Fall Center Day at Hyde Park Art Center

Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non‐profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, announces programs for Chicago‐based artist Candace Hunter’s largest solo exhibition to date: Candace Hunter: The Alien‐Nations and Sovereign States of Octavia E Butler.

Fall Center Days at the Hyde Park Art Center celebrates the opening of Candace Hunter: The Alien‐Nations and Sovereign States of Octavia E. Butler with exhibition viewing and related art-making activities, in addition to an Afrofuturism and science fiction popup book shop with local Black women-owned bookstore, Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery. Offered quarterly, Center Days activate the entire building with intergenerational art-making activities, artist workshops, artist talks, open studios, and community collaborations.

Hyde Park Arts Center is proud to be free and open to the public seven days a week. The Center is open Mondays – Thursdays from 10 am – 7 pm, Fridays from 10 am – 4:30 pm, Saturdays from 10 am – 4 pm, and Sundays from 11 am – 4 pm.

Photo: Candace Hunter, The Future is Breath, film still 2023