Exhibition Archive

8/1/25 8/1/25

Jasmine Elizabeth

Jasmine Elizabeth: Love, Lies, and Everything Else We’ve Ever Done Wrong

Opening Reception: Friday, August 1, 2025, 5-8pm

It can be compelling to think we understand something, to assert that we understand what a story is, and have that be what defines us. Art should never be clear. It should never have an easy conclusion.

Love, Lies, and Everything Else We’ve Ever Done Wrong implores the viewer to look closer than is comfortable. Subjects reduced to their most basic forms narrate the quiet moments: moments of contemplation, otherness, and selfhood. In this series of paintings, the amount of visual information stripped away in each painting varies, allowing the viewer to bring in their own conclusions about what they are seeing.

7/27/25 7/27/25

Diane Jurado

Diane Jurado: The Ambiguous Narrative

Opening Reception: Friday, September 5, 2025, 5-8pm

My painting is a process of discovery. It becomes a metaphorical construct of personal experience and memory. Abstract shapes emerge, evoking a sense of movement and interaction; creating an implied narrative that is both ambiguous and surprising.

7/1/25 7/1/25

Monica J. Brown

Monica J. Brown: The Biomythography of Jaybird & The Queen of Hearts

Opening Reception: Friday, July 11, 2025, 5-8pm

“Biomythography” is a term coined by Audre Lord defined as “combining elements of history, biography and myth” within literature. My exploration of this idea is a continuation of the ongoing series of paintings, collages and poetry in my Mythical Memory series. This body of work combines Afro-surrealism, abstraction, and elements of pop art aesthetics. This overlap and intersection of genres is used to create a dialogue around the abstract qualities of time and memory, the liminality of the dream space and the way in which personal narratives can create a mythology. Time and memory are components of history. The mythology enters as the realm where the dream space and memory coincide. Love is the enduring force that weaves it all together.

7/1/25 7/1/25

Margaret Archambault

Margaret Archambault: Affect the Effect

Opening Reception: Friday, July 11, 2025, 5-8pm

Artist Talk: TBD

“Affect the Effect” is a series of paintings that act as a direct reflection of my experiences and my desire to share the truth about the power we possess to overcome doubt and express ourselves in ways that are both unique and universal at the same time. We are the creator and we truly can “Affect the Effect” in and of our lives and sculpt them into that which we desire.

9/6/24 9/6/24

Amy Zucker + Valerie McCune

Amy Zucker + Valerie McCune: RELATED

Opening Reception: Friday, September 6, 2024, 5-8pm

"RELATED" is an artistic dialogue between Chicago-based cousins and artists, Amy Zucker and Valerie McCune. This collaboration began as an exploration of familial ties through art and evolved into a mutual exchange of inspiration and creativity. Their unique styles reflect their individual journeys, yet blend harmoniously in this show.

Each piece represents a conversation: one artist's creation sparks the other's response, showcasing their evolving relationship. By hanging their works side by side, viewers are invited to witness the interplay of their distinct voices, united by family

7/5/24 7/5/24

Nancy Fritz

Nancy Fritz: BEING… WITH

Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 2024, 5-8pm

I have always been a figurative painter. I am unable to paint anything else. For a while I was fascinated with painting faces of people I cared about—trying to capture each unique essence on the canvas. This show takes a different turn—faces are generic; figures are ambiguous and stylized. What links these paintings is the connection between the figures—a person reaching towards another person, figures moving in concert… each part of an ecosystem larger than themselves.