<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>Brittney Leeanne Williams - The Visualist</title> <atom:link href="https://thevisualist.org/tag/brittney-leeanne-williams/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://thevisualist.org</link> <description>Chicago Visual Arts Calendar</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:28:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <image> <url>https://thevisualist.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13715238_1656465681341114_192907186_a1-200x200.jpg</url> <title>Brittney Leeanne Williams - The Visualist</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">232801582</site> <item> <title>Both And: Artists Talk</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2021/11/both-and-artists-talk/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2021/11/both-and-artists-talk/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:24:56 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ALEX CHITTY]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art Design Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avery Z. Nelson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Both And]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Both And: Artists Talk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contemporary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julia Fish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mana Contemporary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miyoko Ito]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=128350</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>To register Join Tiger Strikes Asteroid (TSA) for a program held in conjunction with the exhibition Both And, on view at the gallery October 30 – December 11. Organized by artist and TSA CHI member Nicole Mauser, Both And features paintings by Chicago-based artist Miyoko Ito (1918-1983), who was known for her nuanced abstractions, alongside<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/11/both-and-artists-talk/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/11/both-and-artists-talk/">Both And: Artists Talk</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="btn mx-auto mt-5 block font-condSerif text-xl antialiased" href="https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdumppj0oHNDDMw4Mu3syEC6LPT0Sox_X">To register</a></p> <p>Join Tiger Strikes Asteroid (TSA) for a program held in conjunction with the exhibition <em>Both And</em>, on view at the gallery October 30 – December 11. Organized by artist and TSA CHI member Nicole Mauser, <em>Both And</em> features paintings by Chicago-based artist Miyoko Ito (1918-1983), who was known for her nuanced abstractions, alongside contemporary works by Alex Chitty, Julia Fish, Avery Z. Nelson, and Brittney Leeanne Williams that also engage with abstraction. San Francisco-based independent curator Jordan Stein provides an overview of Ito’s work and life followed by a discussion between Mauser and the artists about how abstraction and representation inform one another in their work.</p> <p><em>Both And</em> is on view at Tiger Strikes Asteroid’s Chicago location at Mana Contemporary, 2233 South Throop Street, #419. The gallery is open on Saturdays. <a href="https://calendly.com/tiger-strikes-asteroid-chicago/exhibition-viewing-appointment-1?month=2021-10">Appointments</a> are encouraged.</p> <p>For more information about Miyoko Ito and examples of her work, visit the <a href="https://vaaam.tome.press/chapter/exhibition-miyoko-ito/">Virtual Asian American Art Museum</a>.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/11/both-and-artists-talk/">Both And: Artists Talk</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2021/11/both-and-artists-talk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">128350</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Both And</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2021/10/both-and/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2021/10/both-and/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ALEX CHITTY]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avery Z. Nelson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Both And]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contemporary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julia Fish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mana Contemporary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miyoko Ito]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=127822</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Both And Alex Chitty, Julia Fish, Miyoko Ito, Avery Z. Nelson, and Brittney Leeanne Williams October 30 – December 11, 2021 Opening reception: Saturday, October 30 from 12pm – 4pm Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is thrilled to present Both And featuring nuanced abstract paintings by Chicago-based artist Miyoko Ito (1918-1983), alongside contemporary sculptures and paintings<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/10/both-and/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/10/both-and/">Both And</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both And<br /> Alex Chitty, Julia Fish, Miyoko Ito, Avery Z. Nelson, and Brittney Leeanne Williams<br /> October 30 – December 11, 2021<br /> Opening reception: Saturday, October 30 from 12pm – 4pm</p> <p>Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is thrilled to present Both And featuring nuanced abstract paintings by Chicago-based artist Miyoko Ito (1918-1983), alongside contemporary sculptures and paintings by Alex Chitty, Julia Fish, Avery Z. Nelson, and Brittney Leeanne Williams. Each artwork is powerful in its ambiguity, containing contradictions in terms of spatial illusion and reference(s) which obliterate any supposed binary between “abstraction” and “representation.” By situating Ito’s work in relation to that of the artists working today, the exhibition opens up a dialogue around abstraction that calls attention to distinctive engagements with color, space, timelessness, and form.</p> <p>Online Program</p> <p>Join Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago on Thursday, November 18 at 6:00pm CST for a virtual artist talk presented in conjunction with the exhibition Both And. TSA Chi member Nicole Mauser will moderate a conversation with the exhibiting artists that explores the relationship between abstraction and representation in their work. San Francisco-based curator Jordan Stein will elaborate on Ito’s work and life. Together we will make connections between each individual’s artistic practice as well as overlaps between the works on view. Register to attend the online Artist Talk: https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdumppj0oHNDDMw4Mu3syEC6LPT0Sox_X.</p> <p>Artist Bios</p> <p>Alex Chitty is a transdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, IL. Chitty received a Bachelor of Fine Art from Smith College (MA) and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent exhibitions include: Traces On The Surface of the World (2021), Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; State of the Art II (2020), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Becoming the Breeze: Alex Chitty with Alexander Calder (2019), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; pulling flavor from the dirt (2018),PATRON, Chicago, IL; They will bloom without you (2017), Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL; Stranger Things (2017), DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Objectifying the Photograph (2017), NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL; slight pitch (2016), LUCE, Turin, Italy; the sun-drenched neutral that goes with everything (2016), PATRON, Chicago, IL; Turning Spoons into Forks (2016), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL; Orchid (2014), ADDS DONNA, Chicago, IL; The Way They Wanted to Sleep (2013), Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL; and Alex Chitty: Recent Work (2013), Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL, as well as additional group exhibitions in Chicago and the US.</p> <p>Inclusively and theoretically, Julia Fish’s work can be characterized as both site-generated and context-specific, in temporary projects and installations, as well as in the on-going sequence of paintings and works on paper that she has developed in response to a close examination of the experience of living and working within her home and studio, a 1922 two-story brick storefront in Chicago. Fish has described this process as one which “opens onto questions and critical approaches to the practice of painting, to drawing, and to the nuances and implications of representation/re-presentation.” Concurrent and influential research interests include the related disciplines of architecture, architectural history, and theory. After completing studies for BFA and MFA degrees in Oregon and Maryland, Fish relocated to Chicago in 1985. Her work has been presented in twenty-seven solo exhibitions since 1980, and it has twice been the subject of ‘ten-year’ survey exhibitions; most recently, Julia Fish:bound by spectrum (2019-2020), DePaul Art Museum, Chicago and View (1996),The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago.. National and international exhibitions include, among others: Galerie Remise, Bludenz, Austria; MAK Center for Art and Architecture/Schindler House, Los Angeles; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Tang Museum, Skidmore College; the 2010 Whitney Biennial; and most recently, The Long Dream, MCA Chicago. Fish’s work is included in the collections of, among others: The Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Denver Art Museum; DePaul Art Museum, Chicago; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Yale University Art Gallery. Research support includes grants and fellowships from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts/Painting, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Cal Arts-Alpert/Ucross Foundation, and competitive faculty research awards from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Julia Fish is Professor Emerita, School of Art and Art History, and UIC Distinguished Professor.</p> <p>Miyoko Ito (1918-1983) was a Chicago artist known for enigmatic watercolors, oil paintings, and lithographs. Born in Berkeley, CA to Japanese parents, Ito returned to Japan with her family in 1923 to receive a traditional Japanese art education. After returning to California, Ito attended the University of California, Berkeley. During World War II, she and her husband were interned at Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco under President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. After release, Ito studied at Smith College and The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, settling in Hyde Park; she was tangentially involved with the Imagists. In 1977, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 1980, The Renaissance Society held a retrospective of Ito’s paintings.</p> <p>Avery Z. Nelson (they/them) was born in Rhinebeck, NY and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. They received an MFA from Columbia University. Summer 2021 New York City exhibitions include: Rachel Uffner Gallery, Mrs. Gallery, Harper’s Gallery, and JDJ TriBeCa. Recent solo exhibitions include the Rubber Factory,NYC and JDJ|The Ice House (Garrison, NY). Nelson has received press in The Brooklyn Rail, Artforum.com, Huffington Post, Bad at Sports, Newcity, and New American Paintings. They were a 2019-2021 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program recipient.</p> <p>Brittney Leeanne Williams is a Chicago-based artist, originally from Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami (Untitled Art Fair), London, Venice, Italy (Venice Biennale), Antwerp, Copenhagen, and Hong Kong, as well as in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. Williams attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2008-09). She is a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant recipient and a Luminarts Fellow. Williams’ artist residencies include Arts + Public Life (The University of Chicago) and McColl Center for Art + Innovation, among others. Her work is included in Museum X (Beijing) and the Domus Collection (NYC/Beijing), among other public collections.