Re-viewed: Shanghype!
There’s been a lot of hype over Shanghype! a video exhibition here at the Hyde Park Art Center. Here are a couple of them. Two reviews, two opinions, which you do agree with? Respond below.
TalkingPoint with Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa
On January 5, Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa came by the Art Center as our featured TalkingPoint artist for January. Inspired by the Zapatista uprising of New Year’s Day, 1994, three young artists in Pilsen came together in 1996 to found the independent exhibition space and publishing collective known as polvo. Elvia gives us an overview of the history of polvo as well as us some images of her art work and puppets. The conversation meandered into the role and responsibility of artists to their community and how they interact with the entrenched residents of a neighborhood that is fighting gentrification. It was a terrific conversation and everything we hope for from TalkingPoint! Join our mailing list to get more info about TalkingPoint and other programs each month.
Talking Point with Melinda Fries
Repetition, Games, Chocolate, $$$$$, Animals, Desire, Radio, Doubt, and Superstition are just some of the topics featured on this month’s Talking Point artist Melinda Fries’ website, www.ausgang.com. For the past 9 years she has been working on this website, calling it “a kind of conversation visual people can have.” With pizza & beer, a book exchange, a CD burning station, and conversation it turned out to be a great evening at the Art Center!
Check out her website and join us for Talking Point with Joan Giroux on Monday September 8, 2008!
Makin' Music
Inspired by Monica Herrera’s current exhibition, Strings, this month’s Second Sunday featured a day full of music. Everyone enjoyed spending the day making their own unique banjo boxes with teaching artist Sara Holwerda and watching live tap dance performer Annie Rudnick!
Check out the photos below and mark your calendar for next months Fun For All Sunday September 14, 12-4pm!
Second Sunday!
This month’s Second Sunday event, with two main workshops and a BBQ, was an afternoon the whole family enjoyed! Portrait of a Portrait, inspired by Dale Washington’s current exhibition, Kiss on the Cheek, and printmaking in Studio 3 were the highlights of the day! The great weather also sparked some spontaneous fun with sidewalk chalk!
Check out the photos below, then mark your calendar for next month’s Second Sunday, August 10, 2008!
First Annual Student Sale!
This past Sunday, Hyde Park Art Center showcased the talent of its students at the first ever student sale. The wide variety of items for sale included: wood block prints, ceramics, jewelry, and handmade cards. With the doors of Gallery 1 open to the street everyone got to spend the afternoon browsing the students work while enjoying the beautiful weather and BBQ outside!
Also, 10% of every sale went to the Hyde Park Art Center’s scholarship fund!
Check out the photos below!
Talking Point with Rachel Caidor
Last week our monthly Talking Point started off with a glimpse into Rachel Caidor’s fascination with the Great Blacks in Wax Museum located in Baltimore. Her many photographs gave everyone a visual tour through the museum, while rasing numerous questions that were discussed after the slideshow. What is gained and lost by putting black history in such a space? Who gets immortalized in the wax museum and why? Finally, who would you like to see in a wax museum, in a black museum, or both?
What do you think? Share your thoughts below!
Rachel Caidor graduated from the Women’s Studies program at the University of Maryland, and currently works for the Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline.
TalkingPoint with Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman
Last Monday Artists Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman sat down with our TalkingPoint crowd and discussed the career path of the artist, and how things have changed during their lives. With humorous anecdotes and advice for the many participants, everyone came away with a new nugget of wisdom.
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Chic-a-Go-Go Second Sunday!
Torrential downpours may have dampened the start of Second Sunday this past weekend, but Chic-a-Go-Go arrived just in time to brighten the day! The CAN-TV show brought the Austrailian band the Cannanes!
Playing in Gallery 1 and interacting with Kelly Kaczynski’s Olympus Manger, the crowd danced and sang along, with the garage doors open, and just as the sun came out after the storms. Check out these pictures from the day! Join us for next month’s Second Sunday, on July 13th!
Still Recovering from Creative Move 3!
That’s right. The staff members here at HPAC are still trying to catch up on sleep and sanity after 24 hours of art, performances and fun this past weekend. Creative Move 3 was a big success and hundreds of people of all ages came out to celebrate and get in touch with their creative sides. Highlights include performances by Synapse Arts Collective, Darrell Jones, Spot and Rocco, installations by Kally Kaszynski and Rebecca Keller, lots of exciting projects and workshops, and a gigantic cake shaped like a mountain! The video below features Japanese drummers, JASC Tsukasa Taiko, and Kaszynski’s installation, ‘Olympus Manger,’ Scene II.
