Alternative & NonProfit Spaces
ARC Gallery
Art Dealers Association of Chicago (CADA)
Chicago Arts District
Gallery 400
Graham Foundation For Advanced Studies In The Fine Arts Madlener House
Instituto Cervantes Chicago
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Links Hall
The Polish Museum of America
Roger Brown Study Collection
The Renaissance Society
The Suburban
threewalls
Woman Made Gallery
ARC Gallery
832 West Superior, #204
www.arcgallery.org
Regular Hours
Wednesday – Saturday: noon to 6 p.m.
Sunday: noon to 4 p.m.
Free and open to the public
About ARC Gallery
ARC Gallery is an internationally recognized exhibition space that has been an integral part of the Chicago art scene since its inception in 1973. Founded during the women’s movement as an alternative to the mainstream gallery system, ARC is one of the oldest co-ops of its kind in the country.
Being a non-profit, woman artist-run cooperative, ARC continues its feminist tradition by providing exhibition opportunities for professional and emerging artists working in all media based on excellence of artwork, without discrimination toward gender, race, age, class, physical/mental ability, sexual, spiritual or political orientation.
Art Dealers Association of Chicago (CADA)
730 North Franklin, Suite 004
www.chicagoartdealers.org
About the CADA
The Art Dealers Association of Chicago (CADA) includes the city’s foremost dealers committed to representing the highest standards of fine art.
Elected by their peers, members of the association recognize the importance of integrity and responsibility in working with artists, collectors, museum professionals and the entire cultural community.
The CADA provides opportunities for development of artistic expression, educational programs for better understanding of fine art by the general public; and increased awareness of Chicago as a major international art center"
Gallery Receptions in River North and West Loop
Saturday, May 1: River North 6 - 8 p.m.; West Loop 7 - 9 p.m.
The Art Dealers Association of Chicago and Chicago Gallery News invite you explore the River North and West Loop/Fulton Market art districts. Galleries will host receptions and extend their hours for visitors to get a glimpse of Chicago’s vibrant art scene. chicagoartdealers.org
Free shuttles will leave from The Merchandise Mart and circulate between the three gallery districts. Visit chicagoartdealers.org or chicagogallerynews.com for further details.
Chicago’s River North Gallery Walk
Melanee Cooper Gallery, 740 N. Franklin
Friday, April 30, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Gallerist Melanee Cooper will conduct a tour in the River North gallery district, giving participants a behind-the-scenes look at some of Chicago’s most exciting galleries.
Cooper will take visitors to select galleries where they will meet local art dealers and ask questions. RSVP to Epappas@artchicago.com with ‘RIVER NORTH GALLERY WALK RSVP’ in the subject line.
Chicago Arts District
1945 South Halsted Ste 101
www.chicagoartsdistrict.org
About the Chicago Arts District
The history of the Chicago Arts District reaches back to the early 1960s when John and Annelies Podmajersky started to revitalize the Pilsen East neighborhood with innovative urban planning. They converted dilapidated residential and commercial buildings into artists' lofts and studios and transformed disused alleyways into lush gardens. These distinctive spaces and exceptional environments have provided inspiration to the thousands of artists who have lived and worked here over the past four decades.
The Chicago Arts District now encompasses several contiguous blocks of live and work space for artists, galleries and other creative retailers, and exhibition space for special events and performances.
GALLERY 400
400 S. Peoria
312.996.6114, gallery400.aa.uic.edu
Three solo exhibitions–
Eun Hyung Kim: Designing Egos
Andy Moore: John’s Luv
Erin Cosgrove: What Manner of Person Art Thou?
April 27-June 12
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 28, 5-8 p.m.
New York artist Eun Hyung Kim’s Designing Egos uses allegorical black and white cartoon scenes as the basis for room-filling wall drawings, sculptures and animated video. Andy Moore’s John’s Luv is a nearly 1,000 page handwritten and painted book (with 4x11 foot foldout painting) that muses on God, love, community and daily life. LA artist Erin Cosgrove’s What Manner of Person Art Thou? is a 65-minute animated video that allegorizes the hazards of morality and the corruption of modern life. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 12-6 p.m. Admission is Free.
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Graham Foundation For Advanced Studies In The Fine Arts
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
312.787.4071, www.grahamfoundation.org
Utopía Posible
Felipe Dulzaides
April 30-July 17
Opening reception: Friday, April 30, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Artist Felipe Dulzaides’s (Cuba,1965) installation explores the compelling story of the unfinished National Art Schools in Havana, commissioned by Fidel Castro in 1961. Hours: Wednesday– Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Every third Thursday of the month, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tours available. Free.
