
02/24/2023
Registration for SPRING TERM classes opens Tuesday, March 7th at 12 pm!
Courses will be visible on March 3rd on our site!
Spring term runs March 27th - June 4th
Find more info here: http://ow.ly/P6yJ50N1iAR
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Hyde Park Art Center 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 each other. The Art Center is funded in part by local and national foundations and corporations, local and state government grants, and the generosity of its members and people like you.
Operating as usual
Registration for SPRING TERM classes opens Tuesday, March 7th at 12 pm!
Courses will be visible on March 3rd on our site!
Spring term runs March 27th - June 4th
Find more info here: http://ow.ly/P6yJ50N1iAR
Check out our Newsletter to find out about all the cool programs and shows happening at the Art Center from February to June, and meet Harley, Sarita and Brian, the newest Education team members!
You can find them at our front desk!
Pictured in front of You Take My Faults and Give Them To The Wind and Stars
by Patrick Hubbell
Come before it ends! Last days of Regarding the Missing Objects.
The show closes this Saturday, February 27
Regarding the Missing Objects presents work by eight contemporary artists who chose to work together in the face of institutional denial while exploring the deep material, social, and spiritual relations to Jewish culture.
Image: Elana Adler, I see through your barriers, 2021. Photo by Tran Tran
We are hiring Assistant preparators for upcoming exhibition installations!
Assistant preparators will work with the Exhibitions Preparator to install 3 exhibitions taking place in multiple galleries throughout the Art Center.
Find out more at our website! http://ow.ly/n8tl50MXCnl
Travels Through the Ocean is this Friday!
February 24, 6-8 pm
In conjunction with artist run collective, F4F, artist A.J. McClenon presents a performance of new work inspired by their ongoing research on water and the African diaspora, alongside a short film from F4F co-founder Amina Ross, and a performance from collective member, Zachary Nichols.
More info: http://ow.ly/SIlg50MXuT6
About AJ McClenon: Born and raised in “DC proper,” A.J. studied art and creative writing at the University of Maryland, College Park, and The New School prior to receiving a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Alongside artistic experiences, A.J. is passionate about teaching and community collaborations with the goal that all the memories and histories that are said to have “too many Black people,” are told and retold again. To uphold these stories A.J. creates writings, performances, installations, objects, sounds, and visuals. These often revolve around an interest in water and aquatic life, escapism, Blackness, science, grief, US history, and the global future. A.J. is invested in leveling the hierarchies of truth.
About F4F: A former domestic venue, and now nomadic project collective that cultivates a femme community, centers blackness, and expands upon understandings of what domestic space can be.
About Artist Run Chicago Fund: The Fund is a unique regranting initiative designed and administered by Hyde Park Art Center, providing over half a million dollars in support of the artist community in Chicago, and we’re still going. Since 2020, The ARC Fund has awarded eighty-five $8,000 grants to artist-run platforms, infusing Chicago’s contemporary art network with flexible financial support to strengthen their diverse and experimental programs. Since 2021, the Fund has also become a platform for collaborations between HPAC and artist-run platforms in the city.
Reserve your spot!
TRAVELS THROUGH THE OCEAN is next Friday, February 24!
From 6-8 pm
In conjunction with the artist run collective, F4F, artist A.J. McClenon, presents a series of short films from F4F members, and a performance of new work inspired by their ongoing research on water and the African diaspora.
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku describes soap bubbles as a metaphor for parallel universes. What if these bubbles extend into our bodies of water? Coming from a parallel earth and from a parallel Chicago, AJ McClenon, brings findings from travels through the ocean and Lake Michigan from cities to cities, from species to species and from past, present and future.
Messages are articulated through large bubbles; sounds from the African diaspora and species studies and footage from water travels.
This event is in conjunction with our Artist Run Chicago Fund.
Register here: http://ow.ly/eXrC50MUuj2
Last weeks to apply to the Ceramics Apprenticeship!
The application closes Feb 26, 2023
This year-long program provides a unique opportunity for ceramic artists to work in a community-based arts center and studio with an international reach.
The Ceramics Apprentice will be trained by the Ceramics Department Head and the Ceramics Studio Technician in advanced studio skills, while developing their work in a supportive environment.
Find more information here:
http://ow.ly/P5Ur50MTexF
Image: Installation view of the show "Lola Ayisha Ogbara: Hues of Black and Blue". Photo by Tom Van Eynde.
Save the date!