Creative Move on the Go!
We started at 8pm, but if you missed last night, never fear! We’re still rolling! With a free brunch, musical performances, and workshops galore, there’s still plenty to do. And stop in to help us ‘Move Mountains” by checking out the show Olympus Manger.
TalkingPoint - Laura Kina Aronson
On Monday, the Art Center welcomed Laura Kina Aronson as its featured artist. Laura is a Chicago-based artist, educator and Asian American activist. An Assistant Professor of Art, Media and Design and the Program Director of Asian American Studies at DePaul University, her work is focused on the fluidity of cultural difference, in the slipperiness of identity and what we think of as “race” and how that intersects with ethnicity, religion, class, and gender.
Spring Break Camp Wraps!
We had a great two weeks of Spring Break Camps which wrapped up this past friday. Two separate one week sessions which had a really fantastic mix of kids kicked some life into the Art Center and gave us a bit of a preview of summer camps! It sounds like everyone had a blast, and we absolutely enjoyed having them here!
Happy Chinese New Year! Second Sundays
One more Second Sunday in the books. A great crowd braved the single digit cold to heat up the Art Center, making soft sculpture puppets, mini books, and celebrating the opening of Language Art. And on top of all that, we had a lion dance! If you couldn’t make it down this month, stop in on March 9th for our next Second Sunday!
Hui-min Tsen at TalkingPoint
Hui-min Tsen was our February TalkingPoint artist and she brought an interactive activity for the crowd to participate in! Working on a mapping project where participants marked on a map areas of the city of Chicago that Hui-min should visit and places to avoid, the artist creates dialogue not only about people’s impressions of her, but also their own views of the city. It was another great conversation in the series!
Happy 35th Birthday, Colleen!
She looks amazing for 35, doesn’t she?
Ok, so she’s actually only 27, but that doesn’t make her any less great looking! We celebrated the birthday of our favorite Art Center vegan yesterday with all sorts of non-animal enhanced/influenced/based products. And it was still pretty delicious! Happy Birthday, Colleen!
Happy Birthday, Kate!
Lovely Kate Lorenz turned a mature, yet youthful 31 yesterday (also known as 29 years and 24 months) and we celebrated in typical Art Center fashion with a cake. An awesome delicious cake!
Happy Birthday, Kate!
Best Cake ever!
(or close to it)
Fun for Whom? Fun for All!
The second sunday of January 2008 saw a slight uptick in activity as the Art Center hosted a Fun for All! Workshops in all the studios and performances from CUBE and Mario Smith made for a fantastic afternoon for the whole family. The sights of the day are below, but if you want to experience it for yourself, stop by next month on February 10th, from 1pm-4pm for Second Sundays!
Aya-Nikole Cook and Haji
On Monday, artist Aya-Nikole Cook was our featured TalkingPoint artist. Aya is a Chicago-based Designer and the creator of HAJI, a Couture line of Accessories. The line, which debuted in October 2006, consists of two collections: Mystic and Devotion. Aya also works with garment design and she has designed costumes for several of artist, Kerry James Marshall’s conceptual projects. For more about Aya’s work and the HAJI collection, visit her website.
TalkingPoint: Laurie Jo Reynolds
We had a record crowd for our TalkingPoint last night with Laurie Jo Reynolds! Partnering with the Public Square and their Artists, Activists, and Authors After Hours (AAAH) series, the discussion last night focused on the role of the arts in communicating the experience of incarceration, and more specifically, what has been referred to as the warehousing of prisoners.
There was a special screening of Space Ghost, a short film which compares the experiences of astronauts and prisoners and readings of poetry written by currently-incarcerated Illinois prisoners. Family members of the incarcerated and ex-prisoners were also on hand to react and respond to these works and to discuss the impact of long-term incarceration. There was also a special call-in by Victor Safforld, an inmate on death row, who inspired the crowd and read some of his poetry.
Thank you to everyone who attended! It was a truly extraordinary evening. If you’d like to leave your thoughts about the program and the event, please comment!
