Winter 2007 Artist in Residence - John Kowalczyk Exhibition January 2 - February 24, 2007
	Every January and August, Around the Coyote offers studio space to artists interested in creating non-market driven, site-specific art projects. This winter, John Kowalczyk will explore the realm of three-dimensional sculpture in his giant "quilt" which you can find filling a niche in the gallery's southwest corner. Observing contemporary ways of life, Kowalczyk longs for the "good old days". Playing up the associations made with quilts, Kowalczyk addresses issues of nostalgia and community, while simultaneously questioning what he believes to be our society's current value system: consumerism and materialism. Through presenting a conventionally feminine craft constructed from wood and wire, the quilt additionally wrestles with our culture's pervasive gender issues.
Kowalczyk's quilt will debut at the festival's opening party February 8, 8pm-12am, and will be on view until February 24 along with the Curator's Choice exhibition. Kowalczyk's work has been featured in multiple Curator's Choice exhibitions in conjunction with the Around the Coyote Fall and Winter Arts Festivals and has also been displayed at the Chicago Botanical Gardens and in numerous galleries throughout Chicago. He is currently attending the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design where he has been chosen by the city of Milwaukee to complete a public art installation in 2007.
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