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Unbroken Chain

Opening: Saturday, April 6 from 7-9pm
From April 6 to June 1st

Sarah and Joseph Belknap Clayton Phillips Luba Mendelevich Kitty Rauth Alberto Aguilar

As we navigate life, we experience feelings of love and loss. Interconnectedness, spirituality, existential questioning and the human experience are manifested and considered in this collective presentation.

November and more As I wait for the score They’re telling me forgiveness Is the key to every door A slow winder day A night like forever Sink like a stone
Float like a feather

Lilac rain, unbroken chain Song of the saw-whet owl Out on the mountain, it’ll drive you insane Listening to th_e wind_s howl

As we navigate personal and collective grief, we celebrate the ones who impacted our lives and the ones that we never met, who left life through unjustified causes.

From the song Unbroken Chain by The Grateful Dead

The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60624
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More Sound Than Lemons

curated by Frank Vega

(presenting and preserving)

Cesar Lopez

Hyeseul Song

Julian Tyus

Mariana Noreña

Terence Hannum

Calling attention to fragments and often overlooked materials, the artists in this exhibition excavate new possibilities through ephemera, creating preservative systems of contemplation. Morphing diverse materials, locals, and procedures, these artists create a fresh domain of autonomy. These artists blend traditional and innovative processes going in and out of the static vessel of tradition. Through abstract strategies, these works navigate and exhaust natural material stability. Creating permanent containers, these artists present the viewer with fragmented elements that contextualize and reevaluate our perception of local ecosystems, providing us with new adaptable possibilities. These compositions break through the surface, reconsidering current norms, functions, presence, and permanence. The conversation between artist and object, humans and things, allows us to confront and amplify voices that deal with contemporary culture and notions around what requires preservation.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 30th, from 2 pm to 5 pm

From September 30 to November 18, 2023

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AMULETO

April 22 - August 13, 2023

Opening Receptions

Hyde Park Art Center: April 22, 1 – 4 pm

The Franklin: April 23, 12 – 2 pm

3522 W. Franklin Blvd, Chicago

Mayfield: April 23, 2 – 6 pm

505 Marengo Avenue, Forest Park

Amuleto is a collaboration between the independent art spaces The Franklin, Mayfield, and Hyde Park Art Center to present artwork by artists that address the ideas of the amulet/amuleto: portable objects that are attributed to magical, emotional, or sentimental value. Civilizations have believed in the energy of amulets going all the way back to ancient times. These talismans are often worn to aid or protect their wearer or given a spiritual significance that varies from person to person and is symbolically compared to armor. How do contemporary artists incorporate the alchemy of artifacts in their work?

This exhibition concept originated from the artists Edra Soto, Madeleine Aguilar, and Alberto Aguilar in relation to their own art practices and how they consider found, personal objects to be infused with power from memories generated from the object’s history of use or existence. The exhibition will take place in three companion shows spread throughout the three venues in the spring/summer of 2023 and run simultaneously at the Art Center with the solo exhibition Destination/El Destino: A Decade of GRAFT by Edra Soto.

Maria Burundarena - Jeff Robinson - Ciera McKissick - Liz Chilsen -

Whitney Bradshaw - Monica Rezman - Dianna Frid - Jess Bass -

Natalia Villanueva Linares - Keny De La Peña - Bun Stout -

Rodrigo Lara - Kushala Vora - Rhonda Wheatley -

Frank Vega - Sofia Fernandez - Cecilia Beaven - John Preus