This Exhibition explores the theme of freedom, tracing its evolution from 2020 onwards. Through various artistic expressions, it tackles urgent global issues such as the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict, the Me Too movement, Challenges To Abortion Rights And Female Body Autonomy, Black Lives Matter, Worldwide Protests Against Police Brutality And Racism, The Removal Of Confederate Statues, Migration Crises, Censorship Through Book Bans, Food Insecurity, Climate Change, And The Political Landscape Including An Attack On The United States Capitol, Plus Past And Upcoming U.S. Elections. Additionally, the exhibition encourages reflection on the dichotomy of seeing things in stark black and white, advocating for a nuanced perspective that acknowledges the complexities of our shared reality, where a balanced gray might be a more useful benefit to all concerned.

Four Photographs

My ongoing study of the Chicago lakefront during some of its most inhospitable moments began in late 2013 - a trauma response to loss. What I didn’t realize at the time, was that I would also be documenting the subtle and not so subtle effects of Climate Change.

• Curated by Makeba Kedem-DuBose

• Evanston Art Center | 1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201

• On View: August 11 - September 8, 2024

• Exhibition Website

Tide.

In recent years, surging water levels and extreme storms on the Great Lakes have battered infrastructure along coastal communities and eroded shorelines. In Wisconsin, lakeshore communities estimated they will spend almost $250 million to repair damage linked to climate change.

COLD.

Examining model and satellite data, a research team found that a stretching of the Arctic polar vortex has increased with Arctic amplification, and is linked with extreme cold across parts of Asia and North America. The minimum temperature on the day of these photographs was -20° Fahrenheit.