from May 13 – September 30, 2019.About theMARTtheMART (formerly The Merchandise Mart), located in the center of the sought-after River North submarket, is interwoven into the fabric of Chicago as an innovator in business, technology, culture, art, media and more. As the largest privately owned commercial building in the United States, it is also one of the world’s leading commercial buildings, wholesale design centers and the preeminent international business location in Chicago. Encompassing 4.2 million gross square feet, theMART spans two city blocks, rises 25 stories, and is visited by an average of 30,000 people each business day and nearly 10 million people annually. Offering continuous innovation and creativity from leading manufacturers and design forward showrooms, theMART serves as the home to Chicago's most creative and technologically innovative companies including Motorola Mobility, 1871, Yelp, PayPal and MATTER, as well as Fortune 500 companies ConAgra, Allstate, Kellogg, Beam Suntory and Grainger.<figure class="image" data-storehaus-transformation="{&quot;crop&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:&quot;0.08550995024864311&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:&quot;104.86473880597012&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:&quot;895.9149564676619&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;384.4542910447762&quot;}}"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418298/ujugwbvnyossd3lmjabv.png"><figcaption>Rendering by Charles Atlas for Art on theMART Fall 2019 Commission. © Charles Atlas; Image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York.</figcaption></figure>The program content rotates every season and is selected with the assistance and expertise of the Curatorial Advisory Board. The City of Chicago and theMART work in partnership to manage and curate the projected artwork over the course of a 30-year agreement. Privately funded by Vornado Realty Trust, owner of theMART, Art on theMART marks the first time a projection of its size and scope will be completely dedicated to digital art with no branding, sponsorship credits or messaging. The permanent projection system illuminates theMART with 34 state-of-the-art projectors totaling almost one million lumens. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.artonthemart.com/">www.artonthemart.com</a>.About the ArtistsCharles AtlasCharles Atlas has been a pioneering figure in film and video for over four decades. Atlas has extended the limits of his medium, forging new territory in a far-reaching range of genres, stylistic approaches and techniques. Throughout his production, the artist has consistently fostered collaborative relationships, working intimately with such artists and performers as Leigh Bowery, Michael Clark, Douglas Dunn, Marina Abramovic, Yvonne Rainer, Mika Tajima/New Humans, Antony and the Johnsons, and most notably Merce Cunningham, for whom he served as in-house videographer for a decade from the early 1970s through 1983; their close working relationship continued until Cunningham’s death in 2009. John BoescheFrom Broadway theater productions to performances by premiere dance companies, John Boesche is an acclaimed Chicago-based media designer with a diverse creative background. Locally, he has worked on productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Goodman Theatre, Joffrey Ballet Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre and many more. He has also worked on dozens of productions nationwide, including “The Glass Menagerie” on Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre. Since 2012, Boesche has been Chair of Digital Media for Live Performance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Petra CortrightPetra Cortright’s core practice is the creation and distribution of digital and physical images using consumer or corporate softwares. She became renowned for making self-portrait videos that use her computer’s webcam and default effects tools, which she would then upload to YouTube and caption with spam text. Cortright’s paintings on aluminum, linen, paper or acrylic are created in Photoshop using painting software and appropriated images, icons and marks. The digital files are endlessly modifiable, but at a “decisive moment” they are translated into two-dimensional objects. They become finite, yet their range of motifs and marks, and their disorienting perspectives and dimensions suggest dynamic change.<figure class="image" data-storehaus-transformation="{&quot;crop&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:&quot;81.2080223880597&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:&quot;4.371890547263665&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:&quot;738.6333955223881&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;589.3166977611942&quot;}}"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418299/bv2ebyvhgqduwlyutam2.png"><figcaption>Petra Cortright, rendering of &nbsp;Webcam still life with flowers blue, green, and red.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

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