Home Grown Vol. 3
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, July 11th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Home Grown at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is an immersive exhibition exploring the deep entanglement between human and plant life, featuring Midwest artists working with natural pigments, dyes, plant reliefs, hand-pulled paper, and organic materials that include botanics, mycelia, and artist-made bioplastics. Home Grown serves as a green space within an urban environment, with thought-provoking, nature-focused work integrated into a landscape of live plants.
Many of the artists exhibiting in Home Grown are practitioners of bioregionalism. They learn and educate others on the specific history of native plants and local indigenous ecologies, understanding that humans, plants, and wildlife are mutually responsible for one another. Several of the artists exhibiting in Home Grown are members and volunteers of community gardens and greenhouses, and host educational workshops, field days, and stewardship events and programs within their local communities. They cultivate native plants, remove invasive plant species, and tend plants in ‘art gardens’ to create natural pigments and dyes, and to grow and harvest plant fibers for papermaking.
Opening Reception
Saturday, July 11 from 12 – 5 pm
Exhibiting Artists:
Aimée Beaubien, Molly Blumberg, Kris Casey, Christine Forni , Rebecca Griffith, Naomi-Hamlin Navis, Hillary Irene Johnson, Noelani Jones, Maven Kennedy, Tulika Ladsariya, Erin LaRocque, Jaclyn Mednicov, Rachel Meyers-Hefferan, Juan Molina Hernandez, Allen Moore, Katelyn Patton, Grace Papineau-Couture, CV Peterson, Monica Pliopyte, SK Reed, Amy Shelton, Kg, Marzena Ziejka
Curated by Lauren Iacoponi
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