This is a public communication.
Welcome, this website is a virtual exhibition of the artwork on display from August 25 - September 24, 2023, at the Elgin Art Space Lofts.
This group art show addresses the layered social, economic, and political obstacles that prevent artists from achieving more. This show aims to simulate a space where communication is encouraged, criticized, and public.
Community Arts: Public Communication, (COM ARTS: PUB COMM) is a group art show analyzing public life and effective communication. This group of artists offers a rich variety of materials and processes that reflect the cluttered, electric, and complex experience of the local community and art.
Featured Artists:
Adrian Mesino - Illustrator; watercolor, digital, print. Art-Theorist
Emily Baughman - Painter; acrylic. Poet
Mog - Illustrator; drawing
Ivette De Santiago - Conceptual, Photography,
Nick Jostes - Designer; drawing, collage
Augie Morado - Writer, Conceptual
Mal Hiroka - Painter; mixed media
Natalie Pivony - Painter; oil
These 8 Elgin areas are curated by Adrian Mesino, Illustrator, Art-Theorist, and resident at the Elgin Art Space Lofts.
Your Grief is Everyone’s Emily Baughman Acrylic 2023 (Part of the Bright Greif Series)
Bird Brain, Emily Baughman, Acrylic paint on metal sign 2022
Our Gardener of the Midwest (Take in Light // Grow Again) Adrian Mesino Watercolor 2022 $4,000
14 Illustrations by Mog, Prints from various notebook sketches in pen and ink.
10 Phrases by Augie Morado, Collection of short printed text prompts..
Doris and Into the Ether, Nick Jostes, Collage, 2022
Depression Cave (left) and Dirty Laundry (right), Ivette De Santiago, Installation, 2022
Additional Work
Additional work has been selected via open-call submissions. These pieces help illustrate the theme further.
Elgin Art Space Lofts Residents
Residents of the Elgin Art Space Lofts have been invited to submit work that relates to the theme.
We would like to thank Pink Slip Zine for guest curating this exhibition!
Director Skylar Moore and Natalie Stellato have curated 4 visual artists and 3 performing artists for the exhibition, as well as hosting a table for information about their group!
Pink Slip is a grassroots group of women, non-binary individuals, and men from Elgin, IL, and the Chicagoland area.
Guest Curators Skylar Moore and Natalie Stellato of Pink Slip Zine