The Green Lantern is proud to announce a new group show called “ELEPHANTS IN SMALL PLACES” opening on Saturday January 10th with a reception from 7-10pm. Running until  Feb 7th, featuring the work of Shannon Gerard (Canada), Clare Britt (Chicago), Jennifer Wilkey (NY) & Derek Haverland (Chicago).

Elephants in Small Places is a show documenting various approaches to illness in our society. Featuring a range of work from soft sculpture maquettes that teach breast and testicular cancer awareness, to photographs that integrate hospital scenes with knitting performances that are documented in photographs; a 2-d installation referencing fashion by Clare Britt and a credit card piece by Derek Haverland.

- BIOGRAPHY-

Clare Britt earned her Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree concentration in Sculpture, minor in Business from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has been published in Bailliwik, Chicago, IL. She produces the nationally acclaimed ‘zine: Ghetto Blues with her collaborator John Word. She has talked with Duncan MacKenzie on BadatSports about art in Europe. Solo exhibitions include: Gallery 400, Chicago, IL; Elliot University Center Greensboro, NC; FlatFilePhotography Gallery, Chicago, Artspace, Raleigh, NC; and the Page Bros Building, Chicago, IL. She participated in the Open Studio Program with the Chicago Cultural Center.

Shannon Gerard publishes an ongoing illustrated auto-bio project called Hung. She also prints, binds and distributes little books and artist’s multiples that are mostly about faith, wishing and loss. Her most recent project is a series of multiples called Boobs and Dinks: Early Detection Kits, which involve plush crocheted breasts and penises with little lumps sewn inside that can be found by following instructions in the accompanying booklets- also made to encourage real-life monthly self-examinations.

Derek Haverland’s current body of work includes etched glass and meticulously hand-stitched needlework pieces that address issues of the family, loss and regeneration. He has shown in several group exhibitions in San Francisco and Chicago. He received a B.S. in Art Education from Northern Illinois University in 1995 and received his M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2008. Haverland lives and works in the Chicagoland area.

Jennifer Wilkwy is an artist who works in a variety of media. In her work she considers what it means to be ill and examine the roles of the patient, the doctor, and the hospital in treatment and healing. She is currently an MFA student in Photography at Syracuse University.

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