En la casa de Mamá Opening Reception at Carlson Tower Gallery – Chicago, IL

Please join us for the opening reception of En la casa de Mamá, solo show by A.Martinez. There will be a reading by and short conversation with the artist. Guests will be invited to commemorate their grandmothers on a collective installation. Light snacks will be offered.

How do we uncover/discover the stories of those we no longer have access to?

Solo Exhibition by interdisciplinary visual and social practice artist A.Martinez, En la casa de Mamá, considers this question in an evolving body of visual art, installation, and social practice work based on the artist’s late grandmother Mamá, her late father, and their homes in Santo Domingo, Brooklyn, and Cleveland. The work is rooted in family interviews and photo archives, visitation of family sites, and historical research, but it is also a reimagining of their stories lost through death, distance, immigration, and assimilation.

Exhibition Details:

En la casa de Mamá by A.Martinez
Dates: November 10 – December 12, 2025
Opening Reception: Tuesday November 11, 4:30-6 PM
Closing Activation & Reception: Saturday, December 6, 4–6 PM
Venue: Carlson Tower Gallery, 3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 am – 9 pm
Free and Open to the Public

About the Artist:

A.Martinez is an interdisciplinary visual and social practice artist, poet, and facilitator living in Chicago. Her work explores ritual, grief, ecology, and motherhood. Alyssa received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Writing Program and her work has been exhibited at Noyes Gallery and the Chicago Cultural Center. Alyssa’s social practice involves participatory community gatherings and she has facilitated events with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Arts + Public Life, Threewalls, Comfort Station, and more. She released TURN, an artist book of poems, prints, and an accompanying cassette tape, in 2025. You can learn more at alyssahydemartinez.com