Photography by Kelly Murphy
Meet Donté K. Hayes, the curator of February’s group show, Ancestral Futures. Visit ARC at 6pm on February 20th. Donté will lead a walk through the gallery and hold a Q&A for open discussion.
Key Dates and Times for Ancestral Futures:
Opening Reception: Friday, February 6th, 5-8pm
Curator Walk Through: Friday, February 20th, 6pm
Exhibition dates: February 5-27, 2026
Gallery hours: Thurs – Fri 2-6pm, Sat – Sun 12-4 pm
ARC Gallery, 463 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
About the Curator: Donté K. Hayes
Donté K. Hayes is a research-based artist residing and working in Cliffwood, New Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State University in Georgia with a BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking with an Art History minor. Donté received his MA and MFA with honors from the University of Iowa and is the 2017 recipient of the University of Iowa Arts Fellowship. Donté has been awarded residencies at MacDowell, Bemis Center, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland, Township 10, Watershed, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences and The Peninsula School of Art. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Wellin Museum, Newark Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Gibbes Museum of Art, Newcomb Art Museum, Stanley Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum and the Des Moines Art Center among others. Donté is a recipient of a 2023 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist fellowship. In 2022 he was awarded a prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant Award. He is also a 2019 Ceramics Monthly Magazine Emerging Artists and Artaxis Fellow. Donté K. Hayes is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Florida.
Visit Donté @ https://dontekhayes.com