<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/kzpr4ld0fkdhk8bpwdg0.jpg"><figcaption>Nancy Rubins</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.expochicago.com/programs/in-situ-outside?utm_source=EXPO+Master+%7C+Main+List&amp;utm_campaign=bc4e5facb3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ODXLIV&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5e6f73ac04-bc4e5facb3-58709297">New Sculpture on Chicago's Lakefront</a>As part of <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=fe7806e4ec&amp;e=c5b146cc27">IN/SITU Outside</a> and in partnership with the Chicago Park District, Chicago DCASE and Rhona Hoffman Gallery, EXPO CHICAGO is proud to present two Nancy Rubins sculptures from her Diversifolia series installed along Chicago's lakefront. First shown in London in 2018, this is the first time the series will be seen stateside for a longer installation period and displayed outdoors to be enjoyed by the public. Learn more about the project and locations <a href="https://expochicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feab88d1702b05fff44372e88&amp;id=bc88c6f72d&amp;e=c5b146cc27">here.</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/assjcfbcz6wy96iiuzh2.jpg"><figcaption>Mac Maker (left) and Ruth DeYoung Kohler with the Culinary Art Car, 2014. Photo courtesy of John Michael Kohler Arts Center.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://artdosemagazine.com/2022/07/02/announcing-ruth-foundation-for-the-arts-new-grantmaker-stewards440-million-trust/?fbclid=IwAR1WZBqXn-TnM7LfMgmg-OX3ZTFWSBFuU7cLHQrce46dCeFdq3xzSgO4brA">Announcing Ruth Foundation for the Arts&nbsp;New Grantmaker Stewards $440 Million&nbsp;Trust</a>On June 30th, the&nbsp;Ruth Foundation for the Arts&nbsp;(Ruth Arts) marked its debut in the landscape of arts philanthropy with the announcement of its inaugural grantmaking cycle. The new foundation is supported by a bequest of&nbsp;$440 million&nbsp;from the late&nbsp;Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, and expects to award grants totaling more than&nbsp;$17 million&nbsp;annually.The first class of Ruth Arts grantees — an initial round of funding that precedes the regular giving cycles that the organization will embark upon later this year — includes 78 nonprofit arts organizations that have been awarded a total of&nbsp;$1.25 million&nbsp;in funding. These individual grants range from&nbsp;$10,000 to $50,000&nbsp;each.Via Artdose Magazine&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/7/2/23189106/lake-meadows-howard-brown-architectural-jewel-prairie-urban-renewal-shine-again?fbclid=IwAR2hzmphrUy_aG6liImnp0weKF_h1B0mFAtUN2AGyVjyi4d23pgz1-mblvc">Unsung architectural ‘jewel on the prairie’ in Bronzeville is poised to shine again</a>A steel-and-glass building on Bronzeville’s northern edge is among Chicago’s finer modernist structures, yet it has gone relatively unnoticed and uncelebrated since its construction 60 years ago.But that could change over the next year or so.The long-vacant, two-story former Lake Meadows professional building at 31st Street and Rhodes Avenue is set to come alive again in early 2023 as office space for the Howard Brown health organization.Work has already begun, with the building stripped down to its steel bones as part of the transformation.Via Chicago Sun Times&nbsp;</body></html>

What We're Reading: 7/6/22

<a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1107915923/artist-sam-gilliam-died">Artist Sam Gilliam has died at 88</a>One of the most important and influential abstract visual artists in the U.S. has died: Sam Gilliam, a great colorist whose work influenced generations of artists, was 88 years old. Gilliam's death on Saturday was announced by the Pace Gallery, which had represented him since 2019, and the David Kordansky Gallery, which had represented him since 2012. The cause of death was not disclosed.Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Miss., in 1933 as the seventh child of eight to a father who worked on the railroad and a homemaking mother. He attended the University of Louisville for both bachelor's and master's degrees, but in 1962 moved to Washington, D.C., where he lived and had his studio for the rest of his life. He became one of the leading artists of the Washington Color School — a 1950s movement that emphasized large fields of color.He was very interested in freeing his paintings from the boundaries of canvases and frames.Via NPR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cezanne-art-institute-of-chicago-gloria-groom-caitlin-haskell-natalia-sindlina-camille-pissarro-monet-degas-gauguin-matisse-picasso-henry-moore-lucian-freud-jasper-johns-gustave-caillebotte-11655932056?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1">‘Cezanne’ Review: In All His Complexity - A WSJ Review</a>The first painting visitors to “Cezanne” at the Art Institute of Chicago encounter is “Undergrowth (Sous-Bois)” (c. 1894), a pine-forest scene painted from a bit below the trees, gazing up, with a barely perceivable horizon, and formed from patches of distinct marks that suggest just a slight fluttering. Some elements, like a rust-colored mound on the left, take shape only from several steps away.It is an inspired choice. Unusually (then) for a landscape, it’s a vertical canvas; it lacks a focal point; and it verges on being what later came to be called an “all-over painting,” with the image spilling past the edges of the canvas. Every bit as perplexing as it is engaging, “Undergrowth” serves as an apt metaphor for Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) himself.Via WSJ&nbsp;<a href="https://womanmade.org/about/update_june2022/?fbclid=IwAR0s5vEGG-gUhJmZw7PBD9dxXPsKNsFxVat7RRI-_RByyAtOfG01_CkIj-Q">Woman Made Gallery Shares Updates on Staffing Future As it Nears 30th Anniversary</a>&nbsp;In a recent message to members WMG shared, "Jamie Pitts has recently stepped down as Managing Director. The Board of Directors is currently transitioning Jamie’s responsibilities to board members with the help of Darshita Jain, Programming Lead. We sincerely thank Jamie for stewarding the gallery during a challenging time in our history. As we approach the 30-year anniversary exhibition, Generations, please visit us at the gallery,&nbsp; participate in our public programming, and keep an eye out for more information. We will keep updating and including you in this journey with us."Read the full announcement <a href="https://womanmade.org/about/update_june2022/?fbclid=IwAR0s5vEGG-gUhJmZw7PBD9dxXPsKNsFxVat7RRI-_RByyAtOfG01_CkIj-Q">here.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;

