Sentences with phrase «alternative art spaces nationwide»

Founded in 1976 by a passionate group of local artists and supporters, CAF was among a crop of alternative art spaces nationwide, which addressed a cultural void by presenting contemporary, avant - garde art of living artists.

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The completed surveys are all available online, providing students, scholars, and the public with an entry point gain insight into the history, evolution, and practices of alternative and avant - garde organizational structures, art spaces, artists» groups, galleries, publications, and collectives nationwide.

In Chicago in the early 1970s, we had our own third and best - known generation of alternative spaces (each city can claim its own artist - run history, probably with a fair share of boosterism thrown in), such as ARC, Artemisia (both were feminist galleries formed from West - East Bag, a nationwide network of women artists), and N.A.M.E., with the much - heralded Randolph Street Gallery opening in 1979.7 This is not to mention still - running artist - driven efforts such as the Hyde Park Art Center, founded in 1948, and the South Side Community Art Center, the only surviving Federal Arts Center from the WPA era and the oldest African American art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day in 19Art Center, founded in 1948, and the South Side Community Art Center, the only surviving Federal Arts Center from the WPA era and the oldest African American art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day in 19Art Center, the only surviving Federal Arts Center from the WPA era and the oldest African American art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day in 19art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day in 1940.