"What You Change, Changes You" at Chicago Art Department

What You Change, Changes You approaches art making as a collaborative and social practice. The exhibition brings together Praxis, a collective of eleven women artists formed in 2019 whose resistance to singular medium, style, or category is itself a position. Spanning fiber, ceramics, performance, collage, and beyond, they join a long lineage of women who have challenged the formal frameworks that have both defined and limited the canon. 

The artists in this exhibition restore through mending, reclaim through melting down and reshaping, and rebelliously preserve histories that have always existed at the margins. The meaning-rich processes and storied materials each engage with and contribute to the ethos of the artist as both record keeper and context shifter. 

By working with their families, partners, and communities, the larger ecosystem of each comes together and is changed by their experiences, cumulatively resulting in an ever-evolving process of regeneration and change. 

Curator: Maven Kennedy

Participating Artists:
Lois Bielefeld
Holly Cahill
Vannessa Filley
Tanya Gill
Rita Grendze
Tulika Ladsariya
Katherine Lampert
Jill Lanza|
Jennifer Mannebach
Yoonshin Park

Important Dates:
Opening reception: April 10th 6-9pm
Exhibition Runs: Apr 10- May 29
Artist Panel Friday May 8th 6-8pm
Collage Workshop Thursday, May 21 4-6pm

Chicago Art Department
1926 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Exhibit available by appointment:
hi@chicagoartdepartment.org