Events
April 2019
Found Gestures: Opening Reception
Please join us for the opening reception on Found Gestures: A Collaborative Project by Sally Morfill and Susie Giles. Light snacks and drinks will be provided. The reception will take place on the second floor of the Hyde Park Art Center.
Find out more »May 2019
Saturday Studio: Open Spin & Crate-Digging
This series will explore how individuals grapple with participating in sub-cultures that are built upon the rejection or lack of acceptance of their identity, but actively making change within in. Conversations around how we emerge from cancel culture, into growth culture as we continue to build and define what art does in our present moment and foreseeable future. 1 - 2PM: Spin Hour with Patient Sounds 2 - 3PM: Dialogue with Marcela Torres and Jesse Meredith Torres and Meredith will…
Find out more »Saturday Studio: Open Spin & Crate-Digging
This series will explore how individuals grapple with participating in sub-cultures that are built upon the rejection or lack of acceptance of their identity, but actively making change within in. Conversations around how we emerge from cancel culture, into growth culture as we continue to build and define what art does in our present moment and foreseeable future. 1 - 2PM: Open Spin Hour 2 - 3PM: Dialogue with Max Guy and Zachary Hutchinson Both artists informed greatly by Anime…
Find out more »Hey It’s May…a Celebration of Americans Older Adults Month – May 20, 2019 – a free event
Hey It's May...a Celebration of Americans Older Adults Month - May 20, 2019 - a free event with activities from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Find out more »Saturday Studio: Open Spin & Crate-Digging
This series will explore how individuals grapple with participating in sub-cultures that are built upon the rejection or lack of acceptance of their identity, but actively making change within in. Conversations around how we emerge from cancel culture, into growth culture as we continue to build and define what art does in our present moment and foreseeable future. 1 - 2PM: Spin Hour with Patient Sounds 2 - 3PM: Dialogue with Bianca Xunise + Alicia Gaines Illustrator and Cartoonist Xunise,…
Find out more »June 2019
Monarch Wellness Fair
Monarch Art and Wellness presents its first annual fair celebrating women, femme and gender non-binary artists, healers, and small businesses in Chicago. Taking place at Hyde Park Art Center on the weekend of June 22nd and 23rd, the fair presents over 30 local vendors and offers a dynamic roster of public programs on physical, mental, spiritual and sexual wellness throughout the city. Monarch functions as a collaborative project, bridging the gaps between art and wellness.
Find out more »Monarch Wellness Fair
Monarch Art and Wellness presents its first annual fair celebrating women, femme and gender non-binary artists, healers, and small businesses in Chicago. Taking place at Hyde Park Art Center on the weekend of June 22nd and 23rd, the fair presents over 30 local vendors and offers a dynamic roster of public programs on physical, mental, spiritual and sexual wellness throughout the city. Monarch functions as a collaborative project, bridging the gaps between art and wellness
Find out more »July 2019
Celestial Messages: LP Catalog Recording Event
On site in Gallery 1, we will be capturing the live performance of noted poet and visual artist Krista Franklin, who will present a long form poem in response to the work, accompanied by celebrated Chicago jazz musician Ben LaMar Gay. This event is free and open to the public, however, we are recording live audio to be pressed on a record for the catalog release of Dark Matter: Celestial Objects as Messengers of Love in These Troubled Times, so…
Find out more »Celestial Messages: LP Catalog Recording Event
Dark Matter: Celestial Objects as Messengers of Love in These Troubled Times is a solo exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago) by artist and designer, Folayemi (Fo) Wilson that reconsiders the power of objects to create a dynamic atmosphere for reflection, meditation, and healing On site in Gallery 1, we will be capturing the live performance of noted poet and visual artist Krista Franklin, who will present a long form poem in response to the work, accompanied by celebrated…
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