Past Events
Open: Virtual Screening and Discussion
Friday, October 15 | 5pm CT | Zoom
Join us for a screening and discussion with Open artists Renata Berdes, Ted Gram-Boarini, and Hubert Posey, along with Vincent Uribe from Arts of Life. This program is a free program.
Talking Back to Power Through Art and Activism
Friday, April 16 | 10:30am CT
Join DFPA Artist-in-Residence Aram Han Sifuentes for "Talking Back to Power Through Art and Activism" as part of the Center for Urban Research and Learning's CURL Friday Morning Seminar series.
Aram Han Sifuentes uses art to disrupt, unsettle, and rupture dominate narrative to assert, demand, and claim spaces for those who are commonly othered, particularly for immigrants of color. She will talk about her projects U.S. Citizenship Test Sampler, Protest Banner Lending Library, and Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for All Who Legally Can鈥檛 and how she uses art to confront social and racial injustices against the disenfranchised and riff off of official institutions and bureaucratic processes to reimagine new, inclusive, and humanized systems of civic engagement and belonging.
On Friday, November 13, 2020 Getting It Together artists Nia Easley and Tulika Ladsariya joined Ralph Arnold Gallery co-directors Betsy Odem and Lisa Armstrong on Zoom for a conversation about our times. Click to view the video recording of this virtual program
The way we operate in physical space is a manifestation of the political climate. Get it Together aims to pose questions of ownership and power in the built environment. Nia Easley and Tulika Ladsariya each create work that calls attention to the ways our surroundings are influenced by various ideologies. Through these works, the artists challenge expectations and reveal biases in an effort to put the pieces back together.
On Friday, October 16, 2020, Pivot artists Jonathan Michael Castillo and Nicole Marroquin joined Ralph Arnold Gallery co-directors Lisa Armstrong and Betsy Odom for a conversation about their work and practices on Zoom. Click to watch the recording.
Aram Han Sifuentes Keynote: Creating A Seed for Action
THU OCT 22nd @ 4:30PM CST on Zoom
2020-2021 DFPA Artist-in-Residence Aram Han Sifuentes uses art to disrupt, unsettle, and rupture dominate narrative to assert, demand and claim spaces for those who are commonly othered, particularly for immigrants of color. She will talk about her projects U.S. Citizenship Test Sampler, Protest Banner Lending Library, and Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for All Who Legally Can鈥檛 and how she uses art to confront social and racial injustices against the disenfranchised and riff off of official institutions and bureaucratic processes to reimagine new, inclusive, and humanized systems of civic engagement and belonging.
This event is free and open to the public. Click to register!
Online Reception and Artist Panel
Join us for an online opening reception of Pivot and artist panel discussion with exhibiting artists Jonathan Michael Castillo and Nicole Marroquin on Friday, October 16 from 5-6pm. Please register to participate.
All events at the Ralph Arnold Gallery are free and open to the public.
Thursday, March 19, 2020, 2:00 - 3:30pm
Artist Talk
Cancelled: Thursday, March 19, 2:00 - 3:30pm
Jordan Martins is a Chicago based visual artist, curator, and educator. He received his MFA in visual arts from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador, Brazil in 2007, and is a lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and North Park University. He is the executive director of Comfort Station, a multi-disciplinary art space in Chicago. Martins鈥檚 visual work is based in collage processes, including painting, photography, video and installation, and he has exhibited nationally and internationally. His work has been featured in exhibitions at Goldfinch, The Mission, Evanston Art Center, LVL3, The Franklin, The Museu de Arte da Bahia, Zeitgeist, and Experimental Sound Studio. He was a resident in the Chicago Artists Coalition鈥檚 HATCH program in 2013.
All events at the Ralph Arnold Gallery are free and open to the public.
Thursday, March 15, 4:30 - 5:30pm, room
Curator's Talk
Thursday, March 15, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Edra Soto (b. Puerto Rico), curator of Under the Influence currently in view at the Ralph Arnold Gallery, is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist, educator, curator, and co-director of the outdoor project space THE FRANKLIN. She is invested in creating and providing visual and educational models propelled by empathy and generosity. Her recent projects are motivated by civic and social actions focus on fostering relationships with a wide range of communities.
All events at the Ralph Arnold Gallery are free and open to the public.