December Sundays
The Art Center wrapped up its third successful Second Sunday program this past weekend. Tons of courageous families braved the cold and ice, all in the name of creativity and art!
Teaching Artist Shannon Kerrigan led participants in creating fun photo albums and books, while Krystal Meisel helped them fill their books with photos of the whole family! Meanwhile Suzanne Sebold-Suso drew participants to assist her in art making for her upcoming exhibition Lanuage Art, opening in February 2008.
Here are some shots from the day. Thank you to everyone who came! Next month come on down for Fun for All, January 13th!
Thanks go to the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust, and the Leo S. Guthman Fund for making the events possible.
Another Second Sunday in the books!
The Art Center hosted another fun and fantastic Second Sunday this past weekend. Teaching Artists Jessi Walsh and Rebecca Zemans led our many family participants in letter writing and drawings for peace, as well as creating time capsules! Check out these pictures from the weekend, and we hope you can join us for next month’s Second Sunday, on Sunday, December 9th, from 1pm-4pm.
Art or jazz? No need to choose...
Saturday’s Hyde Park Jazz Festival was a whirlwind, day-and-night extravaganza celebrating jazz, art, and culture in Hyde Park. The festival culminated in a concert at the Hyde Park Art Center featuring Jimmy Ellis, Maggie Brown, Willie Pickens, and Corey Wilkes. Howard Reich called it “the fastest 14 hours in jazz — as well as the most inspiring”, and we couldn’t agree more!
Maggie Brown performs to a packed house at HPAC.
Cocktails and Clay...with a special performance
Not only did this month’s Cocktails and Clay please the crowd with hot beats from the DJ, drinks flowing from the bar, and rotating clay workshops, the highlight of the night was an animated performance by third Swan from the end, a group of voguers, improvisers, and contemporary dancers, who never ceased to rouse the crowd with its energetic vibes and vigorous movements.
What's in a number?
What do these things have in common?
The number of tracks on the Beatles’ White Album…
The number of days in April, June, September, and November…
The code for international direct calls to Greece…
The second point that is scored by one side in tennis…
The interstate that runs from Texas to Arkansas…
The number of times that Ray has travelled around the sun…
Art Fair Weekend
It ALWAYS rains on Art Fair weekend (some things never change!), but the 57th Street Art Fair is also always a great chance for the Hyde Park Art Center to bring free hands-on art-making to the community, to share our resources with new people, and to just have a chance to hang out with the friendly folks strolling around the fair…
Catching up with TEART
Neither snow nor rain will keep the TEART crowd from the Art Center’s 1st Tuesday event! In both March and April, the weather was bleak, but 4833 was filled with people enjoying coffee, talking about art, and meeting new friends.
Braving the snow for TEART
A dedicated group of art lovers showed up for February’s TEART, despite the freezing temperatures and the messy weather. Sipping hot coffee and tea from Istria cafe and snacking on an assortment of delicious cookies (homemade by our own Martha Clinton), this crowd kept warm while listening to exhibiting artist (and HPAC student) Angela Lee discuss her exhibition, Marking the Body.
Angela Lee in conversation with the crowd
Angela talked about taking chances, trying new techniques, and giving some control up in order to let the creative process work. Sharing their own experiences and asking insightful questions, this group really got into it!
Happy Birthday, Colleen!
Birthdays keep rolling along here at HPAC! Our favorite vegan turned a whopping 26 yesterday. Happy Birthday Colleen!
Colleen gets excited for her vegan cake and ice cream!
Baby, it's cold outside...
…but the Art Center’s heating up! A great slate of openings brought the crowds in, and those who were adventurous enough to brave the cold got a chance to mingle, meet the artists, chat, and have some potato skins (a la the super bowl) Check out these images from the opening, and some shots of the World Premiere of Max King Cap’s New Media Opera, God’s Punk. Congratulations to Angela Lee, Lorraine Peltz, Dale Washington, Darrel Roberts, and Max King Cap on the openings of their shows!
Darrell Roberts discusses his work.
And for all you Bears fans out there, wait ‘til next year! We’re going 16-0!
Happy Birthday, Kate!
Art Center Staff or Secret Agents? You decide.
