<html><head></head><body>By CGN Staff via PREXPO CHICAGO is almost here, and in advance of the fair's opening on April 7, organizers have shared plans for the upcoming EXPO ART WEEK, April 4–10. Programming takes place throughout the city in many different partner arts organizations and institutions&nbsp;and features a robust calendar of art openings, exhibitions, performances, large-scale installations, and other special events taking place throughout Chicago.Following are some of the featured alignments for 2022. A full list of programs may be <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/expo-art-week">viewed online</a>.&nbsp;<h1>&nbsp;</h1><figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3776/standard/AFRICOBRA_PENINSULA.jpg?1647019149"><figcaption>Gerald Williams, Take It, 1971. Acrylic on Masonite.Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;THE PENINSULA CHICAGO X AFRICOBRA: I AM SOMEBODYApril 7&nbsp;– Mid- May, 2022 <a href="https://www.peninsula.com/en/chicago/art-in-resonance">The Peninsula Chicago</a>The Peninsula Chicago is proud to present an exhibition of works by AFRICOBRA founders Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson&nbsp;and Gerald Williams, along with additional early members of the pioneering collective. AFRICOBRA was an artist collective founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968. Known for creating art to address social and cultural challenges affecting the Black community, AFRICOBRA is one of the most significant arts movements of the second half of the twentieth century. The exhibition will feature a selection of works from the AFRICOBRA group's groundbreaking early exhibitions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as key insights into their aesthetic explorations before the group came together, and subsequent developments in the following decades. AFRICOBRA's incredible contributions to the history of art have been highlighted in such exhibitions as the 2019 Venice Biennale and the critically-acclaimed Soul of a Nation, which debuted at the Tate Modern in 2017, and traveled to five further museums. This exhibition is in partnership with Kavi Gupta, EXPO CHICAGO and The Peninsula Chicago.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/v3pubi54d61pw2wlxxy2.jpg"><figcaption>Zohra Opoku,&nbsp;To me belongs yesterday...,&nbsp;2020. Screenprint on linen, thread. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim. &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours">ART AFTER HOURS</a>A citywide open gallery night inviting EXPO CHICAGO visitors and the Chicago community to experience the city’s vibrant art scene during extended hours from 6:00 – 9:00pm on Friday, April 8, 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/standard/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/retina/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Nick Cave, Drive-By, 2011, film still.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;NICK CAVE&nbsp;PREVIEW AT ART ON THEMARTApril 8, 2022&nbsp;| 8:00–10:00am <a href="https://artonthemart.com/">Art on theMART</a>Viewable along the Chicago Riverwalk, between Wells and Franklin StreetsIn partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Art on theMART is presenting a brand-new projection by acclaimed American artist Nick Cave. A preview of this projection will be viewable as a pop-up installment at Art on theMART during EXPO CHICAGO on Friday, April 8 from 8:00 – 10:00pm. The projection of Cave’s video work, made specifically for Art on theMART, is a remix of Cave’s original film&nbsp;Drive-By&nbsp;(2011) with new footage as part of the Summer 2022 programming to be shown twice nightly from May 5 through September 7, 2022. Cave’s projection will coincide with his first career-spanning retrospective,&nbsp;Forothermore,&nbsp;at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/standard/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/retina/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Installation view of Senju’s Waterfall for Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.</figcaption></figure>SENJU’S WATERFALL&nbsp;FOR CHICAGOOn view now through June 26 <a href="https://www.artic.edu/">The Art Institute of Chicago</a>Under a combination of white light and UV lighting, the works evocatively express the force and motion of falling water.&nbsp;These enchanting painted screens are the work and a gift of Senju (b. 1958), a contemporary proponent of Nihonga, traditional Japanese painting. Known for his signature&nbsp;Waterfall&nbsp;works, Senju created the panels on view at the Art Institute specifically for the museum’s Gallery 109, the space designed by architect Andō Tadao. Thinking of the exhibition as a collaboration between himself and the architect through time, Senju tailored the scale and lighting to best suit this distinctive space.<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/standard/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/retina/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Barely Fair, Odd Ark LA—Brian Randolph. Photo: Roland Miller</figcaption></figure>BARELY FAIRApril 8&nbsp;– 10, 2022 | 6:00 –&nbsp;10:00 pm Color Club | 4146 N Elston Ave.Barely Fair&nbsp;is a miniature art fair operated by the artist-run project space&nbsp;Julius Caesar. The invitational fair presents a tiny peek inside the programming of 30 contemporary art galleries, project spaces, and curatorial projects from around the world. Included spaces exhibit works in 1:12 scale booths built to mimic the design of a standard fair.&nbsp;Barely Fair opens with a vernissage&nbsp;on April 8 and runs through April 24. Located at the arts and events space Color Club, the fair will run with daily hours through the first weekend, and be open for weekly gallery hours and by appointment&nbsp;through April 24th.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/standard/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/retina/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Hank Willis Thomas, Faith, 2017. Fiberglass, chameleon auto paint finish © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Courtesy of Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, 21c Museum Hotels.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;POP STARS! POPULAR CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY ARTMarch 21, 2022 –&nbsp;March 1, 2023 21c Museum Hotel ChicagoThe multi-media exhibition illuminates the intersection of celebrity, commerce, technology and the media, including notable works by Nick Cave, Titus Kaphar, Hank Willis Thomas and Kehinde Wiley, among others. Spanning all 10,000+ square feet of the 21c Museum Hotel Chicago’s gallery space,&nbsp;Pop Stars!&nbsp;features over 90 works of art by 55 artists from around the world. The artists exhibited in&nbsp;Pop Stars!&nbsp;examine recent shifts in how culture is being created and consumed, demonstrating the dominance of the popular as today’s ubiquitous culture. Curated by Museum Director and Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites.&nbsp;A guided docent tour will be available on Friday, April 8 from 5:00 – 6:00pm.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/standard/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/retina/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Theodora Allen, Struck (2021).Courtesy of Kasmin (New York). Photo: Jenalee Harmon.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;THEODORA ALLEN: SATURNINEMarch 29&nbsp;–&nbsp;July 10, 2022 <a href="https://driehausmuseum.org/">The Richard H. Driehaus Museum</a>The Driehaus Museum presents&nbsp;Theodora Allen: Saturnine&nbsp;as part of their 2022 contemporary exhibition program&nbsp;A Tale of Today.&nbsp;Drawing upon the museum’s focus on ornamentation and exquisite craft, the exhibition—previously on view at the Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark), curated by Stephanie Cristello—resonates with specific histories and motifs within the Nickerson Mansion and Driehaus collection, and installed within select period rooms of the Gilded Age mansion. A monograph published by Motto Books in Berlin accompanies the traveling exhibition.&nbsp;An opening reception will take place April 6, 7:00 – 9:00pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/standard/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802" srcset="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/retina/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802 2x" sizes="100vw"><figcaption>Chris Larson, Thread Room. Courtesy of the artist and ENGAGE Projects.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CHRIS LARSON: THE RESIDUE OF LABORApril 8–May 21, 2022 Opening reception April 8, 6:00–8:00pm |&nbsp;401 N Paulina St.ENGAGE Projects is pleased to announce The Residue of Labor, a site-specific exhibition by St. Paul-based multimedia artist Chris Larson. The exhibition will be presented across two locations: Larson will debut a primary, large-scale installation at an offsite warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood (401 N Paulina St), in addition to a small presentation of works at ENGAGE Projects (864 N Ashland Ave). At the offsite location — a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood — Larson’s large-scale, site specific installation will include 55 recent works ranging from sculpture, video, drawing, painting, and photography, as well as an immersive work titled Thread Room.&nbsp;&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3793/standard/Screen_Shot_2022-03-11_at_2.58.43_PM.png?1647032373"><figcaption>Bob Faust, Logan Square/Englewood, 2021. 12-color, digitally printed canvas, flash paint, gold and silver leaf. Image courtesy ofThe Peninsula Chicago and the artist.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;BOB FAUST:&nbsp;WITH ALL, AND STILL…On view now through May&nbsp;2022 <a href="https://www.peninsula.com/en/newsroom/chicago/news/art-in-resonance-2021">The Peninsula Chicago</a>with all, and still…&nbsp;is a series of layered, billboard-scaled works created from photographic details captured by local Chicago artist Bob Faust from several of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods. The vibrant, digital images are used as the main medium to create new artworks with unique reads from differing vantage points. The result is a colorful and immersive experience that feels as if the vernacular panels of distant canvas billboards have been transformed and transported to The Peninsula Chicago lobby, providing an urban and industrial counterpoint to the elegance of the surrounding hotel spaces.&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces 2022 Art Week Programming

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/xzofkop8c1khahfr830x.jpg"><figcaption>Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967, From a portfolio of ten screenprints on paper, 3/250,36” x 36” (91.4 x 91.4cm) each.© 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.© 2022 The Estate of Marilyn Monroe LLC.</figcaption></figure>GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Following the success of the summer 2021 blockbuster exhibition,Frida Kahlo: Timeless, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at the College of DuPage (COD) will present an exhibition of Andy Warhol in summer of 2023. The exhibition will feature 94 works from Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop / Works from the Bank of America Collection on loan through Bank of America’s Art in our Communities® program. The exhibition, scheduled for summer of 2023, will also include over 100 works from the College of DuPage Permanent Art Collection.“It is truly an honor to have the opportunity to present work by an artist who embodies so much of the American dream. He captured American culture, iconography and society in such a relatable way,” said MAC Director Diana Martinez. “We are working hard at the College of DuPage to transform our arts center into an unforgettable experience and create partnerships throughout the community to welcome Warhol fans near and far to DuPage County.”Notable works from the College of DuPage Permanent Art Collection include Warhol’s 1980 screen-printed portrait of Joseph Beuys as well as his iconic $ (1983). The exhibition will also present over 100 photographs by Warhol from the college’s permanent collection, comprised of both black-and-white gelatin silver prints and color Polaroid prints featuring unidentified figures and celebrities alike. These photographs offer a rare and intimate glimpse into Warhol’s New York of the 1970’s and 80’s.&nbsp;The exhibition will encompass both the CCMA and the MAC, unfolding across roughly 10,000 square-feet of exhibition space. Educational and interactive elements will include a historical timeline, video archive installation, interactive mural, children’s print factory area, Studio 54 experience and Central Park-inspired outdoor café, creating an immersive, multifaceted exhibition focused on the life and work of one of the most influential artists of the past century.“Andy Warhol’s work and celebrity redefined what it meant to be an artist and created a model that is still followed by artists today,” said CCMA Curator Justin Witte. “In many ways we are still living in Warhol’s world. I am extremely excited to be partnering with Bank of America on bringing this amazing exhibition to the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center.”The works from Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop / Works from the Bank of America Collection will include portfolios and individual prints by Warhol, starting with iconic works from the mid-1960's to the series of monoprints Vesuvius (1985). These prints demonstrate many aspects of Warhol’s art, including his brilliance as a colorist, which can be seen in the early Flowers and Sunset series. In later series, Warhol experimented with the silkscreen printing process to create complex surface layers.“Bank of America believes that equitable access to the arts is essential to creating greater cultural understanding and building thriving communities,” said Rita Cook, president of Bank of America Chicago. “Through our Arts in our Communities® program, we’re able to share important pieces of artwork from our collection with museums and nonprofit galleries, broadening both the reach and impact of these cultural treasures. It’s a privilege to partner once again with the College of DuPage and to share this unique exhibit with Warhol fans and enthusiasts across Chicagoland.”Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987) was a central figure in the Pop Art movement that emerged in the U.S. in the early 1950s and is the most recognizable artist of the second half of the twentieth century. Warhol worked across media, including painting, sculpture, film and printmaking. Warhol’s printed multiples were central to his practice allowing him to explore the aesthetics and mechanics of mass-produced images and popular culture. Through these prints, Warhol exhibited his mastery at identifying the defining cultural images of his time. Examples include the Wicked Witch of the West,Superman, and Howdy Doody along with the Myths portfolio featuring his self-portrait.Warhol’s prints were not only concerned with pop-culture and celebrity, but also touched on other themes. Warhol’s Endangered Species series grew out of his concern for the environment. In 1979, with Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, Warhol departed from his repeated images format to create a series of iconic images based on a single theme.&nbsp;The exhibition and programming will be led by MAC Director Diana Martinez and CCMA Curator Justin Witte. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale on August 6, 2022. Additional details will be announced at a later date.&nbsp;</body></html>

Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center To Host Warhol Exhibition in 2023