THE BODY IN PRACTICE
March 2nd, 6-8 pm
Ground Floor artists, Ále Campos aka Celeste, Ajmal Millar aka MAS MAN, and Corey Smith, present new works at the Art Center. Through their embodied practices, these artists utilize performance to explore alternative worlds, and personal and cultural histories. Sound artist, Anna Johnson, collaborates with Ground Floor artist, Sofía Fernández Díaz to activate Sofía’s sculptural installation Círculo. Titled Voz en Círculo, the experimental vocal music performance was created in response to the organic shapes and shadows in Sofía's immersive environment.
Regarding the Missing Objects is closing soon!
The exhibition will be up until the 27th of February.
Don't miss it!
The show presents work by eight contemporary artists who chose to work together in the face of institutional denial while exploring the deep material, social, and spiritual relations to Jewish culture.
Photo by Tran Tran
NEXT WEEK!
"The Convergence of Creativity and Censorship"
February 16 from 6-8 pm!
Join Regarding the Missing Objects exhibition artists Elana Adler, Tirtza Even, Ben Segal, and Maggie Taft, as they discuss what it’s like to create work within a complex political climate that often silences discourse concerning Palestine and Israel. The artists will explore censorship's role not only institutionally but through self-censorship and omission. How does the act of resisting silencing impact the creative freedom of expression? The artists will discuss the mental and emotional labor that infuses politically-oriented art and practice.
Image: Dana Carter, Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven, 2012
Joseriberto: BoboDeco is STILL OPEN!
The exhibition is extended until the 19th February!
Come check it out!
Photo by Tran Tran
We are hiring a Director of Development + Communications & Director of Finance!
Hyde Park Art Center seeks a full-time Director of Development + Communications to design
and lead the Art Center’s comprehensive fundraising program and communications strategy.
And a full-time Director of Finance to support the organization's financial health and growth.
Find out more at: hydeparkart.org/opportunities.
THIS SATURDAY!
Ground Floor Living Project is February 11!
POETRY AND DOMESTICITY WORKSHOP-Emily Plunkett
1-2 PM
A one-hour workshop focusing on the relationship between an individual and their intimate space through language. We will look at other writers whose practices focus on the mundane home-space and create a poetic piece to discuss as a group.
Emilie is a poet and photographer whose practice focuses on the domestic space and the mess, comfort and materiality of that intimate environment.
A PERCEPTION OF SELFHOOD: A Panel Discussion
2-3:30 PM
Ground Floor Artists Natasha Moustache, Scott Cambell, and Payton Harris Woodard will discuss how they explore facets of their identity through their artwork and practice. The artists use their personal narratives and imagery, familial found or repurposed objects, or domestic interiors to examine the complexities of self, race, and society.
Moustache uses photography as a way to bring the human community into a conversation with itself that transcends difference and emphasizes commonality.
Scott's practice is based on the methodologies and traditions of objects through which he creates an interplay between reference and abstraction.
Payton is a painter, writer, and artist investigating the emotional and psychological complexities of inhabiting a Black female body.
LOOKING, FEELING, AND TRYING MATERIALS-Sofía Fernández Díaz
3:30-4:30 PM
A workshop where the artist invites people to experiment with an array of materials and tools like beads, pigments, wax, fibers, binders, mortar and pestle, brushes, paper, textiles, string, to look, feel and try for themselves.
Sofia is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is composed of process and experimentation, accentuating the unperceivable by amplifying the sensorial, constantly looking for new tactilities through materials.
If you haven't yet, reserve a spot here!
http://ow.ly/iwGP50MK9ba
We are hiring Creativity Camp Teen Assistants!
Camp assistants will support teaching artists and campers with projects in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography, and performance arts!
DATES:
Summer 2023
June 12 - September 1
Mondays - Fridays, 9am - 3pm
The applications are due MARCH 17
Apply today!
http://ow.ly/zXAK50MK8In
Applications for the 2023 Ceramics Apprenticeship are still open!
This year-long program provides a unique opportunity for ceramic artists to work in a community-based arts center and studio with an international reach.
The Ceramics Apprentice will be trained by the Ceramics Department Head and the Ceramics Studio Technician in advanced studio skills, while developing their work in a supportive environment.
Application closes Feb 26, 2023
Learn more here:
http://ow.ly/GVpk50MEVTa
Apply here:
https://form.jotform.com/222906405463959
Image: Installation view of Tran Tran: Moments in between, 2021. Photo by Tom Van Eynde.
Mark your calendars for "The Convergence of Creativity and Censorship" on February 16 from 6-8!
"Regarding the Missing Objects" exhibition artists will discuss what it’s like to create work within a complex political climate that often silences discourse concerning Palestine and Israel.
NJAPF Public Salon is TOMORROW!
Hyde Park Art Center
February 2nd
6-8 p.m.
