Looking for something awesome to do this weekend? Well, we’ve got just the thing for you. Starting this friday at 8pm, we’ll kick off another 24 hours of creativity, fun, and general coolness. You can view the schedule for Creative Move: Moving Mountains here.
Will you be there?
Local writer and all-around Chicago enthusiast Anthonia Akitunde interviewed series A’s Bill Allegrezza to find out more about Chicago’s poetry scene, what makes something “experimental”, and the impetus behind the reading series, which we host here at the Hyde Park Art Center. Read the interview at I Am Chicago.
It’s coming….
Stay Tuned for more details.
…and we’re not even talking Barack vs. Hillary (not this time, anyway)! Rather, Tribune critic Alan Artner reviewed Chuck Walker’s Through a Glass Darkly on February 15, and a number of readers had very strong reactions to Artner’s opinion.
Teaching Artist Sarah Kaiser has an interview over on the ArtStyle blog. Check it out here.
Anyone want to help paint a gallery? Bring your own roller.
Executive Director Chuck Thurow is off enjoying the Southern Hemisphere, and since he’s been gone, the Art Center has plummeted into chaos! All manners of vice and debauchery taking place, and in Chuck’s very own office!
The very first Art Center baby has arrived! Our very own 4833 Program Director, Ray Yang, and his wife Emily became parents on Monday, October 29 - and it’s a boy! Looks like another Second Sundays/Fun For All participant has been born…might his first words be “Hyde Park Art Center”?
Congrats, Ray and Emily!
Starting Thursday, grab your copy of this week’s Newcity and check out the Hyde Park Art Center’s Consuming War circular - it’s a pull-out you can keep, and it lists all the upcoming events for our next major show. There are also pictures of the works, info about the artists, clip-and-saves, and more. Don’t miss it!
Our very own Studio Manager, Michelle Beckett turned 30 on friday! If you see her on the street or at the Art Center, please wish her a happy birthday! Yay, Michelle!
That;s what it looks like folks! White paper in the windows, a fairly unattractive new wall put up in the entryway to the cafe space, and signs! Istria is coming soon! Keep your eyes peeled and we’ll keep you posted on an official opening date.
The Hyde Park Art Center makes an appearance not once but twice in Newcity’s Best of Chicago 2007 as Readers’ Choice picks!
Did you come by for Fun for All? If not, why not? You missed a blast!
Of course, if you missed Fun for All, you can still bring the family (and anyone else interested in a good time) by for Second Sundays, our new monthly family afternoon. the first one is scheduled for October 14th, from 1pm-4pm.
Here’s a recap of Sunday afternoon in pictures. Enjoy!
Want to help make the Hyde Park Art Center the “Best of Chicago”? Fill us in for “Best non-profit” or how about Speaker Project or Pedagogical Factory for “Best Exhibition”. But hurry, voting ends midnight September 15th!
Participate in NewCity’s Best of Chicago poll here.
Chris has been known to take the occasional joyride in the scissor lift. Please stay out of his way. He’s not so good at steering the thing yet.
You may know him as the friendly face behind the front desk during the evenings.
Or maybe as the guy toiling away on an exhibition installation.
Or maybe you’ve just bumped into him one night on one of his drunken rampages (probably not though since he never seems to rage or get drunk)
Whatever the case, we sadly bid farewell to Philip Nadasdy, the Front Desk Coordinator and frequent Exhibition Volunteer. We always knew we wouldn’t get to keep Philip forever, and we’re very happy for him as he moves on to bigger and better things. Good luck Philip!
Stop by and say goodbye on his last day at the Art Center this Sunday.
Earlier this year New Zealander Bruce Phillips took up residence in the Administrative Offices of the Art Center and began brainstorming a project with Executive director Chuck Thurow and the rest of the Art Center staff. Bruce is back in New Zealand now, but the project is well on its way, and Bruce is making international headlines talking about the Hyde Park Art Center. Check out this article from the Taranaki Daily News!