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/ygplxyqezk8eal0jreem.jpg"><figcaption>Derrick Adams, Silver Lining, 2022. Edition of 100, 27 x 20 1/4 inches, Silkscreen, relief and collage. $4,000/ea</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;CHICAGO—EXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art, today announced an exclusive print edition by acclaimed artist Derrick Adams in celebration of the fair’s in-person return to Navy Pier, April 7-10. The print,Silver Lining (2022), is an edition of one hundred and is printed by Tandem Press, the internationally renowned publisher of fine art prints, in collaboration with Rhona Hoffman Gallery. The limited edition print is available for advance purchase at <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/print">expochicago.com/print</a> and on-site at EXPO CHICAGO.“In 2019, we renewed a tradition of the early Chicago fairs, by collaborating with internationally renowned artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust, and Landfall Press, to publish a limited edition print that commemorated the exposition and supported EXPO CHICAGO’s Curatorial Initiatives programming”, said Tony Karman, President | Director. “After two plus years, we are extremely proud to celebrate the return of our in-person 2022 exposition with this extraordinary new print and to have the distinct honor to work with the celebrated artist Derrick Adams and Tandem Press to continue this tradition.”For his 2017 inHarlem project in collaboration with The Studio Museum in Harlem, Adams carried out extensive research on Black design in fashion at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, culminating in a body of work entitled Mood Board. Silver Lining incorporates abstract collage, vintage clothing patterns, fabric and bold, colorful forms to communicate Adams' interest in formalism, deconstruction and fragmentation. Playing with perspective, viewers see the exposed lining and structure of the coat as seen from an imagined vantage point beneath the runway. The piece merges the visual vernacular of garment making with the frenetic energy of a runway show—an ode to legendary Black fashion.&nbsp;“In the past five years I've had the chance to work with incredible arts organizations in the city of Chicago, including Rhona Hoffman Gallery and Stony Island Arts Bank, that have had a lasting impact on my practice,” said Derrick Adams. “It is an honor to be selected to create this visual representation of the 2022 edition of EXPO CHICAGO, a crucial contributor to the City’s art ecosystem, and to work with Tandem Press once again.”“A collaborative artist by nature, Derrick Adams has been an absolute joy to work with. He is incredibly thoughtful in his approach to translating his ideas through the printmaking process,” said Paula Panczenko, Director of Tandem Press. “Silver Lining perfectly encapsulates Derrick’s many artistic influences—from music and performance to the legacy of Black fashion designers. We were thrilled to be asked to work on this new edition created by Derrick exclusively for EXPO CHICAGO, and look forward to its debut at the fair.”The print is available for $4,000 and will be sold in a limited edition of 100. Sales will support EXPO CHICAGO’s Curatorial Initiatives, which seek to promote the development of curators and foster international dialogue between artists and institutions in Chicago and the greater Midwest.&nbsp;About Derrick AdamsDerrick Adams (b. 1970) is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work spans painting, collage, sculpture, performance, video, and sound. Adams obtained his BFA from the Pratt Institute and MFA from Columbia University. He is also an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting &amp; Sculpture. Among other honors, the artist received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, a Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship and a Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize. With his oeuvre, Adams probes how identity and personal narrative intersect with American iconography, art history, urban culture, and the Black experience. The artist explores how individuals are shaped by their physical, societal, and historical environs. With sophisticated formal techniques, Adams investigates the fragmentation and manipulation of structure and surface—a method that links him to pioneers such as Henri Matisse, Hannah Höch, and Romare Bearden. His art resides in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Studio Museum in Harlem; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; and the Birmingham Museum of Art, among many others. He has recently established an artist program and residency in his hometown of Baltimore called The Last Resort.&nbsp;About Tandem PressTandem Press is a publisher of fine art prints that hosts internationally renowned artists in its studio space, assisting them as they create original fine art editions. Using an array of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, Tandem Press stands at the forefront of research, experimentation, and new developments in the field of printmaking and has established itself as a leader among international fine art print publishers. Since its inception in 1987, Tandem Press has produced original fine art editions by numerous world-renowned artists including Derrick Adams, Richard Bosman, Lynda Benglis, Suzanne Caporael, Robert Cottingham, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Jeffrey Gibson, Sam Gilliam, Michelle Grabner, Al Held, Robert Kelly, David Lynch, Maser, Judy Pfaff, Alison Saar, Sean Scully, David Shapiro, Alan Shields, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Swoon, and Mickalene Thomas.As a gallery, Tandem Press represents, promotes, and sells the artworks created in the studio both locally through exhibitions in its gallery, and nationally through participation in several internationally renowned annual art fairs. The Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin is the official archive of Tandem Press and receives one print from every edition that is published. In addition to its professional and research operatives, Tandem Press is also an important educational entity affiliated alongside the Art Department within the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tandem Press also partners with other departments at the university and organizations throughout Wisconsin to offer tours, printmaking workshops, and other special events that serve artists, students, faculty, staff and the general public.&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces Ltd Ed. Print By Derrick Adams from Tandem Press

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/s7irhnpuc2h3rickeqcr.jpg"><figcaption>The Other Art Fair</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff<a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/">The Other Art Fair</a> was one of the first and only in-person fairs to take place in Chicago in 2021 when it opened last <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/the-other-art-fair-returns-to-chicago-this-weekend">September</a>. With limits in place in consideration of COVID, the fair lacked some of its usual party vibrancy but they got the job done and welcomed artists and fair-goers for a weekend of in-person art viewing and buying. The fair is back again already, this time taking place April 21-24 on Fulton Market.&nbsp;Presented by Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair is billed as the leading artist Fair to discover and buy art directly from the very best emerging artistic talent.&nbsp;Founded in London, UK in 2011, annual and biannual editions take place across the globe in Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, Sydney, and Toronto.This spring's Chicago fair promises to bring back the party it's known for, including Bombay G&amp;Ts for VIPs on opening night and DJ sets, immersive art installations, fully stocked bars, and lots of fresh affordable art.&nbsp;Browse original and limited edition artworks by 110 independent artists, with pieces priced from $100 and in a variety of different mediums – &nbsp;something for every budget and taste.&nbsp;&nbsp;Special programming specific to Chicago includes:&nbsp;• All Star Press back presenting three Chicago Based Guest Artists: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blake_jones/">BLAKE JONES, </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jcrivera/">JC RIVERA </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ellooelloo/">ELLOO</a>• Chicago Charity partner <a href="https://artsoflife.org/">Arts of Life</a> who offer support and a creative outlet for artists with developmental disabilities.• <a href="http://www.amfm.life/">AMFM’s</a> founder Ciera McKissick on the Selection Committee for the 2022 New Futures – designed to launch the careers of talented emerging artists through prizing that includes free exhibition space and mentorship.Details, including hours, COVID protocols and tickets, <a href="https://www.theotherartfair.com/chicago/">here</a> &nbsp;</body></html>

