GREAT LAKES NATION OPENING | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 6-10PM

Opening Night: Friday, October 8, 2010, 6-10pm
Open through October 24 by appointment.
Please contact stacy@chicagoartdepartment.org for viewing.

Chicago Art Department
1837 S. Halsted St., Chicago (Pilsen)

In the year 2010 A.D, THE GREAT LAKES BASIN DECLARES INDEPENDENCE
and announces to the world, ‘WE ARE NOT A COMMODITY, WE ARE THE
SUSTENANCE OF LIFE!’
-Excerpt from the Great Lakes Basin Declaration

What if the 35 million people living in the Great Lakes Basin decided
to secede from North America due to a lack of sustainable priorities?
Motivated by the impending freshwater crises, artists will examine the
issues of living in Chicago by the largest freshwater system in the
world. The basis of these investigations is a newly independent ‘Great
Lakes Nation,’ of which artists explore human-nature relations from the
Great Lakes’ point of view. Artists will bring to light information, issues
and solutions concerning this amazing resource through various mediums
including paintings, mixed-media, photography, screen printing,
woodworking, apparel and ceramics.

Featured Artists:
Nick Adam
Sandi Chaplin
Todd Childers
Tanya Galin
Matthew Hoffman
Andy Holck
Will House
Lisa Korpan
Bill Lenehan
Lisa Peterson
Stacy Peterson
Scott Reinhard
Bud Rodecker
Jen Rosenthal
Preethi Venkataramanujam
Matt Wizinsky

Music:
Nat Soti

The featured art is a collaboration between the Great Lakes Nation Workshop at the Chicago Art Department and Call to Action: An Intervention on Water at Archeworks (ItsOurWater.org).

The opening is part of Chicago Artists’ Month.