Photographer Dina Petrakis took the photos while Candice Martens and  with Gerald Ritchie curated the exhibit. Images of various vies of Humboldt Park over a year make up this exhibit. For those not in the Chicago Area, Humboldt Park is a large and quite beautiful park on the North (and slightly west) side of the city.

When I moved to the city for the first time a bike ride through the park might well have been your last bike ride. Now? Families picnic and people stroll through lovely gardens. Yet the area still isn’t gentrified to the point where people like ME cannot live ther!

You can see the exhibit at the Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1359 N. Sacramento in Chicago beginning on August 11. It runs through October 29. The gallery is open 6 to 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays 1-4 p.m.

There will be an artists reception Friday, August 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. I

The grand opening of Paredes Fine Arts Studio is Saturday, August 14 in the Wynwood Arts District in Miami FL. The studio is Miguel Paredes first solo studio and will house past and current collections.

Paredes, a native of New York, is a street/pop/animator sort of artist. He has taken his street-art sensibilities, created his own style, his own niche, and crossed over into the world of decorative art. He has been a staple in South Florida’s art scene for some time with studio space on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. His work as appeared at numerous shows, including Art Basel.

The opening  is from 8 to 11 p.m. and will include music by DJ ARI X

Paredes Fine Arts Studio, as noted, is in the Wynwood Arts District, specifically at 2311 NW 2nd Ave. Miami, FL. 33127.

There will be an after party in the  Florida Room at Delano Hotel

For more info go to Miguel Paredes Website.