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SUMMARY:Exhibition: …of the land: acts of refusal and ratification
DESCRIPTION:A three-person exhibition featuring new and recent works from Chicago-based artists Ajmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar\, Lola Ayisha Ogbara\, and R. Treshawn Williamson exploring homeplace through sculpture\, self-imaging\, & materialism.  \n\n\n…of the land: acts of refusal and ratification features new and recent works from Chicago-based artists Ajmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar\, Lola Ayisha Ogbara\, and R. Treshawn Williamson exploring sculpture\, self-imaging and history through postcolonial lenses\, collective & individual recollection and peculiar materialism. Their use of storytelling holds significance for spatiality and locality to become common ground through the fielding of land\, labor and industry. \nAjmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar expands the sculptural form welding metal\, Trinidadian carnival culture and identity politics alongside the African diaspora. Lola Ayisha Ogbara merges West African and African American interior design aesthetics with bodily sculptural ceramic forms\, with performative photography – that rest and refuse a Western gaze. \nR. Treshawn Williamson creates historical context for his own familial roots in the mining of charcoal material for large scale screen-printed tapestries in a careful consideration of laborious processes as praxis. Millar\, Ogbara and Williamson engage in practices that consider topographic timelines and performance as an essential tool making for an interesting dialogue about homeplace. \n_______________ \n\n\nAjmal ‘MAS MAN’ Millar is a self-taught contemporary visual artist and mas man (carnival costume designer). His work includes mixed–media sculpture that combine collage\, painting\, repurposed materials\, scrap metal\, performance\, and photography interrogating notions of cultural heritage\, sexual and gender identity\, and ritual practices as a first-generation African American black queer man born to Trinidadian immigrants. Ajmal earned an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College in 2008 and earned an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021. \n“I am working on a collection of works engaging the Yoruba cosmological concept of Chi and its existence in everything\, alive or inorganic. I create amalgamations of found objects and scraps of steel combined with encaustic. Inspired from my carnival technique of ‘wire bending’\, Afrofuturism\, and Afro Surrealism\, I have an opportunity to express my emotions and thoughts as experienced in the various environments I collect from and exist in. My welding is drawing in space to depict the transcendent properties in masquerade. My goal is to contextualize a queer blackness rarely experienced through imagination\, invention\, and the investigation of dreams\, magic\, and ritual.” \nHe currently lives and works in Chicago\, IL. \n\n\n\n\nLola Ayisha Ogbara (cultural worker & artist) born and raised in Chicago\, Illinois holds many talents under her belt\, i.e. sculpture\, sound\, design\, photography and installation art. \n“My practice explores the multifaceted implications and ramifications of being in regards to the Black experience. I work with clay as a material in order to emphasize a necessary fragility which symbolizes an essential contradiction implicit in empowerments.” \nOgbara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Arts Entertainment & Media Management from Columbia College Chicago in 2013 and a MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University Sam Fox School of Art & Design. \nIn 2017\, Ogbara co-founded Artists in the Room\, a collective of artists and scholars who host artists\, emerging and established\, in hopes of serving as a catalyst for artist development and networking. Ogbara has also received numerous fellowships and awards\, including the Multicultural Fellowship sponsored by the NCECA 52nd Annual Conference\, the Arts + Public Life and Center for the Study of Race\, Politics & Culture Residency at the University of Chicago\, and the Coney Family Fund Award hosted by the Chicago Artists Coalition. Ogbara has exhibited in art spaces across the country and is currently based in Chicago\, IL. \n\n\n\n\nR. Treshawn Williamson is a Chicago based essayist and multidisciplinary artist of Black American descent\, from Prince George’s County\, MD\, by way of Livingston\, Alabama\, and Augusta\, Georgia. \nWilliamson’s work is a meditation on the obstruction and surveillance of the lived histories of African-Americans. He investigates the application of cultural re-imagination in the African Diaspora through the engagement of oral histories\, post-colonial theory\, folklore\, and ethnomusicology. In 2020 Williamson earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \nHe currently lives and works in Chicago\, IL.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/exhibition-of-the-land-acts-of-refusal-and-ratification/
LOCATION:South Side Community Art Center\, 3831 S. Michigan Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60653\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220806
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: “Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories”: Partition Anti-Memorial Project