Every inch of the two levels of 5020 S. Cornell has been used as exhibition space during the Art Center’s first year of operation in its new space, so why not extend ourselves a little further and use the roof while we’re at it!
On Tuesday, July 24th the HPAC team rallied themselves and spent the day in a luxury suite at US Cellular Field. We felt that there couldn’t be a better way to kick-off the commencement of our Fall 2008 benefit, Not Just Another Pretty Face, than to eat hot dogs, drink a beer, and mingle with local artists and patrons. If I may say so, we were not wrong. The Chicago White Sox won against the Detroit Tigers, and now our year long endeavor is in full swing.
He’s definitely in the Art Center, but where could this swanky den of love that our very own Chris Hammes is reclining in be located? If you know, you could win an Art Center T-Shirt!
HPAC’s Creative Events Committee (the group that brings you Creative Move, Cocktails & Clay, Fun For All, and more) is branching out…to Michigan! Only a short car ride away, and full of Chicagoans and art lovers, the towns of Three Oaks, Union Pier, Lakeside, and Sawyer are perfect places to engage the artistic community. We spent the day there in early July to get a feel for the area and make some plans…
In its continuing march towards becoming an internationally recognized venue for cutting edge contemporary art, the Hyde Park Art Center conquers yet another small and prospering nation. This time, our Executive Director, Chuck Thurow touched down in Albania for several days and spread some Art Center goodwill in the form of t-shirts. Get yours today by becoming a member of the Art Center!
HPAC T-Shirt Detail
Christina Jensen is our new Development Associate and today is her first day! Here she is, jumping straight into the fire and getting familiar with our database, eTapestry.
If you see her in the halls, say hello. Welcome aboard, Christina. We hope you like it here!
Farewell, Speaker Project! Watching Juan’s sculpture be disassembled and carried out through the big garage doors this week has been bittersweet. …I think we’re all sorry to see it go. (Juan, if the offer still stands to let me reassemble it in my bedroom, I’m in!). Although there have been many highlights from the show, starting with an over-enthusiastic fan throwing up ON the sculpture opening night, to an amazing performance by the Kenwood Academy Jazz Ensemble, to mysterious performance sounds making their way all the way up to the Upstairs Office throughout the workday, Juan’s TalkingPoint a few weeks ago was a particular favorite.
Camp Session Two rolls along. Trips to the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago History Museum, and rehearsals for some fabulous performances tomorrow afternoon have kept everyone busy! Got some spare time tomorrow afternoon at 2pm? Swing by the Art Center and prepare to be wowed by our campers!
Last week the Art Center celebrated the birthday of one Allison Peters, and bid a sad farewell to Bruce Phillips, our visiting New Zealander. In true HPAC fashion, the occasion was celebrated with some awesome cake!
Additionally, check out these shots from our last TalkingPoint with Juan Angel Chavez and Patheogeographies with Dan Wang. Tons of stuff happening here at the Art Center. And don’t forget that this is the last weekend to see Speaker Project at the Art Center. Come see it before it’s gone!
Despite the many guesses that flooded in, no one completely correctly identified our new piece in the stairwell of the main lobby, Stacza Lipinski’s Hang Up. It’s a gorgeous cut paper piece of work that has already cpatured the imagination of many an art center visitor. Swing by to take a look.
Leave your guess in the comments section below. If you’ve been to the art center recently though, you should already know what this is! Stay tuned for the answer at the end of the day.
The Adventurous Type has come to the end of the road, and thus it’s time to deinstall and recycle! The Happy Hydrogen Bomb is no more, and what took a week to put into place is taking….roughly a week to come down. Stinking paint on the floor….
Check out Chris assisting the artists in clearing out the lobby.
Picking through the debris…
Any guesses?
