3/7: A GATHERING // new works by CELESTE NEUHAUS, JASON FRIEDES, JACLYN JACUNSKI, and KITTISAK CHONTONG at COMFORT STATION

A GATHERING
new work by CELESTE NEUHAUS, JASON FRIEDES, JACLYN JACUNSKI, & KITTISAK CHONTONG
curated by OLIVIA JUNELL
March 7-29

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7, 6-10PM

Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

ACRE and Comfort Station present an opening reception on Saturday, March 7 from 6-10 pm at 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647.  ACRE has partnered with Comfort Station to host CELESTE NEUHAUS, JASON FRIEDES, JACLYN JACUNSKI, and KITTISAK CHONTONG: A GATHERING, the next installment in ACRE’s year-long series of exhibitions by 2014 ACRE summer residents.

A Gathering brings four 2014 ACRE residents together in the month of March to display new works created in the aftermath of their ACRE residency: Kittisak Chontong, Jason Friedes, Jaclyn Jacunski, and Celeste Neuhaus. These artists, none of whom were in residence at the same time, represent the wide scope of ACRE residents, each exploring vastly different topics through diverse material and performative practices.

Whenever works are juxtaposed in a space, connections and threads begin to loosely form and un-form. Artist Lorraine Leeson once put forth that a definition of art might be the “gathering of ideas, people, or things together and holding them together for awhile.” This act of gathering can be found within many of the works presented in this exhibition. However, rather than establishing “gathering” as the applied theme though, it serves more as an invitation: as a visitor, you are invited to gather with these artists and art works, taking them each in individually and weaving your own series of connections or disconnections.

Please join us for a number of additional programs throughout the course of the exhibition:

March 7, 6:30pm: Jason Friedes Artist Talk

March 15, 2pm: Wa Chontong Artist Talk

March 22, 2pm: Jaclyn Jacunski Artist Talk

March 25, 7pm: Once More For The Very First Time a video program curated by Kate Bowen in conjunction with ACRE TV

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COMFORT STATION is a multidisciplinary art space whose mission is to present challenging and stimulating programming that is open and accessible to everyone. We are a community-centric organization offering a wide variety of programs: art exhibitions, concerts, film, workshops, lectures, participatory events, and more. As a historic building in the heart of Logan Square, we aim to create an active intersection of diverse Chicago communities and promote new connections between them.

More information about Comfort Station can be found at comfortstationlogansquare.org