</p> <p>Curator Bio</p> <p>Nicole Mauser’s paintings, videos, and installations investigate tensions at play between color fields, materiality, and gestural mark making. Permanent collections include The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (KS) and The Alexander (IN). Recent curatorial endeavors include Exhibitionisms (Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago) and Privates (Carthage College in Kenosha, WI) with collaborator Tobey Albright. Mauser has been a HATCH resident at the Chicago Artists Coalition and DCASE Artist Grant recipient. She earned an MFA from The University of Chicago and a BFA from Ringling College of Art & Design. Currently, she lives and works in Chicago where she runs Space & Time gallery, is an artist member of TSA CHI and a Lecturer in Visual Art at The University of Chicago.</p> <p>This exhibition is made possible by The Smart Museum of Art, The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and Art Design Chicago. Special thanks to HOUR Studio for forthcoming website design.</p> <p>Above Image Credit: Miyoko Ito, Tanima or Claude M. Nutt, 1974, Oil on canvas, 46-3/8 x 33 in., Photograph ©2021 courtesy of The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/10/both-and/">Both And</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2021/10/both-and/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">127822</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Brittney Leeanne Williams: How Far Between and Back</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2021/04/brittney-leeanne-williams-how-far-between-and-back/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2021/04/brittney-leeanne-williams-how-far-between-and-back/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How Far Between and Back]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moniquemeloche]]></category> <category><![CDATA[West Town]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=122900</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>moniquemeloche gallery is pleased to present How Far Between and Back, an exhibition of new works by Brittney Leeanne Williams. This is Williams’ first solo show with the gallery, following her participation in the summer 2019 group exhibition SHOW ME YOURS. Williams’ figures are shapeshifters, each one represents a multitude of women: the artist, the<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/04/brittney-leeanne-williams-how-far-between-and-back/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/04/brittney-leeanne-williams-how-far-between-and-back/">Brittney Leeanne Williams: How Far Between and Back</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>moniquemeloche gallery is pleased to present How Far Between and Back, an exhibition of new works by Brittney Leeanne Williams. This is Williams’ first solo show with the gallery, following her participation in the summer 2019 group exhibition SHOW ME YOURS.</p> <p>Williams’ figures are shapeshifters, each one represents a multitude of women: the artist, the mother, the daughter. The figures become architectural forms, yet also grounding landscape through which resonances of Williams’ childhood terrain in Southern California are captured in red planes.</p> <p>In response to the classical Eurocentric depiction of the nude female form, Williams presents a series of nude figures in various states of transformation. Rather than a fixed pose – the seductive recline, the pudica, the contrapposto – each figure evokes fluidity, physical yet beset by emotional or psychological entanglements. The landscape and the body adjoin through the surreal; defying the boundaries of ground and figure, gravity and reason. Each scorching figure is grounded in a terrain of grief, the desolate topography presenting a manifestation of psychological and emotional experiences. Space in the work often evokes notions of internal psychological and spiritual distance from the external, physical world. The bridging of these interior and exterior distances is part of Williams’ investigation of the spiritual .</p> <p>Rather than inviting an appraising gaze of the female form, Williams positions her figures as solid architectural structures, a vault through which to reimagine the body. Williams’ work draws on Zadie Smith’s reading of Rembrandt’s Seated Nude: “This is what a woman is: unadorned, after children and work and age and experience–These are the marks of living.” (On Beauty)Through her abstracted figure’s ever-changing form, Williams’ female becomes evocatively complex, more difficult to locate, lust after, or fully understand.</p> <p>Open by appointment, Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2021/04/brittney-leeanne-williams-how-far-between-and-back/">Brittney Leeanne Williams: How Far Between and Back</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2021/04/brittney-leeanne-williams-how-far-between-and-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">122900</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Not Just Another Pretty Face Catalog Release & Art Pick-Up Party</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2020/03/not-just-another-pretty-face-catalog-release-art-pick-up-party/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2020/03/not-just-another-pretty-face-catalog-release-art-pick-up-party/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abigail Glaum-Lathbury]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alice Hargrave]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Andrew Schachman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Antonio Wade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ben Murray]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Betsy Odom and Andi Crist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cecil McDonald]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chad Kouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christine LaRue]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Corinna Button]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Darrell Roberts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Geary. Susan Giles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dawn Liddicoatt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eric Lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Francis Lightbound]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gerald Griffin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greg Bray]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gregorio Mejia. Jessie Mott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park Art Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jamie Hayes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Janis Kanter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jenny Kendler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Preus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Karen Reimer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Katherine Lampert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kathryn Gauthier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Laurel Stradford]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liz Gomez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lora Fosberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Makeba Kedem-DuBose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark Yee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Martha Wade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mary Lou Zelazny]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mary Young and Jamie Hayes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Max Guy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mel Watkin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Melissa Leandro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MELISSA PINNEY]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mike Stidham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[milo bosh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nancy Lu Rosenheim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nathan Hiemstra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Norman Teague]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Not Just Another Pretty Face Catalog Release & Art Pick-Up Party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Frederiksen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pooja Pittie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Renee Robbins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rhonda Wheatley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rodrigo Lara Zendejas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ruben Aguirre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russell Harris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sarah Nishiura]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scott Wolniak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sheri Rush]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shyvette Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stephen flemister]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunny Neater DuBow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terrance Calvin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yael Ben-Simon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yohance Lacour]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=112829</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Join us as we say goodbye to this amazing exhibition! Artists & Patrons will receive a complimentary copy of the catalog and patrons will be able to take their art home. Ruben Aguirre, Yael Ben-Simon, milo bosh, Greg Bray, Corinna Button, Terrance Calvin, Stephen Flemister, Lora Fosberg, Peter Frederiksen, Kathryn Gauthier, David Geary. Susan Giles,<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2020/03/not-just-another-pretty-face-catalog-release-art-pick-up-party/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2020/03/not-just-another-pretty-face-catalog-release-art-pick-up-party/">Not Just Another Pretty Face Catalog Release & Art Pick-Up Party</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join us as we say goodbye to this amazing exhibition! Artists & Patrons will receive a complimentary copy of the catalog and patrons will be able to take their art home.</p> <p>Ruben Aguirre, Yael Ben-Simon, milo bosh, Greg Bray, Corinna Button, Terrance Calvin, Stephen Flemister, Lora Fosberg, Peter Frederiksen, Kathryn Gauthier, David Geary. Susan Giles, Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, Liz Gomez, Gerald Griffin, Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero, Max Guy, Alice Hargrave, Russell Harris, Jamie Hayes, Nathan Hiemstra, Janis Kanter, Makeba Kedem-DuBose, Jenny Kendler, Chad Kouri, Yohance Lacour, Katherine Lampert, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Christine LaRue, Melissa Leandro, Eric Lee, Dawn Liddicoatt, Francis Lightbound, Cecil McDonald, Gregorio Mejia. Jessie Mott, Ben Murray, Sunny Neater-Dubow, Sarah Nishiura, Betsy Odom and Andi Crist, Melissa Pinney, Pooja Pittie, John Preus,, Karen Reimer, Renee Robbins, Darrell Roberts, Nancy Lu Rosenheim, Sheri Rush, Andrew Schachman, Mike Stidham, Laurel Stradford, Norman Teague, Antonio Wade, Martha Wade, Mel Watkin, Rhonda Wheatley, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Shyvette Williams, Scott Wolniak, Mark Yee, Mary Young and Jamie Hayes, Mary Lou Zelazny</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2020/03/not-just-another-pretty-face-catalog-release-art-pick-up-party/">Not Just Another Pretty Face Catalog Release & Art Pick-Up Party</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2020/03/not-just-another-pretty-face-catalog-release-art-pick-up-party/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">112829</post-id> </item> <item> <title>In Progress: A Tale of Today with the Driehaus Museum</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2019/10/in-progress-a-tale-of-today-with-the-driehaus-museum/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2019/10/in-progress-a-tale-of-today-with-the-driehaus-museum/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Darrell McKinney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In Progress: A Tale of Today with the Driehaus Museum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeffly Gabriela Molina]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kekeli Sumah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Luis Rodríguez Rosario]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Near North Side]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=106291</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Join the artists featured in Driehaus Museum’s exhibition “A Tale of Today: Emerging Artists Fellows” as they share their current projects, practices, and techniques with audiences. The program will feature emerging Chicago artists Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jeffly Gabriela Molina, Darrell McKinney, and Luis Rodriguez Rosario, and Driehaus curatorial fellow Kekeli Sumah.   **Programs in the<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/10/in-progress-a-tale-of-today-with-the-driehaus-museum/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/10/in-progress-a-tale-of-today-with-the-driehaus-museum/">In Progress: A Tale of Today with the Driehaus Museum</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join the artists featured in Driehaus Museum’s exhibition “A Tale of Today: Emerging Artists Fellows” as they share their current projects, practices, and techniques with audiences. The program will feature emerging Chicago artists Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jeffly Gabriela Molina, Darrell McKinney, and Luis Rodriguez Rosario, and Driehaus curatorial fellow Kekeli Sumah.</p> <p> </p> <p>**Programs in the Commons are free; museum admission on Tuesdays is free for Illinois residents.**</p> <p> </p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/10/in-progress-a-tale-of-today-with-the-driehaus-museum/">In Progress: A Tale of Today with the Driehaus Museum</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2019/10/in-progress-a-tale-of-today-with-the-driehaus-museum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">106291</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Cheryl Pope and Brittney Leeanne Williams: Artist Talk</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2019/07/cheryl-pope-and-brittney-leeanne-williams-artist-talk/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2019/07/cheryl-pope-and-brittney-leeanne-williams-artist-talk/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BASKING NEVER HURT NO ONE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cheryl Pope]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moniquemeloche]]></category> <category><![CDATA[West Town]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=101627</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Join us at moniquemeloche for a discussion between artists Cheryl Pope and Brittney Leeanne Williams Saturday, July 27 at 1pm This event is free and open to the public Seating is limited In their current bodies of work, both artists investigate the classic and ubiquitous motif of the nude human form, updating this timeless theme<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/07/cheryl-pope-and-brittney-leeanne-williams-artist-talk/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/07/cheryl-pope-and-brittney-leeanne-williams-artist-talk/">Cheryl Pope and Brittney Leeanne Williams: Artist Talk</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join us at moniquemeloche for a discussion between artists<br /> Cheryl Pope and Brittney Leeanne Williams<br /> Saturday, July 27 at 1pm</p> <p>This event is free and open to the public<br /> Seating is limited</p> <p>In their current bodies of work, both artists investigate the classic and ubiquitous motif of the nude human form, updating this timeless theme by different means and to varying ends. Pope’s solo exhibition, BASKING NEVER HURT NO ONE, is currently on view and Williams is part of the concurrent and complementary group exhibition Show Me Yours. Both shows continue through August 17. Together, Pope and Williams will discuss the sources and influences of their explorations, arriving at new insights and avenues of reflection.</p> <p>Cheryl Pope (b. 1980, lives and works in Chicago and New York) received her BFA and MA in Design from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, where she is now an Adjunct Professor. BASKING NEVER HURT NO ONE is Pope’s fourth solo show with Monique Meloche. Although seemingly a departure from the performative, often sports-related projects for which she is known, this new body of work continues the artist’s examination of systematic social concerns, unexpected material interventions, and simultaneously introduces a novel formal language. Pope puts forth a personal intimacy as yet unseen in the artist’s oeuvre. Made of wool roving on cashmere – unspun wool needle-punched into a cashmere support – these “paintings” are textural explorations of the complicated sensuality evoked by a semi-anonymous biracial couple.</p> <p>Brittney Leeanne Williams (b. 1990, lives in Chicago) attended the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL (2008-2009) and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME (2017). She is currently an Emerging Artist Fellow at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago. Williams explores the potential of the female body to both encapsulate and express a variety of psychological states. Acting as an amalgamation of both the artist’s identity, as well as that of her female family members, the bodies she depicts serve as communal symbols of hope and love, pain and loss.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/07/cheryl-pope-and-brittney-leeanne-williams-artist-talk/">Cheryl Pope and Brittney Leeanne Williams: Artist Talk</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2019/07/cheryl-pope-and-brittney-leeanne-williams-artist-talk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">101627</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jake Troyli, and Bianca Nemelc: Show Me Yours</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2019/06/brittney-leeanne-williams-jake-troyli-and-bianca-nemelc-show-me-yours/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2019/06/brittney-leeanne-williams-jake-troyli-and-bianca-nemelc-show-me-yours/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bianca Nemelc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jake Troyli]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moniquemeloche]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Show Me Yours]]></category> <category><![CDATA[West Town]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=99216</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>moniquemeloche is excited to present Show Me Yours, an exhibition featuring the work of emerging artists Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jake Troyli, and Bianca Nemelc. Presented in tandem with BASKING NEVER HURT NO ONE – a solo exhibition of Cheryl Pope’s new body of work exploring the leisured nude figure – Show Me Yours expands upon<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/06/brittney-leeanne-williams-jake-troyli-and-bianca-nemelc-show-me-yours/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/06/brittney-leeanne-williams-jake-troyli-and-bianca-nemelc-show-me-yours/">Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jake Troyli, and Bianca Nemelc: Show Me Yours</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>moniquemeloche is excited to present Show Me Yours, an exhibition featuring the work of emerging artists Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jake Troyli, and Bianca Nemelc. Presented in tandem with BASKING NEVER HURT NO ONE – a solo exhibition of Cheryl Pope’s new body of work exploring the leisured nude figure – Show Me Yours expands upon Pope’s novel approach to the nude form as a site for examining systematic social concerns. Like Pope, the artists of Show Me Yours offer up their own contemporary interpretations to the classic motif, galvanizing the nude form as a starting point to contemplate prevalent issues such as identity, trauma, and gender.</p> <p>Brittney Leeanne Williams explores the potential of the female body to both encapsulate and express a variety of psychological states. Rendering skin tone in a surprising spectrum of reds in an effort to subvert expectations, Williams depicts the figures as both faceless and contorted into a near circular embrace of their own bodies, or that of another. Ensconced in these intricate moments partially inaccessible to the viewer, the bodies expand out of surreal fractured backdrops, sourced from the artist’s own personal history. Acting as an amalgamation of both the artist’s identity, as well as that of her female family members, these bodies serve as communal symbols of hope and love, pain and loss.</p> <p>Jake Troyli utilizes the absurd as an entry point into larger considerations of identity and masculinity. Depicting humorous scenes grounded in the language of classical painting, Troyli inserts his own body as an elastic avatar, able to move through various surfaces and vignettes. Referencing the common social practice of code switching – the practice of alternating between varieties of language – Troyli examines the intricacies of his own identity as a biracial man whilst inhabiting different spaces.</p> <p>Bianca Nemelc embraces the fragmented female form, placing it against an earthly backdrop of greens and yellows. Although beginning as self-portraits, her monumental headless female forms seek to stand in for all women of color through their renderings in multiple shades of brown. Influenced by the art in her grandmother’s home – such as Fernando Botero and Tarsila do Amaral – Nemelc depicts her figures with playful looping lines, the contours of their bodies matching the delicate curves of water streams and plant branches surrounding them. Motivated by her own identity as a multiracial woman, Nemelc creates large-scale immersive works to provide a meditative space on culture and heritage.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/06/brittney-leeanne-williams-jake-troyli-and-bianca-nemelc-show-me-yours/">Brittney Leeanne Williams, Jake Troyli, and Bianca Nemelc: Show Me Yours</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2019/06/brittney-leeanne-williams-jake-troyli-and-bianca-nemelc-show-me-yours/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">99216</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2019/04/eternal-recurrence-new-editions-from-spudnik-press-cooperative/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2019/04/eternal-recurrence-new-editions-from-spudnik-press-cooperative/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alice Tippit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amanda Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anita Jung]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benjamin Larose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Caroline Liu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carris Adams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chad Kouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Claire Ashley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dana Carter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Leggett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elijah Burgher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faheem Majeed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Holly Cahill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jereon Nelemans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jonathan Herrera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judith Brotman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judy Ledgerwood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kay Rosen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lilli Carré]]></category> <category><![CDATA[near west side]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Orkideh Torabi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Nudd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raeleen Kao]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Hull]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roni Packer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spudnik Press Cooperative]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steve Reinke]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Christison]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William J. O’Brien]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=95090</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative features prints by 28 artists who recently developed new print-based projects through the Spudnik Press Cooperative Residency and Publishing Programs. The Spudnik Press Cooperative Residency Program provides artists unfettered studio access to produce a new body of print-based work. For the first time in 2018, the Residency<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/04/eternal-recurrence-new-editions-from-spudnik-press-cooperative/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/04/eternal-recurrence-new-editions-from-spudnik-press-cooperative/">Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative features prints by 28 artists who recently developed new print-based projects through the Spudnik Press Cooperative Residency and Publishing Programs.