A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago
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Gather Together: Chicago Street Photography by Diane Alexander White
National Hellenic Museum 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago
$10
9 Artists/ 9 Months/ 9 Perspectives features work by the collective, Dandelion Black Women Artists
South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
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A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print
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. Handwriting has survived disruptive technologies before. The invention of printing did not diminish the need for handwriting. Instead, it created new markets for ambitious […]
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RESILIENCE – Photography Exhibit
Join us for the grand reopening of the National Hellenic Museum this fall with the world premiere of a major photography exhibition Resilience By HRH Prince Nikolaos September 16 – December 30, 2022 Prince Nikolaos is an accomplished photographer whose work has been exhibited in major global cities including Athens, London, Copenhagen, Doha and Melbourne—and […]
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Gather Together: Chicago Street Photography by Diane Alexander White
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 […]
$10
9 Artists/ 9 Months/ 9 Perspectives features work by the collective, Dandelion Black Women Artists
Nine Black women artists engaged in collaborative efforts to create artworks that transcend and transform events in the year 2020. In their eyes, art-making became a transgressive act through activism, documentation and vision. Utilizing book-making, craft-making and works on paper, 9 Artists/9 Months/ 9 Perspectives presents a birth of vision under hardship felt worldwide, collectively […]
Seeking Sonder by Akina Curley
Please join us to celebrate the art of Akina Curley. A very impressive show by a talented young Native artist. Seeking Sonder showcases work by Akina Curley (Ojibwe/ Diné) to explore other capacities/disciplines of expression that missions to challenge audiences about Native art today through a contemporary aesthetic. These new works by Akina will perform, […]
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