The Other Art Fair Will Take Place This Spring on Fulton Market

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/wermutiskpjlrkfkbuvi.png"></figure>Full details on <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs">EXPOChicago.com</a>&nbsp;Via PRDebuting New Spring Dates, the Annual Exposition Announces Expansive Roster for Panel Programs, On-site Installations, and Keynote Speakers for Curatorial Initiatives and Directors Summit ProgramsEXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art, today announced the full roster of participating artists and speakers for its core programs throughout its ninth annual edition, taking place April 7 – 10, 2022. Core programs include the /Dialogues on-site panel program of art world leaders in conversation, presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC); the Northern Trust Exchange Stage, providing interactive daily panel discussions; IN/SITU, large-scale sculpture, video, film and site-specific series of works installed within the expansive, vaulted architecture of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall; and an expanded OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, which utilizes citywide digital billboards in the City’s Chicago Digital Network (CDN) to display a curated selection of contemporary artwork throughout the city.Participants in the core programs feature leaders from across the art world, including Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson (Chair, National Endowment of the Arts), Jamillah James (Manilow Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago), Koyo Kouoh (Executive Director and Chief Curator, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town), Sarah Meister (Executive Director, Aperture), Charles Moore (art historian, collector and author) and Hans Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London), while artists included in panels and on-site installations include AFRICOBRA members Gerald Williams (SAIC 1966-67) and Sherman Beck (Artist), as well as Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Liz Larner, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Nancy Rubins, Devon Shimoyama, Gio Swaby and more.“This April will be the first time since 2019 that the fair will be able to bring its global community of artists, curators, designers and art world leaders together in person, and the incredible range and depth of the core programs reflect this built energy and enthusiasm,” said Kate Sierzputowski, Director of Programming. “From /Dialogues panels addressing the resilience of artists’ practices and institutional reflection, to IN/SITU’s first dedicated section to digital work, to the expansion of the digital billboardnetwork for the OVERRIDE program, you will see throughout the programming creatives grappling with the development of augmented connectivity that has emerged in force since we last gathered. I hope that this artist-centered programmatic approach sparks new creative energy amongst the participants as well as engages the broad range of communities joining the fair from Chicagoland and beyond.”&nbsp;/DialoguesPresented 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. Highlights of this year’s edition of /Dialogues include a historic gathering of founding and key members of AFRICOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist; a panel addressing the rise of NFTs and their new place within the art world; a panel discussing visual practices in poetry with The Poetry Foundation; a fully bilingual conversation with 2022 EXPOSURE curator Humberto Moro and artists from his curated section of the fair; and talks with some of the world’s leading artists, including Derrick Adams, Dawoud Bey, Krista Franklin (SAIC Lecturer), Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Devon Shimoyama, Gio Swaby, and more. For more information and the full lineup for /Dialogues, click here.&nbsp;Exchange by Northern TrustLocated within the Northern Trust Anchor Lounge, Exchange by Northern Trust: An Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting features exclusive panels on collecting and the art market that are open to VIP patrons.“We look forward to dynamic discussions about new opportunities in the art markets and collecting,” said Steven L. Fradkin, President, Wealth Management at Northern Trust. “We are proud to serve for the 8th consecutive year as presenting sponsor of EXPO CHICAGO in 2022.”Highlights of the 2022 program include a conversation between Schwanda Rountree, (Art Collector and Art Advisor), Vesela Sretenović (The Phillips Collection), and Henry Thaggart (Collector and Arts Patron), facilitated by artist Ada Pinkston on collecting with conscience and a panel featuringAmy Whitaker (NYU) on the future of collecting NFTs, both presented in partnership with Art World Learning; a conversation moderated by Victoria Burns (APAA) with leading voices that address women artists and the market; a conversation and book signing with Charles Moore on the occasion of the recent publication of his book The Brilliance of the Color Black; and a panel on the next era of arts funding featuring Christopher J. Alfieri (Prospect New Orleans; Christovich &amp; Kearney, LLP), Whitney Hardy (3RDSPACE, Hardy Beverages), and Abby Pucker (Gertie), moderated by Melissa Cowley Wolf (MCW Projects, Arts Funders Forum) in collaboration with Arts Funders Forum.&nbsp;Additional Programming As part of its inaugural Directors Summit, EXPO CHICAGO will present a keynote lecture by Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, the newly appointed Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Serving as a culmination of the Directors Summit program, the lecture will highlight Dr. Jackson’s 25-year body of work on understanding and elevating arts, culture and design as critical elements of healthy communities. Her work blends social science, arts and humanities-based approaches to comprehensive community development, systems change, program and policy evaluation and applied research.In addition, EXPO CHICAGO’s annual Curatorial Forum will feature a keynote by Koyo Kouoh, Chief Curator and Executive Director of Zeitz MOCAA, highlighting her previous work in founding RAW Material Company in Dakar in 2008 as an institution dedicated to art, knowledge and society. A center for critical education, an art exhibition space and home to a creative residency program, it supports the work of African and international artists and curators in all contemporary art media.&nbsp;IN/SITUInstalled throughout Festival Hall and the city of Chicago, IN/SITU features large-scale sculpture, video, film, and site-specific works. For the 2022 IN/SITU program, Marcella Beccaria, Chief Curator and Sandy Lee (Financial Analyst CAIA, CFP; Treasurer, Joan Mitchell Foundation) and Lesley Silverman (UTA), facilitated by Curator of Collections at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Turin, Italy, curated Rare Earths, an exhibition of major works including new site-specific pieces by artists from leading international exhibitors participating in this year’s exposition. Coming from diverse geographic and cultural backgrounds, these artists present works in a variety of media—including sculpture, installation, performance, virtual reality and more. The selection of work for this year’s edition includes pieces by Raphaël Barontini, Guglielmo Castelli, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Liz Larner, Bertina Lopes, Cildo Meireles, John Preus, Nancy Rubins, Edra Soto, Stan VanDerBeek and Sarah Zapata. The 2022 edition of IN/SITU is the first to feature a section dedicated to digital works, featuring artists aaajiao and Keiken + George Jasper Stone in collaboration with Daata. The indoor IN/SITU programming is complemented by an outdoor installation located throughout Chicago parks as part of IN/SITU OUTSIDE, featuring two works by Nancy Rubins from her Diversifolia series. For more information on the 2022 IN/SITU program, click here.&nbsp;OVERRIDE | A Billboard ProjectIn keeping with Chicago’s legacy of championing public art, EXPO CHICAGO will present major initiatives created 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.OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project is a citywide collaborative public art initiative between EXPO and DCASE in collaboration with the Chicago Digital Network to exhibit artwork on all CDN billboards and, for the first time, City Information Panels "CIPs" in the Central Business District from April 4-17. Participants include both emerging and established artists from Chicago and around the world. 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.Featured artists in the 2022 edition of OVERRIDE include Barnaby Barford, Sanford Biggers, Brandon Breaux, Jasmine Clarke, Laura Kina, Caroline Liu, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Leonard Suryajaya, Gerald Williams and Karl Wirsum. For a full list of locations and more information on the 2022 program, click here.For additional information and a full list of programming, exhibitors and more on the ninth edition of EXPO CHICAGO, please visit www.expochicago.com.&nbsp;About EXPO CHICAGOEXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary &amp; Modern Art features leading international galleries alongside a leading platform for contemporary art and cultural programming. Hosted within historic Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, EXPO CHICAGO presents a diverse and inventive program, including /Dialogues (presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and Exchange by Northern Trust: An Interactive Conversation Around the Art of Collecting, unrivaled talks programs for both public and VIP audiences; IN/SITU, dynamic on-site installations highlighting large-scale sculpture, film, and site-specific work; and major public art initiatives, including IN/SITU Outside, public art installed throughout Chicago Park District locations, and OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project, a curated selection of international artists throughout the city’s digital billboard network. 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. EXPO CHICAGO is the publisher of THE SEEN, Chicago’s only international journal of contemporary and modern art criticism, distributed throughout the United States and Europe.EXPO CHICAGO is presented by Art Expositions, LLC. Under the leadership of President and Director Tony Karman, EXPO CHICAGO draws upon the city’s rich history as a vibrant international cultural destination, while highlighting the region’s contemporary arts community and inspiring its collector base. For more information on EXPO CHICAGO visit <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs">EXPOChicago.com</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO Chicago Announces Core Programming For Ninth Edition 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419031/j1jwdbwka66lyxrmg7kh.jpg"><figcaption>Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff via PRPlans were announced not long ago for Immersive Frida, the follow up experience to Immersive Van Gogh. Now, a special date has been announced, in the midst of this latest exhibition, to share a timely, existing immersive exhibit celebrating the work of Ukrainian artist, poet, philosopher and public figure, Taras Shevchenko and benefitting the Red Cross and the National Bank of Ukraine Fund.The Immersive organizers shared, "The seventh day of war dawns on Ukraine as invading Russian forces continue to encounter fierce resistance. Amidst the bombardments and firefights, workers at the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko crate away valuable pieces of artwork in the exact same containers used to shield them from invading Nazi forces in 1941 to hide the valuable national artwork from the invading Russian Military forces as gunfire erupts just down the street. An artist, poet, writer and political activist of the mid 19thcentury, Shevchenko was known for expressing themes of Ukrainian oppression by the Russian government in his art."Emboldened to assist Ukraine with its ongoing crisis, Lighthouse Immersive, the producers of Immersive Van Gogh, is currently arranging to have an existing immersive exhibit celebrating the work of Ukrainian artist, poet, philosopher and public figure, Taras Shevchenko, brought to North America. IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE will be available for viewing beginning March 15 in Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, with all proceeds from ticket sales going directly to Red Cross and the National Bank of Ukraine Fund. Ticket buyers may select which charity to allocate their contribution to.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419032/qojzrnsbmzp7yy1dqtud.jpg"><figcaption>Rendering of exhibit</figcaption></figure>In 2021, Ukraine-born Lighthouse Immersive Associate Producer Valeriy Kostyuk, working with a Ukraine-based team including Producer Natalia Delieva, Creative Director Tais Poda, Composer Timur Polyansky, and Curator-Consultant Dmytro Stus, developed and launched an immersive exhibit of Shevchenko’s work in Odesa. Kostyuk sought to apply the artistry and innovation that Lighthouse Immersive practiced with Vincent van Gogh to one of Ukraine’s most beloved cultural figures. He was able to work with the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv to obtain access to their collection of paintings, resulting in a one-of-a-kind sensory experience that <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=OiNP8Syn9LlCN8uf9dD0j5nGstIfx4iGmM0GxnxTR2GIxnIBIey6XdiYfPZxPQ55CWBa10h-2BbqXa5i2W1yDGgHhdUztcF-2BsPp9by5V-2FNWGWmwuvux0sWdvPhQ4AfXYJvGSmQjYRwIZjdSq0sDQehO2dgnF-2F5DZI5moaNZgaFf1s-3DdzVk_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L007cIzaJ5X2O6z6fZNnnfytz4O2GEhL-2BoW19-2BOIjlTtwbGpi3oyzHiRn5ZMoVxQONGmSwh1KJ5ljtFUStr6P8sjCtXNF8SYt-2FxGjnh7DsheqRgUisCWVEwfwrz4cfm36shYJ0yYzdsYyv-2FqJPjj7CXNQLUxkAB8rg7A90quhZKGGOHMQ9ijqEcp84aDDsNSYrYvBiekgaqmwG-2FbGDrcwDvKA4l1o-2Fm8USV6C2Nd-2FWutH5b2Uhfne0N4qKgZgHbeQ7UIn7OvEiXWJqAyevvSf8dVWgQ6GNEJu2jLOnghAAup3gA1Jmg6tQKS4xlAzr7GXp-2BoW7-2BJv-2BbtayQaCGOyB2KpU2L4s6nMAku7JWepisBLq2NwtzUZAJuszsw9lCxwPyMeZJqBZxLmo-2BbO31HKUqhNwIKUAXHA9kpLXRlHKeOX41Njagd8gXNubw-2BhhMNbWgC0bk1yMGHJII4zGaHbmT1r8L0BRoJswtqljrCzgGt68n5PEvM1bCmUmMvsJOCEzT40IKeqByu2lpfB-2B2EZzrHWU-2FmZ2qfXfyrK5mf866NT2jGLvu7pdjJNJnjLMQIT2WX9FkFTm48GQdSR2aIsJNeiBM7QCvb39aGA9qUFYp-2BOXs4FWwto-2BD0K6dUBgr1gvBgjUaIMtpYqoEVb-2Bv3-2BUsHLOy3lPK3xtDuZiEsH04yQ-2FoJyXft3dUsBkjIf3cj2BrCcLxFY1QD8rq9uASoiXI3SnSsbKJJTxwkYx9yRw6SzHAmeDpZOCOlA6m87el6VHs7IsgSYt5h6zgyxK7IBfvix-2B2uwKbcxD1LGHIc0CuHCfCnkcO2AQd6aY7eeWx-2FEvy41y3H3miV7k5qk0npb3MPWyjeXj-2BBiK7-2BDza22UNbsBA8ASr9eugVx-2FT1fm9HwGV0aNNGFtGGGQKcDXU6kncukIaEOxNQ-2BY2vQXH9kML8T2gXNaWZtZz-2BcXKkNjChMAFxVJIF8Yn-2BsuEFj4-2BQqNGzQw-3D">President Zelensky himself visited</a> before the war began. Now, Lighthouse Immersive is working with the Ukrainian producers in Kyiv and Odesa to bring the exhibit to North America so they can share Ukrainian art and culture with audiences abroad while raising funds for a righteous cause.&nbsp;“I always wanted to find a way to use my experiences producing in North America to promote Ukrainian artists,” comments Kostyuk. “Ukrainian culture is as beautiful and moving and important as the culture of any other country in the world, and Shevchenko is, in many ways, a father of the independent Ukrainian nation. I have been moved and inspired beyond words by the endurance and resilience of the Ukrainian people in this moment and I am deeply thankful to the incredible team in Ukraine who partnered with me on this project, as well as to the producers at Lighthouse Immersive for standing with me in this moment.”&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419033/ydfmjtvw60lr2b9dx1ac.jpg"><figcaption>President Zelensky at Immersive Shevchenko exhibit</figcaption></figure>"As the people of Ukraine, with freedom in their DNA, continue to stand strong against this grave threat together with the free world, it is important to remember everything we are fighting for is to protect our values," said Andrii Bukvych, Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada. "Ukraine is a culturally rich nation with a storied history, a part of European heritage, and it is encouraging to see the art of one of Ukraine's most prominent cultural icons being appreciated by audiences on the other side of the world. It is important for the global community to know what is at stake, and what is under attack."&nbsp;“Like millions around the world, we feel shocked and helpless in the face of what Ukraine is experiencing right now, and I happen to have a particular lens on this with core members of our team being from and with family in Ukraine,” says Lighthouse Immersive Producer Corey Ross. “On behalf of the entire company, I am grateful to have the opportunity to bring this show here and to be able to help in any way I can.”&nbsp;Taras Shevchenko (March 9, 1814 – March 10, 1861) is largely considered a cultural trailblazer of the independent Ukrainian nation. Born a serf, Shevchenko was freed in 1838 while a student at the St. Petersburg Academy of Art. A master of Ukrainian painting and graphic art, and a spiritual leader, Shevchenko was the founder of critical realism and the folk element in Ukrainian fine arts. Shevchenko’s creative output primarily reflected the socio-political reality of the Ukrainian people of that period and largely expressed themes of Ukrainian oppression by the Russian government and calls for Ukrainian liberation. &nbsp;Tickets for IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE are on sale now at <a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=vJO7LlTnWvd32qDo8NqOvODG6Y7mHuj-2Bd1tRPAz3LILK3eiPhobuYbdz-2BtIR18jCjeCzWCtjo9HlfWk4AXmK-2FPMx6G1jZfoQJY2EH-2B5nD4SlYJzjftJBmBFkDf0dTcS8y9ujQVB6mR1270PHlVmGqGEjEvRLkL4Y-2FuoD12PiHLa4LTTLISo96XRJ9kvq-2Fl-2Fq6nYg_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L007cIzaJ5X2O6z6fZNnnfytz4O2GEhL-2BoW19-2BOIjlTtwbGpi3oyzHiRn5ZMoVxQONGmSwh1KJ5ljtFUStr6P8sjCtXNF8SYt-2FxGjnh7DsheqRgUisCWVEwfwrz4cfm36shYJ0yYzdsYyv-2FqJPjj7CXNQLUxkAB8rg7A90quhZKGGOHMQ9ijqEcp84aDDsNSYrYvBiekgaqmwG-2FbGDrcwDvKA4l1o-2Fm8USV6C2Nd-2FWutH5b2Uhfne0N4qKgZgHbeQ7UIn7OvEiXWJqAyevvSf8dVWgQ6GNEJu2jLOnghAAup3gA1Jmg6tQKS4xlAzr7GXp-2BoW7-2BJv-2BbtayQaCGOyB2KpU2L4s6nMAku7JWepisBLq2NwtzUZAJuszsw9lCxwPyMeZJqBZxLmo-2BbO31HKUqhNwIKUAXHA9kpLXRlHKeOX41Njagd8gXNubw-2BhhMNbWgC0bk1yMGHJII4zGaHbmT1r8L0BRoJswtqljrCzgGt68n5PEvM1bCmUmMvsJOCEzT40IKeqByu2lpfB-2B2EZzrHWU-2FmZ2qfXfyrK5mf866NT2jGLvu7pdjJNJnjLMQIT2WX9FkFTm48GQdSR2aIsJNeiBM7QCvb39aGA9qUFYp-2BOXs4FWwto-2BD0K6dUBgr1gvBgjUaIMtpYqoEVb-2Bv3-2BUsHLOy3lPK3xtDuZiEsH04yQ-2FoJyXft3dUsBkjIf3cj2BrCcLxFY1QD8rq9uASoiXI3SnSsbKJJTxwkYx9yRw6SzHAmeDpZOCOlA6m87el6VHs7IcIv7iwZWmxK860sB6hkG8FWzIYJzUXcb-2F-2BPy6Nh-2FdEOA1Hw67LsvNuX7FF6JbQ8vgQ0p-2BqBFKvZ6kmpY7wL2RsI4WSlhKs3zBXnXAyP4-2BobQiT5JbIFUaxls9gm48LweIkEqyXjDPPwVZxUGMQXBBR-2FGJaPBSwyqYXT-2FcCrG5cnTu-2Ba0InEzDGZspzxuLpr-2FriS5Nl3OenOwfBqhAvAfY-3D">l</a><a href="https://u56787.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=vJO7LlTnWvd32qDo8NqOvODG6Y7mHuj-2Bd1tRPAz3LILK3eiPhobuYbdz-2BtIR18jCjeCzWCtjo9HlfWk4AXmK-2FPMx6G1jZfoQJY2EH-2B5nD4SlYJzjftJBmBFkDf0dTcS8y9ujQVB6mR1270PHlVmGqGEjEvRLkL4Y-2FuoD12PiHLa4LTTLISo96XRJ9kvq-2Fl-2FqpJQh_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP-2BvAdgfICCFFHxnTjvEhUHLATit0Q8QLp1LC-2BEz94L007cIzaJ5X2O6z6fZNnnfytz4O2GEhL-2BoW19-2BOIjlTtwbGpi3oyzHiRn5ZMoVxQONGmSwh1KJ5ljtFUStr6P8sjCtXNF8SYt-2FxGjnh7DsheqRgUisCWVEwfwrz4cfm36shYJ0yYzdsYyv-2FqJPjj7CXNQLUxkAB8rg7A90quhZKGGOHMQ9ijqEcp84aDDsNSYrYvBiekgaqmwG-2FbGDrcwDvKA4l1o-2Fm8USV6C2Nd-2FWutH5b2Uhfne0N4qKgZgHbeQ7UIn7OvEiXWJqAyevvSf8dVWgQ6GNEJu2jLOnghAAup3gA1Jmg6tQKS4xlAzr7GXp-2BoW7-2BJv-2BbtayQaCGOyB2KpU2L4s6nMAku7JWepisBLq2NwtzUZAJuszsw9lCxwPyMeZJqBZxLmo-2BbO31HKUqhNwIKUAXHA9kpLXRlHKeOX41Njagd8gXNubw-2BhhMNbWgC0bk1yMGHJII4zGaHbmT1r8L0BRoJswtqljrCzgGt68n5PEvM1bCmUmMvsJOCEzT40IKeqByu2lpfB-2B2EZzrHWU-2FmZ2qfXfyrK5mf866NT2jGLvu7pdjJNJnjLMQIT2WX9FkFTm48GQdSR2aIsJNeiBM7QCvb39aGA9qUFYp-2BOXs4FWwto-2BD0K6dUBgr1gvBgjUaIMtpYqoEVb-2Bv3-2BUsHLOy3lPK3xtDuZiEsH04yQ-2FoJyXft3dUsBkjIf3cj2BrCcLxFY1QD8rq9uASoiXI3SnSsbKJJTxwkYx9yRw6SzHAmeDpZOCOlA6m87el6VHs7FQiQ9YpLwbEW0KMraIY9yHfsZTphghLOr78weWuOtFEpctqF8KFOFZH0L-2F-2Bd3Mi6BZSoy5UOgxMsW7Frv-2Ffz2LWv1e-2FXzgpKO4Ni82wKyFRynr38dBEBCwjPf58X8sQynhGh9RmBNrTAp-2FO5Q5kKj4eFW5xdoWhokLy62-2BKtea9Wn3p54AbdDIlzkgMluRvLZOXySJbj0xLC39P9sXTYyw-3D">ighthouseimmersive.com/immersive-shevchenko</a> for March 15 showings from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets to IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE include the Immersive Frida Kahlo experience as well. &nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine Coming to Chicago for Single Day Benefit