What We're Reading: 6/28/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/ukoibxbtski8a6qzpyir.png"><figcaption>Gertrude Abercrombie, Self and Cat (Possims) (1953) (est $300,000-$500,000) at Hindman's Casting Spells: The Gertrude Abercrombie Collection of Laura and Gary Maurer on September 28. Courtesy Hindman Auctions.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/16/a-single-owner-sale-of-works-by-gertrude-abercrombie-may-bring-her-market-the-attention-is-has-long-deserved">The Art Newspaper Spotlight's Fall Auction of works by Gertrude Abercrombie at HINDMAN</a>Via The Art NewspaperIt seems that the art world has finally caught up with Gertrude Abercrombie. While her work has always been well regarded, until recently the market had failed to fully appreciate Abercrombie’s charming and delicate Surrealist works. That changed in February this year, when Chicago’s Hindman Auctions sold her small painting The Dinosaur (1964) for $387,500 (with fees) against an estimate of $30,000-$50,000, marking a worldwide artist record. With the recent surge of interest in <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/10/04/exploring-the-global-appeal-of-surrealism">Surrealism</a> it is no wonder that Abercrombie’s work is being looked at more closely (even if one needs a magnifying glass to do so).In September, <a href="http://hindmanauctions.com/">Hindman</a> will bring to the market Casting Spells: The Gertrude Abercrombie Collection of Laura and Gary Maurer. The single owner, single artist sale will see 21 of Abercrombie's most significant works, including the mystical Self and Cat (Possims) (1953), one of the physically largest works by the artist, who is known for minute and richly detailed paintings that can sometimes be no larger than a postage stamp.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-danny-torres-art-installation-0619-20220623-o2yattdqpnfrrjgetltczih74m-story.html?fb_news_token=AnTMr8BrYboMFl5vHF7kUw%3D%3D.BvwkKMg3nOpYnrKA0HI%2Fn%2BI37JRZffXSrtNpYI7eDeXt5U1kea%2FMvRj8fWMiuRFbm5DC2eBDwzkSi7LPQ6DJUES9Qj7BFRCF0LypDzfyAYZ%2FQz1XIqSRjiYbORVGzmEHPySZNtgXRS6z65lpv7DA%2F%2BqvYSrsG%2FTtq9KzpP3RTDBp%2FnkNn3PcRmz2TSddji73DnnP2FoGnA1mVyWE2nOUuLwJq1K2v%2FJ5iBqkrGJA1wmHUi1ZXBcZjBt2Rt%2BslDmiw%2FfnNw1rh1dZQxzOeZ%2F4RV9MFx1sd7idqYvj%2FJpOPR3gAquysfVt9pfd8uN2bBIVcV7oqRXesgE8UwPtREyK6wpeFzdq%2Fba%2BtM6iJIQqcPxyps8K5JBugJUtkyC%2BNzAYFroSvyF0HXpDmOHh%2Bw3Zdd3oejI7MHNvFYdgDM%2F6zufWF9mCejsWnTesvEqD6yyK&amp;fbclid=IwAR0EXVOP8XoeH3J3AN3EvUVDSmsRHPhZy8LKao40JhzSUs5TkcnNqBp9MTI">Danny Torres, Tony Fitzpatrick Protege, Interviewed by Chicago Tribune</a>Via Chicago TribuneThis latest art adventure began with the heart attack [artist Tony] Fitzpatrick suffered in 2015. “My cardiac rehab nurse was this wonderful woman named Rosa at St. Mary’s Hospital. She told me her nephew was an artist and asked if I would meet with him.”Of course, he said yes.That artist was Danny Torres, some three decades younger than Fitzpatrick, who has a long history of encouraging and mentoring younger artists.“So I came and met Tony and we just sat there talking and it was like we had known each other forever,” Torres told me. “It was like in that movie, ‘Back to the Future,’ where Marty meets his older self.”&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/best-booths-2022-art-basel-1234631911/">Gray Gallery Named one of ARTnews Best Booth's at Art Basel</a>Via ARTnewsThis year’s Unlimited section features 70 large-scale works, including Theaster Gates’s Hardware Store Painting (2020–22), which measures 16 feet by 28 feet. Presented by Gray, this installation memorializes a family-owned True Value hardware store formerly located on Chicago’s South Side and then turned into an artistic material. Gates, whose practice is deeply invested in the preservation of neglected social and cultural histories of his hometown, acquired the store and all of its merchandise in 2014; he has continued to activate the Halsted True Value Hardware archive since 2016. Aware of the value of such places for local communities, the interdisciplinary artist invites viewers to look beyond the objects: “The hardware store is the atlas. Like so many encyclopedic forms, it reminds us of a singular vocabulary, a homeland, a material sanctuary that unfortunately has its end when the form of exchange is no longer convenient.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 6/23/22

<html><head></head><body>Via PRThe Chicago Printmakers Collaborative announced the Recipients of the 2022 Bloom Residency: Juana Estrada Hernández and Alexandra AntoineThe Bloom Residency at CPC supports women artists of color in either exploring new printmaking techniques or expanding their existing print practices. Recipients are provided with one to three weeks of 24/7 access to CPC’s professional print studio to produce a limited edition, print-based work.<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/bqqupkfbtc1ecnhsunxz.jpg"><figcaption>Juana Estrada Hernández</figcaption></figure><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mWCWGAKaYLYv_PJuiS3oaiyvl_cybjS7MO-4UuX7Z1nsIt1zAxsS--vv12SiTwk4rre9Nhxxm8IHB73Dc2stZTjrJ620JmMMFeA2k5V2HzWOqfmSoGpnYamcaCXcfjCs96g7f6dkxfRURGG_Na1X6tHcoevCOpvm&amp;c=bYyULtT5abw-5w3nB5t19g8Ns8gr3olLKu7YyldRgrWPcJDeU22V_Q==&amp;ch=eTKt7UzldJv1z4B_qBnhvxKhoMKLXzH0W8P0Scz_XGbX2mWIuZlRzw==">Juana Estrada Hernández</a>&nbsp;was born in Luis Moya, Zacatecas, Mexico and immigrated to the United States when she was seven years old. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas and her Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Estrada Hernandez is a recipient of the Southern Graphic Council International Graduate Fellowship Award, SITE Scholars Award, Center of Fine Arts Dean Travel Award, UNM Student Conference Award Program, and Ralph W. Douglas Endowed Memorial Scholarship. As an artist, Estrada Hernandez utilizes her experiences growing up in the United States as a young immigrant to create work that addresses social and political problems surrounding Latinx migrant communities. Her creative practice stems from her love of drawing, Mexican folklore, pop-culture, Mexican culture, and her family’s migration stories.<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419084/jxu7z3ror3gp9h9whtpu.jpg"><figcaption>Alexandra Antoine</figcaption></figure><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mWCWGAKaYLYv_PJuiS3oaiyvl_cybjS7MO-4UuX7Z1nsIt1zAxsS--vv12SiTwk4XUdv4dS45Bqy7jdWNE87X5kDFicw9jMNOxwrDcUNhi-bb9LT3j3HCTAjhNP3Xq2FCo5wyP2qnkCkQ1VgMdEtOn8C98KExON7&amp;c=bYyULtT5abw-5w3nB5t19g8Ns8gr3olLKu7YyldRgrWPcJDeU22V_Q==&amp;ch=eTKt7UzldJv1z4B_qBnhvxKhoMKLXzH0W8P0Scz_XGbX2mWIuZlRzw==">Alexandra Antoine</a> is an interdisciplinary visual artist and cultural apprentice based in Chicago. Her work acknowledges the influences of her Haitian culture and interest in portraiture, food, farming and physical labor in traditional artistic practices of the African diaspora. She honors the different forms and functions of her work in the process of her vision coming into fruition. She received her BFA in Fine Arts and Arts Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mWCWGAKaYLYv_PJuiS3oaiyvl_cybjS7MO-4UuX7Z1nsIt1zAxsS-2T4Tgb4QImaYU6BPCRBq_J3ZWrrTtV3IWVD3M34UBHB4Y2crbGcHlEMF1IKhhYlhcn6P3BuKWL6lZWkthWRiv0f157xQuSRwE1sgc53CnRy5adP-KaotDk_VWonWPh5fQ==&amp;c=bYyULtT5abw-5w3nB5t19g8Ns8gr3olLKu7YyldRgrWPcJDeU22V_Q==&amp;ch=eTKt7UzldJv1z4B_qBnhvxKhoMKLXzH0W8P0Scz_XGbX2mWIuZlRzw==">More about our 2022 Bloom Recipients</a>CPC's Bloom logo was designed and named by their first recipient Octavia Thorns (check out her prints, illustration and design work <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001mWCWGAKaYLYv_PJuiS3oaiyvl_cybjS7MO-4UuX7Z1nsIt1zAxsS-2T4Tgb4QImaMaqdrpr_uMI9csYxJ05ODM-gjHBtQnc8ZCvBOSZZMKos6LHb3TXV0Q99aMSbQ0BQixT_mNL5AW4CQfCw6zGy5NpmkGx9UySp&amp;c=bYyULtT5abw-5w3nB5t19g8Ns8gr3olLKu7YyldRgrWPcJDeU22V_Q==&amp;ch=eTKt7UzldJv1z4B_qBnhvxKhoMKLXzH0W8P0Scz_XGbX2mWIuZlRzw==">HERE)</a></body></html>

