The Hokin

✨ARTIST HIGHLIGHT: CAITLYN DORAN // ✨

Caitlyn Doran
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭-𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴
2021

Mixed media on synthetic YUPO paper
“Lazing about, surrounded by the trappings of late-night meals and pauses
in conversation, the real and the unreal subtly mesh into a moment that’s as
valuable to the characters as it is impossible.”

Caitlyn Doran is a painter who honors the small, ordinary things of life; for
her, what is very precious yet in most danger of being overlooked are the
everyday encounters between humans, their animals, their objects, and each
other. Caitlyn remixes these moments in fantastic ways to make for the most
effective form of celebration.

The All-Nighter with Rabbits
is a large-scale painting that showcases a
real gathering, but with a new set of characters. Using acrylic, pastel, and
graphite, Caitlyn plays between the lines of the everyday experience to pull
forward what is often left behind, taking inspiration from her own daily life,
past and present. Loved ones and objects from Kanazawa, Moline, Tokyo, and
Chicago casually occupy the same tatami floor, feeling both as familiar and
intimate as it is dream-like.

❗️See The All-Nighter with Rabbits in all its detail at the Hokin April 14th through April 22nd, 9AM to 7PM❗️

The Hokin Gallery is FREE and Open to the Public. Located at 623 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago IL 60607.

❗️BIG THANK YOU ❗️
to everyone who made it to the Opening Reception of the Weisman Awards at the Hokin Gallery this past week!

We are honored to be able to exhibit these nine talented artists and to display the positive impact the Weisman Award has had on CCC student's.

This exhibition will be on display at the Hokin Gallery until Friday, April 22nd. The Hokin Gallery is FREE and open to the public. Open from 9 AM to 7 PM, Mon. - Fri.

✨ARTIST HIGHLIGHT • Ava Makenali // ✨

𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘛𝘖𝘙
2021

This piece is part of a larger project entitled Shotor (meaning camel in Farsi) inspired by the Persian idiom Kineh Shotori meaning ‘to hold a grudge like a camel.’


“I identify as a camel. While camels have a powerful bite, immense weight, and have killed people, they are not belligerent, murderous, or predatory. I am emotive and meticulous, and I remember everything that affects my heart.

I was an eccentric person interested in makeup, clothing, and art, all things my country, the government and culture strongly rejected, and their beliefs only intensified my feelings of heartbreak and isolation. The camel comes to signify an evil version of myself who takes revenge on those who have wronged her.

The Eastern Evil Ava in consideration of my relationship to Western Civilization. Using the repetitive creation of camels for this project, I ask myself “Am I becoming more like a camel, or is a camel becoming more me?” Through these animals, I playfully confront those who have wronged me and occupy my mind.”

🎉🚨NEW ARTIST ALERT🚨 🎉

We have expanded the physical Weisman Award Exhibition - opening TODAY‼️at the Hokin Gallery - to include another talented recipient Ava Makenali //

Come to our Opening Reception TONIGHT from 5 PM to 7 PM at the Hokin Gallery 623 S. Wabash Ave. The Hokin's opening reception for the Weisman Awards is FREE and open to the public.

Expect inspiring and diverse art, engaging conversation, and a chance to meet with the current artists exhibited at the Hokin Gallery and the donors from the Weisman Awards team that made these current works possible.

The Weisman Award helps advanced undergraduate and graduate students complete a substantial media-based project already underway. This year’s projects feature photography, film, illustration, and storytelling.

⚠️Link in bio for more details⚠️

✨ARTIST HIGHLIGHT • Jacob Pesci // ✨

Work: Around the BLOC
2021
Photography

Jacob Pesci is a practicing photographer, artist, and educator who focuses on themes surrounding the human condition and personal connections. His
work aims to visualize memories and emotions to understand the nature of identity.

