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New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival
Venue: DePaul Art Museum
Event Phone: (773) 325-7506
Admission Price: $0.00
New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival is an exhibition of work from the last fifteen years by contemporary artists who appropriate, critique, or embrace “New Age” aesthetics and concerns from a 21st century perspective. Emerging in the 1960s and 1970s against a backdrop of war, social strife and a crisis of modernity, the multifaceted New Age “movement” was characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture, with an interest in spirituality, mysticism, holism, and environmentalism. It embodied a complicated conflation of politics, religion, science, social communities, art, music, and self-realization. Often dismissed for its association with drugged out hippies or flower-power children, how can New Age philosophies and practices be reconsidered today as relevant movement for social change and wellness? As ancient practices and rituals such as crystals, astrology, tarot cards, yoga, and meditation become both trendy commodities and necessary tools for self-care in an increasingly anxious world, how are they reflected in contemporary art making? Where does "New Age" intersect with curandera, Asian, indigenous and Afro-futurist practices? The exhibition presents works organized within broad themes associated with New Age culture including metaphysical practices, a return to craft and handmade objects, connecting with the natural environment, and imagined communes with a special focus on how women, LGBTQ artists, and people of color use these alternative practices as tools of resistance, empowerment, community, healing, and self-care.
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Sunday August 11, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday August 10, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday August 9, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday August 8, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday August 7, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday August 4, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday August 3, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday August 2, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday August 1, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday July 31, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday July 28, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday July 27, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday July 26, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday July 25, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday July 24, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday July 21, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday July 20, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday July 19, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday July 18, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday July 17, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday July 14, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday July 13, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday July 12, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday July 11, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday July 10, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday July 7, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday July 6, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday July 5, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday July 4, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday July 3, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday June 30, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday June 29, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday June 28, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday June 27, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday June 26, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday June 23, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday June 22, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday June 21, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday June 20, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday June 19, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday June 16, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday June 15, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday June 14, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday June 13, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday June 12, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday June 9, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday June 8, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday June 7, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday June 6, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday June 5, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday June 2, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday June 1, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday May 31, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday May 30, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday May 29, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday May 26, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday May 25, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday May 24, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday May 23, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday May 22, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday May 19, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday May 18, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday May 17, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday May 16, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday May 15, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday May 12, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday May 11, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday May 10, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday May 9, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday May 8, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday May 5, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday May 4, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday May 3, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday May 2, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Wednesday May 1, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
Sunday April 28, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Saturday April 27, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Friday April 26, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:5:00pm |
Thursday April 25, 2019 | Start Time:11:00amEnd Time:7:00pm |
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