Touch Points presents work from participants in New Edition, a program developed by the Art Center for artists to learn and make work in a medium with which they have had little to no previous experience. Educator, independent curator and gallerist Claudine Isé curates the exhibition, which features the work of 7 artists, each of whom presents one piece in the medium for which they are known alongside a new artwork made during the 10-week program.
New Edition was conceived as a way for artists to thoughtfully experiment in another medium that they have never before seriously attempted. Participants—who are all Hyde Park Art Center alumni of either The Bridge Program, The Center Program, or Ground Floor—enroll in Art Center courses such as screen printing, monotype printing or ceramics.