Around the BLOC, published by , is a collaborative photography project made by young boxers from the West Side of Chicago. Pesci and fellow photographers documented these fighters for a span of ten months
and how the world surrounding them influenced their unique voice and perspective.

The fighters’ words accompany the images, expressing their experiences as a young person navigating an ever-changing social atmosphere.

✨ARTIST HIGHLIGHT • Charlette San Juan // ✨

Title: The Filipino Theatre Artist in America, 2020-2021
Participatory Digital Project

“Ang bitutin at araw niya kailan pa ma’y ‘di magdidilim”
“Their stars and sun shall not dim”

Charlette San Juan is an arts manager and a performer. Charlette has an extensive body of work in production management. Her creative work focuses on the stories and narrative of Filipino Theatre artists.

The Filipino Theatre Artist in America is a project that collects the stories and narratives of theatre artists from the Philippines or of Filipino descent, who currently reside in the United States.

Charlette’s project promotes Filipino artists through the digital world, by creating a platform that celebrates their contribution to the theatre industry.

The project is a platform that creates visibility, shares these artists’ stories, and the experiences of these artists. It educates others of their struggles and achievements and recognizes the Filipino artist in the theatre arts industry.

⚠️ NEW EXHIBITION & Opening Reception • 2021 Weisman Awards ⚠️

We are so ecstatic to present the 2021 Weisman Awards in our gallery space!

Our (FREE) opening reception will be held at the gallery, 623 S. Wabash Ave., from 5PM to 7PM - THIS THURSDAY APRIL 14th!

Expect inspiring art, engaging conversation, and a chance to meet with the current artists exhibited at the Hokin Gallery and the donors from the Weisman Awards team that made these current works possible.

The Hokin's opening reception for the Weisman Awards is FREE and open to the public.

The Weisman Award helps advanced undergraduate and graduate students complete a substantial media-based project already underway. This year’s projects feature photography, film, illustration, and storytelling.

⚠️Use this link to register for our FREE event MARCH 10th at 5 PM - 623 S. Wabash Ave. ⚠️
https://engage.colum.edu/Hokin/rsvp_boot?id=1538325

An Insiders’ Look at Chicago Burlesque Meet the performers featured in the Provocative Play exhibition at the Hokin Gallery

THIS THURSDAY MARCH 10th Doors Open 5 PM Meet the Performers: 5:30-6:30 Doors Close 8 PM

LINK IN BIO TO REGISTER/RSVP

Participate in a lively meet and greet and chat with three prolific Chicago burlesque performers, Crocodile Lightning, Cruel Valentine, Ruby Spencer, and Provocative Play curator Erica Mckeehen, about sensual performance, personal empowerment, and Chicago's rich history in burlesque.

Hear about how our performers got started, how burlesque has grown and helped them grow, and share inspiring perspectives of empowerment.

This event will be held at 623 S Wabash Ste. 108 right across the hall from the Hokin Gallery. Guests are invited to view the gallery space before and after the event.

Guests must provide proof of vaccination status and photo ID to enter

Most of the images of illustrious local burlesque performer Ruby Spencer featured in The Hokin exhibition Provocative Play: The Power of Chicago Burlesque are by Chicago photographer Mike White.

Also known as the artist "ArtBlanche," White creates primarily photographic work in collaboration with a model, incorporating several key themes in his images including the exploration of vulnerability, eroticism, body positivity, and androgyny.

Visually, his style is balanced between two main styles: hard and dark “film noir” style shadows and ethereal lightness with infinite softness.

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Several pieces by Chicago photographer Chris Nightengale // are featured in The Hokin exhibition Provocative Play: The Power of Chicago Burlesque.

Nightengale's carefully crafted studio images of burlesque performers in the city showcase each performer's unique and layered visual presentation, with an emphasis on the dramatic and fashionable costumes they make and wear.

These "looks" became part of the performers' "brand;" Nightengale is one example of an artist consistently lending his skills collaborate and make seductive imagery of the burlesque community.

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