</p> <p>The Spudnik Press Cooperative Residency Program provides artists unfettered studio access to produce a new body of print-based work. For the first time in 2018, the Residency Program was open to national artists in addition to local artists. Renowned printmakers Anita Jung and Tom Christison travelled from Iowa City to be our first regional visiting artists.</p> <p>The Spudnik Press Cooperative Publishing Program invites artists representing a variety of contemporary disciplines—ranging from painting and drawing to performance and experiential art making—to develop a fine art print in collaboration with professional printers at Spudnik Press.</p> <p>Together, these programs provide entry point into the unique facets of printmaking, such as its historical and cultural roots as a social art practice and its role in contemporary art practices.</p> <p>The phrase Eternal Recurrence is borrowed from Steve Reinke’s print entitled Eternal Recurrence of Shame from his series featuring absurd, crude, humorous, and poetic aphorisms and short phrases. Reinke’s piece references a phenomenon Nietzsche calls “eternal recurrence” in a passage from The Gay Science. In the passage, Nietzsche asserts that existence may recur in an infinite cycle as energy and matter transform over time.</p> <p>The artists included in this exhibition maintain a wide range of studio practices and experiential art making. Eternal Recurrence reflects the continual transformation of ink and paper to reflect artists’ visions and honors the act of creation as a continuous process responsive to a particular time and place–a particular recurrence of the infinite possibilities.</p> <p>The work in Eternal Recurrence features screenprinting, relief, letterpress, intaglio, and monoprinting techniques, using a range of traditional and nontraditional materials and bringing together an impressive collection of artists. Each prints reflects the artist’s vision and dedication to their individual practices while showcasing the creative, analytical and technical processes of art making.</p> <p>Featured Artists: Carris Adams, Claire Ashley, Judith Brotman, Elijah Burgher, Holly Cahill, Lilli Carre, Dana Carter, Tom Christison, kg, Jonathan Herrera, Richard Hull, Anita Jung, Raeleen Kao, Chad Kouri, Benjamin Larose, Judy Ledgerwood, Faheem Majeed, David Leggett, Caroline Liu, Jereon Nelemans, Paul Nudd, William J. O’Brien, Roni Packer, Steve Reinke, Kay Rosen, Alice Tippit, Orkideh Torabi, Amanda Williams, Brittney Leeanne Williams</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2019/04/eternal-recurrence-new-editions-from-spudnik-press-cooperative/">Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2019/04/eternal-recurrence-new-editions-from-spudnik-press-cooperative/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">95090</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Bad Wedding: Spudnik Press Cooperative Annual Benefit</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2018/10/bad-wedding-spudnik-press-cooperative-annual-benefit/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2018/10/bad-wedding-spudnik-press-cooperative-annual-benefit/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Fundraiser]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alice Tippit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amanda Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Andrew Holmquist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aron packer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bad Wedding: Spudnik Press Cooperative Annual Benefit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ben Garbus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bianca Marks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carron Little]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chad Kouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Claire Ashley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dana Carter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Krzeminski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Derrick Woods-Morrow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dianna Frid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doug Fogelson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Duncan MacKenzie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elijah Burgher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elke Claus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Emily Shopp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faheem Majeed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Helen Maurene Cooper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jennifer Ackerman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jessica Cochran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jill Ruzicka Novak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jordan Martins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judith Brotman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judy Ledgerwood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julia Arredondo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Junli Song]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Karen Reimer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kay Rosen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kelly Kaczynski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Laura Letinsky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lialia Kuchma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lilli Carré]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liz Born]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Low Res Studio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark Booth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michelle Grabner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miller & Shellabarger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[near west side]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oli R0driguez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Orkideh Torabi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Nudd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raeleen Kao]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Hull]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Rezac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ruby T]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ryan LaFollette]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scott Hunter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scott Stack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scott Wolniak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spudnik Press Cooperative]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steve Reinke]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tara Zanzig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Belknaps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tony Sarkees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William J. O’Brien]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yasaman Moussavi]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=88249</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Bad Wedding: The Annual Benefit for Spudnik Press Cooperative Honoring Miller & Shellabarger New Editions by: Amanda Williams, Elijah Burgher, William J O’Brien, Kay Rosen, Faheem Majeed, Claire Ashley, Judith Brotman, Lilli Carré, Dana Carter, Richard Hull, Raeleen Kao, Chad Kouri, Miller & Shellabarger, Paul Nudd, Alice Tippit, Orkideh Torabi, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Steve Reinke,<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/10/bad-wedding-spudnik-press-cooperative-annual-benefit/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/10/bad-wedding-spudnik-press-cooperative-annual-benefit/">Bad Wedding: Spudnik Press Cooperative Annual Benefit</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bad Wedding: The Annual Benefit for Spudnik Press Cooperative<br /> Honoring Miller & Shellabarger</p> <p>New Editions by: Amanda Williams, Elijah Burgher, William J O’Brien, Kay Rosen, Faheem Majeed, Claire Ashley, Judith Brotman, Lilli Carré, Dana Carter, Richard Hull, Raeleen Kao, Chad Kouri, Miller & Shellabarger, Paul Nudd, Alice Tippit, Orkideh Torabi, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Steve Reinke, and Judy Ledgerwood.</p> <p>Plus Artwork by: Mark Booth, Liz Born, Helen Maurene Cooper, Doug Fogelson, Dianna Frid, Michelle Grabner, Andrew Holmquist, Laura Letinsky, Jordan Martins, Richard Rezac, Oli R0driguez, Scott Stack, Ruby T, Scott Wolniak, Derrick Woods-Morrow, and The Belknaps.</p> <p>And Artwork by Spudnik Press Members: Julia Arredondo, Elke Claus, Ben Garbus, David Krzeminski, Lialia Kuchma, Carron Little, Yasaman Moussavi, Jill Ruzicka Novak, Emily Shopp, Junli Song, and Tara</p> <p>Zanzig.<br /> Host Committee:<br /> Jennifer Ackerman, Jessica Cochran, Doug Fogelson, Scott Hunter, Kelly Kaczynski, Ryan LaFollette, Bianca Marks, Duncan MacKenzie, Aron Packer, Karen Reimer, and Tony Sarkees</p> <p>Worst Wedding Attire Competition: Everyone encouraged to compete<br /> Ticket Details:<br /> All levels include complimentary hors d’oeuvres.</p> <p>Groom’s Table: $200<br /> Open bar, artist-made wedding favor</p> <p>Head Table: $100<br /> Open bar</p> <p>Friend of the Family: $40<br /> One complimentary drink; cash bar</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/10/bad-wedding-spudnik-press-cooperative-annual-benefit/">Bad Wedding: Spudnik Press Cooperative Annual Benefit</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2018/10/bad-wedding-spudnik-press-cooperative-annual-benefit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">88249</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Solid Gold Saturday</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2018/09/solid-gold-saturday/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2018/09/solid-gold-saturday/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A.J. McClenon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alejandro Waskavich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eliza Myrie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Erin Toale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frances Lightbound]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Haerim Lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park Art Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ishita Dharap]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jackman Goldwasser]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jill Lanza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Justin Nalley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kate Hampel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kellie Romany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kelly Jones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mary Tepper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Max Guy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nancy Lu Rosenheim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pooja Pittie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solid Gold Saturday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solomon Adufah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suellen Rocca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Art of Being Dangerous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toby Zallman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Udita Upadhyaya]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vidura Jang Bahadur]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=86232</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Hyde Park Art Center invites you to celebrate the openings of our new round of art exhibitions, free art-making activities, open studios and more! FREE PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT KENWOOD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL (5015 S Blackstone Ave). Schedule of events: The Art of Being Dangerous – Public Critique 1 – 3pm Join Center Program artists<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/09/solid-gold-saturday/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/09/solid-gold-saturday/">Solid Gold Saturday</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hyde Park Art Center invites you to celebrate the openings of our new round of art exhibitions, free art-making activities, open studios and more!