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419030/gbph6ze6747lotyubtay.jpg"></figure>Via PRHyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, has completed its <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/art-makes">ART MAKES</a>: COMMUNITY + CHANGE capital campaign – the largest in its 83-year-history – raising $17 million and surpassing an ambitious original goal of $16 million. The announcement was made today by the Art Center Board of Directors, acknowledging great appreciation for generous recent $1 million+ gifts made by The Clinton Family Fund and Cari and Michael J. Sacks, in addition to original lead gifts from the Builders Initiative, Guida Family Foundation, and David C. and Sarajean&nbsp;Ruttenberg&nbsp;Arts Foundation. &nbsp;As previously announced, the Art Center Board initiated the ART MAKES capital campaign in 2018 to secure an open tuition education model, establish an endowment, and increase funding for arts-education access and artist investment.&nbsp; Having successfully completed this campaign, effective with the upcoming Spring 2022 class session, the Art Center will officially shift to a new Open Arts contribute-what-you-can model in its Oakman Clinton School and Studios, making it the nation’s first open-tuition visual art school for all ages. &nbsp;Via Open Arts, all of the Art Center's core curriculum classes will now be offered without a set tuition price and all participants will be asked to contribute how they can, at whatever level they are able, so as to provide students from all economic backgrounds the means to participate, create, and benefit from the dynamic learning environment and community at the Art Center.Registration for Spring 2022 classes will start March 8 via <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/education">www.hydeparkart.org/education</a> for the term beginning March 28. An official public program celebrating the campaign completion and launch of Open Arts is scheduled for Saturday, April 23, as part of the Art Center’s popular Center Days quarterly free programming. More information on the April 23 event will be announced shortly.The ART MAKES campaign was co-chaired by Cynthia Heusing, Shirley &amp; Walter Massey, and Richard Wright. In addition to lead gifts, 25% of the total funds were committed by the Art Center’s Board of Directors, with further financial support received from local and national foundation and corporate grants, and gifts from dozens of donors from around Chicago and the Art Center’s own South Side neighborhood.“It’s been wonderful seeing the ART MAKES campaign gain terrific momentum with several large commitments being made in the second half of 2021 and early 2022.&nbsp; Hyde Park Art Center is playing a unique role supporting artists and access in its neighborhood, across the South Side, and across the city. Shirley and I have been proud to be a part of this groundbreaking work and gratified to see others&nbsp;join us in supporting this phenomenal institution,” said Walter Massey.Added Kate Lorenz, Hyde Park Art Center’s Executive Director, “With all the challenges that COVID forced on Chicago communities, we have created a financial model that welcomes all people, regardless of ability to pay, while upgrading top-quality arts programming for years to come.”As previously announced, the infusion of capital will allow Hyde Park Art Center to increase access to art for all and increase investment in artists:&nbsp;&nbsp;Increasing access to art for allHyde Park Art Center’s Oakman Clinton School &amp; Studios annually serve over 1,500 enrollments of all ages and skill levels with nearly 200 courses across the visual arts. Core curriculum classes comprise about two-thirds of all offerings and include staple Art Center programs at all learning levels and across all artistic&nbsp;media, from ceramics, painting and drawing toprintmaking and digital photography. &nbsp;In addition, monies raised through ART MAKES will be dedicated to investing in the Art Center’s ongoing Pathways K- 8 Programs delivering broader access to visual arts for some 700 K–8 students in in its neighboring communities—Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Kenwood, Washington Park, and Woodlawn – along with supporting more than 150 teen and young adult artists through its arts and professional training both for high school and post-high school (18-25- year-old) youth. Further engaging the community, the Art Center currently hosts a robust series of artist talks, exhibition openings, free artmaking workshops, and other creative events; increased funding for public programs will provide an even greater platform and space for artists, community members, and peer organizations to collaborate and contribute to civic dialogue and social awareness.&nbsp;Increasing investment in artistsEqually critical is a deeper investment in professional artists and so among the current Hyde Park Art Center initiatives that will benefit from increased funding are faculty/teaching artist development for its current 50 faculty members via additional resources and trainings for the development of studio work and pedagogical practice.&nbsp; Funding will also provide professional opportunities for artists growing their careers, both inside the building and beyond, through valuable mentorship and exhibition programs such as the Center and Bridge offerings. Further, the Art Center’s Jackman Goldwasser Residency currently provides local artists access to long-term, rent-free studio space, and international artists the opportunity to live and work in Chicago. Building on this, the residency program will expand its international presence by building on exchanges where Chicago artists travel abroad and connect to the global stage while international artists and curators visit Chicago to connect with our local artists. And finally, the Art Center will invest in new work, supporting artists and the creation of ambitious new work to ensure artists, particularly artists of color and women, can mount career-changing exhibitions.&nbsp;About Hyde Park Art CenterHyde Park Art Center, at 5020 South Cornell Avenue on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. Since its inception in 1939, Hyde Park Art Center has grown from a small collective of quirky artists to establishing a strong legacy of risk-taking and experimentation and emerging as a unique Chicago arts institution with social impact. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">www.hydeparkart.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Hyde Park Art Center Becomes Nation's First Open-Tuition Art School

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/f1d0ei14un0v73juaz13.jpg"><figcaption>A view of the restored dome in the City of Chicago's Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial Hall and Rotunda</figcaption></figure>By CGN StaffLater this month Mayor Lightfoot and the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will mark the public reopening of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial Hall and Rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center following a year-long, and overdue, restoration.&nbsp;"Revitalizing the historic Chicago Cultural Center is vital to our tourism and recovery efforts, as well as our ability to bring our creative community back together," said Mayor Lightfoot.The G.A.R. rooms in the Cultural Center, completed in 1897, were designed by the Boston firm of Shepley Rutan and Coolidge as a site to honor the social, political, and moral well-being of Civil War veterans and their families. Their historic restoration shines a fresh light on the rooms’ purpose.&nbsp;The G.AR. dome–which measures 40-feet in diameter and is made up of 62,000 pieces of art glass–is even larger than the Cultural Center's other well-known dome in Preston Bradley Hall (restored in 2008.) In the 1940s, the dome was placed under a cement and copper cover (and lit with electric lights) to end damaging water intrusion. Now the stained glass is fully restored, lit with natural light and protected by a new state-of-the-art clear cover. The dome’s leaded glass underwent a monumental cleaning, repair and re-assembling process at Daprato Rigali Studios, located on the far Northwest Side of Chicago, revealing its overwhelming beauty. The restoration team discovered that the original Tiffany-designed finishes of the cast-iron dome frame were completely intact beneath layers of grime. In this room, you will also see the original paint colors revealed chip by chip, repaired plaster detailing, re-created moldings, and renovated embossed plaster carvings on the ceiling.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/i4k0wdihnibgeb2syz6v.jpg"><figcaption>The hall prior to restoration</figcaption></figure>In gold around the room is a chronological listing of major Civil War battles. The green marble is from Vermont. The newly restored cherry wood cases along the walls previously displayed Civil War artifacts, which are now preserved at the Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center. During the restoration, the ceiling, upper walls, and crown molding all were treated to intricate paint removal, damage repair and painstaking touch-up work. The carpets, newly created by computer to duplicate the patterns and colors of the irreparably damaged original mosaic and terrazzo floors, will now help control sound; not a functional concern in 1897. Cutting-edge technologies were used to recreate missing 1897 elements. To recreate the long-missing chandeliers, old photographs and architectural drawings were brought to life through computer imaging, and models of individual pieces were generated by 3D printing. They were then recast in the original bronze and feature replica hand-blown glass shades. The enormous windows have been restored to their original clear glass, allowing light flow into the room (with UV protection) and a stunning view into G.A.R. Hall from the street.The meticulous restoration of the art glass dome and decorative finishes in the G.A.R. rooms, a Civil War memorial, was made possible by a generous grant of services valued at $15,425,000 to the City of Chicago. This private support provided access to a highly specialized team that exposed the original 1890s surfaces of the rooms; conserved the glass dome, and recreated long-lost custom-designed lighting fixtures.“This was no ordinary preservation project. It’s been an undertaking beyond belief, assembling the top talents in historic restoration to revive one of the great lost treasures of decorative arts,” said Tim Samuelson, Cultural Historian Emeritus for the City of Chicago. “With its sparkling mosaics and art glass dome, the Chicago Cultural Center’s better-known Preston Bradley Hall has been a must-see attraction for decades, but it’s about to get some stiff competition from the G.A.R. rooms.”<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419024/lzmt0zb1aebskdxvhc3b.jpg"><figcaption>The dome prior to restoration</figcaption></figure>Following the restoration, the G.A.R. rooms will reflect their historic appearance as well as more ably facilitate a wider range of free and diverse cultural programming. This includes upgraded lighting, electrical and Wi-Fi — and opportunities for artists and organizations to activate the space through performances and exhibitions.“I am thrilled to see the magnificent restoration of the G.A.R. rooms come to fruition. The work will not only improve the building and physical structures; it will enhance the public programming at the Chicago Cultural Center,” said DCASE Commissioner Erin Harkey. “Our Reopening Weekend will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process, a conversation with art historians on what sacrifice and freedom continue to mean to us today — and dance performances (celebrating the 2022 #YearofChicagoDance) intentionally centering Black artists and perspectives in the historical context of slavery and the American Civil War.”The Chicago Cultural Center restoration, which began in February 2021 following an intensive yearlong study, was executed by Harboe Architects and a team of highly specialized preservation experts and artisans, in partnership with the Department of Assets, Information and Services (AIS) and in consultation with conservators and Tim Samuelson, Cultural Historian Emeritus for the City of Chicago. The Landmarks Commission reviewed and unanimously approved the project.For more information, visit <a href="http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh6tttf-2B1J48YQf9-2F23T8GrDLjarIxjBh5-2F2BPzPfSss1AjEL0JLAmnsNph9D54bf6FVhJaGSsRHmSfCEcdvnsasRejBnd6-2BM82dSKPGaKF0OCB4N_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1XeiKasl3Q0KHAlfCn9N7XONZksYe5OIXa5kf5eLUqZODuRSP9aq4SJ-2B49W0jH0wJ361FZmfd811YRJkeZRtXy94dOd-2FaYWghs-2FZtF7-2BODvvQUhQF0a-2Fc3oi7sJYPELV0a73-2FnqrbcT2Ws4Oc23HJ4-2BnK5kRGImKIeMbo9O4VgfXqCCtnvfKgXGe3JJGLO0nQDc1ny3YfJ8DAV-2Bachh6bOu2HtaN6YXxQrF63R5dlNCsciYI6FMTTBhjQDID49If7uy-2FnKjIejrsj5LSUZETq0QafMx2cHf-2FPgQryLPis63UfC9AlR7-2F3OotL-2FH8lNZi388oC13Iu5qW49H5F2CAVhk4QA-3D-3D">ChicagoCulturalCenter.org</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419025/iumsbrt6fzhxafvexilf.jpg"><figcaption>Restoration in progress</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Reopening Weekend Schedule of Events (subject to change):The reopening will also usher in a celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Chicago Cultural Center, which opened in 1897. Free public programming will take place during a special Reopening Weekend, March 26–27, featuring tours, talks, dance performances and more in addition to continuing exhibitions, Welcome Center and Learning Lab events and shopping at BUDDY.&nbsp;Saturday, March 26:<ul><li>11am, “MYTH BUSTIN’ — The REAL Story Behind the G.A.R. Rooms” with Cultural Historian Emeritus Tim Samuelson (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>12pm and 12:30pm, Guided Tours (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>1pm, Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Harboe Architects (G.A.R. Hall)</li><li>2pm, “What Sacrifice &amp; Freedom Mean Today” with professor Christopher Reed, professor Eileen McMahon and artist Leah Gipson; moderated by Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington (G.A.R. Hall)</li><li>3pm, Performance by Red Clay Dance (G.A.R. Hall and beyond)</li><li>Plus, View the G.A.R. documentary by Chanel 25 (G.A.R. Foyer), visit our hands-on art cart and exhibit displays (G.A.R. Hall) or take a self-guided tour. (Building is open 10am – 5pm.)</li></ul>Sunday, March 27:<ul><li>11am, “MYTH BUSTIN’ — The REAL Story Behind the G.A.R. Rooms” with Cultural Historian Emeritus Tim Samuelson (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>12pm and 12:30pm, Guided Tours (G.A.R. Foyer)</li><li>1pm, Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Harboe Architects (G.A.R. Hall)</li><li>Plus, View the G.A.R. documentary by Chanel 25 (G.A.R. Foyer), visit our hands-on art cart and exhibit displays (G.A.R. Hall) or take a self-guided tour. (Building is open 10am – 5pm.)</li></ul>In addition to in-person programming, a new TV documentary (“Restoration”) airing in May chronicles the work of Harboe Architects and a team of fine artists and preservation experts as they restore the historic Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall and Rotunda in the Chicago Cultural Center to their original 1897 grandeur and beauty. “Restoration” will air in May on Comcast, RCN, and WOW on Cable25. Check the Chicago Cultural Center website for dates and times.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419026/bmqykw3d2fof0laceyry.jpg"><figcaption>The Chicago Cultural Center&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;</body></html>

The City is Reopening a 125 Year-Old, Restored Civil War Memorial, the G.A.R. Rotunda

