July 19th and 20th 10am - 4pm

Alicia LaChance

Amy Enkelmann-Reed

Belinda Lee

Jerald Ieans

Matt O'Shea

Michael Hoffman

Tom Reed

William Lachance

Friday September 12th -

8 Chicago artists will join 8 St Louis artists for a show at Hoffman LaChance

curated by Michael Behle (STL) and Stacie Johnson (CHI)

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CURATORIAL FRAMEWORK:
'After meeting two years ago at a residency in
Vermont, Michael Behle and I (Stacie Johnson) have had
an ongoing discussion about contemporary art while
also comparing our scenes in Chicago and St. Louis.
The proposed exhibition will extrapolate on this
conversation. It will showcase 8 artists
living/working in Chicago, chosen by me, and 8 artists
living/working in St. Louis, chosen by Michael, and is
titled threehundredsix (the number of miles as
estimated by mapquest between our residences). The
exhibition will create a dialogue between the artists
of Chicago and St. Louis while also allowing for a
collaboration of our own aesthetic sensibilities. As
artist/curators, the comparisons we are making are
intuitive, visual, and related to our own
sensibilities. We both work primarily in painting yet
dabble in sculpture, so the work chosen tends to
elaborate on an artistic viewpoint interested in
tensions between 2D/3D, as well as narrative/formal.
We hope the show offers an opportunity to consider a
"Midwestern aesthetic," and also invigorates a desire
to look to our neighbors rather than the coasts for
inspiration and dialogue.

Stacie's Chicago artists:
Brian Kapernekas
Carmen Price
Loo Bain
Liz Nielson
Mindy Rose Schwartz
Will Staples
Caleb Lyons
Ben Stone

Saint louis artists:
Greg Edmondson
Elizabeth Ferry
Jason Hoeing
B.J. Vogt
Heather Corley
Jesse Thomas
Nosey Parker (Brett Williams and Robert Goetz)
Catharine Magel

'MySpace Show'

featuring national (out of state) and international artists. More info soon.