March 12 - April 25, 2008
Opening Reception: March 19, 2008, 5-7pm
Secrets is a self-organized project initiated by the 6+ women’s art collective, in collaboration with eight Palestinian women artists. Secrets has been a series of social exchanges, workshops and publications, as well as an art exhibition traveling to several locations in the Occupied Territories of Palestine and the US. Over the course of two years and half dozen trips to the West Bank, solidarities have developed across great distances, connecting artists, cultural producers, institutions, educators, journalists, writers and social thinkers. The project owes its existence to the mobilization of their creative energies.
The exhibition is an expression of the artists’ desire to ground their differences, to cast their voices – individually and collectively – against the deafening silence. This multimedia exhibition includes photography, video, mixed-media painting, performative/interactive sculpture and installation.
Participating artists: Sama Alshaibi, Nadira Araj, Wendy Babcox, Reem Bader, Rana Bishara, Rozalinda Borcila, Mary Rachel Fanning, Rula Halawani, Nathalie Handal, Shuruq Harb, Faten Nastas, Yana Payusova, Larissa Sansour, Sherry Wiggins
A catalogue of the exhibition is available for sale from 6plus.org
featuring new essays by Lucy Lippard and Maymanah Farhat.
Presented by: [C]Spaces, a division of Student Life, entirely funded by student activity fees in partnership with the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media
Postcard image: Sherry Wiggins, Sound of the Ocean, archival print, 2006
Hours: 9 am - 5 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 9 am - 7 pm on Thursday
Location: 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 1st Floor
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Located in the south loop at the historic Ludington building, the Glass Curtain Gallery's 2,200 square foot space welcomes Columbia College Chicago resident artists, students, and alumni and non-Columbia College Chicago professional artists to exhibit a variety of contemporary media in a professional environment. The gallery offers professional exhibition opportunities, performance workshops, visiting artist lectures, and dialogue essential for student development and growth within the arts.
Glass Curtain Gallery gets its name from the architectural landmark that houses the gallery. This landmark, with its terra-cotta façade, was commissioned in 1891 by lumber heiress Mary Ludington to house the American Book Company. Once regarded as Chicago's earliest skyscraper, it is considered a high point in the artistic career of architect William le Baron Jenney. Jenney revolutionized high-rise construction with his innovative design: a steel skeletal frame, which incorporated structural Z-bar shaped columns for strength and versatility, freeing the exterior from its load-bearing role. The exterior became nothing more than a "curtain wall" made exclusively of glass.
The Ludington building also houses the Hermann D. Conaway Multicultural Center.
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