OF HER BECOMING: ELIZABETH CATLETT’S LEGACY IN CHICAGO
@ Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, June 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Of Her Becoming highlights the printmaking, work, and impact of influential artist and activist Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) within an important site in Catlett’s career: Chicago’s South Side. Curated by Sheridan Tucker Anderson, the exhibition showcases an array of Catlett’s lithograph and linoleum prints alongside works by contemporary Black women printmakers from the South Side, Angela Davis Fegan, Krista Franklin, and Rebel Betty.
Examining the significance of Catlett’s time on the City’s South Side, this exhibition sheds new light on a period that revolutionized her artistic practice, and how her legacy still impacts artists and community organizers today.
Presented at Arts + Public Life’s (APL’s) Arts Incubator Gallery, an important community keystone of APL’s Arts Block, Of Her Becoming engages the neighbors of APL, the youth enrolled in its programs, as well as the local and regional artistic and scholarly communities. This exhibition and related programs offer lessons for today from Catlett’s legacy of advocating, through her artwork, for the well–being and advancement of her communities.
Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) , Black Girl, 2004, Lithograph
Arts + Public Life is honored to be a part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.
OF HER BECOMING: ELIZABETH CATLETT’S LEGACY IN CHICAGO is funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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Tags: Angela Davis Fegan, Arts Incubator, Chicago, Elizabeth Catlett, Krista Franklin, OF HER BECOMING: ELIZABETH CATLETT’S LEGACY IN CHICAGO, Rebel Betty, Sheridan Tucker Anderson, Washington Park
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