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/sei0w5tsxihzyunqijbs.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Cave</figcaption></figure>Via PRThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) today announced that tickets for Forothermore, the first career-spanning retrospective of internationally renowned, Chicago-based artist Nick Cave, will go on sale April 6. The most comprehensive survey of Cave’s work to date, the exhibition is curated by Naomi Beckwith, former Manilow Senior Curator, MCA Chicago and will be on view at the MCA from May 14 to October 2, 2022.“I’m thrilled to be sharing my career’s work in my chosen hometown. I don’t take the gravity of this moment for granted,” said Cave. “From the MCA to the DuSable and beyond, this community and city-wide project is the realization of a dream that could only happen in Chicago — this way, with this brilliant team and throughout this great city.”The celebration continues with the ArtEdge: Celebrating Nick Cave gala on May 21 in the Roundhouse at the DuSable Museum of African American History, featuring a presentation of The Color Is, a performative fashion experience, featuring an 80-look production by Nick Cave and Jack Cave. Produced by the MCA, The Color Is is an experience based on the concept of freedom from limits and described as a couture-created body of work that is an amalgamation of cultures, times and ideas, emancipating them from the limits of regular classifications. Gala tickets will be available alongside the exhibition on-sale, beginning April 6.In addition to the performance at ArtEdge: Celebrating Nick Cave, there will be two public performances of The Color Is at the DuSable on Sunday, May 22 at 5:00 p.m. and Monday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m.Running concurrently with Forothermore, Cave will also debut a new video work at <a href="https://artonthemart.com">Art on theMART</a>, the world’s largest permanent digital art projection, as part of its Summer 2022 programming. The projection of Cave’s video work, made specifically for&nbsp;Art on theMART, is a remix of&nbsp;Cave’s original film&nbsp;Drive-By&nbsp;(2011)&nbsp;with new&nbsp;footage, and can be seen from May 5 through September 7, 2022.Following its tenure at the MCA, a recast version of Forothermore will travel to the Guggenheim in New York City for an exhibition opening November 18, 2022, and is also curated by Naomi Beckwith, who currently serves as Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator, Guggenheim Museum.“Nick Cave’s utopian vision and gift for magical material transformation is only matched by his generosity as a mentor, educator and activist,” said Beckwith. “I am thrilled to see that the seeds that he planted in Chicago have flourished into a citywide celebration that not only honors his inspiring work but is a gift to his adopted hometown. Equally important is that audiences at the Guggenheim New York will also have the opportunity to experience a fulsome view of Nick’s artistic and life practice. Nick is an artist who allows all his audiences to celebrate, mourn, and learn with and from each other; a kind of social healing that is so necessary as the world contends with continued physical and political isolation.”For over three decades, Cave has centered his artistic practice on community building and addressing pressing societal issues related to race, gender, sexuality and class. First coming to prominence with his acclaimed Soundsuits series, Cave is celebrated for his projects that eloquently blend community building with vibrant works of art across disciplines, including immersive installations, textural sculptures, impeccably crafted fashions and dynamic videos and performances. In addition to being an artist, Cave is also a prominent activist and educator - qualities that make his work a true representation of the MCA’s mission says the museum’s Pritzker Director, Madeleine Grynsztejn."The MCA has committed itself to presenting local Chicago artists whose works elevate the global discourse surrounding contemporary art and social practice, including, among others,Kerry James Marshall, Virgil Abloh and now Nick Cave,” said Grynsztejn. “This recent history of curatorial programming is not only indicative of this institution’s ongoing efforts to surface the critical art histories being formed within Chicago but also serves as a testament to this city’s vibrant ecosystem of artists, galleries, universities, and museums that have supported such a thriving artist community."&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419023/nj4qihhxaal1pvnfk99l.jpg"><figcaption>Bunny Boy still</figcaption></figure>Reflecting the artist’s three-dimensional approach, the exhibition is designed as an immersive journey that begins with Spinner Forest and continues in the galleries with the artist’s cast bronze sculptures, tapestries made of sequined garments, color-saturated videos, and breath-taking installations such as the larger-than-life Beaded Cliff Wall that is comprised of millions of colorful pony beads threaded into shoelaces by hand. Displayed against a backdrop of floor-to-ceiling geometric vinyl wallpaper collaboratively designed with the artist’s partner Bob Faust, Forothermore traces artistic themes and Cave’s evolving interests over three decades, with works from as early as 1989.Forothermore features over a dozen works from Cave’s Soundsuit series in addition to the debut of his new series, Soundsuits 9:29. The head-to-toe garments are constructed with a mélange of materials, among them beads, pearls, wire, feather, sequins, synthetic hair, and twigs. Originally created by Cave in response to the Rodney King beating in 1992, Soundsuits 9:29 addresses today’s heightened social unrest and reckoning for racial justice in response to the death of George Floyd.Another highlight of the exhibition is Cave’s immersive 14-channel, room-sized video installation Hy-Dyve, that is presented in the adjacent fourth floor gallery and surrounds visitors with projections of flowing water, blinking eyes and mysterious creatures and patterns. Forothermore also includes Cave’s recent series of sculptures of carved and cast bronze hands, heads and limbs decorated with flowers, candles and found objects such as used shotgun shells.Nick Cave: Forothermore is presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art on the museum’s fourth floor.In addition to the MCA and Art on theMART, Cave’s work can be found in locations across the city of Chicago, including Free/Formal at the Garfield Green Line station, Rapt on the Mile at 679 N. Michigan Avenue, Wallworks at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago and Tondo at One Bennett Park.&nbsp;</body></html>

Nick Cave's MCA Retrospective Will Be Part of Citywide Celebration 

<html><head></head><body>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419022/dlz9bun94qbkzyd6cvxu.jpg"><figcaption>Theo James and Rose Leslie</figcaption></figure>By GINNY VAN ALYEA<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bf/TimeTravellersWife.jpg/220px-TimeTravellersWife.jpg" alt="Front cover of book showing young girl from the waist down in knee socks and Mary Janes and empty brown Oxfords next to her on a picnic blanket." srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/TimeTravellersWife.jpg 1.5x" sizes="100vw" width="220"></figure>The Time Traveler's Wife, artist Audrey Niffenegger's best selling 2003 debut novel is a book loved by art lovers as well as many more. &nbsp;A story about the love between Henry, a man who unpredictably travels through time, and his artist wife who spends a lot of time at the Newberry Library, the book spans romance as well as science fiction. Readers adored the book. A 2009 film adaptation with Eric Band and Rachel McAdams in was not as loved, but now a new adaptation for a TV series by Steven Moffat premieres this spring on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HBOMax/?__cft__[0]=AZUAjadGpJC9tG-4eIixwrouearOyqtf4OTxvJyutjrGq1fcbw1FkS8_7F48ijtlAzCtvvlwE6VNcSxas1uPgIVTFy9VlNlFPoioQEkis8MA_6GTK0GocW93lfKrSTW55Wo7RmTglXd74o5IOj1rQP-e1Z8GXWnBZbXe-Pz1RCFZSxrK5PXeI1wxGuHnNMsoZvRkk8ToosuD519fNhwUKlSS&amp;__tn__=kK-y-R">HBO Max,</a> starring Rose Leslie and Theo James, with Desmin Borges and Natasha Lopez in supporting roles. We will look forward to seeing this screen version for sure...&nbsp;Read CGN's <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/9/inpursuit-of-bookish-things-audrey-niffenegger-on-building-artists-book-house-a-home-in-evanston">interview with Niffenegger</a> from fall 2021 about her work with the Artists' Book House in Evanston.&nbsp;Check out<a href="https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/things-are-going-very-well-for-audrey-niffenegger/"> The Reader's</a> article about Niffennegger from 2003 when The Time Traveler's Wife was published.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Audrey Niffenegger's Time Traveler's Wife is Coming To HBO Max This Spring

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Description automatically generated"><figcaption>Gertrude Abercrombie The Dinosaur, 1964 Estimate: $30,000-50,000. Sold 2/17 for $387,000</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By GINNY VAN ALYEAWe shared a preview of Hindman's Somewhere Out There auction a couple weeks ago and just learned that one of the sale's highlights by Chicago artist Gertrude Abercrombie, estimated to sell between $30K-$50K, has sold for $387,000.Though the estimate was much lower, &nbsp;Abercrombie’s work is not often available, so when works turn up at auction, bidders take advantage of the opportunity to acquire very special work that seems to exponentially increase in value.&nbsp;The sale is still ongoing as of Thursday morning, but you can view the results to date <a href="https://hindmanauctions.com/auctions/1001-somewhere-out-there">here</a>.</body></html>

Gertrude Abercrombie Crushes Estimate in Hindman Outsider Sale

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/xoflor0o8drdyamct2ue.jpg"></figure>By CGN StaffAfter an almost 3-year hiatus Sally Schwartz's Randolph Street Market returns to its usual West Loop location their summer, taking place both outdoors and indoors.&nbsp;Organizers had to put their beloved mega-treasure hunt on hold first in 2020 due to COVID, and then in 2021 in light of construction at Plumber's Hall. They were able to open markets a few summer weekends in Michigan as well as host three weekends of Holiday Pop-Ups downtown in Chicago on Michigan Ave. this past December. The holiday markets were was so successful they will be offering those again at the end of this year around the holidays.&nbsp;No matter where they are taking place, in 2022 once again the market will offer "continuous live entertainment, food, booze &amp; BIG FUN," says Schwartz.&nbsp;2022's schedule is listed below. More information about vendors, tickets, parking and transportation is <a href="https://www.randolphstreetmarket.com/2022/02/randolph-street-market-2022-dates/">online</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;GOOD OLD PLUMBERS HALL! Historic West Loop/Fulton market July 30/31 indoor/outdoor Sep 24/25 indoor/outdoor Nov 12/13 indoorMICHIGAN AVENUE HOLIDAY POP-UPS! Indoor Markets on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile! Dec 3/4 indoor Dec 10/11 indoor Dec 17/18 indoorAll shows are 10-5&nbsp;</body></html>