Chicago Printmakers Announces Bloom Residents

<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee/images/767a6bba-97e8-a5c3-64e0-440a94e33e21.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>Photo via MoCP</figcaption></figure>Via&nbsp;PR&nbsp;Chicago —&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mocp.org">The&nbsp;Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP)</a> held&nbsp;DARKROOM, their annual benefit auction on Thursday,&nbsp;June 2, 2022, bringing in $230,000&nbsp;to support the museum.&nbsp;Funds raised at DARKROOM will provide critical support for the museum's exhibitions, collections, and community engagement initiatives&nbsp;for the&nbsp;2022-2023 season.&nbsp;The event was held at the Columbia College Chicago Student Center, located at 754 S. Wabash Avenue in the South Loop, and was co-chaired by Jennifer and Joe Shanahan. &nbsp; Over 300 guests in attendance enjoyed hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and music while perusing auction items by celebrated contemporary artists. Works sold included pieces by Dawoud Bey, Terry Evans, Ayana Jackson, Dawit Petros, Alec Soth, Edra Soto, and Penelope Umbrico. The benefit auction was presented by Sotheby’s. &nbsp; Many individuals and corporate sponsors gave their support for the MoCP, including Gage Hospitality Group and Seaberg Picture Framing. &nbsp; Longtime MoCP supporters Lawrence K. and Maxine Snider were honored during the evening for their contributions to the museum. For the past decade, they have sponsored the&nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=cbd6d93b77&amp;e=58cea278c7">Snider Prize</a>, which&nbsp;is a purchase award given to emerging artists in their final year of graduate study by the museum annually. The Snider Prize encapsulates the museum's ongoing commitment to support new talent in the field of contemporary photography. Recent recipients Kei Ito and Alayna N Pernell were in attendance to help honor them. &nbsp; "We are so grateful for our sponsors and everyone who helped make DARKROOM 2022 our most successful benefit auction to date. Funds raised at DARKROOM will provide critical support for the museum’s community initiatives and exhibitions," said Natasha Egan, MoCP Executive Director. &nbsp;&nbsp;

