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Exhibition Schedule 2004-2005

Sept 10- Oct 8 2004
  • FRAGMENTS OF LIFE 2
  • Artists: Tung Vu and Tran Thanh Toan
  • Set Up: September 7
  • September 10-October 8, Opening September 17 6-9pm 7pm Performance, Vietnamese dancing
  
Oct 16-Nov 26 2004
  • PROCESS
  • Opening Reception: October 23 at 7 p.m.
  • Performances begin at 8 p.m.
  • Group show including Matthew Dionisopoulos, Susan F. Field, John Honey, Patricia M. Murphy and Romeo Oros
  
Dec 3-Jan 21,2005
  • CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS
  • Artists: David Spencer and others
  • Set Up: Week of November 29-December 2
  • December 3 – January 21; Opening Reception December 4, 2004 6-9pm; Native American Music and Dance Performances at 7pm (CLOSED December 20- January 3 for Christmas Holiday)
  
Jan 29 -March 18 2005
  • THE CULTURE OF THE PRINT
  • Curated by Thomas Lucas
  • Artists: Chris Flynn, David Jones, Thomas Lucas, Julian Cox, Abi Gonzales, Elke Claus, Julian Cox, and Pete Rangel.
  • Set Up: Week of January 24-27
  • Opening Reception: Saturday January 29, 6-9pm
  
March 21-27 2005 CLOSED FOR SPRING BREAK  
April 1 -May 13, 2005
  • [Si] [Fe] [Cu]: A Dialogue of Elements
  • METAL AND GLASS INSTALLATION AND SCULPTURE
  • Artists: Cassandra Chambers, Tim Straubing, Jerry Catania, Jessica Bohus
  • Set Up: March 28 – March 31
  • April 1 – May 13; Opening Reception:
  • April 1, 6-9pm, 7 pm Artist talk
  
May 19- June 11 2005
  • ART AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE: BRENNEMAN ELEMENTARY SHINES
  • Set Up: May 16-18
  • May 19-June 11; Opening May 19, 3-6pm;
  • Drama and Poetry Performance at 4 pm
  
October 7-November 28, 2005
  • Una Vida de Arte y Justicia: An Homage to Carlos Cortez
  • Opening Reception October 7, 6-9pm
  • Poetry of Carlos Cortez: Read by Susan F. Field
  • Video Documentary: The Artist in His Studio
  • 7:30pm
  • Last year, the community mourned the passing of Carlos Cortez, a vital creative force in the Latino community since 1965. He was first recognized as a poet, then as a woodcut printmaker. Central to Cortez's art was his Mexican heritage and its indigenous origins, as well as principles of ethnic pride, resistance, and political tenacity. Cortez's artwork has been represented by Beacon Street Gallery throughout our 23 year history. This exhibit marks the GRAND OPENING of Beacon Street Gallery at its new location in the Fine Arts Building. Cortez's four panel mural depicting the history of the labor movement in Chicago will also be on display at Beacon Street .
  
December 2- January 28, 2005 Play School
Opening Reception: December 2, 6-9pm featuring a discussion with the artists.

Play School is an exhibition of collaborative paintings by four artists: Jakub Jerzy, George Liebert, Eric May, and Ben Seamons, who have collaborated together in different combos: Eric and Jakub are the Huxtable Family, an ever-expanding universe of painted characters, which remix and riff upon a milieu of pop cultural artifacts that the two grew up with together during the 80's and early nineties; George, Eric, and Ben are the Woody Boys, a collective forged at the Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, which weaves together themes of generational experiences, their Mid-Western-ness, and the index of 'camp' culture. This show will exhibit a survey of works by the two collectives as well as present a new suite of works realized by all four artists, who share a rich mosaic of relationships as collaborators, peers, teacher/students, and friends. The opening reception for this exhibition will feature a conversation with the artists.		  

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