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Catacombs Gallery September 19, 2025 - November 14, 2025 The Filipino American experience is a story of cultural fusion. With a heritage woven from Malay, Chinese, Spanish, American, and indigenous influences, Filipinos have cultivated a rich cultural tapestry. As immigrants, Filipino Americans have further diversified this vibrant heritage, creating a natural predisposition to adaptation and an appreciation of inter-cultural exchange. This has led to Filipino Americans often finding themselves at a crossroads, negotiating change while maintaining deep-rooted cultural connections. This experience provides fertile ground for artistic exploration.&nbsp;Lumpia Fusion celebrates this fluid identity by encouraging bold experimentation and unexpected pairings. What new forms emerge when sound or movement intertwine with fabric? What groundbreaking creations can arise from a collaboration between a visual artist and a scientist? How can traditional techniques, such as wood carving, be reimagined through the lens of contemporary art? This exhibition celebrates the beauty that emerges from the fusion of minds and cultures, sparking meaningful conversations.RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, September 19th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://epiphanychi.com/the-opening-reception-of-lumpia-fusion-filipino-americans-at-a-crossroads/" target="_blank">Register Here</a>

Lumpia Fusion: Filipino Americans at a Crossroads

November 15+1610am to 5pm both days 1340 W WashingtonChicago, IL Indoor Find the most unusual and stylishly crafted mix of vintage and modern decorative objects, housewares, fashion for men/women/children, art, hostess gifts and more from 125 vendors! Browse vendors on three floors in the Plumbers Hall building! Tickets on sale soon. <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://randolphstreetmarket.com/schedule/#" target="_blank">Details</a>

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Guild Room September 19, 2025 - November 22, 2025 This series of paintings and drawings explores the enduring spirit of Pierrot—the iconic French character who embodies poetic vulnerability, theatrical grace, and quiet melancholy. L'esprit de Pierrot&nbsp;(The Spirit of Pierrot) is not a character study—it is an atmosphere. The works evoke fragility, introspection, and the unspoken drama of being. Each piece exists in a suspended moment between stillness and performance, between reality and reverie. Through subtle gesture and deliberate restraint, the artwork creates an emotional atmosphere that transcends literal representation. The compositions become mirrors, inviting viewers to project their own inner theater onto each image.With this exhibition, WERIEM invites viewers to pause within these contemplative spaces, to feel the weight of unspoken emotion, and to recognize the delicate ways in which beauty, loss, and imagination intertwine in our daily performance of being human. RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, September 19th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://epiphanychi.com/events/the-opening-reception-of-weriems-lesprit-de-pierrot/" target="_blank">Register Here</a>

WERIEM: L’esprit de Pierrot

Sacristy GallerySeptember 19, 2025 - November 22, 2025 My 1.5-year-old son says only a handful of words- wow, momma, daddy, ball, truck, fraise, ciao. The week I committed to this exhibition at Epiphany, he added a new word: birthday.Birthday is about how scary it is to begin. The first scream, first smile, first word, first step, first fall. The moment my son was born, I was certain I was dying. In the days and months that followed it still wasn’t clear as we existed in a new web of pain, euphoria, and wonder. It helps to have something to hug, something to hold you up, somewhere to rest. A birthday is a celebration, a renewal, but also a reckoning. Sometimes counting up feels like counting down, and the beginning is also an ending. The work in this show is holding on and letting go. The subject matter appears familiar, a stuffed animal, a lifejacket, paintings of pillowcases. Materials in the show include silk, human hair, and hair salon foils. Having grown up in a hair salon, these objects and images anchor me to my own childhood, my own history of birthdays, and the experience of the passing of time. The week Birthday opens, my son will turn 2. RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, September 19th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://epiphanychi.com/the-opening-reception-of-margaret-crowleys-exhibit-birthday/" target="_blank">Register Here</a> About Margaret CrowleyMargaret Crowley&nbsp;(b. 1987, Ottawa, Illinois) is a Chicago-based artist. Recent solo shows include Hazard at University Galleries at Illinois State University, and Comb at Devening Projects in Chicago. Her work has been exhibited at Ditch Projects in Springfield, Oregon; Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago; Chicago; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Chicago Artists Coalition; Cue Foundation, New York City; and Área: Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Crowley has received the Jarislowsky Foundation’s Emerging Artist Award, which included a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Canada. She has also been awarded multiple individual artist grants from the Illinois Arts Council and a residency at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists. NewCity Chicago named her one of Chicago’s 10 Breakout Artists of 2023. Crowley is the co-director of Produce Model Gallery, Chicago. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Chicago, M.A. from Eastern Illinois University, and B.S. from Illinois State University.

Margaret Crowley: Birthday

Slemmons Gallery September 19, 2025 - November 22, 2025 Imperfect Players&nbsp;is a collection of ceramic vessels that can be performed as musical instruments and accompanied by drawings. I worked at an auction house creating condition reports for fine and decorative art. These objects were valuable for their aesthetic, craft, and cultural histories. I often studied ceramic vases closely and under a black light to find the imperfections: cracks, chips, and many networks of hidden repair. They had their own material stories in the flaws of their production and accumulation of wear. These imperfections degraded their value, but also served as evidence of their authenticity.&nbsp; I am a similar vessel. My human body has sustained physical and psychological changes and damage, and I hold that with me as I function day to day. Especially after giving birth to my child, I was very aware of dramatic shifts to my mind and body, and I struggled to perform as I once did. Imperfect Players is a response to that corporal rift. These forms are adorned with their own broken and fused pieces, just as I hold onto memories and my material body holds scars and strain of the past. Although broken, these vessels are also instruments that can be played to make musical sounds. Imperfect Players&nbsp;celebrates imperfect and broken vessels that disrupt the idealized form, and still function as instruments in the world.RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, September 19th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://epiphanychi.com/events/the-opening-reception-of-liz-mccarthys-exhibit-imperfect-players/" target="_blank">Register Here</a>

Liz McCarthy: Imperfect Players

December 13+1410am to 5pm both days 1340 W WashingtonChicago, IL Indoor Find the most unusual and stylishly crafted mix of vintage and modern decorative objects, housewares, fashion for men/women/children, art, hostess gifts and more from 125 vendors! Browse vendors on three floors in the Plumbers Hall building! Tickets on sale soon. <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://randolphstreetmarket.com/schedule/#" target="_blank">Details</a>

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