ART + VISION

I'm honored to be the featured artist on display at Spex on Clark for their ART + VISION series from December 1 - January 12. I'll be exhibiting my latest collection "control" as well as some other recent works. I hope you will join me for the opening reception & Oliver Peoples trunk show, Wednesday, December 1 from 5-8pm. You know you love trying on new frames!

Opening Reception:
Spex | 2316 N. Clark St. | Chicago
Wednesday, December 1
5-8pm

www.spexchicago.com

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.

International Women's Day | Group Show | 03/08/10

Please join me Monday, March 8th for International Women's Day. I'll be exhibiting a brand new piece of art alongside 22 other fabulous women artists. YOU GO GIRL!



International Women's Day (8 March) is marked as a day when people all over the world celebrate the idea of WOMAN as mother, inventor, lover, artist, peacemaker, revolutionary, and maker of history. On the evening of March 8th you are invited to celebrate this day at Chicago Art Department, where twenty-three women will gather to celebrate, educate, make artwork, share memories, discuss issues, and have a little fun. Through the artwork each artist will show her unique approach to celebrating this day for. This exhibition celebrates and gives voice to topics and struggles that are globally unique to women, and will include the showing of archival materials and traditional edible goodies. Come and revel in the strength and vitality that is WOMAN.

International Women's Day Group Show
Monday March 8th, 6-10 pm (1 Day Only)
@ Chicago Art Department
1837 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL

"Woman's Dilemma"
ink/magazine clippings on paper
12" x 16"
2010

What does $200 mean to you?

Just finished my new piece(s) for the $200 exhibition at the Chicago Art Department opening Friday, November 13, 2009.

"Need v Want"
ink on vellum
6" x 8" (ea)
2009

Need v Want

“What does $200 mean to you?” Such a loaded question and yet incredibly simplistic at its core. Of course $200 means a lot of different things to different people. To some, it’s what they take home in a day; to many it’s what they make in a week. $200 can feed a village in Peru for a month, or cover the tip for a Wall Street executive’s lunch. What’s $200 when our nation is hemorrhaging millions of dollars a day fighting an unwinnable war? The more I thought about it, the more I agonized. Suddenly the answer was not so simple.

Struggling, I asked friends and family what $200 meant to them. The responses were overwhelmingly opposite of the sinister thoughts in my head and hitting much more close to home. $200 to my sister meant a much deserved weekend getaway for her and her husband after an exceedingly trying year. $200 to my cousin meant a flight from Denver to Chicago to visit with the family. A friend jokingly pointed out that $200 could buy 28.57 lbs of jellybeans…if I was “into that sorta thing.” $200 as a means to build memories, share moments, and fill the heart with love and joy. Hmm…

Simply put, I realized the question became less about a monetary amount and more about necessity versus nicety. I need food and shelter and medicine, but I want a shiny new gadget, a new pair of boots, and a vacation would be nice. It’s in our nature to want things, but not every want is evil, greedy, or outlandish. Really, it’s all about options…and thank god I have them!

About the show

An exploration into what this amount of money means given today's economic climate, this exhibition poses a simple question to CAD's resident artists: What does $200 mean to you? The exhibition will feature written responses alongside single pieces of art by each resident. Sale price for any piece of art will be $200, with proceeds benefiting CAD's resident artist program. Participating artists include Stacy Peterson, Jen Rosenthal, Chris Hales, Seth Gershberg, Mike Wilgus, Kirsten Strauss, Rebecca Rounds, Pei San Ng, Hansol Goo, Abraham Velázquez Tello, and Hilesh Patel.

Opening reception Friday November 13, 6-10pm

November 13 - November 22 {by appointment}
1837 S. Halsted
312-725-4CAD (4223)
www.chicagoartdepartment.org

39th Annual Pilsen East Artists’ Open House | Sept 25-27, 2009

Join me this weekend as the Chicago Arts District kicks off its 39th annual "Pilsen Artwalk". I'll have recent work on display at the Chicago Art Department (on the main floor, and in the upstairs residents' gallery), and have reduced most of my prices for this weekend only. $CORE!! Be seeing you...

