Greetings from the Great Lakes Nation!

"What's this," you ask? "More art?" ...Sure, why not! When it rains it pours I suppose. I'll have an installation on display that will hopefully move you to action. Details below...




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
Danielle Gharst
Matthew Hoffman
Andy Holck
Will House
Lisa Korpan
Bill Lenehan
Pei-san Ng
Lisa Peterson
Stacy Peterson
Scott Reinhard
Bud Rodecker
Jen Rosenthal
Preethi Venkataramanujam
Matt Wizinsky

Music by:
Matt Schneider
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.