</p> <p>FREE PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT KENWOOD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL (5015 S Blackstone Ave).</p> <p>Schedule of events:</p> <p>The Art of Being Dangerous – Public Critique<br /> 1 – 3pm<br /> Join Center Program artists from 1-3pm as they present works and answer questions around this year’s program exhibition, titled “The Art of Being Dangerous,” curate by Erin Toale. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Stay around after to join the exhibition reception from 3-5pm. Exhibiting artists include Solomon Adufah, Vidura Jang Bahadur, Ishita Dharap, Max Guy, Kate Hampel, Kelly Jones, Jill Lanza, Haerim Lee, Frances Lightbound, A.J. McClenon, Eliza Myrie, Justin Nalley, Pooja Pittie, Kellie Romany, Alejandro Waskavich, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Nancy Lu Rosenheim, Udita Upadhyaya, and Toby Zallman.</p> <p>2-5pm<br /> Open Studios</p> <p>Join us to meet and learn from the practice of our amazing artists! We will be welcoming our Jackman Goldwasser International Artist Nadim Abbas who will be visiting us from Hong Kong.<br /> Nadim Abbas (唐納天, b.1980) explores the role that memory-images play in the intersection between mind and matter. This has culminated in the construction of complex set pieces, where objects exist in an ambiguous relationship with their own image, and bodies succumb to the seduction of space.</p> <p>Free Family Art-Making Activities</p> <p>1-4pm<br /> Cha Cha Collage<br /> Artist, Mary Tepper will lead an art project inpired by Hairy Who artist, Suellen Rocca and her painting, “Cha Cha Couple”, included in the exhibition The Time is Now!</p> <p>1-4pm<br /> Do What Ralph Does: 1968-2018<br /> Try your hand at collage, an art-making technique perfected by artist Ralph Arnold in the 1960s. Participants will learn about Arnold’s process by collaging original magazine clippings from 1968 and 2018, drawing connections between the two culturally and politically tumultuous eras and will get to take their image home. Arnold, who showed his work at the Hyde Park Art Center in the 1960s, is the focus of the upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography: “The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold: Art, Identity & Politics,” which opens October 11, 2018.</p> <p>1-4pm<br /> What’s Your Bag?<br /> Silkscreen and take home a tote bag with one of artist Ralph Arnold’s trademark, counter-cultural phrases from the 1960s: “What’s Your Bag?” Arnold explored the complexity of his identity as a gay, black, Korean War veteran through his collages, many of which drew upon the liberated sensibility of the 1960s. Arnold, who showed his work at the Hyde Park Art Center in the 1960s, is the focus of the upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography: “The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold: Art, Identity & Politics,” which opens October 11, 2018.</p> <p>1-5pm<br /> Hyde Park Art Center Fall FIRE Sale</p> <p>Need to stock up for your new apartment or dorm room?<br /> Are you looking for unique and reasonably priced art pieces for your home? Interested in supporting art education programs?<br /> Shop at our Fall School and Studio Ceramics FIRE Sale and support our Hyde Park Art Center artists and students! Sale starts on Solid Gold Saturday (new art exhibits and FREE activities) September 15 to September 23!<br /> All work is made by artists in our school and studio. 25% of proceeds go to supporting education programs at the Art Center.</p> <p>1-5pm<br /> VOTER REGISTRATION<br /> Deputy registrars will be on-site to register any Illinois resident for a new registration or change of address. Two pieces of identification will be required, one with a photo. Registration will be immediately valid.</p> <p>3-5pm<br /> Fall Exhibitions Reception<br /> Celebrate the latest exhibitions Ground Floor and The Art of Being Dangerous featuring new work by Chicago-based artists. Artists will be present and refreshments will be served. The event also features live art performances and musical performances.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/09/solid-gold-saturday/">Solid Gold Saturday</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2018/09/solid-gold-saturday/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">86232</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Art of Being Dangerous</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/the-art-of-being-dangerous/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/the-art-of-being-dangerous/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A.J. McClenon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alejandro Waskavich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eliza Myrie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Erin Toale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frances Lightbound]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Haerim Lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park Art Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ishita Dharap]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jill Lanza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Justin Nalley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kate Hampel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kellie Romany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kelly Jones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Max Guy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nancy Lu Rosenheim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pooja Pittie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solomon Adufah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Art of Being Dangerous]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toby Zallman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Udita Upadhyaya]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vidura Jang Bahadur]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=85011</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Hyde Park Art Center is proud to present the sixth annual exhibition of work from participants in The Center Program, the Art Center’s flagship artist professional development initiative. Led by Director of Education Mike Nourse, this six-month program is designed for a group of artists who create new works, connect with peers, present to visiting<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/the-art-of-being-dangerous/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/the-art-of-being-dangerous/">The Art of Being Dangerous</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hyde Park Art Center is proud to present the sixth annual exhibition of work from participants in The Center Program, the Art Center’s flagship artist professional development initiative. Led by Director of Education Mike Nourse, this six-month program is designed for a group of artists who create new works, connect with peers, present to visiting professionals, and culminate with an exhibition.</p> <p>—</p> <p>About the Center Program:</p> <p>The Center Program was first piloted in 2012 as a response to gaps in accessible professional development offerings for artists in Chicago. Traditional MFA programs are frequently cost-prohibitive; there are limited opportunities outside of colleges and universities; and, most artists actively seek time and space to deepen their practice, more critical feedback and guidance, and more exposure to networking opportunities. Artists accepted into this program are charged to create new works, present their process inside of group seminars and individuals meetings with visiting professionals, and finish by participating in a curated exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center. This year’s list of visiting professionals include Claudine Ise, Anna Kunz, Jefferson Pinder, Jim Duignan, Jim Dempsey, Peter Fitzpatrick, Tricia Van Eck, Patric McCoy, Damon Locks, Patterson Sims, and Erzen Shkololli.</p> <p>The demand for the Center Program over the last seven years proves there is a wide-ranging need for robust and accessible programming designed for working artists. The Center Program continues to offer scholarships for artists of color, Teaching Artists, access to free courses at the Art Center, separate development programs with UChicago’s Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies, and also secures space for alums from partner organizations such as Luminarts Cultural Foundation, Marwen, 3Arts, UChicago’s Arts & Public Life, and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.</p> <p>—</p> <p>FEATURED ARTISTS:</p> <p>Solomon Adufah, Vidura Jang Bahadur, Ishita Dharap, Max Guy, Kate Hampel, Kelly Jones, Jill Lanza, Haerim Lee, Frances Lightbound, A.J. McClenon, Eliza Myrie, Justin Nalley, Pooja Pittie, Kellie Romany, Alejandro Waskavich, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Nancy Lu Rosenheim, Udita Upadhyaya, and Toby Zallman.</p> <p>—</p> <p>About Erin Toale:</p> <p>The guest curator of the Center Program Final Exhbition 2018, Erin Toale, is an artist, arts administrator and curator. Toale draws from her own experience and knowledge as a Center Program alumnus to curate a cohesive final exhibition. Her curatorial approach emphasizes identifying the aesthetic, material, or conceptual resonance in each artists practice, and drawing similarities from there. Toale has curated exhibitions at the Sullivan Center, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and at the Coalition Artists Coalition as a HATCH resident. She holds a Masters Dual Degree in Art History, and Arts Administration and Policy from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, Toale serves on the executive Board of Directors at The Arts of Life.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/the-art-of-being-dangerous/">The Art of Being Dangerous</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/the-art-of-being-dangerous/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">85011</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Carrying A Place Called Home: Artists-in-Residence Panel Discussion</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/carrying-a-place-called-home-artists-in-residence-panel-discussion/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/carrying-a-place-called-home-artists-in-residence-panel-discussion/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arif Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artists-in-Residence Panel Discussion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arts and Public Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carrying A Place Called Home]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tracie D Hall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria Martinez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington Park]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=84280</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Artists Victoria Martinez, Arif Smith, and Brittney Leeanne Williams will discuss their new bodies of work produced during their residency at the Washington Park Arts Incubator in a panel discussion moderated by Tracie D. Hall. This program is in conjunction with the exhibition “Carrying A Place Called Home,” the culminating program for the 2017-18 resident<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/carrying-a-place-called-home-artists-in-residence-panel-discussion/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/carrying-a-place-called-home-artists-in-residence-panel-discussion/">Carrying A Place Called Home: Artists-in-Residence Panel Discussion</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Artists Victoria Martinez, Arif Smith, and Brittney Leeanne Williams will discuss their new bodies of work produced during their residency at the Washington Park Arts Incubator in a panel discussion moderated by Tracie D. Hall.</p> <p>This program is in conjunction with the exhibition “Carrying A Place Called Home,” the culminating program for the 2017-18 resident artists, Victoria Martinez, Arif Smith, and Brittney Leeanne Williams. The exhibition features new works the artists produced during their ten-month residency at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park that reflect on identity, memory, and place through painting, collage, dance and video.