Stockyard Institute sets up at DePaul's Art Museum
Elizabeth Schuetz
Issue date: 7/15/10 Section: News
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Jim Duignan, Assistant Professor in DePaul's School of Education and founder of the Stockyard Institute, a Chicago organization that addresses urban life through visual means, is excited to have finally found a home to showcase his students' work.
"I'd like to just leave it here actually," he said of the exhibit, which boasts an unusual production aspect, allowing visitors to fully engage with the art.
Their four-and-a-half month-long exhibit opened its doors on Thursday, inviting students and the public to come explore their non-traditional take on studio spaces. Guests are welcomed by large art displays all crafted by DePaul alumni.
The Nomadic Studio is a public exploration of ideas in which they plan to celebrate the incidental and provisional spaces where people make work.
Unlike customary museum exhibitions, the Nomadic Studio does not put art on a pedestal for worship and praise. Rather, the philanthropy of the studio emphasizes the collaborative effort of the community of artists and less about the tangible objects.
Featured artist, Watie White, who moved from Chicago to Omaha and is the Director of the Omaha Print Makers Guild, a nonprofit organization specializing in the fine art of printmaking and provides a collaborative environment for both educational and exhibition opportunities to local and national artists, said his mural needs to be completed by Saturday before he leaves.
During the weekday, White was creating his mural located in the back corner of the museum while listening to his own playlist. This allowed spectators to converse with the artist themselves in regards to the historical and biographical tone behind his work.
White said he is illustrating the similarities "between Omaha and Chicago." Both cities have similar railroad systems that date back to "the twentieth century" which was influenced by stockyards, immigration and employment, added White.
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