Randolph Street Market Is Back for a Full Season

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/ayxocdvenolujfqmo8xq.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PR<a href="x-webdoc://59157E04-6C26-4BC5-8C40-CBFD10BA13E3/www.expochicago.com">EXPO CHICAGO</a>, the international exposition of contemporary &amp; modern art, has announced the list of exhibitors for its ninth edition, April 7 – 10, 2022 at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. Marking the exposition’s first in-person return since its 2019 edition, EXPO CHICAGO will welcome more than 140 leading galleries representing 25 countries and 65 cities from around the world. Countries represented at the 2022 exposition include: Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece,&nbsp;Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and United States of America. &nbsp; In addition to leading international galleries, the 2022 exposition features focused sections including&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=42122fcfed&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">EXPOSURE</a>, dedicated to solo and two artist presentations by galleries ten years and younger, curated by&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=1cd2a21b4f&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Humberto Moro</a>, Deputy Director of Program at Dia Art Foundation;&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=a2062208a2&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">PROFILE</a>,&nbsp;highlighting single artist installations and focused thematic exhibitions by established international galleries;&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=69b9d1572e&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Editions + Books</a>, featuring artist books, editions and multiples; and&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=42dc117ae0&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Special Exhibitions</a>, highlighting curated booths by non-profit organizations. For full list of participating galleries, see below or <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=f82753115a&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">click here.</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=0970712574&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">GALLERIES</a> Aaron Galleries, Chicago Allouche Gallery, New York Almeida &amp; Dale,&nbsp;São Paulo Arróniz,&nbsp;Mexico City Galería&nbsp;Artizar&nbsp;Canary Islands Ascaso Gallery,&nbsp;Miami, Caracas Richard Beavers Gallery,&nbsp;Brooklyn Rena Bransten Gallery,&nbsp;San Francisco CABINET&nbsp;Gallery,&nbsp;London Casterline | Goodman Gallery,&nbsp;Aspen, Chicago Cernuda Arte,&nbsp;Coral Gables Galería La Cometa,&nbsp;Bogotá, Medellín, Madrid Corbett vs. Dempsey,&nbsp;Chicago Cynthia Corbett Gallery,&nbsp;London Cristea Roberts Gallery,&nbsp;London Stephen Daiter Gallery,&nbsp;Chicago DC Moore Gallery,&nbsp;New York De Buck Gallery,&nbsp;New York, Saint Paul de Vence Luis De Jesus Los Angeles,&nbsp;Los Angeles DOCUMENT,&nbsp;Chicago Dolan/Maxwell,&nbsp;Philadelphia Catherine Edelman Gallery,&nbsp;Chicago Badr El Jundi,&nbsp;Marbella Galerie La Forest Divonne,&nbsp;Paris, Brussels Forum Gallery,&nbsp;New York Foxy Production,&nbsp;New York Gazelli Art House,&nbsp;London, Baku David Gill Gallery,&nbsp;London Goya Contemporary Gallery,&nbsp;Baltimore GRAY,&nbsp;Chicago, New York Kavi Gupta,&nbsp;Chicago Hales Gallery,&nbsp;London, New York half gallery,&nbsp;New York Harper's,&nbsp;New York, East Hampton, Los Angeles Richard Heller Gallery,&nbsp;Los Angeles Galerie Max Hetzler,&nbsp;Berlin, Paris, London HEXTON | modern and contemporary,&nbsp;Aspen, Chicago Hirschl &amp; Adler Modern,&nbsp;New York Nancy Hoffman Gallery,&nbsp;New York Rhona Hoffman Gallery,&nbsp;Chicago&nbsp; Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago, Paris Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Jenkins Johnson Gallery,&nbsp;San Francisco, New York Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York Kasmin, New York David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Birmingham Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston Jane Lombard Gallery,&nbsp;New York Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami Luhring Augustine, New York Fergus McCaffrey, New York, Tokyo McCormick Gallery, Chicago Miles McEnery Gallery, New York moniquemeloche, Chicago NINO MIER GALLERY, Los Angeles, Brussels, Marfa Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Nueveochenta,&nbsp;Bogotá Claire Oliver Gallery, New York Over the Influence, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Bangkok Pablo’s Birthday,&nbsp;New York Petzel,&nbsp;New York Polígrafa Obra Gráfica,&nbsp;Barcelona Pontone,&nbsp;Gallery&nbsp;London, Augusta P.P.O.W.,&nbsp;New York Galería RGR,&nbsp;Mexico City Galerie Richard,&nbsp;Paris,&nbsp;New York Galeria Nara Roesler,&nbsp;São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, New York rosenfeld,&nbsp;London Diane Rosenstein Gallery,&nbsp;Los Angeles Ross+Kramer Gallery,&nbsp;New York, East Hampton Richard Saltoun Gallery,&nbsp;London Karsten Schubert London,&nbsp;London Eduardo Secci,&nbsp;Florence, Milan Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco SmithDavidson Gallery, Miami, Mexico City, Amsterdam Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York MARC STRAUS, New York Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, Singapore, London Tandem Press, Madison Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok Timothy Taylor, London, New York Steve Turner, Los Angeles VETA,&nbsp;Madrid&nbsp; Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles Volume Gallery, Chicago Michael Werner Gallery, New York, London Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, New York WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=30ea68d738&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">PROFILE</a> Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago F.L. Braswell Fine Art, Chicago, Lakeside Chambers Fine Art, New York, Beijing Galerie Charlot, Paris, Tel Aviv Dep Art Gallery, Milan Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles Derek Eller Gallery, New YorkCharlie James Gallery, Los Angeles Galerie Papillon, Paris ANDREW RAFACZ, Chicago Revolver&nbsp;Galería,&nbsp;Buenos Aires Ronchini Gallery, London Gary Snyder Fine Art MT, Montana Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami Spinello Projects, Miami Zucker Art Books,&nbsp;Great Barrington&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=dd078a3d23&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">EXPOSURE</a>56 HENRY, New York Allouche Benias,&nbsp;Athens Galerie Rolando Anselmi,&nbsp;Berlin, Rome Rutger Brandt Gallery,&nbsp;Amsterdam Rebecca Camacho Presents,&nbsp;San Francisco Cob Gallery,&nbsp;London Deli Gallery,&nbsp;New York Dio Horia Gallery,&nbsp;Athens, Mykonos DURAN MASHAAL,&nbsp;Montreal Embajada,&nbsp;San Juan Foto Relevance,&nbsp;Houston Fridman Gallery,&nbsp;New York Gaa Gallery,&nbsp;Provincetown, Cologne&nbsp; GINSBERG,&nbsp;Lima The Hole,&nbsp;New York Galería Karen Huber,&nbsp;Mexico City Instituto De Visión,&nbsp;Bogotá, New York Johansson Projects,&nbsp;Oakland, San Francisco LatchKey Gallery,&nbsp;New York Lawrie Shabibi,&nbsp;Dubai M. LeBlanc,&nbsp;Chicago Kristen Lorello,&nbsp;New York LUCE GALLERY,&nbsp;Torino MACHETE,&nbsp;Mexico City MAKASIINI CONTEMPORARY,&nbsp;Turku Marinaro,&nbsp;New York Martin Art Projects,&nbsp;Cape Town MICKEY,&nbsp;Chicago Montague Contemporary,&nbsp;New York Ndr Nw Mgmt,&nbsp;New York Marisa Newman Projects,&nbsp;New York NOME,&nbsp;Berlin Patel Brown,&nbsp;Toronto PATRON, Chicago Pequod Co.,&nbsp;Mexico City The Pill,&nbsp;Istanbul Romer Young Gallery,&nbsp;San Francisco Maximillian William,&nbsp;London Yusto/Giner,&nbsp;Marbella, Madrid Anna Zorina Gallery, New York&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=49aa99f578&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Editions + Books</a>ART FOR CHANGE,&nbsp;New YorkBoreas Fine Art,&nbsp;ChicagoBert Green Fine Art,&nbsp;ChicagoEminence Grise Editions,&nbsp;New YorkHighpoint Center for Printmaking,&nbsp;Minneapolis&nbsp;Island Press,&nbsp;St. LouisLusenhop Fine Art,&nbsp;ClevelandManneken Press,&nbsp;BloomingtonPrinted Matter Inc., New YorkRuiz-Healy Art,&nbsp;San Antonio, New YorkRené Schmitt, Berlin,&nbsp;WOLSpudnik Press, ChicagoStoney Road Press, Dublin&nbsp;<a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=c303fdd640&amp;e=b25d02ccd1">Special Exhibitions</a>6018North, Chicago&nbsp;Aperture Foundation,&nbsp;New YorkArtadia,&nbsp;Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San FranciscoCASE Art Fund,&nbsp;Chicago, OsloCenter for Native Futures,&nbsp;ChicagoChicago Artists Coalition,&nbsp;ChicagoCircle Contemporary, Arts of Life,&nbsp;ChicagoCPS Lives,&nbsp;ChicagoDaata,&nbsp;LondonFor Freedoms FRONT International,&nbsp;ClevelandThe Gallery Club,&nbsp;AmsterdamGenerative Multilogue,&nbsp;ChicagoHyde Park Art Center,&nbsp;ChicagoIndependent Curators International (ICI),&nbsp;New YorkMuseo Tamayo,&nbsp;Mexico CityMuseum of Science and Industry,&nbsp;ChicagoThe Renaissance Society,&nbsp;ChicagoRupert,&nbsp;VilniusThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago,&nbsp;ChicagoUniversity of Chicago,&nbsp;ChicagoWeinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO CHICAGO Announces Its 2022 Exhibitor List

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419017/s5qwycacwcqoa9is9huq.jpg"></figure>Via PR<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">Hyde Park Art Center</a>, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, proudly marks the tenth anniversary of its Jackman Goldwasser Residency program, offering comprehensive residencies of varying lengths to 12 local, national and international artists and curators whose creative practices address a wide range of social issues. The visiting residency program returns in 2022, after a hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, to welcome three artists from Nigeria, Ghana, and Latvia, and one from Minneapolis, in addition to eight artists from the Chicago area.For a decade, the Residency program—with a particular focus on ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, Native American) artists—has provided valuable studio spaces, art classes, and supportive resources, while connecting the residents to the city’s artists, curators, art institutions, and cultural communities. Each year, the Residency provides a platform for these international, national, and local artists and curators to take creative risks within their practice and expand professional networks in the context of a historic, community-rooted art space in the heart of Chicago.“While we were able to deepen direct support for Chicago artists last year, this year we are particularly excited to welcome visiting artists and curators back to the Art Center, to learn and connect inside our space. Visiting residents are an essential part of the program, and in 2022 we are eager to plant seeds for long-term engagement between practices located both here and there." says Megha Ralapati, Residency Program Director.The 12 artists in the 2022 cohort of the Jackman Goldwasser Residency program are:&nbsp;Radicle Studio Residency, Year-Long Residency for Chicago ArtistsRadicle Studio Residents are rooted for a year at the Art Center through high-quality, free studio space where artists make work, research new projects, have access to the Art Center’s broad international network of artists and resources, and connect with a dynamic public. The 2022 Radicle Residents include:<a href="https://reginaagu.com/">Regina Agu</a>, whose multimedia practice explores how landscapes, people, and histories are connected.<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/joseph-lefthand/">Joseph Lefthand</a>, an artist and administrator descended from the Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes, who works at the intersection of art and social practice, exploring the role of embodiment and communal inquiry as sustainable modes of discourse when confronting institutional and historic systems of violence.<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/robert-earl-paige/">Robert Earl Paige</a>, an artist, educator, painter of textiles and founding member of AfriCOBRA, whose work is inspired by West African art and design.<a href="https://edrasoto.com/home.html">Edra Soto</a>, a Puerto-Rican born artist, curator, and educator who studies forms in vernacular architecture familiar to Puerto Rico to address the adaptability and hybridity of cultural representation. Soto will be in residency to produce work for her 2023 solo exhibition at the Art Center.&nbsp;Flex Residency, Seasonal Residencies for Chicago ArtistsFlex Residents participate in focused seasonal residencies where they are given free studio space to make work and develop new projects. They receive access to the Art Center’s broad network of artists and resources and connect with the Art Center's staff and dynamic community. The 2022 Flex Residents include:<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/ariella-granados/">Ariella Granados</a> (January 15–April 24) who explores telenovelas and internet subculture through an interdisciplinary practice shaped by lived experiences as a bicultural disabled person.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/jennefer-hoffmann/">Jennefer Hoffmann</a> (January 15–April 24), whose sculptural forms are open objects for contemplation and exploration.<a href="https://www.noellegarcia.com/">Noelle Garcia</a> (May 3–August 15), an indigenous artist who mines identity, family history and recovered narratives through paintings and multimedia sculpture.<a href="https://www.bunstout.com/">Bun Stout</a> (August 30–December 12), whose practice catalyzes brief experiences of transformation, particularly for queer people, through sculpture, fashion, and digital media.&nbsp;Visiting Residency program, Seasonal Residencies for National and International ArtistsWith support from the McKnight Artist Residencies consortium and the Artist Communities Alliance, the Art Center welcomes Minneapolis-based artist <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/melissa-clark/">Melissa Clark</a> (March 31—April 14), a dancer interested in cross-cultural intersections in dance culture across the African diaspora.In partnership with the Black Arts Consortium at Northwestern University and with support from the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation Research and Production Fund, the Art Center welcomes curator <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/oyindamola-fakeye/">Oyindamola Fakeye</a> (September 26—October 5), Creative Director of the Center for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria, and artist <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/directory/kelvinhaizel/">Kelvin Haizel</a> (June 1—September 30), who works across Ghana to explore the image within the expanded field of photography. Haizel is the inaugural recipient of The David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation Award which makes this residency possible.The Art Center continues its ongoing partnership with <a href="https://www.cecartslink.org/">Citizen Exchange Corps ArtsLink</a>’s acclaimed international fellowship program via Latvia-based curator <a href="https://www.cecartslink.org/participant/tina-petersone/">Tina Petersone</a>(October 3—November 17), whose research interests include psychogeography, collective memory and trauma, and Post-Soviet identity. This fellowship is enabled with support from the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation Research and Production Fund.&nbsp;For more information on The Jackman Goldwasser Residency, including the application process for the 2023 residency program, please visit <a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/">www.hydeparkart.org</a>.&nbsp;</body></html>

Hyde Park Art Center Announces Jackman Goldwasser Residency Artists and Social Justice Focus

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/wdnwntt6n978x4vtusuk.jpg"><figcaption>Photo&nbsp;credit: Brigitte Lacombe</figcaption></figure>CGN via PR<a href="sculpturemilwaukee.com">Sculpture Milwaukee</a>, which fills the streets of downtown Milwaukee each year with public art that can be safely enjoyed by all, announced the appointment of a new guest curator for the next edition of the non-profit, city-wide annual exhibition.&nbsp;Ugo Rondinone has been appointed as the Guest Curator of Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2022 exhibition. The exhibition will launch in June 2022 and run through October of 2023. Now in its sixth edition, Sculpture Milwaukee is a non-profit producing annual exhibitions of contemporary sculpture with a dedicated focus on public art practices. Several new works are introduced as part of each year's exhibition, while some legacy works remain on view.The exhibition, entitled Nature Doesn’t Know About Us, will include “13 works by 13 artists who combine skeptical clarity and at times humor-tinged desire to locate the intersection of spiritual and physical presence in our daily life,” according to Rondinone.The fifth edition of Sculpture Milwaukee is currently on view throughout the city and has been curated by Theaster Gates and Michelle Grabner. You can read CGN's past coverage of the exhibition <a href="https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2021/8/sculpture-milwaukee-no-5-there-is-this-we">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;UGO RONDINONE&nbsp;Ugo Rondinone is a New York-based Swiss artist and curator. Rondinone works across a range of media, producing works and exhibitions that encompass sculpture, painting, video, sound, photography and installation. Exhibitions of his work have been held at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich; Sadie Coles HQ, London; and as part of the 52nd Venice Biennale. He has curated exhibitions at Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Secession, Vienna; and Barbara Gladstone, New York, among others.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Sculpture Milwaukee Announces Appointment of Ugo Rondinone As Guest Curator for 6th Edition

