Panel on Chicago Latinx Photography
Thursday, May 15, 7pm
Join us for a conversation with artists Jonathan Michael Castillo, Teresita Carson, Juan Molina Hernandez, and Jonathan Vega, moderated by DPAM’s Curator Ionit Behar. Based in Chicago and exploring their Latinx identity, these artists tackle themes of immigration, displacement, belonging, grief, memory, and lineage.
This program is generously supported by the Vincentian Endowment Fund and presented in partnership with Gertie and Early Work with support from DePaul's Center for Latino Research and Latitude.
Image credits:
Juan Molina Hernández, para no desaparecer: doble filo I (not to disappear: double edge I) (detail), 2022. Found frames, found glass shards, archival inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist.
Episode Release of Christina Fernandez in Focal Point Podcast
Wednesday, May 14, 5pm
In partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP), DPAM presents the release of the episode with Christina Fernandez in Focal Point Podcast Series. Focal Point is a podcast exploring the artists, themes, and processes that define—and sometimes disrupt—the world of contemporary photography. Each episode engages an artist and their choice from the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s permanent collection. In this episode, Los Angeles-based Christina Fernandez joins MoCP's Executive Director Natasha Egan. Fernandez's exhibition Multiple Exposures is on view at DPAM from March 20-August 3, 2025.
D.E.F. Showcase 2025
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 1pm–5pm
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D.E.F. is both an acronym for “DePaul Experimental Film” and the slang word “def,” meaning “cool.” Experimental film is a visionary art form, boundary pushing and virtually limitless in scope. And yes, it’s really, really cool!
The juried “Showcase Screening” features short films that span many forms of the experimental filmmaking medium, from letterist cinema, to lyrical film, to collage, to structural, to landscape, to music video, to dance film, to experimental documentary, experimental narrative, and beyond. In many cases, the work is challenging and complex, stunning visually, and often times incredibly personal—it is work that deserves to be seen and celebrated. Preceding the “Showcase Screening” is Experimental Animation on loop from 1–2:30pm.
These projects were created by DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts students in Experimental Filmmaking I and Experimental Filmmaking II classes.
A limited number of seats are available for the 3pm Showcase Screening. To reserve a spot, please register.
Latinx Chicago Photography Student Competition
Monday, May 5, 5pm
Calling all amateur and burgeoning photographers at DePaul!
The DePaul Art Museum and the Center for Latino Research invite DePaul students to capture and showcase the vibrant and diverse Latinx community in Chicago. Whether through portraits, landscapes, street photography, or conceptual images, your work should represent the multifaceted experiences and contributions of the Latinx community in the city.
Two images will be selected and will be shared at a panel on Chicago Latinx Photography with artists Jonathan Michael Castillo, Teresita Carson, Juan Molina Hernandez, and Jonathan Vega, moderated by DPAM Curator Ionit Behar on Thursday, May 15 at 7pm at the DePaul Art Museum. Winners will be honored at the panel event, their photos will be posted in CLR and DPAM’s social media, and winners will also receive a catalogue of Christina Fernández’s work, and other DPAM and CLR goods.
This competition is part of a series of events celebrating the work of Christina Fernández at the DePaul Art Museum. The exhibition, Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures will open March 20, 2025 through August 3, 2025.
Eligibility:
-Open to students of all levels (undergraduate and graduate students)
-Limit of two submissions per student
Submission Guidelines:
1. Format:
a. Photos must be digital
b. Resolution: Minimum of 300 dpi for clarity in print (winners will be asked to then submit higher resolution files of their submissions
c. File type: JPG or PNG
d. Images may be in color or black and white
2. Entry Process:
a. Submit your photo through this form
b. Include a brief caption or description (up to 150 words) explaining the context, inspiration, or story behind the photo
c. Title your image (up to 10 words)
Deadline: Submissions must be received by May 5, 2025. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Terms & Conditions: Photos must be the original work of the participant and should not infringe upon the rights of others (including copyrights)
Questions and Inquiries: For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Emilio Díaz at ediaz68@depaul.edu.
Exhibition Walkthrough with Christina Fernandez
Saturday, April 26, 12pm
DPAM invites you for a walkthrough of Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures with the artist herself. Get a chance to hear from Fernandez directly about her decade-spanning career and unique creative practice, exploring issues of identity, migration, gender, and labor in Los Angeles through innovative photography. This exhibition investigates the complex relationships between two forces permeating the artist’s life and propelling her process – the Chicano movement and her own Mexican-American identity, and the effects of postmodernism in art. Supported by DePaul's Center for Latino Research.
This program is generously supported by the Vincentian Endowment Fund.