Interested in collecting art or curious how to get started? Join us for the public salon for our Not Just Another Pretty Face program!
Creativity Camp Registration opens TODAY, 1/31!
Led by professional teaching artists in our multi-media studios, Creativity Camp at Hyde Park Art Center offers young artists unparalleled access to Chicago’s creative community in a fun, relaxed environment–perfect for summer. Here you can awaken your imagination all summer long with unique camps in visual and performing arts!
Find more information on our website!
Artist Folayemi Wilson featured in Bomb Magazine
Read An Oral History with Folayemi Wilson, by Ayanah Moor, here: http://ow.ly/KkWi50MERKB
Folayemi presented the show “Dark Matter: Celestial Objects as Messengers of Love in These Troubled Times,” pictured here, at the Hyde Park Art Center in 2019.
Coming soon!
SURVIVING THE LONG WARS: Unlikely Entanglements
March 16-July 19 2023
Opening Program: March 17
SURVIVING THE LONG WARS: Unlikely Entanglements reveals the connections that emerge between personal and collective histories of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities marked by the legacies of the two longest wars in US history—the "American Indian Wars" and the "Global War on Terror.”
Visual parallels and connections surface—from contrasting viewpoints and across differences—between artworks by civilians impacted by these long wars and BIPOC military veterans. These “unlikely entanglements” highlight the aesthetic affinities that form between different histories, geographies, and peoples resisting colonialism. The featured artists use collage, embroidery, soft sculpture, and installation to unravel dominant histories of militarism while weaving together intimate stories of survival and resistance. Collectively, these consequential artworks of wartime survivors and their descendants conjure meaning out of the traumatic afterlives of the long wars while creating space for solidarity and alternative futures.
Featured artists include Bassim Al-Shaker, June Carpenter (Osage), Mahwish Chishty, Joe deVera, Sabba Elahi, Rodney Ewing, Sarah Farahat, Rajkamal Kahlon, Ruth Kaneko (Kānaka Wahine), Eric Perez, Yvette Pino, Gregory Rick, Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala Lakota), and Yiran Zhang.
Opening performances on March 17th by Hipólito Arriaga, and GOODW.Y.N., and Hussein Smko.
Unlikely Entanglements is one of the three featured exhibitions of the second Veteran Art Triennial, SURVIVING THE LONG WARS.
Image: Ruth Kaneko, Sutured, 2019, Mixed media
Save the date for Ground Floor: A Living Project!
Saturday, February 11 from 1-5 pm
Ground Floor: A Living Project will explore artists who explore selfhood, identity, and performance through world building, spatiality, and objecthood. Through a multi-layered approach to understanding oneself, one’s surroundings, and the world at large, these artists utilize themselves, their interiors, and the imagined spaces in between to look inward and outward at how our interactions with self, others, found objects, and the abstraction of identity offer insight into living space.
Through a series of workshops, performances and talks on February 11th, we will present a panel discussion, A Perception of Selfhood to explore how the practice of identity manifests in the larger context of society and others, a series of workshops, Poetry and Domesticity Workshop with Emily Plunkett, and Looking, Feeling and Trying Materials with Sofía Fernández Díaz that will explore the objects and words that ground us and how interiority contributes to world building and space.
SCHEDULE
Poetry and Domesticity Workshop with Emily Plunkett
1-2 pm
A Perception of Selfhood: A Panel Discussion with Natasha Moustache, Scott Cambell, and Payton Harris Woodard
2-3:30 pm
Looking, Feeling and Trying Materials with Sofía Fernández Díaz
3:30-4:30 pm
Find more information here: http://ow.ly/bHb650MAnj6
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Don't miss out on THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN PRACTICE, this Saturday 28th of January, at 2 PM!
Join Regarding the Missing Objects exhibition artists Julia Klein, William J. O’Brien, and Jaclyn Mednicov, to discuss the role that identity plays within their creative practices. The artists will discuss the complexities of the Jewish identity, including the context of belonging to a larger group of people within an individualistic society, the performance, burden, and relational aspects tied to identity, and what that means through the lens of art. This program will be moderated by Guest Curator, Ruslana Lichtzier.
Reserve a spot and find more info here:
http://ow.ly/HPlF50MAjPY
Photo by Tran Tran
Hyde Park Art Center STAFF SPOTLIGHT! Meet Harley Reed, Teen programs coordinator!
Words that describe Harley: problem solver, out there, and hyper creative.
-Tell me about yourself and your position at the Art Center:
My name is Harley Reed. I am 24. I use she/they pronouns, I was born and raised in Chicago and am the Teen programs coordinator.