WGN Morning News stopped by the Art Center to showcase some of our education programs and Speaker Project, Juan Angel Chavez’s exhibition current. In their Around Town segment, students from Canter Middle School demonstrated the work printmaking work they did with Teaching Artist Mary Tepper now on view in Gallery 5 called Exquisite Rivers. WGN also spoke with Juan in Gallery 1 while a band performed inside the speaker. Check out this link on the WGN Morning site. Select ‘Around Town at Hyde Park Art Center’ and see Canter students and Media star Blake Bradford!
We’re all tuckered out from a fabulous 24 hour celebration. Maybe you heard about it? Creative Move Too? Hope you made it down here. Thank you to everyone who attended, all our performers, and the many businesses, groups, volunteers, and organizations who gave off their time, donations, and energy to make it a success. More CM Too pics to come, but here are a couple shots from other recent fun at the Art Center.
…and there are still lots of people here! The dance-a-thon is going strong, as is the Chess-a-thon, but the Knit-a-thon has wrapped up with a champion. The staff is starting to fade a bit, but we’re doing our best to hang in there! Still up? Stop on by the Art Center, or come on in tomorrow morning. Gospel Brunch at 9am! Yoga at 8am!
Today, April 28th, 2007, the First Floor Managers Office has been officially renamed the Philip Nadasdy Center for Downstairs Administrative Duties. This one’s for you, Flip.
Our resident rainbow makes another appearance. Can you guess where it is now? T-shirt to the first correct guess.
…seriously. It’s all good though. Juan Angel Chavez has begun installing Speaker Project in Gallery 1 and took advantage of our handy dandy garage doors! Although it might have been cooler if he had actually just crashed into the space. Don’t tell Allison I said that though…
Everyone likes rainbows, right? Here’s something cool that happens in the mornings, around 8am here at the Hyde Park Art Center. Enjoy.
CPS Spring Break Camps are on at the Hyde Park Art Center this week! With two camp sessions (separated by age) and some great camp teachers, the kids are gearing up for some very cool performances at the end of the week. Check out these images from our works in progress, and if you want to see the final product, come for our performances at the end of the week on Friday.
working, painting, etc.
Chris has been ducking in and out of various nooks and crannies around the building as we install a whole bunch of shows over the next couple of weeks. But where is he in the picture below? Let us know your best guess and an Art Center T-Shirt is yours.
Between a stud and some drywall.
No blog postings for a week?!
What’s the deal?
Well, the whole Art Center went on vacation last week and we forgot to post any blog entries while we were gone….
Ok, not really. We’ve just been a little lax of late, but we’ll be getting back on track starting tomorrow. Your newest installment of “Where’s Chris?”, some previews of upcoming events, and a couple of long overdue recaps are all on their way, as well as our first ever guest posters soon to arrive as hosts of the 4833 blog. Stay tuned for more info.
It’s been an action packed week at the Hyde Park Art Center. Between a TalkingPoint discussion with Lorraine Peltz, an event with the University of Chicago, and our best ever TEART, things have been going non-stop. And we’ve still got Cocktails and Clay tonight! Keep an eye out for our TEART recap, and here’s a couple shots of the fun you could be having here at HPAC (that is if you’re taking Jessi Walsh’s Knitting Class on Saturdays)
As Blake Bradford might say, “Very Metal”
No one was able to correctly guess our first ever “Where’s Chris?” contest (He was just outside of Gallery 1 and next to the south stairwell), so here’s a new entry. At 2:28pm on Tuesday afternoon, Chris was once again spotted. Can you tell us where he is? And what is he holding in front of his head? The first correct answer wins a t-shirt!
Garofolo Architects and the Hyde Park Art Center were awarded second place by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation in their Architectural Excellence in Community Design category. The award was created to “encourage development that respects and strengthens the city’s architectural heritage, especially in neighborhoods confronting economic and social challenge.” The Garofalo-designed Hyde Park Art Center was recognized for making a significant contribution to the social, visual, and cultural life of its neighborhood. Specifically, the building was commended for being “A perfect fit between form and function, the Center is a structure that satisfies user needs while becoming a genuine work of art in itself.”
All that and we got a shiny award!
