{"id":"11","title":"Symbiotic Struggles: Lichen and Coral","starts_at":"2025-04-19 00:00:00","ends_at":"2025-06-29 00:00:00","body":"<p>The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) preserves and promotes contemporary art as a shared expression of the Ukrainian and American experience. UIMA develops, utilizes and encourages artistic talent through exhibitions, concerts, readings, lectures and films to serve the cultural needs of our community and city, and thereby strengthen cultural understanding and diversity.</p><p><br></p><p>Image: Installation view of <em>Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s-1980s and Beyond. Photo: Eric Bladholm</em></p>","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"exhibitions","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","updated_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","excerpt":"","is_timeless":true,"organization_id":237,"highlighted":false,"opening_starts_at":"2025-04-19 00:00:00","opening_ends_at":"2025-04-19 16:00:00","searchable":"'00':62B,66B '12':61B,97B '15':99B '19':59B '2':89B '2025':81B,90B '29':80B '4':65B 'adglutinata':96B 'april':58B 'art':74B 'candelaria':93B 'concolor':94B 'coral':5A,17B 'could':49B 'd':44B 'delight':46B 'exhibit':20B,76B 'explor':30B 'fascin':32B 'featur':21B 'frame':101B 'fring':86B 'hyperphyscia':95B 'imag':82B 'institut':71B 'invit':10B 'join':50B 'june':79B 'k':84B 'lichen':3A,15B,88B 'm':7B 'margot':24B 'mcmahon':25B 'modern':73B 'natur':37B 'new':19B 'open':54B 'organ':42B 'p.m':63B,67B 'paint':22B 'parallel':33B 'physcia':91B 'pleas':8B 'recept':55B 'remark':40B 'rosett':87B 'run':77B 'sandra':27B,83B 'saturday':57B 'stellari':92B 'struggl':2A,14B 'symbiot':1A,13B,41B 'two':35B 'ukrainian':70B 'us':51B 'watercolor':102B 'wilcoxon':28B,85B 'x':98B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1735361365/jujby3z3qknynhk0bdfg.jpg","calendar":null,"carousel":false,"event_body":"<p>I'm pleased to invite you to&nbsp;<strong><em>Symbiotic Struggles: Lichen and Coral</em></strong>, a new exhibition featuring paintings by Margot McMahon and Sandra Wilcoxon that explores the fascinating parallels between two of nature's most remarkable symbiotic organisms. We'd be delighted if you could join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 19, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. The exhibition runs through June 29, 2025.</p><p><br></p><p>Image: Sandra K. Wilcoxon,&nbsp;<em>Fringed Rosette Lichen 2</em>, 2025, Physcia stellaris, Candelaria concolor,&nbsp;Hyperphyscia adglutinata, 12 x 15 in. framed, Watercolor&nbsp;</p>","name":"Exhibitions","organization_type_id":"5","district_id":"2","telephone":"+17732275522","website":"http://uima-chicago.org","email":"info@uima-chicago.org","hours":"W–Su 12–4","location":"2320 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622","display_location":"2320 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60622","latitude":"41.895967","longitude":"-87.685040","contact":"Motria Melnyk ","sub_district_id":"2","promoted_at":"2021-11-29T21:56:10.024Z","optional_sort_name":"","paid":true,"position":2,"category_name":"Exhibitions","orgname":"Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA)","orgslug":"ukrainian-institute-of-modern-art-uima","image":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1744650940/iptesrlya73enyyelpbp.jpg"}