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Terrain Exhibitions was founded in Oak Park, Illinois by artist Sabina Ott in 2011 with a spirit of generosity and community. Over the course of seven years, Ott invited over a hundred artists to exhibit site specific works in her front yard and on the porch at her home in Oak Park. In 2013, Ott created the Terrain Biennial. Ott staged the month-long public art event asking her neighbors to host artists she invited to exhibit in the biennial. The 2015 and 2017 Terrain Biennials grew to include host locations all over Oak Park and Chicago with many national and international locations as well. In the summer of 2018, Sabina Ott passed away, leaving behind a legacy of radical energy, caring magic, and deep community. The Student Team worked with Terrain Exhibitions board members to vision and consider organizational models that match the goals and intention of the Biennial’s history and origin story and collaborated on the development of research surveys and a symposium exploring models for DIY artist producer models.
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