MoCP Annual Gala Presented by Sotheby's Raises $230K

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419077/b2dhjngmvcyw7iyinyhk.jpg"><figcaption>Richard Hunt. Via Pigment, Int.</figcaption></figure><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db846255701/f32a230c-e069-4fbc-9169-2827d823c320.pdf?rdr=true">Mayor Lightfoot Declares June 9 Richard Hunt Day&nbsp;</a>International sculptor Richard Hunt has been able to seep into the heart of this great city without regard for race or creed or gender, attaining a universality that all artists crave.&nbsp;Metal, his material of choice, has no color after all, only form, and Hunt has bent it to his will for more than seven decades.&nbsp;And what’s more he’s bent us to his will by being a Chicagoan through and through, a son of Woodlawn.&nbsp;He has said of his lifelong pursuit of art that his mom was ‘supportive’, and his dad was ‘tolerant’.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hunt was honored by the Leadership Advisory Committee (LAC) of the Art Institute of Chicago with its 2022 Legends &amp; Legacy Award on June 9th.&nbsp;It is presented to African American artists “who through their lifelong accomplishments and exceptional careers in the visual arts, have influenced generations of artists.”&nbsp;Eldzier Cortor, Dr. Margaret Burroughs and Elizabeth Catlett are among the recipients. And Hunt, at 86, is the youngest honoree.&nbsp;<a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db846255701/f32a230c-e069-4fbc-9169-2827d823c320.pdf?rdr=true">Via Pigment International</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419078/najzkusgnmdrbgluhela.jpg"><figcaption>Photograph: Superfly, Alive Coverage &nbsp;</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news/an-immersive-prince-experience-opens-in-chicago-061022?cid=email~emailname%3DCHICAGO%20EN_NEWSLETTER_20220614~jobid%3DDM22320~crmid%3Da24d3b4d-bbd5-4cf6-a7c9-7a6ed8cf5fa2&amp;deliveryName=DM22320">An immersive Prince experience opens in Chicago</a>Developed by the event production company Superfly, “<a href="https://princetheexperience.com/">Prince: The Immersive Experience</a>” takes visitors through an approximately 60-minute tour of interactive rooms exploring the iconic musician’s life, music and legacy. You’ll first be greeted by a short video; then, it’s onto themed rooms made to look like everything from a lilac-scented imitation of the bathroom in the “When Doves Cry” music video to a realistic version of Prince’s Paisley Park studio, painstakingly recreated with details like a shelf stocked with the 5-Hour Energy shots Prince kept on hand for recording sessions. And because this is an immersive experience, many of the rooms are equipped with some kind of interactive element, whether you prefer to experiment with sound mixing “Let’s Go Crazy”&nbsp; in the studio, take a personality quiz to get a custom playlist of Prince’s deep cuts or pose for photos atop a replica of the famous “Purple Rain” motorcycle.&nbsp;&nbsp;Via TimeOut&nbsp;<a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/06/15/art-institutes-lions-spotted-on-the-highway-after-being-taken-away-to-be-cleaned/">Art Institute’s Lions Spotted On The Highway After Being Taken Away To Be Cleaned</a>The Art Institute’s famous bronze lions were removed from their Downtown pedestals early Tuesday so they can be cleaned, a move <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/06/10/art-institute-lions-being-removed-for-cleaning-but-dont-worry-theyll-be-back/">the museum had announced in advance</a>. A large crane hoisted them onto trucks, where they were secured and driven away.Via Block Club&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 6/15/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419077/wleeadgmgybqvy28hxz1.jpg"><figcaption>Detail views of works by Rebecca Zaragoza, Diane Thodos, James McNeill Mesplé, and Elena Diadenko for Greektown’s Lyre public art exhibit.</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Via PR<a href="https://greektownchicago.org/">Greektown Chicago</a> has opened its new outdoor art exhibit My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown, with 26 vibrant three-dimensional artworks lining Halsted Street from Monroe to Van Buren Streets now through spring 2023.A map showing the locations of the artworks in Greektown is available <a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7d707423-a3bd-3732-9e3a-ae951aa390f4">HERE</a>. Visit <a href="https://greektownchicago.org/">greektownchicago.org</a> for more information.A diverse group of Chicago artists is celebrating music with personal interpretations of the “lyre,” an ancient Greek instrument reimaginedin a modern-style sculpture. The lyre speaks of music, song, poetry and dance. It also brings to mind the heavens where the constellation Lyra appears in the northern sky. Inspirations for the 26 magnificent artworks come from multiple sources including Greek mythology, history, science and memories of special places. My Painted Lyre is sponsored by Greektown SSA #16, the neighborhood’s business improvement district, in partnership with the Chicago Greektown Educational Foundation.&nbsp;Title of Lyre Artworks &amp; Artist StatementsLyrical Spirit by Arturo Barrera: Inspired by Albin Polasek’s Spirit of Music in Grant Park, Lyrical Spirit is a celebration of music and Greek history. Spirit of Music depicts a tall, bronze, muse holding a lyre. Lyrical Spirit is an abstract approach with simplified geometric figures, representing two different people holding a lyre. The colors used are traditional Greek colors. Many people associate Greek culture with only blue and white because of their country’s flag, and Greek statues with a lack of color. However, many of the ancient Greek sculptures were originally painted colorfully. After years of harsh weather and other effects on Grecian sculptures, the polychromatic finishes fade significantly, if not fully, which gives them a white, or bland, appearance. Lyrical Spirit connects the history of the Greek palette with a celebration of Greek culture in Chicago.&nbsp;Chicago’s Lyre by Juan A. Cano: Inspiration: Love for our city and diversity in music.&nbsp;Day and Night by Elena Diadenko : Two women, Day and Night, are each dressed in traditional Ukrainian outfits and surrounded by the fields of wheat and poppies. They represent the beauty and rich folklore of Ukrainian culture. One of the women (Day) holds a bundle of wheat that represents prosperity and life in Ukraine. Another woman (Night) holds a dove of peace and poppies that speak to the beauty of the land.Symbolic Gestures of the Goddess by Malika Jackson: This work is to honor several of the Greek Goddesses with their symbols: Aphrodite, Hera, Artemis.My Polish Summer by Bonnie Loboda: There is music and movement in the natural world. And it stays long in our memories. I recall the buzzing of insects, the flutter of birds, the dancing of butterflies and the soft sway of flowers (poppies, daisies, cornflowers, dandelions, etc.) in a gentle wind.Three Celestial Hierarchies by Victoria Martin: The Celestial Hierarchies were famously put in order during the fifth century by the theologian Pseudo-Dionysus the Areopagite. The highest level, i.e., the first, contains the beings around the throne of God. My thesis is that these were premonitions for actual objects &amp; shapes discovered in Deep Space 1920 - now. In the second level down are the creator deities. They are explained symbolically but seem to depict what we now know to be true via creation science and evolution. In the third level are the angels that watch over the earth and its inhabitants well known to us via biblical stories.Sun Dance by James McNeill Mesplé: Apollo teaches Orpheus to play the Lyre as Terpsichore (the Muse of Dance) plays her own lyre while dancing!&nbsp; Marsyas challenges Apollo to a music contest, playing sensual Earth Music on his flute for Eurydice’s Sunflower Dance.&nbsp; Apollo plays the classical Music of the Spheres, the heavenly planets themselves, thereby winning the contest.The Grapes of Generosity by Molly McGrath: The grapes of generosity relate to the Greek people. They like the fruit that grows on the vine, help them stay alive and be healthy.Daughter of Athena&nbsp;Κόρη της Αθηνάς by Mark Nelson: Angela Paterakis nurtured many student artists at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Many of her students become teachers and educational leaders embedded throughout the Chicago Public Schools, higher institutions and beyond. Angela’s students greatly appreciated her wisdom, compassion and commitment that often continued into their professional life long after they graduated. Her impact on the world of arts education exponentially grew as she witnessed her network of leaders energize arts in early education and expand equitable opportunities for Chicago’s inner-city kids and beyond.They All Played by Patricia Owsiany: Apollo, as the myth goes, received his lyre from Hermes, the messenger God. It was one of his power symbols. As Apollo played, the Greeks also played. The lyre was one of the most common instruments of Ancient Greece.&nbsp;Now, Henry the 8th was also an accomplished musician who played many instruments, and the lyre was just one of them. In the heavens, the constellation Lyre is composed of Vega, Gamma Lyre, R Lyre, Mu Lyrae Eta and Delta….so even the stars played!!Apolo Ohno by Percent: 500 m: 41.327 (2009) 1000 m: 1:24.500 (2009) 1500 m: 2:11.280 (2003) 3000 m: 4:32.975 (2003)String Theōros by Terry Poulos: The artist draws first upon the Pythagoreans' love of beauty and symmetry in relation to resonance, proportion and certain pleasing melodic tones concerning specific spacing of string instrument ratios (a fifth, a third, etc.).&nbsp; Modern physics redirected that knowledge in the form of String Theory, asserting particles themselves are the emergent product of vibrations of 'quantum threads of interaction' which create what humans perceive as condensed matter (fermionic particle-waves) and light (bosonic particle-waves). The conjecture being that this illusory physical world we inhabit is dependent on the frequency and angular momentum at which said strings resonate and interact.Lyrical by Diane Thodos: This work is inspired by the many lyrical and moving images of lyra players from classical ancient Greek pottery. The emotion and movement of the musicians shows an immediacy created centuries ago that is just as lyrical and expressive in our times.The Castaway by Miss Alex White: Inspired by the 1965 Castaways song, "Liar Liar," this lyre piece is an amalgamation of psychedelia. Oozing with Peter Max pop sensibility, this colorful work echoes mid-century imagery and messages that still resonate today.The Color of Music by Kiki Whitehead: There are few art forms more enchanting than the collision of music and art.