INK as WITNESS
@ Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Join the Social Justice Initiative at UIC on Friday, September 25 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM for the opening reception of our new exhibition, Ink as Witness: Chicago Printmaking Collectives, Alternative Media, & the Politics of Social Justice.
Ink as Witness examines how contemporary artist collectives carry forward the enduring social, political, and collaborative traditions of printmaking in Chicago. Inspired by the legacies of Robert Blackburn, Margaret Burroughs, and Carlos Cortez, the exhibition positions today’s collectives as direct descendants of a history in which printmaking functioned as an artistic practice, a means of collective action, and a vehicle for alternative media. Across generations, artists have turned to print not simply to produce images, but to build communities, circulate information, preserve histories, and create accessible platforms for voices often excluded from institutional narratives.
At our opening reception, we will also debut our growing Chicago Justice Gallery library, featuring books and zines that highlight the histories, movements, and alternatives to mainstream media that connect in different ways to themes in the prints featured in this exhibition. Stay a while and read with us!
Participating collectives & artists include:
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
Carlos Barberena
Alex Velázquez Brightbill
Salvador Jiménez
Atlan Arceo-Witzl
Chicago Printers Guild
Ben Blount
Nia F.G. Easley
Eric Von Haynes
Angela Davis Fegan
JustSeeds Artists’ Cooperative
William Estrada
Aaron Hughes
We hope to see you on Friday, September 25, at our opening reception!
RSVP today: go.uic.edu/IAW-opening
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Tags: Aaron Hughes, Alex Velazquez Brightbill, Angela Davis Fegan, Atlan Arceo-Witzl, Ben Blount, Carlos Barberena, Chicago Printers Guild, Eric Von Haynes, Ink As Witness, Instituto Grafico de Chicago, Justseeds Artists Cooperative, Nia F.G. Easley', Salvador Jimenez, William Estrada
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