ACRE
PO Box 8184
Chicago, IL 60608

Exhibitions

Outmoded Shapes at Blanc Gallery curated bu Rohan Ayinde

June 3 – July 9, 2023

OUTMODED SHAPES

Ricki Dwyer, John Alleyne, and Zachary Nicol / curated by Rohan Ayinde

Blanc Gallery

ACRE is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

The Chicago Arts Census is supported by the Walder Foundation, Arts Work Fund, Builders Initiative and the Chrysalis Project, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and hosted by Fractured Atlas.

Annual Sponsorships: Dawoud Bey, Valerie Carberry and Richard Wright, Document, Other People's Pixels

In-Kind Sponsors: Exfolia Botanical, Maison Ferrand, All Together Now

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News

ACRE Presents Zombi Disco 2023

2023-10-28T19:00:00 – 2023-10-29T00:00:00

a group of artists gather at a picnic table with papers and other materials

What's Happening at ACRE This Summer

Outmoded Shapes at Blanc Gallery curated bu Rohan Ayinde

OUTMODED SHAPES

2023-06-03T17:00:00 – 2023-06-03T21:00:00

Smiling group of artists perched on picnic benches and in grass on a sunny day

ACRE Awarded $80k Chicago Arts Recovery Program Grant

ACRE Summer Daze

ACRE Summer Daze

2023-05-28T15:00:00 – 2023-05-28T20:00:00

Perhaps Blue is a Cool Color, After All

Perhaps Blue is a Cool Color, After All

2023-04-06T18:00:00 – 2023-04-06T21:00:00

Glossolalia_Jeff+David_02/23

2023-02-25T18:00:00 – 2023-02-25T20:00:00

Photograoh of a Trader Joes bag painted blue by Frances Lee against a white background.

A tax on a bag and other landscapes

2023-02-02T17:30:00 – 2023-02-02T20:00:00

A group of smiling arts organizers pose seated and standing on stone steps

Art 50 2022: Chicago's Visual Vanguard

A blue human figure swims against a blue background surrounded by the words 'Water Signs" and the address of the gallery 2439 S Oakley

2022-12-02T18:00:00 – 2022-12-02T21:00:00

A group of smiling artists pose for an end-of-session portrait in front of tall grass and sloping trees

ACRE Awarded $50k Ruth Arts Core Grant

A black and white image renders with a blue overtone depicts two women in the foreground holding each other's arms as they lean back and spin around. In the background more people are doing the same.

Dance to Anything

2022-09-24T19:00:00 – 2022-09-24T22:00:00

Image of the artist dressed in a colorful costume wading in water. Test over the image gives the details of the screening "She's landed a migration story, performative series by Zitlali"

2022-09-10T18:00:00 – 2022-09-10T22:00:00

Text detailing the opening of the exhibition, Our Mothers' Gardens, is overlaid on the image of a beautiful pale blue sky full of cumulus clouds.

Our Mothers' Gardens

2022-08-20T15:00:00 – 2022-08-20T18:00:00

people in a field

ACRE Announces 2022 Artist Residents

Photograph depicting an asphalt road with lush greenery surrounding it.

Kickin' The Can

2022-05-06T18:00:00 – 2022-05-06T21:00:00

A still image of Johanna Winter's shadow puppet piece, "Untouching" featuring a silhouette of a hand reaching to a silhouette of two small feet

2022-04-01T18:00:00 – 2022-04-01T21:30:00

Femme presenting person with dark skin sings into a microphone in front of a band.

ACRE Receives Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Still image from video work featuring a blurred figure upside down doing a front flip

A Cunning Array of Stunts

2021-12-03T16:12:00 – 2022-01-02T16:12:00

Detail shot of a quilt made by Stamm featuring a row of shells, a rainbow, and text stating "WE ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES."

PHOSPHORESCENT FOSSILS

2021-11-21T20:00:00 – 2021-11-21T21:00:00