PRESS RELEASE
MAY 2022
Contact: Lisa Degliantoni, Evanston Made
Phone: 847-544-8205
Email: [email protected]
BIPOC Group Show at Evanston Art Center
Fran Joy and Evanston Made present the BIPOC Members Group Show
EVANSTON, IL, MAY 16, 2022 - Kicking off the Evanston Made 2022 exhibit series, is the BIPOC Members Group Show at Evanston Art Center, featuring contemporary art works created by Evanston Made’s BIPOC Members. BIPOC members of Evanston Made identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color.
Curated by Artist and Community Activist Fran Joy with Advisory Council members Indira Johnson, Laurice Bell, Anne Wolff and Lisa Degliantoni, the group show will be on exhibit June 3- 30, and will host free public programming throughout June. The public is invited to the opening reception Friday, June 3, 5-8p.
“Supporting and promoting BIPOC artists and curators is a priority of mine and I am honored to collaborate with Evanston Made in the beautiful Evanston Art Center,” Fran Joy, artist and curator. The public is invited to a tour and curator’s talk, Thursday, June 16, 7p.
Evanston Made and Evanston Art Center will forgo the traditional commission structure and pay artists 100% of art sales. “This BIPOC Group Show is part of a national trend on making bold and long overdue amends to black and brown artists, who have been massively underrepresented in the arts,” says Lisa Degliantoni, Executive Director of Evanston Made.
More than 25 artists are participating in the exhibit, listed here in order of first name; Alpha Bruton, Angela Williams, Ben Blount, Bryana Bibbs, Cherie Lockett, David Anthony Geary, David Niari, Debra Salter, Deanna Villareal, Elizabeth Thomas, Fran Joy, Indira Freitas Johnson, Jevoid Simmons, John Wangendo, Juan Gerena, June Ahleman, KL Wolff, Levern Dahlman, Makeba Kedem-DuBose, Melissa Raman Molitor, Melissa Blount, Michael Winchester, Orman Ward, Paula Cofresi-Silverstein, Peyton Evans, Rose-Marie Lamour, Sholo Beverly, Stacy Thomas, Susan Cua, Tasha Nemo, Theo Hall, William Taylor Yancey Hughes, Yaounde Olu.
The BIPOC Group Show takes place June 3-30, at Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central
Street, in Evanston, IL.
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If you would like more information about this topic, please call Lisa Degliantoni at
847-544-8205 or email at [email protected]