DESCRIPTION:Through experiential art installations “Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories” investigates the Partition of India in 1947. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis year marks 75 years since the Partition of India in 1947\, which created Pakistan\, and eventually\, Bangladesh in 1971. Pritika Chowdhry’s experiential art installations are temporary ‘anti-memorials’ to the Partition. \nOften described as the Holocaust of South Asia\, the Partition triggered the largest migration in human history with over 20 million people displaced\, approximately 2 million killed and over 300\,000 women were abducted in the communal violence that ensued. \nThe exhibition addresses the many facets of the Partition from a counter-memory perspective through experiential art installations. The title alludes to the painful and silenced narratives that have been elided from mainstream discourses of the Partition. \nWhen a memory is unbearable\, how does one memorialize it? And when a history is unspeakable\, how does one talk about it? The exhibition’s title\, “Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories” alludes to the painful and silenced narratives that have been excluded from mainstream discourses of the Partition. \n\n_______________ \nARTIST LED TOURS AT 1PM EVERY OTHER SATURDAY! \nSep 3 and 17 | Oct 01\, 15 and 29 | Nov 12 | Dec 10
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/exhibition-unbearable-memories-unspeakable-histories-partition-anti-memorial-project/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print
DESCRIPTION:For centuries\, handwriting served as a powerful tool for communicating information\, preserving knowledge\, shaping identity\, and building empires. In our digital world\, however\, fewer and fewer people can read handwritten words. \nHandwriting has survived disruptive technologies before. The invention of printing did not diminish the need for handwriting. Instead\, it created new markets for ambitious printers and entrepreneurial writing teachers. These men and women used advances in print technologies to widen the influence of handwriting in everyday life. \nA Show of Hands focuses on people\, cultures\, and technology to illustrate how handwriting has been taught\, reproduced\, and reimagined over the past five hundred years. Displaying a range of books and manuscripts from the Newberry’s collection\, the exhibition makes the role of handwriting in the age of print newly legible. \nA Show of Hands is generously supported by the Richard C. von Hess Foundation\, the Fitzgerald Family Foundation\, and Diane and Richard Weinberg.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/a-show-of-hands-handwriting-in-the-age-of-print/
LOCATION:Newberry Library\, 60 West Walton Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions and Gallery Events
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SUMMARY:RESILIENCE – Photography Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the grand reopening of the National Hellenic Museum this fall \nwith the world premiere of a major photography exhibition \nResilience\nBy HRH Prince Nikolaos\nSeptember 16 – December 30\, 2022 \nPrince Nikolaos is an accomplished photographer whose work has been exhibited in major global cities including Athens\, London\, Copenhagen\, Doha and Melbourne—and now Chicago audiences and visitors from across the country will have the opportunity to experience his striking and impactful images. The National Hellenic Museum is honored to host Prince Nikolaos’ North American exhibition debut and excited to welcome our community back to the museum this fall. \nMore information on Resilience is available on the NHM website here and in this article from The National Herald. \nThe museum will resume regular public hours beginning September 16\, on Friday-Sunday from 10 AM -5 PM \nResilience by HRH Prince Nikolaos will be exhibited at the National Hellenic Museum (333 S. Halsted Street\, Chicago) from September 16 through December 30\, 2022. \nMuseum hours are Friday-Sunday from 10 AM -5 PM\nTickets to the museum are $10 and include admission to all exhibits. Discounts are available for seniors\, students and children. \nFor more information\, visit nationalhellenicmuseum.org or call 312-655-1234
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/resilience-photography-exhibit/
LOCATION:National Hellenic Museum\, 333 S. Halsted St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
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SUMMARY:Gather Together: Chicago Street Photography by Diane Alexander White
DESCRIPTION:In this new exhibition\, the Chicago-based Greek American photographer presents 80 historic works showcasing Chicago’s Greek American celebrations alongside other ethnic and cultural festivals and parades\, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s. Depicted events include the Greek Independence Day Parade\, Bud Billiken Day Parade\, Chinese New Year Parade\, Mexican Civic Society Parade\, Jewish Festival and many more. \nThe National Hellenic Museum’s mission is to share Greek history\, art and culture\, and the Greek American experience. Diane’s works vividly capture how Chicago’s Greek American community gathers in the public space to show pride in its identity and share its culture. Through her images of other ethnic and cultural celebrations\, Diane also explores the universality of how Chicagoans gather together to show pride in their diverse communities. \nGather Together: Chicago Street Photography by Diane Alexander White will be exhibited at the National Hellenic Museum through April 30\, 2023. Museum hours are Thursday-Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information\, visit nationalhellenicmuseum.org or call 312-655-1234. \n  \nADMISSION TO NHM:\n\n\n\n\nAdults:\n$10\n\n\nSeniors:\n$8\n\n\nStudents:\n$8\n\n\nChildren:\n$7\n\n\nChild under 3 years:\nFREE\n\n\nMembers:\nFREE
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/gather-together-chicago-street-photography-by-diane-alexander-white/
