Bold Disobedience
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 West Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, June 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Artists: Thalia Agosto, Natalie Aparicio, Evan Calabrese, Angela Davis Fegan, Maya Halko, Josue Herrera, Zachary Huff, Jaclyn Jacunski, Kuumba Lynx, Yvette Mayorga, Cheryl Pope, Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project, Sarah Ross, Dread Scott, and Raven Smith.
Bold Disobedience is a group exhibition presented in collaboration with Mikva Challenge. Selected by a council of twelve student curators, this collection of works demonstrates myriad social issues that matter to youths today. The exhibition comprises works by local professional artists as well as student artists from the The Chicago High School for the Arts. These artworks grapple with the issues that our team of student curators have deemed most critical in our conflicted contemporary culture, promoting racial justice, economic equity, and queer rights. The student curators have directed every aspect of this exhibition, from research to conceptualization to installation.
As the exhibition title that the students chose, Bold Disobedience, wryly hints at – to obey today is to do nothing, to comply, to float along on the current of the status quo, to let digitally delivered distractions wash over us until we can no longer discern the motivating machinations behind them. Instead, Bold Disobedience is a call to participate in civic action, to identify and speak out against injustices, and to disrupt the systems that so deeply impact lived experiences. Within such a beautiful sense of efficacy amongst young people lies the promise of a more sustainable future.
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Tags: Angela Davis Fegan, Bold Disobedience, Cheryl Pope, Chicago, Dread Scott, Evan Calabrese, Jaclyn Jacunski, Josue Herrera, Kuumba Lynx, Maya Halko, Natalie Aparicio, Near North Side, Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project, Raven Smith, Sarah Ross, Thalia Agosto, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Yvette Mayorga, Zachary Huff
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