Upcoming Events
Extended through January 26th
"‘Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s-80s and Beyond,'" generously supported by the Terra Foundation through Art Design Chicago 2024. This upcoming exhibition aims to spotlight artists historically marginalized within mainstream art narratives, while acknowledging the enduring influence of white male dominance without excluding it entirely. Themes of colonialism, oppression, discrimination, and racism permeate societal structures and institutional art norms, positioning craft as an outsider within "high art."
January 16th 6pm-8pm
Join Ladies Who Lit for BARKING MAD, a discussion of Rachel Yoder’s NIGHTBITCH within the context of UIMA’s current special exhibition, “Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s-80s and Beyond.” In NIGHTBITCH, the titular character’s career as an artist is interrupted when she becomes Mother. The book examines the Mother’s return to her self-identity through art making, specifically installation and performance-based work. UIMA’s “Agency” exhibition includes work by artists of various genders, races & origins. Still, cumulatively, it is a celebration of the non-white, non-male artists who leveraged their exclusion from the prevailing ~high art narrative~ of the time into the collective movement we now know as “craft.” Thanks to their efforts, craft emerged during the 1970s as an art form AND movement for artists invested in dismantling the prevailing systems of power. NIGHTBITCH is a celebration of how powerful it can be to acknowledge rage, especially when it comes to enacting personal and societal change.
January 18th 10am-12pm: RSVP and Ticket Required
Join Ladies Who Lit for BARKING MAD, a discussion of Rachel Yoder’s NIGHTBITCH within the context of UIMA’s current special exhibition, “Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s-80s and Beyond.” In NIGHTBITCH, the titular character’s career as an artist is interrupted when she becomes Mother. The book examines the Mother’s return to her self-identity through art making, specifically installation and performance-based work. UIMA’s “Agency” exhibition includes work by artists of various genders, races & origins. Still, cumulatively, it is a celebration of the non-white, non-male artists who leveraged their exclusion from the prevailing ~high art narrative~ of the time into the collective movement we now know as “craft.” Thanks to their efforts, craft emerged during the 1970s as an art form AND movement for artists invested in dismantling the prevailing systems of power. NIGHTBITCH is a celebration of how powerful it can be to acknowledge rage, especially when it comes to enacting personal and societal change.
January 25th 11am-1:30pm
Join us at Chicago Glassworks for a dramatic and fast-paced glass blowing demonstration and a tour of the studio with artist Eric Bladholm. Artist and master glassworker Eric Bladholm will host demonstrate glass blowing and molding techniques and host a Q&A with attendees. There will also be a tour of the Chicago Glassworks studio space! Reserve a spot at the link below.
Chicago Glassworks, 2717 South Troy Street Chicago, IL 60623
Limited parking for event available near entrance, more non-permit parking at 28th and Troy. Troy St. permit parking only.
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