&nbsp; Both can be felt deep within your soul. This piece is an abstract form of that beautiful combination beginning with the origins of the lyre.A Woman's Touch by Rebecca Zaragoza: I've depicted a series of women joyfully playing the lyre. Of course, anyone willing can play the instrument. And doing so, they can bring music to our ears and color to our world through harmonious notes and other relationships.&nbsp;Artist BiosArturo Barrera is an educator in the Chicago Public School system.&nbsp;He has been a school Assistant Principal for four years and has enjoyed a career in art education for over 30 years (always encouraging his students to new ways of seeing and thinking). Barrera has a B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Art Education; a M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University in printmaking and painting; and a M.A. in&nbsp;Education Administration from Governor State University.Juan A. Cano is a contemporary graffiti artist from Logan Square.&nbsp;He is well-known for his “shattered glass” style. Cano participates in several art exhibitions each year and is an art philanthropist to charitable causes. He especially enjoys working on public art projects. Instagram: @Juan_A_Cano&nbsp;Elena Diadenko was born and raised in Ukraine and immigrated to the United States in 1992. She received her first art degrees from Myrgorod Ceramics College and Lviv National Academy of Arts in Ukraine. Later, Diadenko received two masters’ degrees in interdisciplinary art and art education from Columbia College in Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has lived and worked in Chicago for 30 years and is currently an art teacher Schurz High School. Diadenko has participated in more than 60 art exhibitions, including solo and group shows, both internationally and in the Chicagoland area. &nbsp;&nbsp;Malika Jackson has exhibited her works widely in both group and solo shows.&nbsp; She currently has a solo show at the Hyde Park Art Center. Jackson received the SPARK Award-2020, completed a six-month residency at the Hyde Park Art Center ‘THE CENTER PROGRAM’ and received commissions for the Ronald McDonald Houses’&nbsp;tribute to the Ryder Cup Tournament. She has shown at the Howard Brown Center, Black Clay at Chicago State, Fast Forward, Rewind: Play, HPAC, Woman Made Gallery, Gallery D’Estees, Noyes Gallery, Museum of Science and Industry, Artropolis at the Merchandise Mart, The Cliff Dwellers and many other venues. She was featured in the film Curators of Dixon; Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago, a book by Diane Grams; and South Shore Current magazine with her art on the cover. Jackson has a MFA &amp; BFA from the School of the Art Institute, and further studied at Illinois State University, Normal, IL.&nbsp; She did an Artist tour of France and Italy and completed a ceramic workshop in Tuscany, Italy.Bonnie Loboda began painting as a young child in Poland. Soon after, she learned to embroider and was creating intricate pieces for export. Art remained her passion even after she moved to Chicago in 1994.&nbsp; Over the years, Loboda has stretched her imagination and taught herself new techniques. Today, she paints on glass, canvas, wood, walls and more. Many times, Loboda works well into the night shaping and re-shaping each new artwork.Victoria Martin is a large-scale mystical painter.&nbsp; She combines symbols from new science with illustrations of ancient magical texts. (FYI some of those prayers really work!). She also teaches art as a spiritual praxis at workshops and events. Martin holds a BA in Art Education and an MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago.James McNeill Mesplé’s art focuses on classically inspired images viewed through the lens of contemporary life.&nbsp; As a child, Mesplé was told stories by his maternal grandfather, drawn from his Osage (Native American) heritage.&nbsp; These other-worldly narratives sparked an interest in Classical Greek myths because both cultures are animistic, seeing Spirit not only in animals and flowers, but in all aspects of life on Earth (Gaia). For 10 years, Mesplé taught art at Francis W. Parker school and spent 10 years teaching at the School of the Art Institute studio program.&nbsp; And he plays the flute. Mesplé was represented for over thirty years by Printworks Gallery in Chicago and is currently with Jackson/Junge Gallery.&nbsp;Molly McGrath has an extensive body of work:&nbsp;collages,&nbsp;children’s (and other) album covers, drawings of Chicago transit system signs, fiber art, painted bottles, portraits of dolls–and Sesame Street memorabilia. Her work directly responds to her environment, with her everyday experiences becoming a starting point.&nbsp;McGrath is an artist at “Project Onward,” a nonprofit studio and gallery in Chicago dedicated to the career development of visual artists with mental and developmental disabilities. Learn more at <a href="http://projectonward.org/">projectonward.org</a>.Mark Nelson was raised in a Navy family overseas and began his formal arts education in the Republic of Panama where he was mentored in painting and live theater. On return to the continental USA, Nelson studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a BFA and received an MFA at the University of Illinois in Chicago. His artwork can be found in private and public collections, including a mural at the US Embassy, Republic of Panama. &nbsp;Nelson was&nbsp; awarded many grants and fellowships as an artist and educator from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs-Office of Fine Arts,&nbsp;Illinois Arts Council, the Golden Apple Foundation, and the Oppenheimer Family Foundation. A resident of Chicago's historic Pilsen neighborhood and arts community, his Gringolandia Studio and home is open annually to the public in participation with the 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios.Patricia Owsiany earned a BA in Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University. She has participated in many shows in Chicago and New York City. Her last solo exhibit was a mini retrospective at Space 900 in Evanston. She was born in Chicago and continues to live and create here.Terry Poulos is a writer, artist, archaeological historian, fractal geometer, and more generally autodidact scientific investigator. Two of his sculptures have been exhibited at the National Hellenic Museum (NHM), and his Net Zero Coin numismatic is in the permanent collection of the British Museum and NHM. His works can be seen at <a href="http://scientiquity.com/">Scientiquity.com</a>&nbsp;PERCENT is a group of artists who are somewhat Asian. Their work is strictly collaborative—no piece created by an individual can bear the collective’s name. Their approach is an attempt to acknowledge the falsehood of purity.Diane Thodos is a Chicago-based artist with a forty-year career in painting and printmaking that emphasizes both abstract expressionism and German expressionism.&nbsp;&nbsp;This comes from her study with Jackson Pollock’s teacher Stanley William&nbsp;Hayter in 1984, and study of the Speck’s German Expressionist print collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum over a 20-year period. Diane's work&nbsp;combines&nbsp;figure&nbsp;and abstraction to create a fertile ground for ever-new compositional and emotionally expressive possibilities.&nbsp;She is a 2002 Pollack-Krasner Grant&nbsp;recipient, has exhibited internationally, and has work in&nbsp;the collections of the Milwaukee Museum of Art, The David and Alfred Smart Museum, the State of Illinois Museum in Chicago, The Illinois Holocaust Museum and The Block Museum of Northwestern University, &nbsp;among many others.Miss Alex White is a&nbsp;Greek American,&nbsp;native Chicagoan, DePaul University MBA, and front woman of the rock'n'roll duo White Mystery. In addition to her career as a full-time musician, Miss Alex White is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, film, video game design, and drawing.&nbsp; Kiki Whitehead is a first-generation Greek American. Her parents immigrated to Canada before coming to the United States in the 1960’s. She is most recently recognized as the National Chairman of the United Hellenic Voters of America (UHVA), a non-partisan political organization representing the Greek American community where she resides over an Executive Board.&nbsp;Kiki recently illustrated two children’s book “How Does My Mama Know?” and “Ollie Under It.” With a book of her own on the way, Kiki hopes to continue this work into her twilight years.&nbsp;She is currently the Marketing Director for Olympik Signs, Inc., one of the largest sign companies in the Chicago area. But her greatest achievement will always be her beautiful, blended family.Rebecca Zaragoza is an artist engaged in poetry, painting and sculpture. Art in all its varieties, she says, is an expression of feelings.&nbsp; Since we all have them, we can all be artists.Along with an exciting group of professional and emerging Chicago artists, the following ten Chicagoland Greek schools are participating in the Lyre exhibit: Guardian Angel Orthodox Day School, Holy Apostles Greek School, Holy Cross Sophocles Greek School, Koraes Elementary School, Plato Academy, St. Demetrios Pythagoras Children’s Academy, St. Demetrios SOLON Greek School, St. George Greek School, St. John the Baptist Pythagoras Greek School, and St. Spyridon Plutarchos Academy.&nbsp;About Greektown ChicagoGreektown is a dining, nightlife and cultural district located on the Near West Side of Chicago. A popular destination for tourists and Chicago residents alike, Greektown offers the best sampling of Greek heritage outside of Athens—from authentic restaurants, cafes and shops to the National Hellenic Museum and annual Taste of Greektown festival. Greektown Special Service Area #16 is the business improvement district for the neighborhood, administered by sole service provider the West Central Association and guided by a volunteer commission of local business owners, property owners and residents. For more information, visit <a href="https://greektownchicago.org/">greektownchicago.org</a>.Top image: Detail views of works by Rebecca Zaragoza, Diane Thodos, James McNeill Mesplé, and Elena Diadenko for Greektown’s Lyre public art exhibit.&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown now on view along Halsted Street

