ARC Gallery Celebrates 45 Years Of Highlighting Women Artists

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Arc Gallery's Summer Evening Gala is sscheuled for Saturday July 21, 2018. Via arcgallery.org
arc gallery celebrates
Arc Gallery's Summer Evening Gala is sscheuled for Saturday July 21, 2018. Via arcgallery.org

ARC Gallery Celebrates 45 Years Of Highlighting Women Artists

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Nearly a half-century ago, a group of Chicago artists formed a collective to support each other and the larger community, show off their work and the work of emerging artists, and to give a voice to artists that didn’t have one. But there was something about Artists Residence Chicago that made it unique — it was owned and run by women.

Forty-five years after its founding, ARC Gallery is alive and well, and will be continuing its mission in a new, larger space.

We talk about the history and the future of the woman-run artist collective with its president, Cheri Reif Naselli.

An image from an installation at ARC. (Photo courtesy of Cheri Naselli)

GUEST: Cheri Reif Naselli, president of ARC Gallery

LEARN MORE:ARC Gallery website