Green Exchange

Utopaphobia - Opening Reception this Thursday October 21, 2021 6 - 9pm at The Green Exchange.

Brief Synopsis: Utopia is often defined as an imagined place where social conditions are perfect and all things are equal. By virtue of that impossibility the word is also synonymous with impractically, naive optimism, and insidious authoritarianism. It exists in our lexicon as an inherent contradiction. Something to which many feel an aversion to and in many ways embodies the predicaments we face in continuing to shape society.

As creatures living on this planet we are, to the best of our knowledge, the most capable of manipulating the world around us. The structures we build, the materials we process and synthesize, the social systems we navigate in our daily lives, and the art we make are all characteristics that distinguish us from other life on earth. Our own history frames us as exceptional. Superior. The creation of a higher power. The image of god.

As exceptional creatures we now find ourselves in a conundrum. Our curiosity,
knowledge, and self-awareness has enabled us to envision a perfect world while cynically embracing the fact that it is unattainable. For many of us in modern industrial civilization we have resigned ourselves to a neoliberal position from which the virtuous gesture is rewarded with more social and monetary capital than the revolutionary action. This exhibition may very well be an example of that very problem.

Exhibiting Artists:

Gabriella Boros
Jan Brugger
Evan Carter
Erin Charpentier
Kim Curtis
Megan Diddie
Susanne Layla Petersen
Travis Neel
Roberto Santaguida
Adam Sébire
Kelsey Merreck Wagner
Deep Time Chicago:
Kayla Anderson
Sara Black
Amber Ginsburg
Sarah Lewison
Claire Pentecost

The Green Exchange
2545 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Reception Thursday October 21, 2021 6 - 9pm

Congrats Sloane— we celebrate your courage to create a meaningful platform at such a critical time!

Dough-Re, Me cookie dough has extended their virtual bake sale through July 12th. All proceeds will go to BlackGirlsBreakBread, a local organization that seeks to provide spaces to empower & liberate Black women and girls.

Visit https://www.instagram.com/dough__re_me/ to place your order!

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-teen-sells-baked-goods-online-to-raise-money-to-end-racial-injustice/2294897/

Chicago Teen Takes Sweet Approach to Raising Money to End Racial Injustice Sloane Demetriou is spending her time in quarantine in the kitchen. The Lincoln Park teen is whipping up a favorite family sweet treat and selling it online, but her cookie dough is more than dessert. It’s raising money to fight racial injustice. “Each week I do a new flavor, as well as the most...

Congratulations to this years CNDA winners!

We're proud to be in a class of developers working to build healthier neighborhoods in the Chicago metropolitan area.

to 2013 LISC CNDA

Green Exchange - Baum Development -- 2013 LISC CNDA The Outstanding For-Profit Neighborhood Real Estate Project Award -- Baum Development for the Green Exchange -- The firm imagined a "green incubator" -- a ne...

Chicago Board Game Cafe, the new game-and-dining venture from the folks behind Cards Against Humanity, is now offering dinner and a game board for pickup or delivery straight to your apartment— 🤯.

To our fellow rule followers, training from the café's professional game instructors are available via video chat from Tuesday through Saturday between 5 and 9pm!

This new Chicago café will deliver dinner and a board game to your apartment Sure, Monopoly and Uno are fun, but after a few weeks of the same old board games, you might find yourself itching to try something new. Enter The Chicago Board

We're currently booking artists to exhibit at Green Exchange in 2020!

Space includes first floor lobby and gallery— DM for more information, serious inquiries only.

artist: Kevin Heisner, (ig).

Hello Friends!

Chef Leonard at Arbor Projects invites you to Green Exchange for an unparalleled five course dining event in collaboration with Maplewood Brewery & Distillery on Thursday, December 12th.

The menu will feature Maplewood's beer and spirits paired with expertly crafted meals by the culinary team at Arbor. Tickets are $100 - local food experience guaranteed - tax & gratuity not included.

Click here for more information and to RSVP: Maplewood X Arbor Beer Dinner | http://bit.ly/MaplewoodxArbor.

Please join Trove and Workshop 4200, this Friday, Sept. 20th, for their very first Design Night featuring an opening art reception by local artist and designer Christophe Gausparro.

In addition to trade discounts at participating tenants, an art exhibition and silent auction benefiting Humble Design, they are hosting a panel discussion on the latest design trends comprising a few of Chicago’s leading interior design and architectural experts.

Included are: designer and architectural duo Julie Fisher and Rachel Crowl from FCStudio; independent designer and owner of Sojourn, Stacia Garriott Kass; Kristin Peschke, Connelly Design Element representative; and Gil Melott, owner Studio 6F. The event is from 6-10 pm with a special shopping VIP event from 4-6 (trade discounts will apply at participating vendors) https://www.workshop4200.com/events/2019/9/20/designer-night-and-opening-reception.

Come out to say hello and join us for a terrific evening! Rain or Shine!

Ina Pinkney goes for a second helping at Arbor!

Better known as the "Breakfast Queen", Ina shares- "the four of us ordered four dishes PLUS a side to share, and there was nothing left at the end of our meal"- smh, this sounds so familiar!

We're so grateful to have Chad, Leonard and the Arbor team who dream up one-of-a-kind sweet and savory dishes that never disappoint.

Read more about Ina's experience down to what they ordered at https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-breakfast-with-ina-may-0522-story.html.

Hours: M-F 6:30 - 3P.