Compound Yellow

Mark your calendar: Saturday, May 23, 2–6 PM! Join us for the opening reception of Spectral Psalm, a solo exhibition by Lindsey Dorr-Niro (@l_r_d_n ). We’re excited to share another glimpse into Spectral Psalm with you! Video teaser by Sonnenzimmer (@sonnenzimmer ), with sound by Zander Raymond (@zanderraymond ). *Editioned posters will be available for purchase onsite!

What a beautiful day at Compound Yellow! Thank you to Jo Cunningham / the Freak Family @the_freakfamily Road Show for bringing such a magical traveling experience to the yard. It was such a special way to celebrate the closing of Real Illusions by Lois Baron and The Blue by Isaac Couch @icouch.work . A huge thank you to everyone who came out and share the beautiful day with us. Thanks to Lois Baron, Isaac Couch! And special thanks to Andrew, and Jasper Nord for all the help and support. See you at our next show on May 23 for the opening reception of Lindsey Dorr-Niro’s Spectral Psalm!

SIDE YARD SOUNDS: ANA EVERLING AND EDINHO GERBER Saturday, May 16, 2026 7:00 PM 9:00 PM $15 — tickets in bio

Ana Everling (@anaeverling )- vocals, looper
Edinho Gerber (@edinhogerber )- guitars
 Welcome into the creative world of vocalist Ana Everling and guitarist Edinho Gerber. Edinho’s mastery of the 7-string and 12-string guitars provides a lush harmonic landscape for Ana’s voice - brilliant, nuanced, and rich in color - and her inventive use of electronics, including looping and effects that evoke children’s choirs, monastic chants, and echoes from the depths of nature. Ana leads the project with original compositions inspired by her homeland, the Republic of Moldova. Together, they create a deeply expressive sound, rooted in tradition and shaped by contemporary textures.

What a beautiful night of inspiring music by ABEEKU @abekuabeku with a lovely opening set by Inga @ingxbire ! Thank you to everyone who came out, and thank you to the musicians for sharing such a special evening with us. Inga — vocals Romel Sims — keyboards ABEEKU Jon-Edward Stokes @jonedwardstokes on bass Crai-Sean George craig.george23 on keyboards David Boykin @abekuabeku on drum machines, digital samplers, synthesizer, saxophone, and vocals Stay tuned, and join us for the next Side Yard Sounds with Ana Everling and Edinho Gerber, on Saturday, May 16.

Please join us for the closing reception of Real Illusions by Lois Baron and The Blue by Issac Couch (@icouch.work ) This Saturday, May 9th 2 to 5 PM Surprise pop-up visit by The Freak Family, Jo Cunningham @the_freakfamily _____ Photos of Real Illusions by Jonas Müller-Ahlheim (@jona_mikosch ) Photos of The Blue by Laura Shaeffer _____ These gorgeous paintings are for sale. Contact [email protected] for more information and to connect with the artist for pricing.

Happy May from CY! Here’s our Side Yard Sounds lineup for the month, featuring an amazing group of musicians throughout May. 5/8/26: Abeeku @abekuabeku + inga @ingxbire 5/16/26: Ana Everling @anaeverling and Edinho Gerber @edinhogerber 5/22/26: Laurenzi /Bitney/Van Duerm ( @dustin.laurenzi @danbitney.music @vondrum ) 5/30/26: The Fancies with Death + Jackiemandrake @jackiemandrake Come by, hang out, and enjoy the music with us in the yard. Hope to see you here soon!

SIDE YARD SOUNDS: ABEEKU + INGA Friday, May 8, 2026 7:00 PM 9:00 PM $15 — tickets in bio ABEEKU @abekuabeku is the latest facet of the vast artistic expression of composer and performer David Boykin. Its a combination of electro soul, golden era hip hop production, and spiritual jazz into a sensuous blend of Afro-electronic bliss; utilizing vocals, synthesizers, digital samplers, electronic drums, key boards, and bass. The lineup features: Jon-Edward Stokes on bass; Crai’Sean George on Keyboards; and David Boykin on Drum Machines, Digital Samplers, Synthesizer, Saxophone, and Vocals. inga @ingxbire is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, & birthworker born & raised in southwest Michigan, with roots in Rwanda, now based in Chicago. Her work lives at the intersection of vulnerability, memory, & spirituality—a space she calls “where art meets ritual.” Through music, visual storytelling, & community-centered practice, she creates immersive experiences rooted in introspection & care. A student of The Soulquarians, inga blends hip hop, soul, & ancestral influence into a sound that feels both intimate & expansive. Self described as the Boom Baptist, she channels emotion, rhythm, & lineage into music that explores love, longing, identity, & divine alignment—each song unfolding like a confession, a prayer, or a portal. Guided by intuition & grounded in honesty, inga’s work moves across sound, curation, & birthwork holding space for transformation, connection, & remembrance.

