November Artist News

published: Nov. 4, 2024

News: 

 

EIREN CAFFALL (2021 Make a Wave Awardee)

Eiren recently released The Mourner’s Bestiary, her critically acclaimed literary memoir “braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness.” “A literary memoir on loss, chronic illness, and generational healing, Caffall’s The Mourner’s Bestiary is also a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems—the Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Sound—and the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores.”

 

Events: 

 

REBECCA BEACHY (2019 Make a Wave Awardee), CANDACE HUNTER (2021 Next Level Awardee), JENNY KENDLER (2023 3Arts/Chandler Family Awardee), NORMAN W. LONG (2011 3Arts Awardee), LUFTWERK (2019 Djerassi Resident Artists), MEIDA TERESA MCNEAL (2017 3Arts Awardee), SHERWIN OVID (2021 Make a Wave Awardee), RHONDA WHEATLEY (2017 Make a Wave Awardee), and AMANDA WILLIAMS (2020 Next Level Spare Room Awardee)

Now through February 23, 2025,  Myth of the Organic City is on view at 6018|North. “Myth of the Organic Citypresents a historical and contemporary overview of Chicago’s design and land use, from its indigenous roots through 20th century infrastructure projects to present-day developments. The exhibition includes maps, landscape designs, installations, wall drawings, sculptures, and multimedia works.”

 

NORMAN W. LONG (2011 3Arts Awardee) and ZAKKIYYAH NAJEEBAH DUMAS O’NEAL (2022 3Arts/Gary and Denise Gardner Fund Awardee)

Now through February 23, 2025,  Positions: New Landscapes is on view at the Hyde Park Art Center. “This group exhibition features works by six Chicago-based artists who explore the potential of landscape in contemporary art to contribute to timely conversations about relationships between sites and history, place and belonging, and environmental justice and land stewardship. Working in a diverse range of media including photography, sculpture, sound, installation, and painting, the artists in the exhibition reinvent the traditional genre of landscape to explore its capacity to intervene in civic dialogs rooted in place.”

 

RHONDA WHEATLEY (2017 Make a Wave Awardee) 

Opening on November 1 (and on view through February 15, 2025), Healers and Dreamers at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts features artwork by Rhonda Wheatley. The exhibition centers “care as a radical and necessary act which has the power to dismantle extractive systems where people and resources are used up and tossed aside, championing regenerative models that utilize self-renewing and adaptive principles to maintain health and longevity both personally and socio-politically.” Programming includes a Curator Gallery Talk (November 9 at 11:30am), Tarot Readings for the Collective and You Be the Oracle Workshop (November 16 at 1:30pm), and a Free Family Day (November 23 at 1pm). 

 

ANDREA CARLSON (2020 Make a Wave Artist), BETHANY COLLINS (2017 Make a Wave Awardee), and AMANDA WILLIAMS (2020 Next Level Spare Room Awardee)

Opening November  2 (and on view through February 2, 2025), Andrea, Bethany, and Amanda are among the participating artists in Prospect6. Prospect6 posits “New Orleans as a globally relevant point of departure for examining our collective future as it relates to climate change, legacies of colonialism, and definitions of belonging and home.” The exhibition is comprised of artworks and activations across the city. 

 

MARCELA MUÑOZ (2017 3Arts/Southwest Airlines Awardee)

Opening November 1 (and showing through December 15), Marcela directs Adverses showing at the Aguijón Theater. “Jealousy and intrigue run rampant in the city of Palacio. A mother and a daughter face off in a fight to the finish: The mother will do anything to hold on to power, and the daughter will stop at nothing to avenge her father’s murder. A contemporary take on the Electra myth, Adverses is a humorous yet poignant exploration of the corrosive nature of the pursuit of power and the often-complicated relationship between mothers and daughters.” The play is performed in Spanish with supertitles in English. 

 

TOMEKA REID (2016 3Arts/Southwest Airlines Awardee)

On November 8, Tomeka plays with the Tomeka Reid Stringtet, a 17-member improvising chamber orchestra. The ensemble features prolific string players and percussionists from across the country and will premiere co-commissioned new work at the Logan Center Performance Hall. 

 

RIKA LIN (2023 3Arts/Reva and David Logan Foundation Awardee) and AYAKO KATO (2016 3Arts/ Reva and David Logan Foundation Awardee)

On November 8-9, the Bridge Dance Festival, curated by Rika, will debut experimental performances by AAPI dancers from Chicago. Performances by Chih-hsien Lin, Ray Nakazawa, and Ayako Kato will explore expressions of self. 

 

NEJLA YATKIN (2012 3Arts Awardee)

On November 9, Nejla performs The Other Witch at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Inspired by the original Hexen Tanz created by German choreographer Mary Wigman, The Other Witch “is a profound exploration of the human psyche, blending dance, ritual, and multimedia elements to delve into the archetypes of the witch and the shaman.”

 

KEVIN IEGA JEFF (2017 Make a Wave Awardee)

On November 16, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater performs at the Auditorium Theatre. Led by Kevin, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater “reimagines and diversifies the aesthetics of contemporary dance by uniting modern, classical, American, and African American traditions in dance and storytelling.”

 

RICARDO GAMBOA (2017 Make a Wave Awardee)

Through November 16, Ruth on the Rocks, a play following Ruth Guerra, a Mexican American, middle-aged girl living on the southside of Chicago, plays at The Storyfront. Developed and directed by Ricardo, Ruth on the Rocks is a part of his initiative Concrete Content, which creates radical performance and media work that is accessible and dynamic and aims to provide transformative aesthetic and cultural experiences for Chicago’s communities of color. 

 

MICHAEL HERZOVI (2019 Bodies of Work Artist)

On November 17, Michael performs Wheels and Beer: A Rolling Pub Crawl, a one-night show at Lifeline Theatre. He’ll share “stories about his life in a thought-provoking show with Fillet of Solo! Michael talks about how he went from infant to artist, braving fallout shelters, bus passengers, and becoming a spy to find his place in the world.” The performance will include ASL interpreters. 

 

HALENA KAYS (2012 3Arts Awardee)

On November 29 through December 22, Halena directs It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! for the American Blues Theater. “George Bailey – the Everyman from small town Bedford Falls whose dreams of escape and adventure were stopped by family obligation and civic duty – has fallen onto desperate times. Only a miracle can save him from despair. Filled with original music and classic holiday carols, this warm ‘holiday favorite makes the bell ring every time.’”