&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee/images/651e5d75-c102-8bb3-7480-5be5e57d2356.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>Barbara Crane, From the Beach on Fire Lane #10&nbsp;from Repeats Series</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;The Museum of Contemporary Photography held their benefit auction party last week on June 2 &nbsp;is still open online! Bid on many exciting works and help support the MoCP. The auction will remain open through&nbsp;June 10, 2022 at 3 p.m. CT.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://mocp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e4250b7536dc23e9352b28ee&amp;id=4463761c87&amp;e=58cea278c7">Enter the Auction</a>&nbsp;

MoCP's Benefit Auction Open Through June 10

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/p14cdgbnzrhttzo0t1hd.jpg"><figcaption>Self-Portrait, Keith Haring</figcaption></figure>By CGN Staff via PRThis week the AIDS Garden Chicago officially opened. It is the City’s first public monument to memorialize the early days of Chicago’s HIV epidemic, and to honor those who continue to fight against the disease today.This 2.5 acre “park with purpose” is built along Lake Michigan just south of Belmont Harbor at the original location of the historic Belmont Rocks gathering spot – a space where the local gay community gathered between the 1960s and 1990s. “The Rocks” were about claiming the right to be out of the shadows and out of the closet.The Garden’s first phase was completed in late 2019 with the installation of its anchor piece, ‘Self-Portrait,’ a 30-foot sculpture by iconic late artist and activist Keith Haring. Ground was broken on the Garden in June 2021, and a ribbon cutting one year later on June 2, 2022, marked the Garden’s official public opening.‘Self-Portrait,’ Haring's sculpture, is the only one of its size in existence, and is a welcome addition to Chicago’s collection of public art in the parks with a prominent Lakefront location. It was provided through a generous gift from the <a href="http://www.haring.com/">Keith Haring Foundation</a> with the support of <a href="http://www.rosenthalfineart.com/">Rosenthal Fine Art, Inc.</a>Visitors are guided with markers and milestones through a variety of intimate and collective garden spaces all providing a sensory nature experience, the most notable being a memorable grove of Gingko trees and a perennial garden of natural plantings at the entrance. A serpentine path is the site for future temporary art installations and programming organized by community partners. &nbsp;To learn more about the garden and how you can share your own stories of the HIV/AIDS epidemic please visit <a href="https://44thward.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4e8236e6b2b1af8fa8eaa3f9f&amp;id=d94ac1ee59&amp;e=619d2d2b1d">AIDSGardenChicago.org.</a>&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419068/bhaqutpltlbqepc63eb3.png"></figure>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Chicago's AIDS Garden Finally Complete in Time for Pride Month

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/rdjyqunknml4he6zjsn7.jpg"><figcaption>BOP! Adventures in American Collage at Satchel Projects</figcaption></figure><a href="https://www.satchelprojects.com">Artist Tony Fitzpatrick Curates an Exhibition of Collage in New York</a>Tony Fitzpatrick has curated BOP! Adventures in American Collage at Satchel Projects, running May 26–June 26. The exhibition brings together 15 artists whose work represents a range of styles but they share a common improvisational approach to image-making. Artists include Lisa Barcy, ou Beach, Fitzpatrick, Swoon, Danny Torres and others.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419068/xdeh7ucgtyksauhwcccb.jpg"><figcaption>Jonathan Muecke</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9581/jonathan-muecke-objects-in-sculpture">Designer Jonathan Muecke Opens Art Institute Exhibition&nbsp;</a>Volume Gallery shared that gallery artist Jonathan Muecke: Objects in Sculpture is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago from May 26–Oct 10, 2022.Designer Jonathan Muecke (American, born 1983) challenges and redefines relationships between form and functionality, spatial perception and materiality. Objects in Sculpture, the designer’s first solo exhibition at a major museum, presents a selection of his most experimental works from the past decade.&nbsp;This is the fourth edition of the Franke/Herro Design Series, which highlights the work of important emerging talent and is curated by Irene Sunwoo, PhD (John H. Bryan Chair and Curator, Architecture and Design), and was conceived by Zoë Ryan, Daniel W. Dietrich, II Director at the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania."&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419069/wqqom3wcffd8xp3am49j.jpg"><figcaption>Cat Crotchett</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Addington Gallery Artist Cat Crotchett Selected for Golden Foundation of Art Residency in New Berlin, NYThe Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts received over 320 applications from artists around the world for the <a href="https://www.goldenfoundation.org/residency/current-residents/">2022 Residency Program</a>. Addington Gallery artist Cat Crotchett was selected along with 17 other artists. The 2022 Residency Program began in March and will run through mid-November. Residents live and work in a completely renovated barn for 4 weeks and have access to an unlimited supply of acrylics, oils, watercolors and custom materials.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 5/30/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/c4w63qsx6pc8l5gso2dz.jpg"><figcaption>Left to right: Breanna Robinson (Photo: Jacob King)&nbsp;and Ireashia M. Bennett</figcaption></figure>Via PR&nbsp;$10,000 in Unrestricted Funds Given&nbsp;to&nbsp;Breanna Robinson and Ireashia M. BennettChicago Artists Coalition (CAC) announces the 2022 Coney Family Fund awardees&nbsp;<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-qljkujd-ftuikdrju-y/">Breanna Robinson</a> and <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-qljkujd-ftuikdrju-j/">Ireashia M. Bennett</a>, who will&nbsp;each receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds. The funds are intended to support&nbsp;outstanding Chicago visual artists who identify as Black or African-American.The Coney Family Fund is committed to holding up exceptionally talented and driven Black artists by helping to&nbsp;sustain their studio practice and artistic career development through direct funding.This grant is made possible by the generosity of our sponsor Chanel Coney. Launched in 2017, the award recognizes the Coney Family and Chicago Artists Coalition's mutual commitment to supporting a more inclusive arts community and creative economy in Chicago. Since 2017, the Coney Family and CAC have administered $40,000 in unrestricted funds to eight artists over six years.Thanks&nbsp;to the jury for their valuable time and input. Brett Swinney, cultural affairs coordinator, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events&nbsp;&amp; Tracye A. Matthews, curator, filmmaker, historian, and executive director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago&nbsp;About the Coney FamilyThe Coney Family Fund Award is stewarded by Chanel Coney. Chanel is the Director of Marketing for Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners, LLC, the board chair of Congo Square Theater, and she has a personal background in theater performance. &nbsp;About Chicago Artists CoalitionChicago Artists Coalition is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary Chicago artists and curators by offering residency programs, exhibitions, professional development and resources that enable them to live, work and thrive in the city. CAC is deeply committed to advancing the cause of art and its importance in Chicago’s culture and economy by cultivating a wide-reaching civic, philanthropic and public support network.<a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-qljkujd-ftuikdrju-t/">chicagoartistscoalition.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

