Upcoming Events at Hyde Park Art Center
Sat Sep 13, 5:00 PM - Sat Sep 13, 5:00 PM
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
Community: South Side
Description
Hyde Park Art Center is proud to present the third annual exhibition of work from participants in our flagship artist professional development initiative, The Center Program. Curated by Tricia Van Eck, Director of 6018North.
Event Details
Kanter-McCormick Gallery and Gallery 5
Group exhibition Front & Center unveils artwork by the 2014 class of artists in this program that is dedicated to building critical dialogue for professional artists seeking to advance their work. The exhibition features new artworks in various media by 25 artists from emerging to midcareer levels.
Over the course of six months, a supportive peer network, guest artists, gallerists, critics, and professionals push Center Program artists to answer tough questions, evolve their art, and ultimately produce strong, new work to show. The group exhibition Front & Center unveils artwork in various media by the 2014 class of artists in this program that is dedicated to building critical dialogue for working artists seeking to advance their practice. The exhibition features new artworks in various media by twenty-six artists from emerging to midcareer levels.
Featuring artwork by:
Kevin Blake
Juarez Hawkins
Karen Hirsch
Carolyn Cronin Hughes
James Jankowiak
Lisa Jenschke
Steve Juras
Beth Kamhi
Christine La Rue
Victor Lopez
Alyssa Miserendino
Christian Ortiz
Margaret Park
Janet Krehbiel Pieracci
Gonzalo Reyes
Sheri Rush
Caitlin Ryan
Christopher Saclolo
Carla Fisher Schwartz
Casey Smallwood
Dorian Sylvain
Sadie Woods
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas
About The Center Program
A natural outgrowth of the Art Center’s progressive and scaffolded arts education programs, The Center Program was first piloted in 2012. Conceived as a capstone program for artists who had grown beyond the Art Center’s other offerings, and were ready to push their practice to the next level, The Center Program is the Art Center’s answer to the existence of critical gaps in established professional development offerings for artists. Traditional MFA programs are frequently cost-prohibitive; artists of color are underrepresented; and, many artists who have obtained an MFA find that they simply want more: more time and space to deepen their practice, more critical feedback and guidance, and more e
Group exhibition Front & Center unveils artwork by the 2014 class of artists in this program that is dedicated to building critical dialogue for professional artists seeking to advance their work. The exhibition features new artworks in various media by 25 artists from emerging to midcareer levels.
Over the course of six months, a supportive peer network, guest artists, gallerists, critics, and professionals push Center Program artists to answer tough questions, evolve their art, and ultimately produce strong, new work to show. The group exhibition Front & Center unveils artwork in various media by the 2014 class of artists in this program that is dedicated to building critical dialogue for working artists seeking to advance their practice. The exhibition features new artworks in various media by twenty-six artists from emerging to midcareer levels.
Featuring artwork by:
Kevin Blake
Juarez Hawkins
Karen Hirsch
Carolyn Cronin Hughes
James Jankowiak
Lisa Jenschke
Steve Juras
Beth Kamhi
Christine La Rue
Victor Lopez
Alyssa Miserendino
Christian Ortiz
Margaret Park
Janet Krehbiel Pieracci
Gonzalo Reyes
Sheri Rush
Caitlin Ryan
Christopher Saclolo
Carla Fisher Schwartz
Casey Smallwood
Dorian Sylvain
Sadie Woods
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas
About The Center Program
A natural outgrowth of the Art Center’s progressive and scaffolded arts education programs, The Center Program was first piloted in 2012. Conceived as a capstone program for artists who had grown beyond the Art Center’s other offerings, and were ready to push their practice to the next level, The Center Program is the Art Center’s answer to the existence of critical gaps in established professional development offerings for artists. Traditional MFA programs are frequently cost-prohibitive; artists of color are underrepresented; and, many artists who have obtained an MFA find that they simply want more: more time and space to deepen their practice, more critical feedback and guidance, and more e