LOCATION:National Hellenic Museum\, 333 S. Halsted St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Weekend: RESILIENCE – Photography Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the grand reopening of the National Hellenic Museum this fall \nwith the world premiere of a major photography exhibition \nResilience\nBy HRH Prince Nikolaos\nSeptember 16 – December 30\, 2022 \nPrince Nikolaos is an accomplished photographer whose work has been exhibited in major global cities including Athens\, London\, Copenhagen\, Doha and Melbourne—and now Chicago audiences and visitors from across the country will have the opportunity to experience his striking and impactful images. The National Hellenic Museum is honored to host Prince Nikolaos’ North American exhibition debut and excited to welcome our community back to the museum this fall. \nMore information on Resilience is available on the NHM website here and in this article from The National Herald. \n_______________ \nResilience by HRH Prince Nikolaos will be exhibited at the National Hellenic Museum (333 S. Halsted Street\, Chicago) from September 16 through December 30\, 2022. \nMuseum hours are Friday-Sunday from 10 AM -5 PM\nTickets to the museum are $10 and include admission to all exhibits. Discounts are available for seniors\, students and children. \nFor more information\, visit nationalhellenicmuseum.org or call 312-655-1234
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/opening-weekend-resilience-photography-exhibit/2022-09-16/
LOCATION:National Hellenic Museum\, 333 S. Halsted St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions and Gallery Events,Member Events
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SUMMARY:Opening Weekend: RESILIENCE – Photography Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the grand reopening of the National Hellenic Museum this fall \nwith the world premiere of a major photography exhibition \nResilience\nBy HRH Prince Nikolaos\nSeptember 16 – December 30\, 2022 \nPrince Nikolaos is an accomplished photographer whose work has been exhibited in major global cities including Athens\, London\, Copenhagen\, Doha and Melbourne—and now Chicago audiences and visitors from across the country will have the opportunity to experience his striking and impactful images. The National Hellenic Museum is honored to host Prince Nikolaos’ North American exhibition debut and excited to welcome our community back to the museum this fall. \nMore information on Resilience is available on the NHM website here and in this article from The National Herald. \n_______________ \nResilience by HRH Prince Nikolaos will be exhibited at the National Hellenic Museum (333 S. Halsted Street\, Chicago) from September 16 through December 30\, 2022. \nMuseum hours are Friday-Sunday from 10 AM -5 PM\nTickets to the museum are $10 and include admission to all exhibits. Discounts are available for seniors\, students and children. \nFor more information\, visit nationalhellenicmuseum.org or call 312-655-1234
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/opening-weekend-resilience-photography-exhibit/2022-09-17/
LOCATION:National Hellenic Museum\, 333 S. Halsted St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Gesture Itself Is Protection Spell
DESCRIPTION:Performative activations from current exhibiting artists R. Treshawn Williamson & Lola Ayisha Ogbara\, with special guest artist Jada-Amina. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nBorrowed from Lola Ayisha Ogbara’s video work ‘Bound For Glory’ from her continuing series The Perfect Servant\, THE GESTURE ITSELF IS PROTECTION SPELL proposes questions of the body\, disruption\, labor\, acts of looking\, and materiality through movement\, sound\, and mythmaking. \nWilliamson\, Ogbara\, and Amina engage in multidisciplinary practices that reference homeplace\, memory\, and the “gaze” that take place across photography\, video\, sculpture\, sound\, and printmaking. \nTHE GESTURE ITSELF IS PROTECTION SPELL will feature a collaborative live sound activation by R. Treshawn Williamson and Jada-Amina followed by Lola Ayisha Ogbara’s video work ‘Bound For Glory’\, in which Ogbara uses Chicago’s labor intensive history\, centralizing Black women domestic workers\, to envision a radical future for Black lives. Ogbara finds an additional dialogue between sculpture and experimental photography that challenges our relationship to viewership. Ogbara questions\, “What lengths are we willing to go to in order to protect what is rightfully ours?” as she begins to imagine a collective disruption in the way we use our bodies to perform artistic labor. \nIn the same ways Ogbara imagines collective disruption and Black women’s labor \, R. Treshawn Williamson and Jada-Amina also explore the Black maternal and cultural re-imagination through sound mixing and oral histories\, through what Amina describes as “a sonic meditation grounded in incantation and afro-sentimentality…” \nThis program is the final program related to our current exhibition “…of the land: acts of refusal and ratification” \, which features new and recent works from Chicago-based artists Ajmal ‘Mas Man’ Millar\, Lola Ayisha Ogbara\, and R. Treshawn Williamson exploring sculpture\, self-imaging and history through postcolonial lenses\, collective & individual recollection and peculiar materialism. \n\n\n\n*Banner image courtesy of artist Jada-Amina. Revolutions. 00:01:35 min. B&W Super 8 scanned to digital\, 2017.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/the-gesture-itself-is-protection-spell/
LOCATION:South Side Community Art Center\, 3831 S. Michigan Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60653\, United States
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