MIND THE GAP 
Art Exhibition
July 22, 2014-August 12, 2014

Mind the Gap presents drawing, mixed-media collage, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video organized by participants in the Curatorial Practices course, a component of the Visual Arts Certificate Program at the University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies in partnership with the Hyde Park Art Center.

The exhibition is co-curated by Michelle Welzen Collazo-Anderson, Dulce M. Diaz, Carolyn Cronin Hughes, Candace Hunter, James Jankowiak, Lisa Jenschke, Steve Juras, Sheri Rush, and Sadie Woods.

Featuring Artists: Gwyneth Anderson, Ruben Aguirre, Marcus Sterling Alleyne, Peter Meckerman, Tim Nickodemus, Kim Piotrowski, Alvaro Ramirez, Lindsay Barlag Thornton, Raub Welch, Rhonda Wheatley, and Carla Winterbottom.

"While studying curatorial practices, way before I had thought of forming a non-profit, each student had the opportunity to present an artist and the entire class would vote on selected artists that would be a part of our final assignment for this class. At the time, most of my artist friends were graffiti artists and most did not have a resume, let alone a website. It was a requirement that they have both. I thought of the only two friends that I knew were taking their graffiti backgrounds to another level, it was something that was important to me to support them. LIKE ended up taking interest and was one of the featured artists. This was technically my first curatorial practice and a lot of fun. We were nine students who presented a group of talented artists that garnered them further opportunities through the Hyde Park Art Center. I knew I was going to be a bridge, or at least try. I wanted to give the graffiti art community respect."

-Dulce M. Diaz on S.H.E. Gallery's earliest stages