Our very own Director of Development, Kate Lorenz, turned a youthful and exuberant 30 today! Woohoo! Of course being the celebrity that she is, Kate had multiple parties and celebrated all weekend long leading up to today, her actual birthday. Happy 29 years and 365 days, Kate!
series A continues...
series A, the experimental writing series facilitated by William Allegrezza has provided the Art Center with a steady stream of literary energy to complement our visual arts activities. Well attended and high quality, it’s been a treat to serve as the host site for the program. If you haven’t been able to come by yet to check it out, please do! Here are some images from the most recent series A on Tuesday, January 23rd with readers Aaron Belz and Kristy Odelius. Our next series A features Sterling Plumpp and an accompanying musical trio and will take place on February 22nd at 7 pm.
TalkingPoint with David Schutter
The crowd at TalkingPoint!
U of C Visiting Artist and current Hyde Park Art Center studio resident David Schutter was our featured artist at TalkingPoint this past Monday. David discussed his current body of work and the process he’s gone through to accomplish it. His paintings are reproductions, done completely from memory of various paintings. He works the colors and tones to such an extent that recognizable objects become faded from view and part of a sublime and translucent surface. The discussion focused on not just his process, but also the notion of memory and the individual, and the ways that memory can become an interpretation rather than a true recounting of the facts.
Were you at TalkingPoint? Share your thoughts!
Cocktails, Clay, CLTV
On Friday night, the Art Center hosted its’ third Cocktails and Clay event! Another rousing success, visitors to the Art Center were able to enjoy drinks from Bar Louie, browse the exhibitions (a last chance look at the Sun Ra shows, which are now down), and participate in some cosmic funkiness with resident master of clay, Theaster Gates. On top of that, CLTV was at the Art Center to film the event and hailed Cocktails & Clay as a fun and creative alternative to the same old friday night activities. Go to the CLTV website and click on Cocktails and Clay under the Video Playlist.
Or click here to play directly.
TalkShop - Much Ado About Technology?
We had a fantastic group down at the Art Center for our second TalkShop program. The group heard from a panel consisting of representatives from several smaller media organizations including Co Op Image Group, the Video Data Bank, FreeStreet Media, Chicago Children’s International Film Festival, and Inferno Studios, each of whom delivered a Mini-Manifesto. After lunch, everyone headed upstairs to the Thurow Digital Studios to participate in some hands on digital art making. Were you here? Tell us what you thought? Wish you could have made it? Keep your eye out for video clips from the program. Thanks to everyone who came, and especially to Andres Hernandez, who facilitated the program!
Hearing from Inferno Studios.
The Aftermath of Fun for All
HPAC hosted its first ever Fun for All this past Sunday, and what a blast! Over 500 people were in attendance at the event, which featured ceramics, origami, a Sun Ra scavenger hunt, creating musical instruments (rainsticks), making your own album cover (of which we had some awesome ones), soft sculpture (a crowd favorite) and digital photo making. On top of that the Ways and Means Trio performed, University Ballet put on a show, and storytellers from Tellebration participated. It was a packed day, and a great crowd. Below are some of the sights from our Fun for All, which we hope will be the first of many! Were you there? Did you have a favorite activity? Leave a comment!
The Symposium that was...
Last weekend, the Hyde Park Art Center hosted Traveling the Spaceways, a Sun Ra symposium. Well-attended by several hundred Sun Ra fans and afficiandos, there were musical performances, readings, discussions and panels, and a gathering of like minds which truly commemorated and honored Sun Ra and his work. Video highlights from the weekend will be posted shortly, but until then, here are some images from the symposium. If you attended, please share your experiences and thoughts from the weekend!
Performer Cheryl Lynn Bruce reads from Sun Ra’s Broadsheets
TalkingPoint - Industry of the Ordinary
On Monday, the Art Center hosted another installment of TalkingPoint, our casual artist discussion series. Featured were the members of Industry of the Ordinary, Adam Brooks and Matthew Wilson. Discussing some of their collaborative works, the group engaged in a dialogue of the definition of collaboration, what it means to Adam and Matt, who exactly is a collaborator, and how some of their best collaborative work gets accomplished while having a pint at the pub and watching a football match.
Never heard of Industry of the Ordinary? Check out their website. They’ve done several great projects at the Art Center, including Epliation, Attaining the Summit, and Batter II. One of the great things about their art is that due to the very public and performative nature of much of their work, they really engage the audience and make contemporary art accessible. Always keep your eye out, they could be plotting a project right in front of you soon!
