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On Friday our final full camp session ended. After five fantastic camp sessions, and one mini-camp, we’re almost completely tuckered out. However we’ve got one more mini-camp going this week before we pack the camp supplies up and get ourselves ready for the Fall. Check out these photos from the last session and keep your eye out for pictures from our camp 5 performances!
Camp at the Art Institute of Chicago!
Monday, August 21, we hosted our fourth TalkingPoint, featuring two of the artists participating in our Home of the Free exhibition, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. Jennifer and Guillermo drew our biggest crowd yet of artists, activists, and other general all-around interesting folks, as they talked about projects they’ve completed surrounding the island of Vieques in the Carribbean, and the controversy which hovers around it. Keep your eye out for a video broadcast of the conversation on CAN TV!
Please join us next month on September 11th, at 6pm as we discuss politics, government, and their intersection with the artworld!
The Crowd gathered!
Artist Mario Ybarra Jr. came to the Art Center as part of our Home of the Free exhibition programming. On Thursday, August 10th, Mario discussed artwork made by prisoners in the California jail system, and the reason he had an interest in the work, relating stories of childhood friends who’ve spent more of their lives in the jail system than outside of it. He also related the community work he does through his gallery and youth organizations.
The next day Mario spent some time working with our Session 4 Teen Camp. Here are some images from his time with the kids.
Mario hanging out with the Teens!
What do you think freedom is? What symbolizes freedom to you? Join the conversation and bring an object which represents your idea or notion of freedom to be a part of the Art Center’s exhibition Home of the Free.
Also, join us for another installment of TalkingPoint, on Monday, August 21st, at 6pm, as artists Jennfier Allora and Guillermo Calzadia discuss their participation in Home of the Free.
Teaching Artist Suzanne Sebold-Suso, along with volunteers and staff from HPAC, led an activity at the chicago Children’s Museum Arts Dat down at Navy Pier on August 2nd. Visitors created their own prints using styrofoam plates and blocks. Check out the fun!
Volunteers helped kids create imaginative prints!
Here are some of the latest additions to Home of the Free, an exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center. Community members and visitors to the Art Center have left these objects to contribute to the exhibition. As you can see, definitions and expressions of freedom range from the personal to the political, and everything in between.
Thoughtful additions to the show contributed by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program of Northwestern Memorial Hospital