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Join us and support Public Media Institute and our community's efforts to make Chicago's cultural, independent media, and movement work more meaningful, powerful and prosperous than ever.
Join us Tuesday, October from 6pm-10.30pm at Co-Prosperity, 3219 S. Morgan Street. There will be live music, dinner, and an auction with over 30 artworks.
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Current Exhibition
**Bebesota**September 13 - October 25, 2024
Opening Reception: September 13 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Bebesota features large silkscreen printed bandanas, custom spinner rims and gold hoop earrings. By introducing these iconic materials from the hood into a gallery setting Bebesota calls attention to the vast space between the art world and various communities of so called outsiders. Exaggerating the scale is a symbolic gesture of intervention, a way of colonizing and claiming space in the world as a queer, Latina from a barrio. The value of art rests in its ability to communicate across barriers.
Vanessa Viruet, a Chicago-based artist of Puerto Rican descent, creates large-scale works delving into complex histories rooted in textiles, including identity, heritage, gender, and class. Her art has been exhibited at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit.Viruet has also exhibited in conjunction with Chicago Textiles Week, the Surface Design Association, and the Annual Lowrider Festival. Residencies include ACRE, Lillstreet Art Center, and the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Viruet holds a BFA and an MA in Teaching from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She has served as an art instructor for Chicago Public Schools for ten years. She is a Lecturer in Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she also works with students in the Low Residency MFA program.
Past PROGRAMS and exhibitions
Aug 12, 2024 – Aug 23, 2024
Mar 8, 2024 – Apr 14, 2024
Oct 21, 2023 – Dec 3, 2023
Sep 29, 2023 – Nov 11, 2023
Aug 5, 2023 – Sep 23, 2023
Aug 5, 2023 – Sep 17, 2023
Jun 30, 2023 – Jul 29, 2023
May 26, 2023 – Jul 8, 2023
May 26, 2023 – Jun 29, 2023
Mar 3, 2023 – Apr 21, 2023
Mar 3, 2023 – Apr 21, 2023
Feb 11, 2023 – Feb 26, 2023
Nov 19, 2022 – Dec 18, 2022
Nov 19, 2022 – Dec 17, 2022
Oct 29, 2022 – Oct 30, 2022
Sep 30, 2022 – Oct 22, 2022
Sep 24, 2022 – Oct 29, 2022
Aug 21, 2022 – Sep 11, 2022
Aug 13, 2022 – Sep 3, 2022
Jul 15, 2022 – Aug 14, 2022
exhibition texts
Co-Prosperity started an initiative in 2021 with the help of our Co-Pro Council that commissions writers to produce responses that document/review/analyze/discuss/talk about their experiences of our exhibitions. Are you a writer? Get added to our Writer’s Bank here!
About Co-Prosperity Chicago
Co-Prosperity is a gallery and HQ for Public Media Institute: a non-profit organization that brings you independent media projects like Lumpen Magazine, Lumpen Radio, and Lumpen TV, a gallery in upstate New York, Buddy (an artist store at the Chicago Cultural Center), and MdW: a coalition of artist-run organizations in the Midwest!
Come visit us at 3219 S MORGAN ST, Chicago, IL, and follow us on Instagram to see our Open Hours!