The Dedication of the Oakman Clinton School and Studios
On Friday, November 10th, the Hyde Park Art Center officially dedicated our school and studios as the Oakman Clinton School and Studio. Martha Clinton is an HPAC board member who has been pivotal in supporting the Art Center and its activities. Whether it was baking cookies for an Art Center program, helping to move chairs hours before our Opening Gala, or greeting visitors as they arrived to Just Good Art, Martha has always been there to help out. Additionally, her father, Arthur Oakman, was a WPA artist who painted murals and landscapes, as well as being an educator. He embodied many of the ideals that HPAC’s school and studios represent, the teaching artist who shares his gifts with those who want to learn.
Ra-Inspired with Thurston Moore
The Hyde Park Art Center hosted a rocking evening over at the Hideout, paying tribute to Sun Ra. After openers My Barbarian warmed up the crowd, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Avreeyal Ra on drums, and Jim Baker on ARP synth played an amazing set to a packed house.
Thurston Moore at the Hideout!
If you haven’t gotten your Sun Ra fix after that, stop in over at the Hyde Park Art Center as we host a Sun Ra Symposium all weekend.
Video! Speaking of Passage...
Were you hoping to catch Speaking of Passage: Two Artists in the Conversation of Migration with Theaster Gates and Kelly Tsai, but couldn’t make it down to HPAC? Well you’re in luck, we’ve got video of the performance right here. Enjoy this video clip from the program, and make sure you get yourself down here for our next event!
For those that hadn’t heard about it, the program was a unique “performance-dialogue” that weaves together the two art forms of sculpture and spoken word, and featured sculptor Theaster Gates and Poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai. In their performance, Theaster and Kelly blended the richness of their two cultural traditions into a larger ritual of re-membering and transforming word through contemporary performance.
TalkingPoint - Fred Lonberg-Holm
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
Sunday Jazz at the Art Center
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
TalkShops - Community Arts Partnerships
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
Cocktails & Clay....& more Cocktails!
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!
series A at HPAC
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.
Just Good Times!
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!
Shane Huffman's Talk
A recap by an attendee of the talk with artist Shane Huffman, about his show Wanna be a part of the Human Race?, which took place last Tuesday in 4833.
Shane Huffman was extremely generous in letting audience members into his private thoughts about the work during his informal talk. Armed with only his journal and a couple of 19th century books on flight, it is clear that this work is part of an ongoing investigation happening within his mind and body. Amazingly enough, Shane was able to adequately explain his use of white plexi frames in relation to the black and white photographs that float inside them. The short and simple hint: a big tall glass of milk…ahhh, the substance of life.
Were you there for the talk? Have something to add? Or maybe you’ve got a thought about the commentary. Share in our comments section below! Here are some more images from the discussion.
A buzzing crowd!
TalkingPoint with Jeff Carter
Sculptor and Professor Jeff Carter was the speaker at our fifth TalkingPoint this past Monday, September 11th. Although not directly addressing the 9/11 anniversary, his work relates to travel, tourism, and culture, a field indelibly marked by the date. The discussion included some images of Carter’s work, followed by a lively and intimate discussion on the differences between travelers and tourists, individual accounts of travel experiences, and the question of authenticity. What is truly an authentic experience and who has the right to bestow upon an object or experience the title of being “authentic”? Please share your thoughts and tales of traveling the world!
Sculptor and Artist Jeff Carter
High Jump Alum Reunion
The Art Center and 4833 hosted the 2006 High Jump program Alumni Reunion. About 40 past High Jump students came to reunite, chat, and have a good time at the Art Center. High Jump is a tuition-free, two-and-one-half year, academic enrichment program for talented and motivated middle school students with limited family income. The program, founded in 1989, prepares students for top parochial, public, and independent college preparatory schools. Here are a couple of images from the event. We hope everyone had a good time!
The Reunion starts!
Three Openings - One Weekend!
The Art Center hosted three separate openings this weekend, all at the same time! From 3pm-5pm on Sunday, over 130 people cruised through the Art Center to check out Ruby Satellite (curated by Ciarra Ennis), Recalling Americana (Photographer Jennifer Greenburg), and Drawing with Outer Space (Artist Scott Wolniak). Check out these images from the opening, and please stop by the space to check out the shows!