2022 Coney Family Fund Award Recognizes Breanna Robinson and Ireashia M. Bennett

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/c6r2ffjk2r9l2r4j1ntr.jpg"><figcaption>Candida Alvarez</figcaption></figure>Candida Alvarez receives Latinx Artist Fellowship AwardMonique Meloche announced that Candida Alvarez is the recipient of the Latinx Artist Fellowship—part of a multiyear initiative that provides $50,000 in unrestricted funds to 15 Latinx visual artists each year.Recognizing the systemic lack of support, visibility, and patronage of Latinx visual artists, this first-of-its-kind fellowship supports some of the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today. The Fellowship is codesigned and managed by US Latinx Art Forum in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts, and cofounded by The Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.Alvarez is also the&nbsp;recipient of the 2022 Arts and Letters Awards in Art, a $10,000 award given by the New York–based&nbsp;American Academy of Arts and Letters, and will be honored at the annual Ceremonial on Wednesday, May 18 at the Academy Galleries, NY.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spudnikpress.org">Spudnik Press Updates</a>Spudnik Press recently welcomed a new Executive Director, Sara Emerson. An email shared that the remaining staff is ready and looking forward to work with her in continuously enriching &nbsp;programs, rebuilding &nbsp;community, and advancing their mission. Several 2022 Resident Artists, specifically Susy Bielak and Elizabeth Rose, have also begun their residencies at Spudnik, including a culminating virtual event with Cameron Mankin. Spudnik is also continuously seeking interested supporters who would like to serve in our Board of Directors.&nbsp;<a href="http://grahamfoundation.org/?mc_cid=9e34f44b07&amp;mc_eid=03ab2133a7">Graham Foundation 2022 Grants to Individuals</a> The Graham Foundation announced the award of 56 new grants to individuals exploring ideas—across disciplines—that expand contemporary understandings of architecture. Selected from an open call that resulted in nearly 500 submissions, the funded projects include research, exhibitions, publications, films, podcasts, digital initiatives, and other inventive formats that promote rigorous scholarship, stimulate experimentation, and foster critical discourse in architecture. The funded projects are led by 81 individuals, including established and emerging architects, artists, curators, designers, filmmakers, historians, and writers, based in cities such as Buenos Aires, Argentina; Beijing, China; Buffalo, NY; Cape Town, South Africa; Kathmandu, Nepal; Lagos, Nigeria; New York, NY; Porto, Portugal; Praia, Cabo Verde; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Chicago, where the Graham Foundation is based. The new grantees join a worldwide network of individuals and organizations that the Graham Foundation has supported since 1956. In that time, the Foundation has awarded more than 42 million dollars in direct support to almost 5,000 projects by individuals and organizations. Learn more about each grantee project by clicking the links below.&nbsp;<a href="https://lighthouseimmersive.com/immersive-shevchenko/">Immersive Shevchenko: Soul of Ukraine Raises $250,000 for Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine &nbsp;&nbsp;</a>Lighthouse Immersive announced it raised $250,000 to support Ukraine through IMMERSIVE SHEVCHENKO: SOUL OF UKRAINE showings in multiple North American cities. Emboldened to assist Ukraine with its ongoing crisis, Lighthouse Immersive, the producers of the Original Immersive Van Gogh, arranged to have an existing immersive exhibit celebrating the work of Ukrainian artist, poet, philosopher and public figure, Taras Shevchenko, brought to North America. &nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CGN Art World Recap: 5/24/22

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419067/kld4fvgfaynb7e4oy6zp.jpg"><figcaption>Photo courtesy of the MCA</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;By CGN StaffIn case Nick Cave's recently opened mega exhibition <a href="https://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/2022/nick-cave-forothermore">Forothermore</a> isn't reason enough to get you to the museum right away, the MCA announced that a summer time favorite returns in June. You're invited to make plans and then reserve (free!) tickets to Tuesdays on the Terrace beginning May 25, at noon.Summer Tuesdays come alive on the MCA’s Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden, with free music highlighting artists from Chicago’s internationally renowned jazz community. Enjoy two sets of live music beginning at 5:30 pm and running until 8 pm. Plan a picnic outside as the MCA offers light refreshments and a full bar. Again this year guests may bring picnics and spread out on our lawn (they ask that you buy your booze at the museum cafe and not bring it in.)Free tickets to the 2022 Tuesdays on the Terrace season will be available May 25 at noon and walk-up tickets are always available day-of; all seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.&nbsp;11 concerts are planned June through August. See the whole lineup online.&nbsp;<a href="https://mcachicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c24ba7c5a91cefd699dc985e1&amp;id=11d0136d30&amp;e=95b957c616">Learn more.</a>&nbsp;</body></html>

