We’ll Make Out Better Than Okay, Inaugural Exhibition by Curator-In-Residence Danny Orendorff – Opens October 25

Charlotte Street Foundation is pleased to present We’ll Make Out Better Than Okay, an exhibition of contemporary artworks that address everyday and street-level concerns of the economic recession (unemployment, debt, corporate greed, minimum wage rates, and more) with playfulness, aplomb, and an often bleak sense of humor. Financial lack, foreclosed property, exploitative labor policy, and high-priced healthcare are just a handful of the economic realities producing absurdist dilemmas for individuals and communities across the nation. Curated by 2013-14 Charlotte Street Foundation Curator-in-Residence Danny Orendorff and featuring over 15 internationally exhibiting American artists working in medium non-specific manners, this exhibition confronts such realities and absurdities with headstrong wit and hilarious outrage.

Opening Reception:  Friday, October 25, 2013
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Venue: la Esquina / 1000 West 25^th Street
Tickets: FREE
Dates: October 25-December 20, 2013
Gallery hours: Wed, Fri, Sat 12-5; Thurs 11-6
First Fridays: Open til 8pm
Project tumblr: better-than-okay.tumblr.com

Gallery talk with curator:  Saturday, October 26, 2pm
Performance: Kansas City Electronic Music + Arts Alliance presents Outskirts and Underworlds: Sights and Sounds from the Great Recession – Sunday November 3, 7:30pm, $10/Students $5
Additional public programs to be announced.

Featured artists: David O. Alekhuogie (New Haven, CT), Jennifer Boe (Kansas City, MO), Andrea Bowers (Los Angeles, CA), Candy Chang (New Orleans, LA), Blake Fall-Conroy (Ithaca, NY), Theaster Gates (Chicago, IL), Honey Pot Performance (Chicago, IL), Steve Lambert (New York, NY), Persia ft. Daddies Plastik (San Francisco, CA), William Powhida (New York, NY), Public Media Institute (Chicago, IL), Alex Schaefer (Los Angeles, CA), Mike Simi (Chicago, IL), Brittany Southworth-LaFlamme (Chicago, IL), Stephanie Syjuco (San Francisco, CA), Cassie Thornton (San Francisco, CA), and Daniel Tucker (Chicago, IL).