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Behind the Cards: A Curator’s Walkthrough with Lenore Metrick-Chen
This curatorial talk is an alternative tour of Race Making, led by guest curator Lenore Metrick-Chen. In this event, Lenore will reflect on her process of collecting, interpreting and selecting the trade cards, offering a behind-the-scenes perspective on how these everyday “ordinary” advertising cards contribute to the social construction of race.
Guardians of the Earth and Sky
Interactive performance by Irene Hsiao in collaboration with dancers Amanda Maraist and Darling Shear, musicians Paige Brown and Hunter Diamond, tai chi master Peter Wong, visual artist Young Kim, and storyteller Penny Li.
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Language of Abstraction Exhibition Opening Reception
Ground floor exhibit featuring selected work by two artists of Chinese descent born in Asia now living in Chicago whose studio practice since the Seventies explore abstraction to directly and indirectly re-envision language visually.
In a city known for its own brand of Surrealist and Pop Art-influenced figuration, both continue to forge separate but parallel paths, doggedly creating their own lexicon centered on the form, structure, and mechanics that is the “body” of the written as ideogrammic and calligraphic over the past fifty years.
UNGROUND Closing Reception with Artist Talk
Join us on December 8th, 3–5 p.m., for the closing reception of UNGROUND by C. C. Ann Chen. The event features an artist talk with Larry Lee, Annie Morse, and Holly Cahill, exploring the evolution of landscape and its resonance with contemporary times, inspired by C.C. Ann Chen’s sailing journeys in the North Atlantic.
Panelists:
Larry Lee: A multimedia artist, art historian, and educator. He curates the Spotlight Series and teaches at the SAIC, DePaul University, and Columbia College Chicago.
Annie Morse: An independent art educator and curator with deep roots in Chicago’s art community. Formerly Assistant Director for College and Professional Programs at the Art Institute of Chicago, she has worked with Hyde Park Art Center, 3Arts, and others. She holds advanced degrees in 20th-century art history and library science, and her recent curatorial work includes exhibitions for the Chicago Cultural Center.
Holly Cahill: A visual artist and curator whose work draws on natural phenomena to explore themes of growth, transformation, and embodied experiences. Her art has been exhibited at Hyde Park Art Center, Secrist|Beach, 65GRAND, and Epiphany Center for the Arts. As a member and director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago, she has led innovative curatorial projects, including a forthcoming 2025 solo exhibition of C.C. Ann Chen.
Portals of Kinship, Threads of Commerce: Reception and Show-n-Tell
Join us for the reception of our newest exhibition with Thandi Cai. The event opens with an altar ceremony and a community Show-n-Tell. Enjoy art, tea, snacks, and stories. To share at the Show-n-Tell, bring any object that represents kinship/connection to you.
2:00 PM: Altar Ceremony
3:00 PM: Community Show-n-Tell
CAMOC Autumn Fire Sale
We’ve uncovered hidden treasures from our museum’s collection, now available for you to own!
Join us for treasure hunting and good vibes, along with: music, grilled skewers, drinks, games, and karaoke.
Free entry! You don’t want to miss this HOT event!
More details coming soon.
The Oldtimers: A Poetry Reading with Wing Tek Lum
Join us in imagining life in Honolulu Chinatown circa 1900 with poet Wing Tek Lum.
He will be sharing his latest work, “The Oldtimers,” which reflects on the forgotten bachelor society of sojourners and settlers in Hawaii—their work, their diversions, their challenges amidst plague and fire, and the perseverance that helped shape the America we see today.
Lum’s poetry revives archival voices with emotional depth and historical consciousness, lighting on the experience of displacement, hard labor, isolation, familial bonds and obligations, heritage and adaptation amidst the islands’ rapid growth.
Mid-Autumn Fest - Roots & Routes
Come celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival 2024!
Join us on Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM at the beautiful Set in Stone Gathering Space in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor.
Get ready for an evening celebrating the Harvest Moon with music, live performances, delicious Chinese mooncakes, bubble tea, fun activities, a lantern procession, and much more. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and join us for this important holiday in Chinese culture celebrating friends and family!