Image credits:
Christina Fernandez, Untitled Multiple Exposure #5 (Figueroa), 1999. Gelatin silver print. From the series Untitled Multiple Exposures. Courtesy AltaMed Art Collection, AltaMed Health Services.
"Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures" Opening Reception
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 6pm
Please join us for an opening reception of DPAM’s Spring/Summer 2025 exhibition Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures. Traveling from UCR ARTS, this exhibition surveys the work of Christina Fernandez, a Los Angeles-based artist who from the late 1980s to the present has conducted a rich exploration of migration, labor, gender, and her Mexican American identity through photography. Light refreshments will be served.
Image credits:
Christina Fernandez, Untitled Multiple Exposure #4 (Bravo), 1999
From the series Untitled Multiple Exposures
Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Luisotti, Los Angeles
The Spaces We Call Home: Tour with the Artists
Thursday, February 6, 2025, 6pm
Join us for a guided tour with the artists featured in DePaul Art Museum’s current exhibition The Spaces We Call Home as they discuss their practices and processes, providing insight into the projects displayed. Presenters include Kazuki Guzmán, Ania Jaworska, Sharon and Guy, and Claudia Weber.
The Spaces We Call Home explores the work of six artists and designers based in or with strong ties to Chicago whose practices straddle, draw from, and complicate divisions between architecture, design, and fine art. Using a diverse array of materials, techniques, and traditions—from folk art to modernism and twenty-first century technology—these creative practitioners grapple with the complexities of placemaking across time and space, interrogating and reflecting on the layered socio-spatial histories of built environments.
Image credits:
Installation view of The Spaces We Call Home at DePaul Art Museum. Photo by Bob.
On Graphic Design and Edgar Miller: A Panel Discussion with HOUR Studio and Sunroom, moderated by Marin R. Sullivan
Thursday, January 16, 2025, 6pm
Throughout his career, Edgar Miller (1899-1993) was commissioned to create graphic designs for several major Chicago companies, including Marshall Field’s, WGN Radio, and the Container Corporation of America. Miller’s design work drew from a wide range of influences such as early expressionism, Mexican muralism, traditional and folk artistry, and abstract modernism, featuring his signature style of striking, modern layouts with highly detailed figurations.
In conjunction with DPAM’s current exhibitions, please join us for a conversation about graphic design moderated by curator Marin R. Sullivan. Presenters are HOUR Studio, exhibition designers for Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 and The Spaces We Call Home, as well as its accompanying publication; and Sunroom, who designed a zine as a whimsical interpretation of a tour of Miller’s interiors.
HOUR is a design studio specializing in print, web, and environments. Composed by Tobey Albright and Mollie Edgar, HOUR collaborates with artists, architects, designers, and cultural institutions.
Sunroom is a Chicago-based risograph print studio, independent label, and online archive developed and operated by Clare Byrne and Jacob Stolz. It serves as their collaborative vessel for visual art and music, providing them with a space to publish their boldest, exploratory, sometimes amorphous creative work.
Image credits:
Collage of Edgar Miller interiors by HOUR Studio.
Photos: © 2008 Alexander Vertikoff | Alexander Vertikoff Archive.
Curator's Tour of DPAM's Fall/Winter 2024 Exhibitions
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 6pm
Join us for a guided tour of Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 and The Spaces We Call Home with guest curator Dr. Marin R. Sullivan.
Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917-1967 —the first retrospective and most comprehensive solo presentation of Miller’s work to date— highlights the achievements of the artist’s rich, multifaceted career, but situates his output within the broader cultural histories of Chicago and the creative communities in which he worked and lived.
The Spaces We Call Home features six artists and designers based in or with strong ties to Chicago whose work straddles, draws from, and complicates divisions between the fields of architecture, design, and fine art. Using a diverse array of materials, techniques, and traditions these creative practitioners grapple with the complexities of placemaking across time and space, interrogating and reflecting on the layered socio-spatial histories of built environments.
Marin R. Sullivan, PhD, is a Chicago-based art historian, curator, consultant, educator, and writer. She specializes in the histories of modern and contemporary sculpture, especially its interdisciplinary, intermedial dialogues with photography, design, and the built environment. Sullivan is the author of Alloys: American Sculpture and Architecture at Midcentury (Princeton University Press, 2022) and Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism (Routledge, 2017) as well as numerous catalogs, essays, and articles.
Lincoln Park Art Night
Thursday, November 14, 5:30-8:30 pm
Join DPAM for another Lincoln Park Art Night, alongside Leslie Wolf Gallery, gallery 1871, Madron Gallery and Art on Sedgewick. Free shuttles will be provided for travel between the galleries. This project is part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation of American Art.