My position's all about fostering creativity, giving the teens advice when they might even think they don't need it or when they do need it, as well as working with the teachers.
-What brought you to the Hyde Park Art Center?
I participated in a community engagement program where people from all across the south side and Hyde Park were interviewed about general inquiries or things that might need to be addressed in the art community. So, I reached out to talk about the lack of art and music shops we have on the south side. Sure enough, they liked me and invited me over to the center. I ended up applying for the camp coordinator position, which is a summertime job. I ended up doing that, and then I made it here!
One of the best aspects of working at Hyde Park Art Center is the community we have, the artists, and the network we get to take advantage of every day. The Art Center would not be what it is if it weren't for the community that we have. I'm one of those people that came from it!
The Teen programs coordinator position is made possible thanks to the Guida Family Fund for Creativity.
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Check out this preview of the @theseldoms TOOLBOX @ TWENTY show! Catch their final performance this Thursday, November 3 @ 6-7:30, then stay for a conversation with artist Jacqueline Surdell and dancer Sarah Gonsiorowski. Video: Steven Rostofsky #hydeparkartcenter #publicprograms #contemporaryart #dance
We at Hyde Park Art Center are having a blast hosting curator-in-residency Tina Petersone (@tnptrsn)! She comes to us from Riga, Latvia, where she co-founded the art space TUR and has been developing the exhibition programme, two solo shows have been nominated for the Purvītis Prize – the most prestigious art award in Latvia. Tina was nominated by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia to partake in the Cité Internationale des Arts residency in Paris. She is a core member of the Cesis Pluriversity team – an urban planning experiment and educational research and design project which got nominated for the New European Bauhaus Prizes ’22. She is currently studying curatorial courses at Stockholm University of the Arts and completing her DE.a.RE – a three-year-long research project supported by the Creative Europe Program. Tina's residency is supported by the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Foundation and @cec_artslink. Interview and film: Sofía Gabriel
‼️YOU'RE INVITED✨ 🎟 Hyde Park Art Center wants to see YOU👀 at our Gala After Party on Friday, November 18 @ 8:30-12:00. Food, drinks, artist workshops and performances PLUS a super ChiTown-certified DJ are included in this steal of a deal. Tickets are $75. For purchase and additional info, go to: https://www.hydeparkart.org/gala/
Check out this preview of the @theseldoms TOOLBOX @ TWENTY show! Catch their performance this Thursday, October 20 @ 6-7:30, and stay for a conversation with Jackie Kazarian and dancer-choreographers Dee Alba and Maggie Vannucci. Video: Steven Rostofsky
Hyde Park Art Center was glad to host curator in residency Oyindamola Fakeye, @uptown_boho for two weeks! She visited from Lagos, in late September. Oyindamola is a Curator who facilitates contemporary art workshops, events and exhibitions. She is the Artistic Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA, Lagos, @ccalagos), and co-founder of the Video Art Network Lagos. Oyindamola has curated various exhibitions and projects including the 2017 Lagos Biennial. We are so thankful you came to us, Oyindamola, and hope this is the first of many visits. [In partnership with Black Arts Consortium, Northwestern University and is supported by the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Foundation. Video background: “Lola Ayisha Ogbara: Hues of Black and Blue” Interview and film: Sofía Gabriel]
The Hyde Park Art Center Annual Gala is already a party-- but what comes after the party? Join us for our Gala After Party on Friday, November 18 from 8:30-12:00. Early Bird tickets are $60 and early rates end this Friday. For purchase and additional info, go to: https://www.hydeparkart.org/gala/
Meet Ground Floor 2022 exhibiting artists! Ground Floor is an ongoing Biennial exhibition that brings together work by Chicago’s most promising emerging artists who have recently graduated from Chicago-area MFA programs. This year the exhibition will be open from December 10 to March 5, 2023. The exhibiting artists are Sungho Bae (SAIC), Juan Baños (UIC), Scott Campbell (U of C), Ále Campos (SAIC), Sofia Fernandez Diaz (SAIC), Ali Georgescu (CCC), Sara Grose (U of C), Payton Harris Woodard (SAIC), Patrick Hubbell (SAIC), Nicholas Jackson (UIC), Ajmal "MAS MAN" Millar (SAIC), Travis Morehead (NU), Natasha Moustache (CCC), Elissa Osterland (U of C), Jess Atieno (SAIC), Shabtai Pinchevsky (NU), Emilie Plunkett (CCC), Corey Smith (SAIC), Frank Vega (SAIC), and Jessica Walker (NU). More details coming soon!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our “Wheel of Life” Talk and Tour with guest curator, Scott Wolniak last Saturday! Here’s Scott talking about our former Resident Artist, Devin May’s design and demonstrating spinning the wheel. The exhibition runs through July 2, so there’s still plenty of time to come check out the work!