Opening Night: Friday, September 25th | 6-10pm
Open Studios/Garden Walk: Saturday & Sunday, September 26th & 27th | 12-7pm
1837 S. Halsted | Chicago, IL | 60608

A million thanks & other items of note

1) Thank you to all my friends, family, supporters, strangers, and new pals for coming to my opening last Friday. Your love and support helped make it an unforgettable night and has kept me walking on cloud 9 since.

B) I'm thrilled to share some great reviews I've received recently, all from incredibly talented and exceedingly kind women. Check 'em out: Chicagoist, Chicago Weekly, & ArtSlant.

III) If you missed the opening, or just wanna come hang out with me again, the closing party for "control" is this Friday, April 24th, 7-11pm. Refreshments will be served, but feel free to BYO and stay awhile. 1837 S. Halsted.

Fourth) I caved, follow me on twitter.

Lastly, please to enjoy my interview for CADTV with Nathan Peck @ the Chicago Art Department...

control | New works on display @ the Chicago Art Department | April 10, 2009

Ok, so here it is. Two weeks until my show at the Chicago Art Department and I feel like I may burst with anticipation. There's still a million things to do, but I hope you'll join me Friday, April 10th for the opening. Here's a little blurb about the work. I hope you dig it...

control
New works by Jen Rosenthal
April 10 - 24, 2009

Opening reception Friday, April 10, 6-10pm
Closing reception Friday, April 24, 7-11pm
Chicago Art Department
1837 S. Halsted

Jen Rosenthal’s collection of new works explore the inky middle ground between control and entropy. In this new series, the artist lives and breathes, on grassy knolls between bailouts and bankrolls, empathy and apathy, pulled between the expanding universe and the collapsing consciousness of America. Jen’s delicate line work and hand stitched thread, paired with aggressive splatters and drips of ink evoke messages of optimism and stability in times of crisis and uncertainty. As she meticulously works the lines around the mess of chaos, she strives to find a new path amongst today’s weighty obstacles. While the world seems to be tearing apart at the seams, Jen looks to the silver lining, letting the struggle inspire creative momentum and a renewed sense of direction.

UPDATES!

News, Shows, & Work

NEWS
Ok, very exciting news.... My bestest fwiends in the whole world Jason & Billy from Delicious Design League have agreed to help me get my website up and running once and for all. Finally, everything in one place! Coming soon...

SHOWS
I'll have new work in the following shows...
200 LINCOLNS
Art celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Birthday
February 13 - February 27, 2009

Opening Reception
Friday, February 13th | 6-10PM
Chicago Art Department
1837 S. Halsted | Chicago, IL 60608
{Gallery Hours By Appointment}
chicagoartdepartment.org

200 LINCOLNS
In honor of Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday this February, the Chicago Art Department will be opening a new group exhibition appropriately titled, "200 Lincolns" which will feature 200 portraits of Honest Abe in a variety of mediums. In Lincoln's spirit of equality and diversity this exhibition is about participation. An open call was made to artists and non-artists alike to submit their portraits of Abraham Lincoln. Although the exhibition opens a day after Lincoln’s birthday (Friday, February 13th), the opening promises to be a Lincoln birthday party - with cake!

N.A.I.L.S. presents The CMYK Show
February 16 - March 15, 2009

Meet-the-Artists-After-Work Viewing
Mon, February 16, 5:30pm–8:30pm

Closing Artists’ Reception
Sun, March 15, 6–9pm

New Wave Coffee
3103 W Logan / 2557 N Milwaukee, Chicago
Hours: Mon–Fri 7am–11pm, Sat–Sun 8am–11pm

Brightening up the bleak winter with some color, Neighborhood Artists In Logan Square (N.A.I.L.S.) presents it’s first exhibition with 25 member-artists at Logan Square’s newest café, New Wave Coffee, 3103 W Logan/2557 N Milwaukee, in Chicago. The CMYK Show provides an eclectic mix of works inspired by cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK in printer’s terms).

On display February 16 through March 15, the exhibition opens with an informal Meet-the-Artists-After-Work Viewing on Monday, February 16, 5:30pm–8:30pm, and winds down it’s month-long run with a Closing Artist Reception event on Sunday, March 15, 6–9pm. C = cyan M = magenta Y = yellow K = black

SAVE THE DATE | Friday, April 10, 2009 | Solo show @ Chicago Art Department

WORK
...in progress