</p> <p>RSVP Recommended: https://airspaneldiscussion.eventbrite.com</p> <p>Exhibition on view: July 20–August 31, 2018<br /> Arts Incubator Gallery Hours:<br /> Wednesday–Friday 12:00–6:00 pm</p> <p>Related program:<br /> Collective Threads, workshop with Victoria Martinez<br /> Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | 6:30–8:00 PM<br /> RSVP at: https://collectivethreads.eventbrite.com</p> <p>For more information, contact Nikki Patin at npatin@uchicago.edu or call 773.263.7003.</p> <p>—<br /> About the artists:</p> <p>Victoria Martinez<br /> As artist and educator, Victoria explores textiles, installation art, site-specific experiments, printmaking, and painting. Her research on the African Presence in Mexico is shared through the collective creation of weavings and parachutes with youth and South Side audiences.<br /> http://www.victoria-martinez.com</p> <p>Arif Smith<br /> Arif’s performance and video-based work centers on diasporic citizenship and African-rooted performance practices. He has produced a monthly dance workshop series, a sculptural project using found materials from Washington Park, and a new video that draws upon archival footage and music collaboration.<br /> http://www.arifsmith.com</p> <p>Brittney Leeanne Williams<br /> Brittney’s work unpacks trauma and the Black body situated within landscape. Exploring Washington Park as her site, she captured photographs, sketches, and written exchanges with individuals in the park to create new paintings.<br /> http://www.brittneyleeannewilliams.com</p> <p>—<br /> About the Residency Program:<br /> The University of Chicago’s Arts and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture hosts individual artists through the Artists-in-Residence program and interdisciplinary partnerships through the Crossing Boundaries Prize. These residency programs are open to Chicago-based artists and groups whose work explores issues of race, politics and culture. Both programs advance the opportunities available to artists who are underrepresented in the Chicago and national arts scenes.</p> <p>Arts + Public Life, an initiative of UChicago Arts, provides platforms for artists and access to the arts through residencies, education, cultural entrepreneurship, and arts-led programs and events. Arts + Public Life advances and promotes a robust, collaborative, and evolving relationship between the University of Chicago and the South Side’s vibrant civic, cultural, and artistic communities. Learn more at http://arts.uchicago.edu/apl.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/carrying-a-place-called-home-artists-in-residence-panel-discussion/">Carrying A Place Called Home: Artists-in-Residence Panel Discussion</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2018/08/carrying-a-place-called-home-artists-in-residence-panel-discussion/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">84280</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Carrying A Place Called Home</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2018/07/carrying-a-place-called-home/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2018/07/carrying-a-place-called-home/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arif Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artist Residency Program]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arts and Public Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arts Incubator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carrying A Place Called Home]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Center for the Study of Race Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uchicago Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[University of Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria Martinez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington Park]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=83303</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Opening Reception: Friday, July 20, 2018 | 6:00–8:00 PM Afterparty: 8:00–10:00 PP Carrying A Place Called Home is the culminating program for the 2017-18 resident artists, Victoria Martinez, Arif Smith, and Brittney Leeanne Williams. The exhibition features new works the artists produced during their ten-month residency at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park that reflect<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/07/carrying-a-place-called-home/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/07/carrying-a-place-called-home/">Carrying A Place Called Home</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Opening Reception: Friday, July 20, 2018 | 6:00–8:00 PM<br /> Afterparty: 8:00–10:00 PP</p> <p><em><strong>Carrying A Place Called Home</strong></em> is the culminating program for the 2017-18 resident artists, <strong>Victoria Martinez</strong>, <strong>Arif Smith</strong>, and <strong>Brittney Leeanne Williams</strong>. The exhibition features new works the artists produced during their ten-month residency at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park that reflect on identity, memory, and place through painting, collage, dance and video.</p> <p>Related Programs:<br /> <strong>Artists-in-Residence Panel Discussion</strong><br /> Thursday, August 2 | 6:30–8:30 PM<br /> RSVP at: <a href="https://airspaneldiscussion.eventbrite.com">https://airspaneldiscussion.eventbrite.com</a></p> <p><strong>Collective Threads, workshop with Victoria Martinez</strong><br /> Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | 6:30–8:00 PM<br /> RSVP at: <a href="https://collectivethreads.eventbrite.com">https://collectivethreads.eventbrite.com</a></p> <p>The Artists-in-Residence program, supported by Arts + Public Life in partnership with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture at the University of Chicago, supports Chicago-based multidisciplinary artists whose practices critically engage with the subjects of race, ethnicity, and community. The ten-month paid residency program eliminates barriers to participation by providing materials, stipends, rehearsal, performance and exhibition space at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park and access to the academic and research resources of the University.</p> <hr /> <h3>About the Artists</h3> <p><strong>Victoria Martinez</strong><br /> As artist and educator, Victoria explores textiles, installation art, site-specific experiments, printmaking, and painting. Her research on the African Presence in Mexico is shared through the collective creation of weavings and parachutes with youth and South Side audiences.<br /> <a href="http://victoria-martinez.com">victoria-martinez.com</a></p> <p><strong>Arif Smith</strong><br /> Arif’s performance and video-based work centers on diasporic citizenship and African-rooted performance practices. He has produced a monthly dance workshop series, a sculptural project using found materials from Washington Park, and a new video that draws upon archival footage and music collaboration.<br /> <a href="http://arifsmith.com">arifsmith.com</a></p> <p><strong>Brittney Leeanne Williams</strong><br /> Brittney’s work unpacks trauma and the Black body situated within landscape. Exploring Washington Park as her site, she captured photographs, sketches, and written exchanges with individuals in the park to create new paintings.<br /> <a href="http://brittneyleeannewilliams.com">brittneyleeannewilliams.com</a></p> <p>For more information, contact Nikki Patin at npatin@uchicago.edu or call 773.263.7003.</p> <p>—<br /> About the artists:</p> <p>Victoria Martinez<br /> As artist and educator, Victoria explores textiles, installation art, site-specific experiments, printmaking, and painting. Her research on the African Presence in Mexico is shared through the collective creation of weavings and parachutes with youth and South Side audiences.<br /> http://www.victoria-martinez.com</p> <p>Arif Smith<br /> Arif’s performance and video-based work centers on diasporic citizenship and African-rooted performance practices. He has produced a monthly dance workshop series, a sculptural project using found materials from Washington Park, and a new video that draws upon archival footage and music collaboration.<br /> http://www.arifsmith.com</p> <p>Brittney Leeanne Williams<br /> Brittney’s work unpacks trauma and the Black body situated within landscape. Exploring Washington Park as her site, she captured photographs, sketches, and written exchanges with individuals in the park to create new paintings.<br /> http://www.brittneyleeannewilliams.com</p> <p>—<br /> About the Residency Program:<br /> The University of Chicago’s Arts and Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture hosts individual artists through the Artists-in-Residence program and interdisciplinary partnerships through the Crossing Boundaries Prize. These residency programs are open to Chicago-based artists and groups whose work explores issues of race, politics and culture. Both programs advance the opportunities available to artists who are underrepresented in the Chicago and national arts scenes.</p> <p>Arts + Public Life, an initiative of UChicago Arts, provides platforms for artists and access to the arts through residencies, education, cultural entrepreneurship, and arts-led programs and events. Arts + Public Life advances and promotes a robust, collaborative, and evolving relationship between the University of Chicago and the South Side’s vibrant civic, cultural, and artistic communities. Learn more at http://arts.uchicago.edu/apl.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/07/carrying-a-place-called-home/">Carrying A Place Called Home</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2018/07/carrying-a-place-called-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">83303</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Not an Inert Box</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2018/06/not-an-inert-box/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2018/06/not-an-inert-box/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brick cassidy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Danny FLOYD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joshua DEMAREE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lower West Side]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Not an Inert Box]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Triumph Chicago]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=83040</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>“Thus, on the threshold of our space, before the era of our own time, we hover between awareness of being and loss of being. And the entire reality of memory becomes spectral.” Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space Triumph welcomes Joshua Demaree, Brittney Leeanne Williams, and Brick Cassidy along with guest curator Danny Floyd. Conventional<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/06/not-an-inert-box/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/06/not-an-inert-box/">Not an Inert Box</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Thus, on the threshold of our space, before the era of our own time, we hover between awareness of being and loss of being. And the entire reality of memory becomes spectral.”<br /> Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space</p> <p>Triumph welcomes Joshua Demaree, Brittney Leeanne Williams, and Brick Cassidy along with guest curator Danny Floyd.</p> <p>Conventional wisdom constructs reality around human experience, favoring our perspective over the objects and spaces around us. But just as Copernicus argued that we are not the center of the universe, we are now coming to the realization that other agents operate actively and definitively on our lives. In an extreme form, this way of thinking ascribes subjectivities, even thoughts, to things previously assumed not to have them. Object-oriented ontologist Timothy Morton uses the example that when we drink from a cup, the interaction between the cup and our body anthropomorphizes the cup, but when seen another way, particularly taking into account that we are on the receipt end of the exchange, the cup also “cupopomorphizes” us.