It's Time for the Return of the MCA's Summer Tuesdays on the Terrace

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419059/esq2azgaazjf0aqxijjr.png"></figure>Via PRChicago Artists Coalition is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022 MAKER Grant for Chicago-based visual artists <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cukuthd-dledja-r/">D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem</a> and <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cukuthd-dledja-y/">Ashley Houghton</a>.&nbsp;Duyst-Akpem and Houghton have each been awarded an unrestricted grant of $3,000 for their commitment to socially-conscious work and working outside of traditional forms. MAKER Grants are funded by Chicago Artists Coalition and OtherPeoplesPixels.CAC would like to thank the jurors for their work in this year's MAKER Grant review: <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cukuthd-dledja-j/">Anthony Stepter</a>, Assistant Director of MUSE, University of Illinois at Chicago, <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cukuthd-dledja-t/">Emilio Rojas</a>, Multidisciplinary Artist, and <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cukuthd-dledja-i/">Mary Patten</a>, Visual Artist and Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. CAC is also grateful to the <a href="https://news.chicagoartistscoalition.org/t/i-l-cukuthd-dledja-d/">OtherPeoplesPixels</a>for their generosity in supporting Chicago artists.&nbsp;Image Credit: D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem (left), and Ashley Houghton (right)&nbsp;</body></html>

Chicago Artists Coalition Announces 2022 MAKER Grant Recipients

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/xzanzdesbitjsmhrhp3d.png"><figcaption>Maryam Taghavi, Selva Aparicio, Azadeh Gholizadeh</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Via PRArtadia is thrilled to share that Selva Aparicio, Azadeh Gholizadeh, and Maryam Taghavi are the recipients of the 2022 Chicago Artadia Award. Artadia is honored to partner with three foundations who have committed to supporting exceptional artists in Chicago with these $10,000 awards in their respective name. Selva Aparicio is the recipient of the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation Artadia Award; Azadeh Gholizadeh is the recipient of The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation Artadia Award; and Maryam Taghavi is the recipient of The Joyce Foundation Artadia Award. In addition to Aparicio, Gholizadeh, and Taghavi, this year's Finalists for the Chicago Award included Ashley January, Jeffly Gabriela Molina, and Judith Mullen. Solana Chehtman, Director of Creative Practice and Social Impact, The Shed, Christina De&nbsp;León, Associate Curator, Cooper Hewitt, Negarra A. Kudumu, Independent Curator, and Founder/Director, Art + Healing, and Robyn Farrell, Associate Curator, Art Institute of Chicago served as our Jurors for the Award. &nbsp;<a href="https://artadia.org/news/artadia-returns-to-expo-chicago-2022/">Artadia Returns to EXPO CHICAGO 2022</a>Celebrating our 2020-2021 Chicago Artadia Awardees<a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=9abba6a959&amp;e=46cd983d87">EXPO CHICAGO</a> April 7-10, 2022 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago IL 60611 Navy Pier Festival Hall | Booth #136 Artadia has been presenting Awards to artists living and working in Chicago since 2001. Twenty Award cycles have been subsequently held in the city, providing critical funds to over 80 Chicago-based artists. In partnering with EXPO CHICAGO Artadia is able to provide its Chicago Artadia Awardees continued recognition and visibility, as well as a platform to show new work. In participating at EXPO, Artadia visibly demonstrates the critical importance of providing financial support to artists as well as celebrating the high caliber of the artists in its network. Notable Chicago Artadia Awardees include Nick Cave (2006), Bethany Collins (2019), Theaster Gates (2008), and LaMont Hamilton (2015). At the 2022 EXPO CHICAGO, Artadia will be showing the work of Awardees <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=f23e5d3194&amp;e=46cd983d87">Andrea Carlson</a>(2021), <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=dda9c80213&amp;e=46cd983d87">Melissa Leandro</a> (2021), <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=9f473cbf66&amp;e=46cd983d87">Eliza Myrie</a> (2020), and <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=bc025315a9&amp;e=46cd983d87">Nate Young</a> (2021).Artadia is pleased to return to EXPO CHICAGO this April, featuring four of its Chicago Awardees from 2020-2021. This will be the fourth year that Artadia has participated in the fair. <a href="https://artadia.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=473154334dd94da93b5b760bb&amp;id=8b8e21e4fc&amp;e=46cd983d87">Visit our website to learn more about the presenting artists and their works.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

Artadia Announces 2022 Chicago Awardees

<html><head></head><body><figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419041/oiwspnkyjdqsnronoasf.jpg"></figure>&nbsp;Via PRThe Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is thrilled to announce the opening of the CAB Studio—a new, year-round exhibition space located on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. The Studio is a space to explore design and present innovative ideas. Here, CAB will host exhibitions, programs, and events, including youth and family activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;CAB Studio opens with the exhibition, Architecture of Reparations, by New York-based collaborative Riff Studio, including designers Rekha Auguste-Nelson, Farnoosh Rafaie, and Isabel Strauss. Core to this exhibition is a request for proposals (RFP) that incorporates public policy, architectural history, and reparations to address erasure in Bronzeville, a historic South Side Chicago neighborhood—one of many Black Metropolises in the twentieth century. While the vestiges of architectural legacies are visible on the streets of Bronzeville today, there are significant spatial voids on most blocks. Architecture of Reparations asks the question: why are these buildings missing?  &nbsp;On view is a visual narrative of Bronzeville’s architectural history alongside responses received from the open RFP. Contributors include Kofi Akakpo, Rekha Auguste-Nelson, William Boles, Calvin Boyd, Sean Canty, Darien Carr, Amir Denzel Hall, DJ Eway, Evalyn Gates, Christina Graydon, Brayton Gregory, Camila Guerrero, Daniel Haidermota, Whitney Hansley, Aryan Khalighy, Shen Li, Celeste Martore, Adam Maserow, Jaline McPherson, Marcus Mello, Zena Mengesha, Andrew M. Ngure, Omotara Oluwafemi, Naila Opiangah, Farnoosh Rafaie, Gabriel Ramos, and Isabel Strauss.&nbsp;A version of Architecture of Reparations was originally presented in the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial titled The Available City, led by Artistic Director David Brown, and exhibited at the Graham Foundation and the Bronzeville Artist Lofts. &nbsp;For more information about Architecture of Reparations and upcoming programs, visit <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=9b9a4ec318&amp;e=a673b99cd7">chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org</a>&nbsp;Architecture of Reparations&nbsp; Exhibition opens March 30, 2022&nbsp; CAB Studio at the Chicago Cultural Center&nbsp; 78 East Washington Street, Chicago, IL&nbsp; <a href="https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=51d9a79e08fd7f7dbb49c27a6&amp;id=ad2a45b5bd&amp;e=a673b99cd7">chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;Free and open to the public 7 days a week from 10 a.m.— 5 p.m.&nbsp; &nbsp;Image: Isabel Strauss, “Gaze,” digital collage, 2021. Including elements from Howardena Pindell, Untitled #51, 2010; Lorna Simpson, Earth &amp; Sky, #30, 2016; Richard Nickel, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Avery Coonley Residence, 300 Scottswood Road, Riverside, Illinois, designed or built 1907&nbsp;&nbsp;</body></html>

CAB Opens New Exhibition Space at the Chicago Cultural Center

<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>

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