Exhibition Preparator Chris Hammes is all over the Art Center everyday. Where might he be next? Can you guess where he is right now? Here’s a picture of Chris at 10:30 am this morning, working on the building. Tune in tomorrow for the answer.
Who was the artist behind this piece? It’s located somewhere in the Art Center, and as a new addition, might not be here for long. Make your guesses on the comments space below. First person to get the artist name right and also tell us where in the Art Center the piece is right now gets a prize! Maybe a t-shirt? cookies? how about a lollipop? Or maybe a date with this man? Er….then again let’s just make it a t-shirt.
Ever wonder about the day to day happenings here at the Art Center? What it might look like when you’re in the midst of one of our classes and getting the high quality instruction our teaching artists provide? Well, wonder no more! Here are a few shots of a painting class with our very own Darrell Roberts (whose show Luscious is up now in Gallery 4) Our Spring Newsletter will be out in a couple of weeks, and then your chance to be a part of one of the most exciting and creative institution in the city of Chicago will be here again!
On a field trip to the Chicago History Museum a couple of months ago, the staff explored the new space’s galleries and exhibits. Of particular note were the Ed Paschke retrospective and the Chicago Dioramas. And of course we got to put in some light-hearted fun in the Children’s Gallery where they had several great interactive stations, including a ‘make your own postcard’, Chicago smells, and out favorite, ‘be a Chicago hot dog’.
Colleen’s a Vegan and Michelle is Canadian. I’m not sure why, but both those facts seem relevant to these pictures. Enjoy.
Colleen
Michelle
The Art Center had a surprise visitor to the Sun Ra show on Thursday, January 4th, 2007 when current Arkestra Band Leader Marshall Allen stopped in!
Marshall Allen in Pathways to Unknown Worlds
Check out January’s Issue of Art in America for a Report from Chicago. Heavily featured in the article is the Hyde Park Art Center’s inaugural exhibition, Takeover! The article addresses the unique opportunity available to the many cultural organizations in the city of Chicago to grow, collaborate and expand as organizations such as the Hyde Park Art Center unveil new resources, facilities, and capacities for art making, exhibition, and community building.
A PDF of the article will be up shortly, or pick up the January issue of Art in America. The Hyde Park Art Center is going places!
SO we’ve got new floors in the hallways and the classrooms, but part of that whole equation is the fact that we had to move EVERYTHING out of the studios (ok, maybe only 90%) so that the floors could be completed. This included taking down the divider walls in our classrooms. We haven’t seen this view since the Grand Opening, so I thought it’d be fun to show just how big the classroom space really is. We also decided to do some maintenance while we were at it with the divider walls. Fun Stuff! Oh, and remember, classes start Monday! Register if you haven’t already!
Looking South…
Happy New Year! We ring in 2007 by raising the curtain on the Art Center’s brand new floors!
During the two weeks that HPAC was clsed over the holidays, our painted concrete floors were leveled and repainted. Still sporting snazzy green in the lobby and hallways, and a cool grey (with no-skid coating) in our school and studios, they are amazing looking! The pictures don’t quite do them justice. Swing by the Art Center to see for yourself!
The Hyde Park Art Center will be closed for two weeks while we have our floors sanded, leveled and repainted! Brand spanking new floors which will be the envy of Art Center’s all over the country!
Until then, please enjoy your holiday! We are closed starting Monday, December 18th until Monday, January 1st, and reopening Tuesday, January 2nd. There may be occassional updates on the blog. Anyone want to hear about my vacation?
The Art Center prepares to brave its first winter and first real snowfall in the new building. And what a snowfall! Three to seven inches coming down on Chicago, with more possible this weekend. Anyone have any good tips on how to keep an Art Center toasty? Hope everyone bundles up and stays warm over the weekend!
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 Hyde Park Art Center’s Fall Auction, Just Good Art, is almost here! September 30th, at 7pm, the auction begins, but you can preview all the pieces either online or stop by the Art Center to check out the exhibition now! Here are a couple preview pics of the space to whet your appetite.