</p> <p>While object-oriented ontology is considered to be breaking new ground in academic spheres, in many ways, this is a dryly semantic way of getting at something we already know deeply and emotionally. There is already a cliché for this thought experiment: “if these walls could talk.” Objects act on us because we recognize their ability to function outside of our own time. Some objects come and go, but others provide a permanence that – for the very reason that they defy the constantly disruptive nature of human experience – enlivens our sentimentality. Objects often outlive people, and for better or worse, embody the contradiction that we can feel a weight or burden when something is no longer present similar to the way we feel an object pushing back on our hands as we hold it.</p> <p>“In the dynamic rivalry between house and universe, we are far from any reference to simple geometrical forms,” writes Gaston Bachelard. “A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.” Houses are made to eventually express more meaning than they were built with on an intergenerational scale. Our memory can only strive for such slowness. Because a tree in the backyard grows on a timeline so independently slower than our own, we are able to sense from it the eerie feeling that, despite its difference from us, it is like an old friend. It all but communicates to us.</p> <p>With attention turned to the objects and spaces that comprise our domestic life, Joshua Demaree, Brittney Leeanne Williams, and Brick Cassidy reckon with past and the joy and pain of family history and coming of age.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2018/06/not-an-inert-box/">Not an Inert Box</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2018/06/not-an-inert-box/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">83040</post-id> </item> <item> <title>2017-18 Artists in Residence Welcome Reception and Artist Talk</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2017/11/2017-18-artists-in-residence-welcome-reception-and-artist-talk/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2017/11/2017-18-artists-in-residence-welcome-reception-and-artist-talk/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arif Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artists in Residence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arts + Public Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arts Incubator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tempestt Hazel.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victoria Martinez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington Park]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=74949</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Join us for an artist talk featuring the 2017-18 Artists-in-Residence: Victoria Martinez, a transdisciplinary artist and educator from Pilsen; Arif Smith, a multidisciplinary artist and educator; and Brittney Leeanne Williams, a Chicago-based conceptual artist. Moderated by Tempestt Hazel, curator, writer and founder of Sixty Inches From Center, the discussion will create an opportunity for each<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2017/11/2017-18-artists-in-residence-welcome-reception-and-artist-talk/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2017/11/2017-18-artists-in-residence-welcome-reception-and-artist-talk/">2017-18 Artists in Residence Welcome Reception and Artist Talk</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join us for an artist talk featuring the 2017-18 Artists-in-Residence: Victoria Martinez, a transdisciplinary artist and educator from Pilsen; Arif Smith, a multidisciplinary artist and educator; and Brittney Leeanne Williams, a Chicago-based conceptual artist.</p> <p>Moderated by Tempestt Hazel, curator, writer and founder of Sixty Inches From Center, the discussion will create an opportunity for each artist to introduce themselves and their practices, while also creating space for each to amplify their ambition for their time in residence at the University of Chicago, on the Arts Block, and in Chicago’s Washington Park community.</p> <p>This event is presented by Arts + Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.</p> <p>___<br /> About the Artists:<br /> Victoria Martinez is a transdisciplinary artist and educator from Pilsen who explores textiles, installation art, site-specific experiments, printmaking, and painting. She believes in chance and intuition, creating ephemeral experiences inspired by the urban environment, Mother Earth, and fiber, a universal material that connects us all despite of our background. Martinez works with overlooked spaces, marks and items, sewing and weaving them together to create fresh perspectives.</p> <p>Arif Smith is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. His performance- and video-based work centers on diasporic citizenship and African-rooted performance practices, exploring notions of blackness, co-presence, and marronage. Smith received his BA from Oklahoma State University. He also participated in the performance studies graduate program at Northwestern University. Additionally, Smith has curated exhibitions and symposia at Williams College and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA). He is currently a member of Bomba con Buya and serves as program manager at Changing Worlds.</p> <p>Brittney Leeanne Williams is a Chicago-based studio artist who is originally from LA. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2008-2009. Her work has exhibited in Los Angeles, Chicago, Madison, WI, and Ann Arbor, MI. She also does conceptual work, including set design for the short film Self-Deportation (which has screened at film festivals nationally and internationally, including the 15th Annual DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival and the Pineapple Underground Film Festival, Hong Kong). She most recently has been a resident for Chicago Artist Coalition’s HATCH residency and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture this past summer.</p> <p>About the Moderator:<br /> Tempestt Hazel is a curator, writer, artist advocate, and founder of Sixty Inches From Center, a Chicago-based online arts publication and archiving initiative. She is also the Arts Program Officer at the Field Foundation. Over the years she has worked in arts administration, curating, and multidisciplinary programming at Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago Park District, and Arts + Public Life at the University of Chicago. Her exhibitions and research have been produced with the University of North Texas, South Side Community Art Center, Terrain Exhibitions, Contemporary Arts Council, Black Metropolis Research Consortium, and University of Chicago, with upcoming exhibitions at the DuSable Museum of African American History and the Smart Museum of Art.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2017/11/2017-18-artists-in-residence-welcome-reception-and-artist-talk/">2017-18 Artists in Residence Welcome Reception and Artist Talk</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2017/11/2017-18-artists-in-residence-welcome-reception-and-artist-talk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">74949</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Petty Biennial</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2017/05/the-petty-biennial/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2017/05/the-petty-biennial/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alicia Everett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anna Martine Whitehead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arif Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arts and Public Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aymar Jean Christian Sofía Córdova]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bella Bahhs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brandon Markell Holmes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cauleen Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Danielle Dean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Darryl Terrell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Derrick Woods-Morrow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Axtman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ester Alegria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kai M. Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kevin Demery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[La Keisha Leek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marcela Torres]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maya Mackrandilal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ndira Allegra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NIC KAY]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nikki Patin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oli Rodriguez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rashayla Marie Brown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ricardo Gamboa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sadie Woods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephanie Graham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suné Woods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Petty Biennial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twinskin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yvette Mayorga]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=68300</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Join us at the Arts Incubator for the Opening Reception for the exhibition, “The Petty Biennial” curated by La Keisha Leek and Sadie Woods, APL’s inaugural Curatorial Collective. Enjoy live DJ sets by Cqqchifruit and La Spacer of Trqpiteca. “The Petty Biennial” is an exhibition project that complicates dominant narratives of contemporary cultural, social, political<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2017/05/the-petty-biennial/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2017/05/the-petty-biennial/">The Petty Biennial</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join us at the Arts Incubator for the Opening Reception for the exhibition, “The Petty Biennial” curated by La Keisha Leek and Sadie Woods, APL’s inaugural Curatorial Collective. Enjoy live DJ sets by Cqqchifruit and La Spacer of Trqpiteca.</p> <p>“The Petty Biennial” is an exhibition project that complicates dominant narratives of contemporary cultural, social, political norms. It is a response to classist views towards communities of color and marginalized art practices. At the intersection of race, gender and sexuality, featured artists showcase a range of regional and national perspectives unique to North and Central Americas, and the Caribbean. “The Petty Biennial” is not a biennial itself, but a curatorial investigation towards queering the canon of traditional biennials. The project selected seventeen artists for its exhibition and an additional nine artists for ancillary programming. Works include video, painting, installation, performance and photography engaging in critical forms of authorship through hypervisibility and self-representation. </p> <p>Exhibiting and Programmed Artists include: Indira Allegra, Ester Alegria, Elizabeth Axtman, Bella Bahhs, Rashayla Marie Brown, Aymar Jean Christian Sofía Córdova, Danielle Dean, Kevin Demery, Alicia Everett, Ricardo Gamboa, Stephanie Graham, Kai M. Green, Brandon Markell Holmes, NIC Kay, Maya Mackrandilal, Yvette Mayorga, Nikki Patin, Oli Rodriguez, Arif Smith, Cauleen Smith, twinskin, Darryl Terrell, Marcela Torres, Anna Martine Whitehead, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Derrick Woods-Morrow, and Suné Woods. </p> <p>A special thanks to “The Petty Biennial” Advisory Committee: Dana Bassett, Development Director, ACRE and Contributor, Bad at Sports; Aymar Jean Christian, Assistant Professor of Communications, Northwestern University and Founder, OPEN TV; Erin Christovale, Co-Curator, Black Radical Imagination and Co-Curator for Made in L.A. 2018, Hammer Museum; James T. Green, Podcast Producer, MTV; Sabrina Greig, Independent Curator and Writer, External Affairs Manager, Chicago Urban League; Danielle Andrea Jackson, Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellow in Performing Arts, Walker Art Center; JGV/WAR, Independent Curatorial Collective; Ross Jordan, Curatorial Manager, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum; Kristen Kaza, Principal and Creative Director, No Small Plans Productions; Ciera McKissick, Founder, AMFM; Coya Paz, Artistic Director of Free Street Theater; Fabiola Ramirez, Independent Event and Project Management Consultant. Additional thanks to: Israel Pate, Curatorial Assistant; Tyran Freeman and Omari Ferrell, Gallery Assistants.