The Catwalk Gallery and Scott Wolniak’s Drawing from Outer Space.
A Good Old-Fashioned BBQ!
To celebrate the opening of Home of the Free, HPAC’s newest exhibition curated by Jens Hoffmann, the Art Center hosted a free Barbecue on our plaza this past Sunday, June 25th. Burgers, Hot Dog, Chips, and more were part of the festivities as revelers were given a chance to express what their notion of Freedom is, either through donations of objects, pinning pieces up on our wall, or taking advantage of Hyde Park Corner, the Art Center’s own personal soapbox. Come take part in the exhibition and leave a piece of what you believe Freedom is.
TalkingPoint with Jens Hoffmann
Last night we had a great conversation with ICA Curator Jens Hoffmann about his upcoming HPAC exhibition Home of the Free. A crowd of artists, curators and generally interesting folk came to partake in good beer, pizza, and talk.
What is a Canjo?
Want to know what a Canjo is? Come by 4833 and check out a few of these fascinating and melodic instruments, created by students at Bowen High School under the tutelage of Art Teacher Bert Stabler. Here’s a taste:
The Gala!
The Hyde Park Art Center’s Grand Opening Gala dazzled and wowed the crowd. Highlights included the honoring of longtime HPAC Board Member and patron, Ruth Horwich, cocktails with the artists from our first exhibition, TAKEOVER, and an impromptu performance by Industry of the Ordinary.
Our Grand Opening Gala honored the one and only Ruth Horwich.
The Ribbon Cutting
The Mayor, Aldermen, State Senator, and officials galore turned out for the official ribbon cutting of the new Art Center building, but most importantly an enthusiastic and energetic crowd made up of friends, community members, and patrons of the arts were there. Here are a couple looks at the momentous occasion.
Visitors packed Gallery 1 for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Images at Last!
It’s taken us a while, but who doesn’t have trouble after settling in from a move. Enjoy some of the sights from our Creative Move weekend. We hope you come and visit!
A look into Gallery 1 from the Catwalk Gallery
Takeover: Round Table Discussion
A varied group of artists, art administrators, and other interested individuals gathered last Thursday night for a round table discussion featuring Anthony Elms, Adelheid Mers, Dale Washington, Allison Peters, and Ray Yang. The evening centered on the question: what happens when artists take over an institution?
TalkingPoint: Random Sky
Our first TalkingPoint was a success! The evening featured Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Mark Hereld, and Rick Gribenas, who together created the first piece for the Jackman-Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery, Random Sky.
Creative Move
On Sunday night, after 36 hours of continuous programs, performances, and more, a weary Art Center staff locked up the new 5020 S. Cornell building and headed home. It was a fantastic weekend, with a total visitor count still to be determined (although well surpassing our expectations) and a bright start for the Hyde Park Art Center. Highlights on the weekend included overwhelming responses to our demo workshops in the new Perlow Multimedia Studios, a rowdy crowd for midnight ceramics, the much anticipated premiere of Random Sky on the Jackman-Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery, and great early morning crowds in 4833 rph for yoga and pilates, and a line that extended all the way down the corridor for Industry of the Ordinary’s Pancake breakfast. More details and images to come! Thanks to everyone who was a part of the weekend and helped to make it possible, especially our volunteers and artists!
The Gala
On Saturday, April 22nd, the Hyde Park Art Center hosted its Grand Opening Gala, with over 500 guests. Visitors got a preview of our inaugural exhibition TAKEOVER, and mingled with artists and staff while exploring the entire building, classrooms, studios, exhibition galleries, offices, and more. During dinner, we watched a tribute video to Ruth Horwich, our honorary Board Chair, and she was presented with a special thank you gift for her many years of contributions to the Art Center. Each guest also received a copy of our commemorative book Perpetually Strange which chronicled the history of the Hyde Park Art Center. After dinner, staff and friends continued the celebration and danced the night away with cocktails, dessert, and good cheer.
Please be sure to join us as we open the entire building up the public during our Creative Move this weekend, April 29th and 30th. The Art Center will be open for 36 straight hours as we host performers, music, workshops, art classes, talks, and much more to kick off our new opening with a bang.
What Happened Last Night?
What happended at the latest HPAC event? Our Gala? Our Creative Move? Find out here!