Gallery View
Here’s the latest, most colorful addition to our building’s exterior. Passersbys on E. Hyde Park Blvd. won’t be able to miss us, and we think more than just a few people will succumb to their curiosity and will stop in to see exactly what the ART Center is all about!
Last Friday, the HPAC staff kicked up their heels and enjoyed a night out on the town with their (ahem… wonderful, smart, creative, attractive, hard-working) interns. We had a great time visiting the West Loop galleries during the biggest gallery opening night of the year. We all chatted it up with artists, gallery goers and each other, and then we headed to El Barco, a swinging Mexican seafood restaurant. The food was delicious and the conversation and drinks were flowing. What a fun way to say thanks to all of the interns and what a great benefit for interning this summer at HPAC!
Anyone else want to share their highlights from the evening?
Vicky, Laura & Philip
HPAC’s Home of the Free exhibition leaves Gallery 1, and the space is currently under deinstallation. But don’t fret, there are four other exhibitions up right now, including Scott Wolniak’s Drawing with Outer Space, Jennifer Greenberg’s Recalling Americana, Shane Huffman’s Wanna be part of the human race, and a show of Teaching Artist Linda Cohn’s students! So come on down and see these shows before time runs out. Keep an eye on our exhibition calendar for current and upcoming shows!
Here are a couple of shot of the gallery repainting going on right now.
Clearing out and priming.
Fifteen students and two teachers from the Latin School of Chicago came down to the Art Center to volunteer their help on a service day this past friday. They did some landscaping work and also assisted in the installation and cleanup of a mosaic mural over at Kenwood Academy. Thanks so much for your help guys! It was very much appreciated!
Here are more pictures of the fabulous Camp 5 performance last week. The 7-11 year olds produced a creative performance complete with sounds and music and huge puppet-costumes and a parade! Enjoy these images of the afternoon.
The puppet parade
The Camp 5 performances were a big hit last week! All the plays were set in outerspace and related to the upcoming Sun Ra exhibition.
A musical warm-up for the big show
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
Like I said, Fridays are the best day of the week around here. Here are some photos of the incredible 7-11 year olds, performing marionette shows that they wrote and directed themselves. The also made the puppets and the background, of course… Great job!
Group 1 performs
Fridays are the best day of the week during the summer at HPAC… camp performance day! Last Friday, we enjoyed the performances of the campers from session three, which included the 4-6 year olds and the 7-11 year olds. Take a look at these photos of the 4-6 year olds’ last day of camp and their rendition of Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider.
Say cheese!
Our Faculty Show, Material Science, closed this past weekend, and the transition from deinstallation to installation has begun, but we thought we’d share these shots of Teaching Artist Omar Vera’s piece, Bling Bling, a ceramic elephant that needed four people to lift and move. Happy Trails elephant…
Peeking out…
Scott Wolniak’s cut-paper work on the HPAC glass facade, “Drawing with Outer Space,” beckons viewers to appreciate the facade view in a new way, as light beams trickle in through the dark construction to form intricate shadow patterns, and the small cut-outs create interesting new frames by which to witness the outside neighborhood. Created from a digital photograph of the facade view itself, the work brings the exterior view into the interior in a truly unique way. “Drawing with Outer Space” is visible from both inside and outside the HPAC building… For a most fulfilling experience, please come see both the inner and outer space views!
The catwalk dappled with light from Drawing with Outer Space
The idea of freedom takes on new forms as HPAC visitors continue to drop off objects which represent their personal notions of what it means to be free. From household trinkets, food, newspaper articles, photographs, political writings, even contraceptive devices, it is clear that “freedom” is not a simple, or limited concept. Please take a look at and read more about the newest objects to populate our exhibition Home of the Free.
For some, freedom is more than red, white and blue…
What happens at Creativity Camps on rainy days when the kids can’t get outside? We bring the fun inside! Check out these pictures of our 7-11 year olds stretching to warm up and then rocking out and dancing!