</p> <p>Logo conceptualized by James T. Green and Ciera McKissick</p> <p>—<br /> This exhibition is wheelchair accessible. Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in these events should contact Arts + Public Life for assistance at 773.702.9724 or artsandpubliclife@uchicago.edu.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2017/05/the-petty-biennial/">The Petty Biennial</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2017/05/the-petty-biennial/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">68300</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Not Just Another Pretty Face</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2016/12/not-just-another-pretty-face-2/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2016/12/not-just-another-pretty-face-2/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 06:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adelheid Mers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alice Hargrave]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amanda Gentry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amanda Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ani Afshar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ashley Allen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barbara Diener]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ben Murray]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biance Alebiosu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Candida Alvarez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cecil McDonald]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chad Kouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Heppner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christine LaRue]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cindy Phenix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Corinna Button]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Darrell Roberts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Leggett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Schalliol]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deborah Culbreth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Diane Jaderberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eric J. Garcia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hyde Park Art Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jamie Hayes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Michael Austin. Lee Blalock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jessie Mott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Himmelfarb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joyce Owens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judy Natal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Julius Lyles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kaveri Raina]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lessie Dixon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lora Fosberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Luis De La Torre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maria Gaspar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark Yee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matthew Huang Cummins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matthew Metzger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[max sansing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mel Watkin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Melissa Ann Pinney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michelle Litvin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michelle Nordmeyer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nancy Lu Rosenheim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nikki Renee Anderson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Not Just Another Pretty Face]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nuria Montiel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Osei Agyeman-Badu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pete Wade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Renee Robbins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rhonda Wheatley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RJ Eldridge. Stephen Flemister]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Holmes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ruben Aguirre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russell Harris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Samantha Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sarah Nishiura]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scott Wolniak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shyvette Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunny Neater DuBow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Susan Giles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tony Tasset]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=63686</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Created by Hyde Park Art Center, Not Just Another Pretty Face allows the Art Center to play matchmaker for artists and potential art buyers, facilitating a fun, accessible commissioning process that builds lasting relationships between artists and patrons, creates a new base of support for artists, and invests in the vitality of Chicago’s cultural community.<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2016/12/not-just-another-pretty-face-2/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2016/12/not-just-another-pretty-face-2/">Not Just Another Pretty Face</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Created by Hyde Park Art Center, Not Just Another Pretty Face allows the Art Center to play matchmaker for artists and potential art buyers, facilitating a fun, accessible commissioning process that builds lasting relationships between artists and patrons, creates a new base of support for artists, and invests in the vitality of Chicago’s cultural community.</p> <p>The program takes place every three years and is meant to involve a broad range of patrons and artists, with commissions ranging from in the hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars. To date, the Art Center has raised over $700,000—half of which goes directly into the hands of artists, with the other half going to support Art Center programs. All of this results in an exhibition of the original works of art, a catalog documenting the process, and a lively event to unveil the finished pieces, which will make their way to the patrons’ homes following the exhibition. Not Just Another Pretty Face has been replicated in five cities.</p> <p>Ani Afshar . Ruben Aguirre . Osei Agyeman-Badu . Biance Alebiosu . Ashley Allen . Candida Alvarez . Nikki Renee Anderson . Jeffrey Michael Austin. Lee Blalock . Corinna Button . Deborah Culbreth . Matthew Huang Cummins . Barbara Diener . Lessie Dixon . Sunny Neater DuBow . RJ Eldridge. Stephen Flemister . Lora Fosberg . Eric J. Garcia . Maria Gaspar . Amanda Gentry . Susan Giles . Alice Hargrave . Russell Harris . Jamie Hayes . Charles Heppner . Samantha Hill . John Himmelfarb . Robert Holmes . Diane Jaderberg . Chad Kouri . Christine LaRue . David Leggett . Michelle Litvin . Julius Lyles . Cecil McDonald . Adelheid Mers . Matthew Metzger . Nuria Montiel . Jessie Mott . Ben Murray . Judy Natal . Sarah Nishiura . Michelle Nordmeyer . Joyce Owens . Cindy Phenix . Melissa Ann Pinney . Kaveri Raina . Renee Robbins . Darrell Roberts . Nancy Lu Rosenheim . Max Sansing . David Schalliol . Tony Tasset . Luis De La Torre . Pete Wade . Mel Watkin . Rhonda Wheatley . Amanda Williams . Brittney Leeanne Williams . Shyvette Williams . Scott Wolniak . Mark Yee</p> <p>THE UNVEILING EVENT:</p> <p>Join us for drinks, bites, and the dramatic unveiling of more than 80 new works by Chicago artists commissioned by adventurous patrons.</p> <p>Friday, December 9, 2016 @ 7PM</p> <p>Hyde Park Art Center<br /> 5020 S. Cornell Ave.<br /> Chicago, IL 60615</p> <p>$35 suggested donation (but all are welcome)</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2016/12/not-just-another-pretty-face-2/">Not Just Another Pretty Face</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2016/12/not-just-another-pretty-face-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">63686</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Art of Blackness 2016 Exhibition</title> <link>https://thevisualist.org/2016/10/the-art-of-blackness-2016-exhibition/</link> <comments>https://thevisualist.org/2016/10/the-art-of-blackness-2016-exhibition/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Duguid]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2016 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alisha Jiggy Barnaby]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Angelica London]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art By Sola]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Block Thirty Seven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brandon Breaux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brittney Leeanne Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cinque Muhammed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Anthony Geary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gravillis Inc.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kamal Akinyele Collins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Keisha Jordann]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Loop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Makeba Kedem-DuBose Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Martha A. Wade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[max sansing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maya Iman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicole Malcolm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phillip Scott. Barrett Keithley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raymond Thomas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terrence Reese]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Art of Blackness 2016 Exhibition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Troy ScatScat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tye Johnson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Visual Connoisseur]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thevisualist.org/?p=62665</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Art of Blackness proudly presents the 2016 Art of Blackness exhibition. For five years The Art of Blackness exhibition has showcased the best of African American art and design. In celebration of our five year run, this year’s exhibition will be our first pop-up store themed engagement. In addition to our traditional opening night<a href="https://thevisualist.org/2016/10/the-art-of-blackness-2016-exhibition/" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2016/10/the-art-of-blackness-2016-exhibition/">The Art of Blackness 2016 Exhibition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Art of Blackness proudly presents the 2016 Art of Blackness exhibition.</p> <p>For five years The Art of Blackness exhibition has showcased the best of African American art and design.</p> <p>In celebration of our five year run, this year’s exhibition will be our first pop-up store themed engagement. In addition to our traditional opening night event, The Art of Blackness store will be open daily to the public at Block 37, in the heart of downtown Chicago.</p> <p>Exhibition curated by LaShun Tines and Marcus Sterling Alleyne, with music by D.j. Kwest-on.</p> <p>Exhibiting Artists<br /> Gravillis Inc., Phillip Scott. Barrett Keithley, Martha A. Wade, Keisha Jordann, Kamal Akinyele Collins, Raymond Thomas, David Anthony Geary, Alisha Jiggy Barnaby, Visual Connoisseur, Troy ScatScat, Maya Iman, Cinque Muhammed, Angelica London, Art By Sola, Tye Johnson, Brittney Leeanne Williams, Makeba Kedem-DuBose Art, Brandon Breaux, Max Sansing, Nicole Malcolm, and works from the private collection of Terrence Reese</p> <p>Promotional Art by LaShun Tines with photography by David Geary.</p><p>The post <a href="https://thevisualist.org/2016/10/the-art-of-blackness-2016-exhibition/">The Art of Blackness 2016 Exhibition</a> first appeared on <a href="https://thevisualist.org">The Visualist</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://thevisualist.org/2016/10/the-art-of-blackness-2016-exhibition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">62665</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>