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419010/nlpfwwfveyhzrxarv9ch.jpg"></figure>Via Ian Bricke – VP, Independent Film at NetflixNetflix's VP, Independent Film, Ian Bricke, announced last week that Chicago artist Hebru Brantley is one of three debut filmmakers to be part of Netflix's Emerging Filmmaker Initiative (EFI), an annual program created to cultivate and accelerate the careers of the next wave of marquee filmmakers working in high-demand genres like sci-fi, action, horror and thriller.&nbsp;"In 2017, <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/academy-award-winner-spike-lee-forms-creative-partnership-with-netflix">Spike Lee</a> introduced us to director Stefon Bristol and his standout short film, See You Yesterday— an exciting genre-bending proof of concept that we ultimately developed into a Netflix feature film...Stefon’s short opened a lot of doors, but for many up-and-coming filmmakers, it takes years just to get that first shot. We want to change that," said Bricke.&nbsp;EFI is intended to be an annual opportunity for the streaming giant to give three breakout filmmakers a change to develop, fund, produce and distribute ambitious genre short films. Through the initiative, these filmmakers will gain priceless access to the film studio ecosystem early in their careers and receive hands-on experience in development, casting, production, scoring, editing and more. Netflix says it will also pair each filmmaker with an experienced director mentor. Directors Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code, Apollo 13) and Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, The Addams Family) offered invaluable guidance to this year’s filmmakers.&nbsp;EFI’s first three films will be released globally on Netflix on February 17.&nbsp;Hebru Brantley's film, Erax, takes place during a sleepover. Auntie Opal and her niece Nina accidentally release the mythical and dangerous Erax creatures that must be returned to the storybook from which they escaped.&nbsp;Brantley is a multi-disciplinary visual artist from the South Side of Chicago whose work explores a contemporary and distinct narrative that challenges the traditional view of the hero or protagonist. Brantley has exhibited around the world and been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Forbes, CNN (and Chicago Gallery News). Brantley has collaborated with brands such as Nike, Hublot and Adidas, among many others, and collectors of his work include top athletes, celebrities, and filmmakers. Brantley now resides in Los Angeles where he is expanding into content creation with the adaptation of his flagship character FLYBOY through his media company, Angry Hero. He is also developing several original projects including Hype with Peter Chernin at Netflix, Kankakee with Seth Rogen at Lionsgate and several TV projects set up at HBO and HBO Max.You can find out more about the other two films and the filmmakers behind them <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/introducing-the-emerging-filmmaker-initiative-to-support-new-voices-in-genre">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Artist Hebru Brantley's New Film is Part of Netflix's Emerging Filmmaker Project

Call for Artists and Art:&nbsp;Help Bring More Public Art to Lakeview The Lakeview Public Art Committee, organized by the Lakeview - Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce, is asking for&nbsp;submissions on where to place new highly-visible public art. Over 16 murals and temporary exhibits have been organized by the committee to date. If you own a building, or know someone who owns a building, in Lakeview or Roscoe Village that would like to feature a new mural, funded by the Lakeview Public Art Committee, please reach out to Nicole McLellan at <a href="mailto:Nicole@lrvcc.org?subject=Public%20Art%20Wall%20Submission">nicole@lrvcc.org</a>, or call (773) 472-7171 ext. 102 to discuss details and project feasibility.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Public Art In Lakeview

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/iukmrsuwpdqdi298mclx.jpg"><figcaption>2021 Snider Prize&nbsp;Winner: Alayna N. Pernell, With Care to Ms. Maudelle Bass Weston, 2020</figcaption></figure>The Museum of Contemporary Photography's Snider Prize&nbsp;is a purchase award given to emerging artists in their final year of graduate study. The winner receives $3,000, and two honorable mentions each receive $500 towards the purchase of work to be added to the MoCP's permanent collection. Sponsored by Lawrence K. and Maxine Snider, the Snider Prize forms a part of the museum's ongoing commitment to support new talent in the field of contemporary photography. Previous winners include Alayna N. Purnell, Widline Cadet, and Steph Foster.The Snider Prize is now open and will close on May 14, 2022.&nbsp;Winners will be announced in June. Submit&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=f272036ce6&amp;e=58cea278c7">here</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=58398eaa4c&amp;e=58cea278c7">Learn more</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

Museum of Contemporary Photography Announces Snider Prize is Open for Applications

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/d9ssqmk61eithg1nxozf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PREXPO CHICAGO, the international exposition of contemporary &amp; modern art announced its curatorial initiatives for the fair's ninth edition, taking place April 7 – 10, 2022. EXPO CHICAGO will debut its inaugural Directors Summit, which will gather eight emerging art museum leaders from across the country for a series of conversations on the future of museum leadership and institutional reinvention. This program will augment an expanded, year-round Curatorial Forum program alongside its annual Curatorial Exchange, which together will gather curators from nine countries to discuss shared perspectives, goals and challenges facing the field. The exposition’s robust curatorial initiatives support its larger mission to foster the critical international creative dialogues taking place in the Midwest today.“Each year EXPO CHICAGO has made an industry-leading commitment to host and engage a broad range of international curators as a part of our Curatorial Initiatives programming,” said Tony Karman, President | Director. “We look forward to welcoming an expanded group in 2022 and we are deeply grateful for the ongoing partnership with Independent Curators International (ICI) in shaping our annual Forum. As we continue to innovate and expand our programming in service to our exhibitors and audience, we are proud to introduce the Directors Summit. This inaugural initiative will convene national emerging museum leadership in Chicago during the exposition and provide an open discourse on critical issues that many museums are facing today.”Taking place throughout the ninth edition of the fair, the inaugural Directors Summit will bring together a diverse group of emerging art museum leaders from across the United States for a three-day program addressing the shifting dynamics of museum leadership today. Shaped in partnership with museum consultant Jill Snyder, the Directors Summit is centered on two public roundtable discussions that will examine how to forge equitable and sustainable movement forward for art museums and institutions and include a keynote lecture at University Club of Chicago.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/ylwixdajlyyncws8kcmt.jpg"></figure>In light of this historic moment of disruption in the field, museum leaders nationwide will gather to reimagine how museums function in society. Public roundtable discussions will focus on exploring a number of questions, including: What do we retain? What do we replace? Do we remove barriers or redesign systems? Or both? How can we dismantle inequitable systems while remaining sustainable? In lively conversation, this cohort will share insights and examples that demonstrate how they are leading from an imperfect past to create a more equitable future. The Directors Summit is supported by Sotheby’s, in addition to the Thoma Foundation and University Club of Chicago.“EXPO CHICAGO has a longstanding history as a global convener for curatorial and institutional leaders, which made the formation and presentation of the inaugural Directors Summit a natural extension of its annual critically acclaimed programming,” said Jill Snyder. “As the museum field at large accelerates necessary self-examination and reinvention, the intent for the Summit is to create a convening opportunity, through public dialogue, for emerging museum leaders to address challenges, share aspirations, and to provide insights on the many positive changes that can or have been implemented to fortify the communal foundation of cultural institutions.”View the list of participating directors <a href="https://www.expochicago.com/news/2022/1/at-expo-chicago-fair-museum-directors-to-convene-for-summit-about-institutional-reinvention">here</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

EXPO CHICAGO's Director's Summit Will Convene  60 Curators and Directors To Reimagine The Role of the Museum

<html><head></head><body><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/art-institute-employees-win-vote-to-form-chicago-e2-80-99s-first-major-museum-union/ar-AASFXTS">Art Institute employees win vote to form Chicago’s first major museum union</a>Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago have successfully voted to form a union, achieving certification Tuesday from the National Labor Relations Board and ushering in a new era for hundreds of nonmanagement workers at the museum.The results were announced Tuesday, formally recognizing the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United. The first major museum union in Chicago will represent 266 Art Institute employees including art installers, curators, custodians, librarians and retail workers.Via Chicago Tribune&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/inmh3vf1todkyvizfpew.gif"></figure><a href="http://www.rsjohnsonfineart.com">R.S. Johnson Announces Gallery Will Move to Virtual Model After More than 65 Years in Business</a>&nbsp;Stanley Johnson and his wife Ursula shared in an email to clients this week, "When we moved from Paris to Chicago in 1968 to become stewards of the gallery started by my father in 1955, we had visitors coming to see us throughout the day, six days a week.&nbsp; Foot traffic from Michigan Avenue brought us into contact with so many wonderful people who shared a passionate interest in or at least a cursory curiosity for the wonderful works of art curated and imported by us from Europe.&nbsp;Today, that era seems like a distant memory.&nbsp;The answer to this challenge is, of course, obvious and so from the end of January, we will now aim to guide you—our long-time friends, colleagues and fellow art collectors—as well as many new enthusiasts and connoisseurs via our online platforms, rather than in a physical location, so that you will be best able to appreciate, savor and enjoy the history, tradition and culture captured in the works of art we have assembled with great knowledge and enormous passion."&nbsp;<a href="https://www.phillips.com/article/87959182/cooler-by-the-lake">Philips Presents Cooler by the Lake: Chicago Art 1965-1985</a>Phillips announced last month its first private selling exhibition dedicated to the artists that have come to define the Chicago art scene. Curated by gallerist Karen Lennox, <a href="https://www.phillips.com/store/cooler-by-the-lake">Cooler by the Lake: Chicago Art 1965-1985</a> celebrates the vision and influence born from the artists of the Windy City during two of its most significant decades of creative output. Including works by Roger Brown, Miyoko Ito, Jim Nutt, and, Christina Ramberg, the exhibition brings together an extraordinary group in the new New York galleries at 432 Park Avenue, where the show will be on view through January 15.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 1/12/22

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Description automatically generated"></figure>By CGN StaffThe Elmhurst Art Museum (EAM), located in the suburbs just a few miles west of Chicago, marks a quarter century in 2022. To mark the milestone EAM is planning a year-long celebration through exhibitions and special events at the museum, with a focus on the three major hallmarks of its mission: architecture (Spring), education (Summer), and art (Fall).&nbsp;Central to the Spring season is the new multimedia exhibition, Houses of Tomorrow: Solar Homes from Keck to Today, open February 5 through May 29, 2022 within the Museum’s galleries, plus an accompanying light-based installation by Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy within the Museum’s historic Mies van der Rohe McCormick House. The Museum has also announced a wealth of exhibition-related programming including an artist talk led by Tichy, a panel exploring today’s sustainable practices, docent-led tours curated in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the McCormick House, hands-on STEAM activities for children, and more. Tickets available at <a href="https://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/">elmhurstartmuseum.org</a>.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419007/bvhu0jyz5ueiaa4san9l.jpg"><figcaption>Postcard rendering of the Keck &amp; Keck “House of Tomorrow” Courtesy of Indiana Landmarks and Collection of Steven R Shook</figcaption></figure>Houses of Tomorrow follows the evolution of Chicago architecture firm Keck &amp; Keck – created by brothers George Fred Keck and William Keck – who designed modern, award-winning, affordable homes throughout the Midwest from 1935-1979. For Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair in 1933,&nbsp;George&nbsp;Fred&nbsp;Keck&nbsp;designed the “House of Tomorrow,” the first glass house in America with groundbreaking domestic amenities. The “House of Tomorrow” showed millions of World’s Fair attendees a technology-driven vision of what domestic life could be in the future as it featured many new ideas from the first GE dishwasher to a personal airplane hangar. It was through this house that the Kecks found a new way to harness solar energy, leading them to make energy efficiency breakthroughs throughout their career.After the creation of this home, the Keck architecture firm built mid-century homes that now stand as early precursors to today’s sustainable building practices. This exhibition explores how&nbsp;the Keck brothers&nbsp;became the first “solar architects” with historic photos, architectural artifacts, design diagrams, and a commissioned artist interpretation by Jan Tichy centered on glass and light.Accompanying the main exhibition is Tichy’s immersive installation Reflectance, which will invite visitors into van der Rohe’s historic 1952 McCormick House, located on Elmhurst Art Museum’s property, to explore its domestic space as an environment of movement, light, activity, and wonder. With an emphasis on solar explorations, Tichy’s work will respond to the house’s south facing windows and other architectural elements along with additions of various architectural fragments, found objects, mechanical and electronic components, and photographic materials. His site-specific installation will show the McCormick House as a living, breathing, and interactive architectural structure.Registration is required for exhibition-related winter and spring programming, which is free with museum admission unless otherwise noted:&nbsp;&nbsp; The Exhibition Opening for Houses of Tomorrow, 25th Anniversary Kickoff is planned for Friday, February 4. The museum's <a href="elmhurstartmuseum.org">website</a> covers the full list of planned events.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Elmhurst Art Museum Announces Plans to Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary 

