Independent Drawing Hour
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 , 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CST
Spend time looking closely at artworks in the exhibitions and drawing at your own pace. Materials provided.
Andy Slater’s exhibition, Paintings & Sculptures, features Chicago-based artist Andy Slater’s sound works and three-dimensional objects that mimic the presentation and appearance of traditional artistic formats but engage senses other than vision. Meant to be touched or heard rather than seen, these “paintings and sculptures” trouble the ocularcentrism that is at the core of the “visual” arts. For Slater, who is blind, this is more than just a conceptual gesture or a political statement (though it is those things, too): it is an attempt to invite people to have artistic experiences that are analogous to his own.
Margaret Crowley’s exhibition, Hazard, premieres new paintings and sculptures addressing the industries and textures of “health, wellness, and pain management” by Chicago-based artist and Illinois State University alum Margaret Crowley. She explores the effects of manual labor and how the repetition of overuse mirrors the repetition of repair. The exhibition title alludes to occupational hazards and serves as a warning.