Instituto Cervantes Chicago
31 West Ohio Street
312.335.1996, http://chicago.cervantes.es
31 West Ohio Street
312.335.1996, http://chicago.cervantes.es
Painting by Joan Abelló
International Voices Project
May 7, 2010
Foodjects Exhibition
Opening May 20, 2010
The Instituto Cervantes promotes the Spanish language, and cultures of all Spanish-speaking countries. We offer classes at all levels, taught by degreed Spanish and linguistics instructors. Small class sizes and state of the art facilities guarantee personal and individualized instruction. Our extensive yearly cultural programming brings lectures, exhibitions, films, and performances from around the world to Chicago. Visit our website for more information on upcoming events.
Registration now open for Spring and Summer Classes! Call 312.335.1996 to register.
About the Instituto Cervantes
The Instituto Cervantes is a public not-for-profit institution founded by the Government of Spain in 1991 to promote Spanish language teaching and knowledge of the cultures of Spanish speaking countries throughout the world. It is now the largest international Spanish teaching organization, and has more than 60 centers in 4 continents. The Instituto Cervantes was awarded with the Principe de Asturias Prize in 2005 in the category of Humanities and Communication.
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N. Milwaukee Ave.
www.art.org
The Treasure of Ulysses Davis
Through May 15
In the early 1950s, Ulysses Davis (1914-1990) began barbering and carving in a shop he built behind his home in Savannah, Georgia. During his lifetime he created more than 300 works, producing a varied, but unified body of wood sculpture that reflects his deep faith, humor, and dignity. The work can be divided into several major categories: religious images, patriotism, works influenced by African forms, abstract decorative objects and portraits of African and American leaders to include his masterwork, a group of forty carved busts of all the U.S. presidents through George H.W. Bush. The Treasure of Ulysses Davis is organized by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. The retrospective features 109 pieces, including 78 from the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation of Savannah, which acquired most of Davis’s work after he died.
Links Hall
3435 North Sheffield Ave
www.linkshall.org
The Polish Museum of America
984 North Milwaukee Avenue
www.polishmuseumofamerica.org
Post No Bills: Contemporary Polish Posters
April 16 - May 16, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, April 16, 7 - 9 p.m.
A colorful and intriguing poster exhibition by very talented and accomplished students and faculty from The Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Katowice, Poland. Polish poster art has long enjoyed world-wide prestige for its unique originality. Curated by Piotr Kunce and Monika Nowak
$5, suggested donation
ROGER BROWN STUDY COLLECTION
1926 N. Halsted, Chicago
773.929.2452, www.saic.edu/webspaces/rogerbrown
The Roger Brown Study Collection is a study collection of 52 works by Brown that are available for study and exhibition. The Permanent Collection represents an overview of Brown’s works from the mid 1960s to his last work in 1997, including six works he held back for himself, now called “Roger Brown’s Roger Browns."
The Renaissance Society
5811 South Ellis Ave, 4th Floor
www.renaissancesociety.org
The Seductiveness of the Interval
Stefan Constantinescu, Andrea Faciu and Ciprian Muresan
exhibition design by studio BASAR
May 2 - June 13, 2010
Opening reception: May 2, 2010, 4 -7 p.m. The artists will be present.
The Renaissance Society presents The Seductiveness of the Interval, a project presented at the Romanian Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale. The work of three Romanian artists–Stefan Constantinescu, Andrea Faciu and Ciprian Muresan–is exhibited in a two-story architectural structure designed specifically for that purpose by studio BASAR. Together, the artists explore themes of exile, the human capacity for cruelty, and hope. Although the artists' works are distinct in terms of form and content, they are united by a structure conceived as a stage set where the viewer is invited to reflect on the individual works and the viewing experience itself.
The Suburban
125 North Harvey Avenue
708.763.8554,www.thesuburban.org
The Suburban is an independently run artist exhibition space in Oak Park, that gives complete control to the artists in regards to what they choose to produce and exhibit.
threewalls
119 North Peoria St.
312.432.3972, www.three-walls.org
threewalls is dedicated to increasing Chicago’s cultural capital by cultivating contemporary art practice and discourse, and by creating a locus of exchange between local, national and international contemporary art communities through a range of programs.
Woman Made Gallery
685 North Milwaukee Ave.
312.738.0400, www.womanmade.org
Hours
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - noon to 7 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday - noon to 4 p.m.
Free
Annual Gala Event
Celebrate Women’s Art!
Friday, April 30, 6:30-10 p.m. at Salvage One
Join us for a magical evening filled with live art making, silent and live auctions, musical entertainment, delicious appetizers & desserts, wine bar and an exciting cash raffle.
Salvage One, 1840 W. Hubbard, Chicago
Call for tickets, 312.738.0400 or gallery@womanmade.org
$65 advance/$75 at the door
About WomanMade Gallery
Woman Made Gallery is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization founded in 1992. Its goal is to support women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness, and advocacy. It specifically accomplishes this through monthly thematic exhibitions which raise public awareness and recognition of women's cultural contributions.
