UIMA's third annual Juventus exhibit spotlights young artists (03/26/06)

UIMA's third annual Juventus exhibit spotlights young artists

CHICAGO - The Young Friends of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art announced the third annual Juventus, an exhibit featuring 12 student and recent graduate artists representing institutions from Canada and the Midwest. The selections cover a wide range of styles and media, from photographs and collages on glass to installation and sculpture.

Juventus 2006 is distinctive in that it gives young artists at the very beginning of their careers a unique opportunity to be shown at an established institution, and, at the same time, presents a cohesive display of the trends and issues at the forefront of new art creation.

Juventus was designed to highlight the diverse ideas, propositions and concerns currently engaging students and recent graduates of studio art programs. Submissions that best reflected this diversity were selected for the exhibit. The artists represented are: Benjamin Funke, Sayre Gomez, Mayuko Kono, Maria Burke, Nathaniel Smyth, Mariano Chavez, Stacey Nemeth, Lauren Anderson, Dan Anhorn, Kristyna Comer, Caitlin Wells and Matthew Schommer.

They were chosen by a panel of jurors that included Youlia Tkatchouk, artist; Nicholas Sawicki, faculty member of at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Anthony Elms, critic and assistant director at Gallery 400. The exhibit is curated by Karin Patzka, chair of the Young Friends Committee.

The exhibit opened with a reception on Friday, March 3, and will be on view through April 10. Prizes will be available for the top three works of art. This program is partially sponsored by a Chicago City Arts Program Grant and the Illinois Arts Council.

The Young Friends of the Institute is a committee of the UIMA that sponsors events aimed at attracting a younger and more ethnically diverse public to the institute. The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art was created to preserve and promote the knowledge and appreciation of contemporary Ukrainian art and culture. It serves as an artistic anchor in Chicago's West Town Community, providing world-class art exhibitions, concerts, literary readings and educational cultural exchanges.

Located at 2320 W. Chicago Ave., the UIMA is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For more information readers may call 773-227-5522 or visit www.uima-art.org.

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