Busting a Move!
Our exhibition Home of the Free continues to grow as community members and artists contribute objects which represent their personal concept of freedom. We will begin posting images of new objects each week that have appeared in the gallery space to carry on the conversations that have been started by this exhibition, and to inspire people to stop in at the Art Center and leave a little piece of their idea of freedom.
Freedom Fries!
We recently posted an entry about the scheduled closing of 4833 rph. We planned to close for a few days next week in order to refinish the ground level floors at the Hyde Park Art Center, but this project has been postponed until later in the year. 4833 rph will be open during regular hours next week.
Please note that all exhibitions, classes, and events at HPAC will occur as planned.
Our final Creativity Camp performance for Session 2 is this afternoon (Friday at 2pm) so stop on by to check out what our fabulous campers have been up to! Here are a couple of images from Session 1’s fantastic plays!
Our littlest campers tell the story of Big Al!
To celebrate this afternoon’s camp festivities (Friday, 2pm), here are a couple of images from last session’s final teen camp performance. They created a multimedia piece that involved video projection of the group launching paper boats they made into the lake paired with the creation of a silhouette mural. Very cool stuff!
Teen Camp Performance
We asked a couple of our teens from our Teen Camp to recap their experiences and what they thought of the Art Center. Gloria and Emma are cousins who attended our first session, and part of session two. In fact, Emma is from Italy, visiting Gloria for the summer, and her recap is translated below by Gloria. Read on to see what they had to say…
Our Teen Campers are wrapping up their HPAC camp experience today, with a performance at 2pm on the second floor of our building. They’ve spent a great two weeks learning about improv, the environment, the arts, and even an impromptu kickboxing demo by our own Blake Bradford. Here’s hoping that they had a great time with Jessi and Mary, and that we see them back here again and again in the future!
Pile-o-Teens!
Our campers wrap Session 1 of our Summer Creativity Camps today! They perform at 2:30 pm in 4833, our Resource Center, so if you’re in the area, stop by and check it out! Thanks to all our camp teachers and assistants for making our first full camp session in the new building a great one. We hope they all had as much fun as we had having them here! Here are some images of the good times they had over the last two weeks.
Working with Hardy in the Glaze Room.
Today is Allison’s birthday! Happy Birthday Director of Exhibitions!
When is a teacher not a teacher? When (s)he is a teaching artist! Material Science, curated by Director of Education Blake Bradford, is a new exhibition highlighting the work of our talented teaching artists. The show examines how these artists employ techniques, materials and media in their art making processes to heighten the tactile, narrative and emotional experience of the finished artworks.
In a first for the Art Center, we now have Teen Camps! Our inaugural group of eight awesome teens have taken the Art Center by storm. Under the dutiful guidance of teaching artists Mary Tepper and Jessi Walsh, they’ve been working on tons of cool and fun projects. Check out a few photos of the group working on their relief panels, based on graphic images they found from art books in the 4833 library!
A great group of teens for our first ever Teen Arts Camp.
It’s been a little over three weeks since our grand opening, and we’re in the fourth week of classes here at the Art Center. Construction continues around us, but things are really shaping up, and everyday something else exciting is completed. They’re working on the main entryway glass doors now, and pretty soon our darkroom will be 100% operational. We’ve had several succesful and exciting programs in the space, including our first TalkingPoint program with our facade artists, an admissions workshops for high school students on getting into art school, and tours and programs for groups such as the Chicago Architecture Foundation and Art Resources in Teaching, to name a few. Pictures to come…
We’re 100% out of the old 5307 S Hyde PArk Blvd building, and really getting ourselves settled into the new space. Phones are up and running, internet a go, and furniture built (or at least most of it)
In our third week of classes, we’ve heard remarkably positive responses from all of our students, and we’re getting a ton of visitors. Thank you to everyone that’s stopped by, and if you haven’t yet, please do come on in for a look!