Hyde Park Art Center presents DESTINATION/EL DESTINO: A DECADE OF GRAFT Edra Soto’s largest exhibition to date

IMAGES available to download CHICAGO (March 28, 2023)— Hyde Park Art Center proudly presents Destination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT, the largest solo exhibition to date of Puerto Rican artist, educator, and community organizer Edra Soto. The exhibition offers a broad survey of the artist’s entire GRAFT series that originated in 2013, and premiers a new […]

HYDE PARK ART CENTER ANNOUNCES CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

(CHICAGO) December 1, 2022 – The Board of Directors of Hyde Park Art Center proudly announces the appointment of Jeannette Tremblay Chambers and Aaron Rodgers as co-Executive Directors. In their new roles, Chambers and Rodgers will work towards increasing the impact and visibility of Hyde Park Art Center on Chicago’s South Side, in the broader […]

Eight artists come together after facing institutional denial to present a group exhibition at Hyde Park Art Cente

Chicago (November 11, 2022) – Hyde Park Art Center hosts the group exhibition Regarding the Missing Objects, curated by art historian and critic Ruslana Lichtzier, in the Kanter Family Foundation Gallery from November 13 to February 27, 2023. The show presents work by eight contemporary artists who chose to work together in the face of […]

Hyde Park Art Center expands its Publications Program  with integration of longtime partner Green Lantern Press

Hyde Park Art Center expands its Publications Program  with integration of longtime partner Green Lantern Press   CHICAGO (October 17, 2022) Hyde Park Art Center is thrilled to announce that Green Lantern Press (GLP)–an artist-run publishing house dedicated to the support, production, and dissemination of contemporary art, poetry, and philosophy–will become the Art Center’s in-house […]

Hyde Park Art Center biennial exhibition GROUND FLOOR highlights emerging Chicago artists

Hyde Park Art Center biennial exhibition GROUND FLOOR highlights emerging Chicago artists December 10, 2022 – March 5, 2023   CHICAGO (September 26, 2022)— Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, announces Ground Floor, the seventh iteration of the Art Center’s biennial program since 2010 […]

Hyde Park Art Center presents solo exhibition Lola Ayisha Ogbara: Hues of Black & Blue

Hyde Park Art Center presents solo exhibition Lola Ayisha Ogbara: Hues of Black & Blue August 6 – November 19, 2022 Featuring sculptural works from Art Center’s Ceramics Apprenticeship that reimagine Black feminine identity   CHICAGO (July 18, 2022)—Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, […]

Loving and Coupling: A Conversation with Artist Couples

Join us for an evening of light bites, refreshments, and conversation with Chicago-based artist couples in conjunction with our Loving Repeating exhibition! Artists Stan Shellabarger and Dutes Miller, Candace Hunter and Arthur Wright, and J. Kent and Andrew Bearnot, will discuss what it means to live, work and love together. Inspired by the themes of […]

HYDE PARK ART CENTER MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF JACKMAN GOLDWASSER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, ENABLING LOCAL, NATIONAL, & INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO CONTINUE ART PRACTICES WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE FOCUS

HYDE PARK ART CENTER MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY  OF JACKMAN GOLDWASSER RESIDENCY PROGRAM,  ENABLING LOCAL, NATIONAL, & INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS  TO CONTINUE ART PRACTICES WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE FOCUS   Current cohort of yearlong ‘Radicle Residents’ includes trio of Chicago ALAANA artists: Cecilia Beaven, William Estrada, and Farah Salem   Artists invited to apply for 2022 year-long and […]

Hyde Park Art Center announces major solo exhibition Future Fossils: SUM by Chicago sculptor Lan Tuazon

Hyde Park Art Center announces major solo exhibition Future Fossils: SUM by Chicago sculptor Lan Tuazon September 7 – November 13, 2021 Installation features one-bedroom house of the future built to scale with recovered materials within Art Center gallery; concludes artist’s trilogy reimagining existing orders of the built world CHICAGO (July 8, 2021)—Hyde Park Art […]

HYDE PARK ART CENTER CONTINUES FREE ALL-AGES INTERACTIVE CENTER SUNDAYS PUBLIC PROGRAM May 2, 2021

HYDE PARK ART CENTER CONTINUES FREE ALL-AGES INTERACTIVE  CENTER SUNDAYS PUBLIC PROGRAM MAY 2, 2021, 1-4 P.M. WITH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING Latest installment in monthly series, now with both in-person and virtual components, features three hours of artmaking, film screening, artist talk, exhibition walkthrough, and portrait painting   CHICAGO (April 22, 2021)— Hyde Park […]