The rise of the portrait was one of the fundamental artistic developments of early - modern art. (newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu)
It is also a portrait of artistic developments in the 1960s and 1970s, when European and American minimal and conceptual art came into their own. (artefuse.com)
In addition to building a supportive peer network for artistic development, the organization has also played an important role in city and regional arts advocacy. (chicagoartistsresource.org)