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Happy Halloween from the Hyde Park Art Center! For a spooky, scary time, visit a haunted house! But for some cool art and creative experiences, swing on by the Art Center. Just a couple shots of the fun we’re having here today!
Last Monday, Musician Fred Lonberg-Holm came down to the Art Center as our featured artist for the October TalkingPoint. Fred discussed topics ranging from improvisation to the importance, value, and investment that any one artist has in their work. What makes something great? What makes it mediocre? Does it matter if the person themself thinks it’s good?
If you were here for the discussion, please share your thoughts!
TalkingPoint with Fred Lonberg-Holm
The AACM and the Art Center hosted the first in a series of concerts this past Sunday. The Dee Alexander Evolution Ensemble performed a full set to an equally full crowd in the Art Center’s main exhibition hall. Trumpets, cellos, drums, and Dee’s voice filled the gallery and even attracted some curious strangers off the street who came by just to see what was going on. Be sure to check out the next concert on November 5 at 3pm featuring the Mwata Bowden Sound Spectrum.
Performers in our Gallery
This past Saturday saw the rebirth of the Art Center’s popular series of workshops/panels called appropriately enough, TalkShops. Focused on the field of Art Education, this series examines varying topics including collaborations, media, technology, childhood learning, and much more. This session was facilitated by Cynthia Weiss and Paul Teruel of Columbia College’s Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP), and featured activities in theater and photography. Our other presenters were Tony Sancho, Deborah Guzman, and Sarah Beckstrom.
Our TalkShops Working Group
HPAC’s very first Cocktails & Clay was last Friday, October 13, and it was a huge success - thanks to everyone who came out to have some drinks, do a little dancing, and of course, play with clay. Check out our Flickr photo set to see if you can tell which group won the “build the tallest coil pot” contest!
Come see some images from the Art Center’s Summer Camps, when the students learned about Sun Ra and created artwork and performances based on Afro-Futurism and the man himself. The show, Angels and Demons at Play, showcases images form the Camp Plays and Parade, as well as the actual backdrops created by our campers are on display on the second floor of the Art Center, just outside the administrative offices and the Jackman-Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery.
Camp Backdrops based on Sun Ra studies
“The Inland Romance series reflects my interest in industrial landscape and urban infrastructure. They try to capture the fast pace of activity in the city, and sometimes suggest maps. These works have evolved from pen and ink drawings based on similar material drawn in the late 1960s and early 1970s. While these paintings are much more complex, the relationship to earlier work remains visible. The Inland Romance series began in 1993.”
— John Himmelfarb
Gallery view of Inland Romance
series A is an experimental writing and reading series being hosted by the Hyde Park Art Center. Join us one Tuesday each month to hear some great poetry and fiction that truly pushes the envelope on creativity.
Looking in on series A.
Want a slightly better view of Doppelganger? Here’s a look at night, when the screen is brightest, and there’s a real sense that each figure is glowing as they move across the facade. Were you part of the filming? If so, share your experience! Have a thought about the piece? Let us know!
A Closer Look…
We had Two Birthdays here in the last two weeks at the Art Center. In fact, the birthdays were for our fabulous education staff! Cake and ice cream for all. Yum…Wish them Happy Birthdays if you happen to run into them. It’s never too late. At least not until their next birthday!
Happy Birthday Michelle!
Happy Birthday Blake!
The Art Center held its Fall benefit, Just Good Art, this past Saturday, and it was a rollicking success! With the galleries packed and spirits high, our auctioneer, long time arts and culture journalist Victoria Lautman led the crowd through over 100 pieces of artwork. After the auction the Art Center partied late into the night with our DJ’s, the Kid from Left Field and Major Taylor. Thank you to all of our volunteers, without whom we couldn’t have pulled off the evening, and of course thank you to everyone who came!
The bidding was fast and furious!