FAIR GUIDE

Launching this spring, the NEW Artisan Edit section will feature artists displaying decorative works crafted from ceramic, glass, metal, and wood.

Exhibitors Include: Carmen Perez-Stoppert, Dara Schuman, Flannery Thompson, Jayne King, Jessica Johnson, Kate Humphrey, Lilstreet, Steven Skinner, Pigment International presenting: D. Lamar Preston, Ladipo, Candace Hunter and Gary Gee. 

All Star Press presents “Dead Presidents,” a group exhibition featuring artists from all over the world. The show is comprised of a collection of original and screenprinted recreations of dollar bills that act as a base canvas to over 40 different artists. The hand-embellished bills question the meaning of currency on an individual level and reconsider our everyday exchanges.

By repurposing real money and its imagery, the exhibition expands the concept of currency beyond its monetary value to include social, intellectual, spiritual, and cultural worth. It prompts reflection on what we choose to value—beyond societal norms or government definitions—encouraging a more personal and uninhibited form of self-expression.

Aespyne Alix celebrates the radical act of Black women existing freely, beyond the burdens of expectation and resilience. Through vibrant paintings of joyful, everyday moments, Alix creates spaces where Black women are defined not by struggle, but by rest, dreams, and self-acceptance. Themes of identity, mental health, and heritage weave through the work, offering a powerful vision of resistance, remembrance, and unapologetic presence.

This installation is supported by Chicago Art Department, an artist-run, BIPOC-led nonprofit with a mission to provide space and resources for civically-minded artists to grow their practice.

Unearthing is a collection of sculptural landscapes done in paper mache, tajin and chamoy. As abstractions of the piñata, the works playfully guide the viewer through a celebration of a diluted culture. Made to emulate relics and precious stones, these works ask questions about how we view craft, indigenous art and the other.

This installation is supported by Chicago Art Department, an artist-run, BIPOC-led nonprofit with a mission to provide space and resources for civically-minded artists to grow their practice.

Learn about Brave Space Alliance and how you can support its mission. Fair attendees can add their fingerprints to a community art piece, creating a field of flowers for BSA’s new behavioral health space, or join in on a trivia wheel for mess-free fun.

Support BSA by donating at their booth or purchasing select artworks.

The following artists are donating proceeds from select pieces, marked with the BSA logo: Beth Shadur, C.R. McCarthy, Cassandra Smith, Cat Huss, Emily Donovan, Genevieve Leavold, Gretchen Drennan, Jessica Johnson, Karen Remsen,   Kate Humphrey, Lucy MacQueen, Mary Claire Griffin, PōCHIS, Steve Skinner, Tara Keating.