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419006/io4hb6qfeekfmo3sgqip.jpg"><figcaption>Laura-Caroline de Lara</figcaption></figure>DePaul University PRESS RELEASEJan. 11, 2022 CHICAGO — DePaul University has named Laura-Caroline de Lara as director for <a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp44O7mzB-2FInsNJb0nPTjFjb4TYNqQWL3qvCJsTj-2Bd9Ju0-3Db911_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapkxBGR86sGQTj277rK5HU1maJSZYZ3ed76MtYwoBF-2Bv629QacZcJiCExGVmnEqstQIgm-2BxClWSzHC1zCw4EBSp78jnvW9VXv8PpcOHz71QCDkXNLq6-2B5Kj0OigYHibidEXDMuy9bGdEZfFsEYJc7tURLLzJLPjGpUTOIpRO8YS9o2LVk-2BQWYJCFiE7tYKyiE-2Bg-3D">DePaul Art Museum</a>, effective Jan. 1. De Lara, a seasoned arts administrator with 20 years of experience, has served as interim director for the museum since July 2020. De Lara joined DePaul in 2016 as the museum's collection and exhibition manager. She became associate director in 2020 before taking on the role of interim director.​​ “During her time at the university, Laura-Caroline has been instrumental in raising DePaul Art Museum's profile," says Robert D. Karpinski, Ph.D., associate vice president for academic and library affairs. “In addition to managing the museum's exhibitions, collection and budget, she has served as a mentor to a team of student employees, as well as an excellent partner to our faculty. I have every confidence her leadership will continue to drive the museum's ever-growing significance in the Chicago landscape and the art world across the country." As interim director, de Lara helped launch DePaul Art Museum's Latinx initiative, which aims to broaden the representation of Latinx and Latin American artists in Chicago and across the U.S. Last spring's “<a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp4mCc8grqU8sPArN5Z5Enx0zqRjk75YFPosqABYQQ-2FNx0XPATuOuTEjd7wyyoGnbDtJF3g_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapmmhJRtsHY24olJmesUipmVwGJr2s5StEyznXf9ol8lRiF-2BcXRsp2rc2hARVouWYoPeMdDZ8vrzVUwLu8hW8FNRDymgJxl-2ByTboWJaOOF7fJADJS-2FF-2FEjb-2BzHbGy15qRp-2BIsGMR2r-2F3L8Ca8GsR2k-2BALzcQ0jj7WPg996kKddLwfkDmexY4L5e0s2w7G029bm4-3D">LatinXAmerican</a>" was named one of the top five exhibitions in 2021 by NewCity Magazine and featured nearly 40 Latinx artists from Chicago and beyond. It also marked the transition of the museum's exhibitions and public programs to a bilingual, English/Spanish format. This March, it will become one of the museum's first traveling exhibitions, as it heads to the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, Indiana. De Lara also has added 26 new artworks by Latinx artists to the museum's permanent collection, including those by Chicago-based artists Caroline Kent and Diana Solís. “DePaul Art Museum's staff has worked hard over the years to expand the art historical canon through our exhibitions and programs, while focusing on Chicago's art landscape. I want us to continue that important work, while exploring our potential to redefine a museum's role as an active community participant and neighbor to our city's residents," de Lara says. In the fall, de Lara oversaw the opening of the museum's current exhibitions: “<a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp4vSw1awENVOZc9zxmE3BDnhNYDxflcHs8ZxrhQDKC398AfyMARod9ImczmRYaKFhH2LGhBHOARewDXKCt8s2-2Bpg-3D-3DtRG4_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapllXXMRSAiF9GzfDlxrz1sFg8WpSjiiHXscGsADkGBG-2FVBFC-2BfwhV29LuFOazofymW4c-2F8uWKkng31dn0S1OcqjtiefLHbZ4-2FJj7Hl0rjNhhGJosqBGrsXbsx5-2BGzLB9fLXXMBpBJbG2nwX-2F9O4saQlapfCOnoYDQXjFyCLRZGQw9599hBMO6Pad0o1oRg2G-2Bg-3D">Stockyard Institute: 25 Years of Art and Radical Pedagogy</a>" and “<a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrY2-2B7fTIMaotdibRxPTwXrUGTQNbr7tUbwR-2BbhBDdPp4IlGpEj-2Fda50QP-2FtdUrwhFJb2BQkHucquWiwbc-2BMwymKMSbw2r9LWRi1AXnei-2BwUg-sj0_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8taplHNKGneQo96QSE6tGiS-2B3Vamo4bUm32UKX-2BMu5CeCoFewijlF4jgDA0vce79GM1WMPcwsor-2FxpttWhu4hLhIXdbJPc5u4UYij7G8RyZxXAH-2FfNI0Wg9-2FQ4MKzzUWy8ZM2ycdhpcNO9FmXblP7rUhF3A-2B34XQYUP-2F8QA2DDzGazFTTNY5KMZN3nVblwjeU-2FXio-3D">Learned Objects</a>." Both exhibitions, which will be on display through Feb. 13, highlight art-based exchanges among Chicago's communities, artists and educators. “Stockyard Institute" is the first retrospective of work by Jim Duignan, a civically-engaged artist and associate professor in DePaul's College of Education. In March, the exhibition will travel to The Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha, Nebraska. “Since the exhibition's opening, Jim and I have started to develop an intergenerational education program for the museum," de Lara says. “Our goal is to establish a unique educational component to the museum's current offerings, creating a program that redefines what museum education can look like in Chicago." De Lara has made it a top priority to continue to deepen DePaul Art Museum's commitment to diversity, equity, access and inclusion. Over the past year and half, she expanded the museum's advisory board to include a wider array of creative, academic, community and professional backgrounds, adding Chicago-based artists Edra Soto and Kellie Romany; director of the Invisible Institute, Hilesh Patel; the Museum of Science and Industry's, Manny Juarez, and DePaul faculty members, Bill Johnson-González and Cheryl Bachand. She is currently collaborating with Johnson-González and Bachand to launch the curation and development of an exhibition of social justice and civil rights photographs from the Tom Wilson and Jill Garling collection of Chicago. Set to open virtually in fall 2023, this is the museum's first student-driven exhibition. De Lara started her career as a gallery assistant at the age of 16 in her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. She has held administrative positions with the UrbanArt Commission and David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee and the Smithsonian American Art Museum's curatorial and registrar's offices in D.C. She served as registrar for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Roger Brown Study Collection and graduate curator for its Sullivan Galleries' MFA exhibitions and community workplace programs.&nbsp; She also was program coordinator for SAIC's Visiting Artists Program. Immediately prior to DePaul, de Lara was the collection and exhibition manager at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum of Chicago. De Lara earned dual master's degrees in modern art history, theory and criticism and arts administration and policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has a bachelor's degree in art from Rhodes College, including study at the University of Oxford, Lincoln College. DePaul Art Museum is located at 935 W. Fullerton Ave. on the university's Lincoln Park Campus. The museum serves as a visual arts resource for DePaul and the greater Chicago community. Admission is always free. For more information, visit <a href="http://click.agilitypr.delivery/ls/click?upn=WnlxzGiPU4c-2FXFdSZh7-2FrdUdyPRtleAR-2FH4-2BD73WcUCUcKdz6cpF0Y-2FKgS17eRiiD_Vx_BYLPtpUivDHORxxkVXshLCRT3wjV7CgXbLJWP9J5MP9LJ6jv7-2Bb0c97UF1yE1Xei4UgZ2k898BXqHr17MShzwGPPzOitIsjx-2BbPiC2Y-2B0brtfMP7eBuuC343ICfAM4d5NCFc8cOqRScZK0f5VzSXCqCva16VRAaihe5gTZhlZc93aldE63fBfa-2FhH3OxDuVBOkjdZIBR4cZdGdCS8CXXD6mSTogvt2MseYKAWB8tapkfJBKNPcbrNpK9uj29-2BqDcvmpGv-2F6nfZNSWbqDsFeS1P-2FJI5JnjN4-2B-2BgI2DDmMq6gigutdO7foBjUMuKUqTNjXinS5FyBsuMHjiQbyTFR3Vr7UaI4rvotq9x-2FDaCZHA9IUyyTsUgtgfyIMltKYxHuU0Zt8sg0l8N3fKzrLcDLkYJQE49Eoyhj6hTxSgdjEvCw-3D">online</a> or call 773-325-7506.</body></html>

DePaul Art Museum selects Laura-Caroline De Lara as director

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/sxv6r9din7qhvzqgwvfp.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PR&nbsp;&nbsp;CHICAGO, IL - Following an extensive national search, United States Artists’ (USA) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Judilee Reed as its new President and CEO.&nbsp; Reed currently serves as Program Director of Creative Communities for the William Penn Foundation. There, she oversees the Foundation's arts, culture, and great public spaces grantmaking portfolios in Philadelphia, PA, as well as the organization’s national initiatives. “The opportunity to lead USA, particularly during this challenging moment for artists, is an honor,” said Reed. “I am thrilled to join an organization that supports artists through direct funding and considers not just the art that is created, but the artists themselves. As we consider the past, navigate the present, and dream of the future, artists across career stages will continue to play an essential role in their communities and beyond; I look forward to collaborating with the USA team to elevate these cultural practitioners and advance their creative pursuits.”&nbsp; Previously, Reed led the Thriving Cultures Program at the New York-based Surdna Foundation, where she was responsible for spearheading national arts and culture grantmaking throughout rural, suburban, tribal, and urban communities across the country. Her work helped the organization implement new strategies for supporting racial and economic equity through arts and culture. She has also served as the Executive Director of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), where she worked to advance arts organizations and improve support systems for working artists in the United States, and early in her career, she held roles at New England Foundation for the Arts and Cambodian Artists Project.&nbsp; Reed currently sits on the board of both Danspace Project (New York, NY) and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA). She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and holds alumna status from the Harvard Business School.&nbsp; Her appointment comes at an important moment in the evolution of United States Artists, which has expanded its flagship Fellowship program in recent years; the 2022 Fellows—the largest class in its history—will be announced on January 26, 2022. Reed will lead USA’s work to provide unrestricted support directly to artists through these core $50,000 Fellowships, as well as through other programs that include the Berresford Prize, Disability Futures, Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship, and The Rainin Fellowship.“I first met Judilee in 2005, when she was running Leveraging Investments in Creativity and doing work in Alaska,” said Sonya Kelliher-Combs, a mixed-media artist based in Anchorage, AK, who received a USA Fellowship in 2018.&nbsp; “I am thrilled to welcome her to the USA family, as her commitment to artists working across art forms, aesthetics, and geographies has been unwavering.&nbsp; Quyanna, Judilee, for your dedication.”&nbsp; [“Quyanna” means “thank you” in Iñupiaq.]“Judilee understands the lives of working artists as well as anyone in this country,” said Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, a choreographer based in Tallahassee, FL, who received a USA Fellowship in 2008.&nbsp; “We all are excited to have her back on the national stage, advocating for artists at every level of policy.&nbsp; A phenomenal woman to lead a phenomenal organization. Amazing!”USA was a member of the coalition of organizations that created Artist Relief, an unprecedented effort to raise more than $25M to provide $5,000 relief payments to artists during the pandemic. Reed was hired to build upon this chapter of work, position USA as a key member of the national community of organizations that support individual artists, and guide USA through its ongoing growth and evolution. She will also oversee the development of new partnerships currently in the works, including one focused on craftspeople and one focused on Black MFA students. “Over the years, Judilee has been an active proponent of direct funding to artists and has developed networks of supplemental support – from healthcare resources to financial planning tools,” said USA Board Chair Ed Henry, who led the search process. “Through her work in Philadelphia, she has developed strategies for creative placemaking with an eye towards racial equity. We could not be more thrilled to welcome her to USA, and we look forward to supporting her vision and work on behalf of artists.”&nbsp; Reed will conclude her current commitments and transition into her new role over the next several months, beginning full-time on May 1, 2022. Jamie Bennett, who has been serving as Interim President and CEO, will continue with USA during this transition period.&nbsp;About United States Artists United States Artists is a national arts funding organization based in Chicago, IL that raises money and redistributes it in the form of unrestricted awards to the country’s most compelling artists and cultural practitioners. Since its founding in 2006, USA has awarded more than 750 individuals with over $36 million of direct support.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

United States Artists Announces Judilee Reed as President and CEO

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418996/uukuwcurlczfgcy2byax.png"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRCHICAGO, IL - Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery today announced a yearlong partnership to present a series of exhibitions spotlighting the importance of Black space, Black art and Black artists at the Stony Island Arts Bank in 2022. Run by Chicago native Isimeme “Easy” Otabor, <a href="https://www.anthony.gallery/">Anthony Gallery</a>, which is located in the Fulton River District of Chicago, will collaborate with artist Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation to highlight emerging and established contemporary artists working in the field of African and Black American identity. Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery will kick off the series on January 20th with ‘Is where it’s at!’, a special exhibition from Chicago-based Nigerian American artist <a href="https://www.adesholamakinde.com/">Adeshola Makinde</a>.&nbsp;‘Is where it’s at!,’ a presentation of new and existing works drawing upon the celebrated EBONY and JET Magazines, pays homage to the Johnson Publishing Company’s reign in documenting, celebrating and amplifying all aspects of Black life in America. The exhibition’s title is a nod to musician Nina Simone’s “Young, Gifted and Black” performance at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, marrying themes of Black empire, Black life and Black music found throughout the archives at the Arts Bank. Makinde, whose work is informed by a strong social justice and activism lens, has had his work featured in collaborations with notable brands Nike, Nordstrom, Soho House, and Notre, to name a few.<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418997/bogcnejuo2wzjvjwl9eh.png"></figure>“I’m so thrilled to partner with Easy Otabor and Anthony Gallery to showcase and celebrate Black artists at the Stony Island Arts Bank,” said Theaster Gates, Founder and Executive Director of Rebuild Foundation. “It is an honor to support emerging gallerists and artists who are using their craft and platform to amplify the culture. Black neighborhoods are brimming with creative ambition and we’re proud to provide a platform for these emerging young artists. It’s especially fulfilling to kick off this series than with Adeshola Makinde’s work highlighting the legacy of the Johnson Publishing Company, connecting our spaces and our archives to Chicago’s creative communities.”“Since learning about the Stony Island Arts Bank, it’s been a dream of mine to elevate the work of talented Black artists throughout Chicago and across the country,” said Easy Otabor, Founder of Anthony Gallery. “Partnering with Theaster Gates and developing these shows at the Arts Bank allows curators, collectors and gallerists like myself to demonstrate the rich cultural talent that exists within our communities and has long been overlooked. We’re excited to share these collections and bodies of work with the South Side.”“‘Is where it’s at!’ is an ode to Black people who continue to enrich the culture of the world,” said Adeshola Makinde, multidisciplinary artist. “Presenting this work in a space inextricably linked to Black excellence and being able to draw upon the Johnson Publishing Library at the Arts Bank is an honor. I’m excited to partner with Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery to share my work in Black space on the South Side.”‘Is where it’s at!’ will open at 5pm on Thursday, January 20. Guests will be asked to wear a mask and provide proof of vaccination in accordance with CDC guidelines. The exhibition will be on view at the Stony Island Arts Bank Thursdays through Sundays from 12pm to 6pm from January 21, 2022, to February 27, 2022. Rebuild Foundation and Anthony Gallery will collaborate throughout the year to produce and present a number of exhibitions at the Arts Bank.&nbsp;For more information about this collaboration, please visit <a href="https://www.rebuild-foundation.org">www.rebuild-foundation.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>