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Panel Discussion
AfriCOBRA: Chicago in the Age of Black Power
Moderated
by Franklin Sirmans (Pérez Art Museum Miami), this panel focused on the
art of AfriCOBRA members Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, and Gerald
Williams. Presented in alignment with the Terra Foundation's Art Design
Chicago exhibitions The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960–1980 at the Smart Museum of Art and The Art and Influence of Dr. Margaret Burroughs at the DuSable Museum of African American History, which focused on artists working in and out of the Black Arts Movement.
> watch full panel
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Eurydice (2018)
Kandis Williams
Kandis Williams’ two-channel video installation Eurydice (2018),
installed at the 2018 edition of EXPO VIDEO curated by Anna Gritz (KW
Institute for Contemporary Art), takes the ancient myth of Orpheus and
Eurydice as a starting point to anchor the artist’s personal
investigation into how Western visual imagination has shaped the
construction of blackness and American culture. Understanding this
immateriality as the flip side of an overt concept of physicality,
Williams traces the entrapment of black bodies in a feedback loop of
fetishization and erasure.
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AfriCOBRA, AFRICOBRA 50 (installation view), 2018, courtesy of Kavi Gupta.
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Jae Jarrell, Going to NYC, 1994. Mixed media, 53 x 74 in, courtesy of Kavi Gupta.
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Kandis Williams, Eurydice
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Eurydice, installation view at EXPO CHICAGO, 2018. Curated by Anna Gritz.
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Eurydice, still from performance documentation by Brian Echon, 2017–2020.
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This Week in Programming and Exhibitions
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A
new project by Carrie Mae Weems (Syracuse University Artist in
Residence) raises public awareness about COVID-19 among people of
color—who have been disproportionately impacted by the deadly virus—by
promoting preventative measures and dispelling harmful falsehoods, while
also paying homage to front-line and essential workers who have placed
themselves in harm’s way.
The first phase of the Syracuse rollout is a series of billboards that
have debuted in targeted city neighborhoods. These will be followed by
PSAs on local radio stations and on social media platforms. In addition,
a series of promotional items will be made available at community
centers, COVID-19 testing sites, food banks, grocery stores and
churches. Materials will be produced in English, Spanish and Onondaga
language. Eventually, Weems hopes to expand the project to other cities
across the country.
> view here |
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The
current COVID 19 pandemic has necessitated a drastic reframing of how
art education is approached and accessed. Following the end of the
first semester/ term of online learning, Gallery 400, in partnership
with the BFA in Art Education program at UIC’s School of Art & Art
History, will host a series of conversations to explore how art
education has adapted to a virtual learning environment.
On Thursday, June 18 from 4 - 5:30pm join Carolina
Ibarra (Orozco Academy, Fine Arts & Sciences Elementary School), Jen
De Los Reyes (Associate Director, UIC School of Art & Art
History), Caroline Kent (Assistant Professor, Northwestern
University), Scott Sikkema, Mark Diaz & Joseph Spilberg (Chicago
Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)) to explore the the various ways
in which artists/art educators have ‘pivoted' in response to the
crisis.
> register here |
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Chicago Art for Black Futures
ACRE
Chicago Art for Black Futures
raises funds for black-led organizations through the sale of prints,
drawings, lightweight flatworks and editioned media. Available artworks
are those that uniquely challenge systems of oppression, offer a
visuality which poses a reorientation of our current state, or shares
language of care and healing. The goal is to raise at minimum $5,000 to
support Assata’s Daughters,
a Black woman, femme, gender non-binary, young person-directed
organization rooted in the Black Radical Tradition. Chicago Art for
Black Futures will run fthrough June 19th. A Juneteenth capsule
organized by Adia Sykes will be available on June 19th. The fundraiser
is devised by Stephanie Koch, Maggie Wong, Alden Burke, Curtis Miller
and Chris Reeves.
> view works
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Pallid Carrier
Alice Tippit
Pallid Carrier, opening June 27, 2020, marks PATRON’s first
exhibition with Chicago-based artist Alice Tippit. The title of the
exhibition gestures towards the name of a type of carrier snail that
gathers material as it moves across the ocean floor, cementing objects,
shells, and even other sea life to the surface of its own shell. The
exhibition marks the first for the gallery in its efforts to reopen, in
addition to the first show that will align with a soon to be announced
initiative and structural change for PATRON, which focuses on being more
active in our social advocacy and support. A percentage of all sales
from exhibitions from this point forward will be donated to
organizations and charitable causes of the artist’s choosing. For this
exhibition, Alice Tippit has chosen The Brave Space Alliance.
> view exhibition
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Fundraising and Resources
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Bisa Butler Poster
Claire Oliver Gallery
Claire Oliver Gallery has begun selling limited edition posters online
through a new online room. The first poster the New York City-based
gallery is selling in their “Art is for Everyone” series is a Bisa
Butler’s work titled "I Am Not Your Negro". Proceeds from the sales of
$50 poster will benefit Harlem Grown,
a nonprofit that supports local restaurants and homeless shelters that
have been adversely affected by the New York City’s shutdown and the
COVID19 pandemic.
> view the poster
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Freedom Fundraiser
The Earth Issue
The
Earth Issue’s Freedom Fundraiser is a print sale created to raise funds
for bail contributions and to support organisations fighting for social
justice. The fundraiser features work donated by more than 80 artists
and photographers around the world. 100% of proceeds after printing and
shipping will be donated to the organizations on Bail Funds: George
Floyd and the 4Front Project, a UK based youth organization that
empowers young people to fight for justice, peace and freedom.
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Propeller Impact Fund 2020
Propeller Fund
For 2020, Propeller Fund is adapting its annual project-based
re-granting program to now focus on providing short-term financial
support to artists who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Open to
artists in the Chicagoland area with a practice grounded in the visual
arts, Propeller Impact Fund will distribute $500 unrestricted, one-time
grants over four rounds of applications. The $500 grants are disbursed
the month following each application deadline. A total amount of $56,000
will be disbursed over the four rounds. Propeller Impact Fund welcomes
all eligible artists to apply, with priority consideration for
communities that are impacted disproportionately including: ALAANA
artists (African descendent, Latinx, Arab, Asian, Native American),
d/Deaf and disabled artists, LGBTQ2SIA+ artists, and gender
non-conforming and non-binary artists. Round two funding opens June 22 at 9am CDT and closes June 25, 2020 at 5pm CDT.
> apply here
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Call for Writers - Art Criticism
6018North
6018North is pleased to announce an online workshop on art criticism.
The workshop's aim is twofold: to contribute to the development of
Chicago-area writers who engage critically with contemporary art, and in
the longer term, to bring contemporary art to new audiences.Ten writers
will hone and advance their art writing, criticism, and practical
skills. Workshop leader Lise McKean, with a group of guest speakers and
one-on-one editors including Tempestt Hazel, Susan Snodgrass, Kate
Sierzputowski, and Agnieszka Gratza, will provide readings and
assignments to expand the conversation about the art form and to offer
one-on-one feedback on your writing. The workshop will meet weekly for
seven sessions. Workshop participants will receive a $150 honorarium.
Selection is limited to Chicago-area writers that can attend all of the
sessions. Application Deadline: Saturday, June 20. Course Dates: Wednesdays from July 8 to August 19 from 6:30-8:30 PM
> apply here
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Select Organizations to Support
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What We're Reading this Week
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