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&nbsp;National group show. Artists are asked to respond to the question "In a world of economic insecurity, climate change, war and political division, what keeps you hopeful for the future?"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Visions of Hope

Two parties in two weeks!!! It must be close to the holidays... Join us Saturday, December 3rd and Saturday, December 10th for a cup of cheer and some amazing Art!<a href="https://stolacontemporaryart.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43e52f15a6f48a8b45b3c59ba&amp;id=e9c898c8d6&amp;e=d1d8676651">Find Out More</a>

Closing Party for In the House Part II

Please join us for beer, wine, and some great art!&nbsp;Included artists - Ken Hirte, Peter Mars, Walter Fydrych, Kathy Roman, Joey Africa, Mike Kranz, Brian Bonebrake, Karl Emanuel, and Kelly Mathews.

In the House (Part 2)

&nbsp;This show is a retrospective and celebration of life for Chicago artist Helene Smith-Romer (1948-2022). All work is available on a "pay what you can" basis, with all collected funds being disbursed among several local charities.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Helene Smith-Romer

Globally, Nationally, and locally, democracy and freedom as we have known it is under attack. As we approach our midterm elections, we are showing artwork from around the country that address the theme of Democracy in Danger.Artists reception on Saturday, July 23rd, 5-8pm!&nbsp;

Democracy in Danger

JOEY AFRICA'S BIRTHDAY BASH!!!Join us June 11th, 5-8 PM to celebrate Joey's birthday! Meet the man, see his new work, jam to some music while enjoying wine and cupcakes! Let's make this a night he'll never forget!!! Joey's show of new work runs June 10th - July 17th only at Stola Contemporary Art!<a href="https://stolacontemporaryart.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43e52f15a6f48a8b45b3c59ba&amp;id=ae0fd4bec9&amp;e=d1d8676651">Check out Joey Africa's work</a>

Joey Africa

Rahmon Olugunna was born in Osogbo in 1975, a Township in Yorubaland in Nigeria, West Africa.&nbsp; Osogbo is the home of traditional arts and culture in Nigeria. It is known for its natural indigo color and the place where modern contemporary Art began in Nigeris. Rahmon started his career in 1996 under the tutelage of late Rufus Ogundele, a renowned Osogbo Artist.&nbsp; Rahmon’s work represents Yoruban mythology as well as modern Nigerian life using figurative and abstract ideas and vibrant colors.&nbsp; Olugunna paintings have been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe.&nbsp;&nbsp; Rahmon artwork has received many awards including at the Chicago Gold Coast Art Fair in 2019 and Best in Show at the Ann Arbor Michigan Art Festival.&nbsp; Olugunna strives to represent happy and healthy feelings through his paintings.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Rahmon Olugunna

View a walkthrough of the show on <a href="https://youtu.be/vW8U8Qw7zcE">YouTube</a>Artists Reception Saturday, April 2nd 5 – 8PM“In March of 2020, I entered my studio as the official quarantine began, declaring my intention to create and post a new piece of art every day during the shutdown. Creating 425 consecutive pieces, the series creates a visual journal of this unique time, including how the pandemic affected our lives, both personally and collectively, expressing the fears and hopes of living through a global pandemic.”Caren Helene Rudman

Caren Helene Rudman: Days of Quarantine

WCA CONFERENCE REIMAGINEDGiven the growing concerns around Covid-19 and the Omicron variant, WCA is working to transform WCA’s Occupy the Moment: Embracing Our History, Enhancing Our Impact conference panels, board meeting, and LTA Awards and Gala to virtual formats that will be rolled out during the course of 2022. Dates and details will be coming early in 2022.WCA’s 50th anniversary exhibitions in Chicago and events at the College Art Association Conference are going forward as planned.If you have already purchased your conference registration and/or Gala tickets, information about refunds will be available in the coming days. You may consider rolling over your purchase to a year-end donation to support WCA programming over the course of the year.We invite you to attend “Occupy the Moment, Intersect History with Impact” at Bridgeport Art Center located at 1200 W 35th Street in Chicago. The exhibit opens January 21 with a WCA reception on Friday, February 18, 2022 from 7-10 pm.The Chicago Chapter’s opening reception of the “Best of Women” exhibition showcasing the work of WCA members is on Thursday, February 17 from 6-9 pm at Stola Contemporary located at 3738 W Irving Park Road, Chicago.A chartered bus may be made available from CAA at the Chicago Hilton to both exhibition openings. We are working out the details.CAA’s WCA Business Meeting is open to all WCA members and is featuring a roundtable discussion on the occasion of WCA’s 50th anniversary with WCA President Laura Morrison, President Elect Donna Jackson, Judith Brodsky (WCA Past President 1976–1978), and Ofelia Garcia (WCA Past President 1984–1986). Patti Jordan will chair our WCA/CAA panel “Transhistorical Feminist Agency: A Matter of Gender, Race, Time, and Place”.We hope you will join us as we work to celebrate WCA’s 50th anniversary all year long! Our anniversary theme “Occupy the Moment: Embracing Our History, Enhancing Our Impact” celebrates our strengths and accomplishments and explores how we are moving to embrace new agendas and support emerging voices going forward.Laura Morrison WCA President <a href="mailto:%20president@nationalwca.org">president@nationalwca.org</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://nationalwca.org/chicago-2022-events/">SEE CHICAGO 2022 EVENTS</a>&nbsp;

Occupy the Moment: Embracing Our History, Enhancing Our Impact

Intersections: 3 Generations showcases the work made by a family of artists. Each member of the Arceo family brings a unique voice to the collective while also sharing graphic and thematic interests. This exhibition juxtaposes Jose Armando Arceo’s street art aesthetic with Atlan Arceo-Witzl’s symbol-based visuals and Rene Arceo’s magically organic hand. They employ a diverse array of media to explore their shared Mexican heritage, typography, design, community, their surrounding environment, the self, and contemporary life. They all find grounding in the creative act as they carry on this tradition. They learn from the intersections, continuing to make work that is informed and emphatically their own.All three artists have experience with relief printmaking as well as large scale murals. Both mediums recall the influential history of artists in post-revolutionary Mexico around the turn of the 20th century. These disciplines engaged form, line, and language to tell stories, convey political ideas, and investigate the barriers between representational and abstract art. The work of the Arceo family will occasionally harken back to this history. Sometimes subtly and at other times overtly. Their work describes their life in the United States in manifold ways just like the Mexican greats and the people of Mesoamerica did in their society because that is what artists are want to do.Atlan Arceo-Witzl&nbsp;&nbsp;

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