Explore Chicago’s West Town gallery scene with Art Encounter co-founder Joanna Pinsky. Begin at Patron Gallery with a solo exhibition by Bethany Collins, a multidisciplinary artist whose works examine the relationship of language and race, history and identity. Working with 19th century musical scores and US Dept of Justice reports, she erases, obscures, and rewrites the text.  

Switching gears, we head down the street to Volume Gallery for an exhibition of richly-colored weavings by California based artist Porfirio Gutiérrez, who brings the techniques of his Zapotec background to his modernist work.

Next, we examine intricate large scale representational graphite drawings by Journie Cirdain at Western Exhibitions. The gallery is also featuring fanciful, delicate paintings on paper and mixed media sculpture by Italian born, New York based artist Simone Mantellassi.

Our morning ends at Document Gallery with a two person show of sculptors Kiah Celeste and Gordon Hall, who work with functional items such as fluorescent lights and cast hangers mixed with art materials to create poetic and thought-provoking artworks.

Image Credit: Previous Weekend Art Walk at GRAY Chicago

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