A little behind the scenes look at the massive mural in our “Loving Repeating” exhibition featuring the work of artists Stan Shellabarger and Dutes Miller! “Loving Repeating” officially opens next week and we will be celebrating the opening of the exhibition at our spring Center Day on April 23rd!
Join Center Program Artist Mayumi Lake and Dr. Ayako Yoshimura (University of Chicago Japanese Studies Librarian) who will have a conversation about the history, myth, and the symbolic importance of flower designs in Japanese textiles and kimonos.
Thank you for joining us and making it to yesterdays #CenterDays. Stay tuned for our upcoming Center Days in April! #thankyou
Don’t forget! We are days away from celebrating our Holiday School and Studio Sale and Fundraiser! Come shop for handmade gifts for everyone! 25% of proceeds go to supporting our education programs. Sale will run from December 4-19.
Our 2021 auction is full of amazing artworks. FUN FACT: one if the works in our roster was featured in the @newyorkermag 🎊😱 This is your chance to bid on works of art, invest in the arts and artists AND helps us support open access to arts education! Our auction is open for a limited time! Click the link in bio to check out this years artworks. Artworks range in terms of price, scale, materials and subject matter: there’s something for everyone. Check our bio to find a unique work and bid!
Our 2021 auction is full of amazing artworks. FUN FACT: one if the works in our roster was featured in the @newyorkermag 🎊😱 This is your chance to bid on works of art, invest in the arts and artists AND helps us support open access to arts education! Our auction is open for a limited time! Click the link in bio to check out this years artworks. Artworks range in terms of price, scale, materials and subject matter: there’s something for everyone. Check our bio to find a unique work and bid!
Sign up for our Spring term classes! ✨We have something for everyone 😃 https://bit.ly/2ChvkSy
“We don’t want to be seen as this static institution that can’t move and can’t change. We really need to be responsive to the artists and the creativity that comes out of the artists” - Allison Peters Quinn, Director of Exhibitions and Residency at Hyde Park Art Center. Thank you Dim Events for visiting us!
We are spinning in excitement to see you at our 2018 GALA!! 🌀Save the date!! 🌀Join us on November 16 ✨ .
✨Join us tomorrow for the opening reception + performance of our new exhibition “Mycelial: Street Parliament” at 7pm! Doors open 30 min prior to the show. Suggested donation is $25. Your donation goes exclusively to support Erica Mott Productions’ Mycelial: Street Parliament ✨.
Our studio and school art sale is here!! Join us today for Super Sunday and find your perfect Mother’s Day gift!! See you there ✨
A look back at Chicago Public Art Group's South Side Roots Mural Tour: Art Inspired by William Walker earlier this month! The tour included a stop at Hyde Park Art Center's Bill Walker: Urban Griot exhibition! Check Art Design Chicago's website for upcoming tours and events! https://bit.ly/2H6P3uZ
Thank you BartonElementarySchool for stopping by! Only 2 days left to see "Bill Walker: Urban Griot". Don't miss out! https://bit.ly/2yeX0K4
Join us for our School and Studio Art Sale + Fundraiser! May 6 - May 13! https://bit.ly/2GE7NO0
Having trouble deciding on Friday night plans? Why not support the Art Center through Fashion Loves Art? Fashion Loves Art, an annual charitable fashion show that showcases local fashions and art, is generously donating all proceeds from their 2017 event to Hyde Park Art Center! The 2nd Annual Fashion Loves Art show hosted by SA Style Studio will be held this Friday, September 22, 2017 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Baderbrau 2515 S. Wabash Chicago, IL. If you'd like to attend the event, you can purchase tickets at Eventbrite. https://tinyurl.com/y7fapmwx
How many preparators does it take to lug 800 2x6' wood slats (or 7 tons) from the ground floor to Sara Black's studio?? (4. Plus Sara. Plus an electric lift.)
Join patrons and artists like Eileen and Darrell in seeing over 80 new works by Chicago based artists unveiled! Not Just Another Pretty Face opens tonight 7-10PM, drinks, small bites, and an amazing experience. (Suggested $35 donation)
We are kicking off August with a jam packed week of events: Visiting Resident Artist Talk: Basim Magdy. Wednesday, August 3 6 - 7:30 p.m. Expanded Practice: David Allen's Post-Mastectomy Tattoos & Oil Painting. Thursday, August 4 6 - 7:30 p.m. Summer Saturday: New Projects x New Curators Exhibition Opening & Open Studios. August 6 2 - 5 p.m.
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