We’re open today from 2-5 PM. Come by to see Real Illusions by Lois Baron and The Blue by Isaac Couch (@icouch.work ). ____ Image 1: Gallery view of Real Illusions by Lois Baron. Image 2: Lois Baron, Blue Boots, 1978, and Eagles, 1977. Oil on canvas cut-out, painted from life. Image 3: Lois Baron, Scott, 1976. Oil on canvas cut-out, painted from life. Photos by William Zbaren Image 4: Gallery view of The Blue by Isaac Couch. Image 5: Isaac Couch, The Blue, 2026. Photos by Laura Shaeffer

We’re thrilled to announce Spectral Psalm, a solo exhibition of a new installation by Lindsey Dorr-Niro (@l_r_d_n ), on view May 23 through June 20, 2026, with an opening reception on May 23. Followed by two activations: June 6, 7–9 PM Zander Raymond (@zanderraymond ), Erik Kramer (@wind_howling_through_trees.mp3 ) June 13, 4–7 PM Lindsey Dorr-Niro & Marty McConnell (@martyoutloud ) Spectral Psalm is an act of world building and re-building. It is a second act — an amplification, condensation, and reconfiguration of a previous constellation. What began as documentation of that work turned into a film within which a technical glitch yielded hundreds of abstractions that, alongside a series of inquiries into the nature and function of order became the motivation, the source, for this re-iteration. Failure of control as generative. Emergent. Emergence. The result is a stream-like structure of experiential inquiry and exposition in the form of a film which acts as the source point and guide for the installation, a text (as narration in film and printed object), a musical score (Zander Raymond), a poster (Sonnenzimmer), and an entangled environment encompassing Compound Yellow as a site of activation, event, and communion. As a kind of stage, it hosts related embodied inquiry through guided contemplation, poetry, text, conversation, and musical performance. ____ Lindsey Dorr-Niro (BFA University of Wisconsin-Madison, and MFA Yale School of Art) is an artist and educator based in Chicago. Working primarily through large-scale installations, her practice constructs contemplative environments that invite relational and elemental awareness. Her work emphasizes the space between forms—foregrounding interdependence, emergence, and transformation—and encourages viewers to engage in processes of reimagining both world and self. Credits: Poster by Sonnenzimmer (@sonnenzimmer ) *Editioned posters available for purchase onsite

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of Lois Baron and Isaac Couch (@icouch.work )’s show. It was a lovely afternnon, and so nice to see everyone! The shows were great! They will be up for another two weeks so don’t miss your chance to see them! We’re open Saturdays 1-5PM, or by appointment. Come by if you havent’t seen the show yet! May 2nd Lois will give us a walk through with artist talk! Stay tuned for details.

This Saturday Side Yard Sounds presents: Toby Summerfield / Sky Brothers / The Shape Of / ragenap + dathon + adams April 25, 7–9 PM $15 — tickets in bio Toby Summerfield ( tobinsummerfield ) Sky Brothers (Nick Broste @nbroste , Hawk Colman) The Shape Of (Donny Mahlmeister @donny_emmmm , Theo Katsaounis @kurt_nirvonnegut , Jamie Levinson @bald_dad ) ragenap + dathon + adams (@pfcidb , @microtonedosing , @alexander_adams_music ) _____ Toby Summerfield (1978) has worked in creative music for 30 years. Operating in a space where rock music, minimalism, songcraft, improvising, atmosphere and emotion coexist.
 Toby will be playing pieces from his new solo record called “Bodies of Water”. A description of his process is as follows:
 “This solo practice was born in the loneliness of the pandemic, by reflecting on vocabulary and technique I have developed to interact with my Music Friends. By remembering the way the two musical bodies fit together. It is an exploration of my relationship with my instrument, physically, technically, emotionally. As a composer, collaborator and fan. The sounds are hypnotic and meditative, questioning and challenging and soothing. Percussive and roiling. A cloud to sit in and be pushed around by… The personal experience of making this music is turned into a space you can come into, too. Welcome.” Sky Brothers (Nick Broste/Hawk Colman) Nick Broste (trombonist, composer, recording engineer) has been an active player in the Chicago music scene since 1997. He has performed with James Falzone, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason Ajemian, Jeb Bishop, Keefe Jackson, Anton Hatwich, Marc Unternahrer, Mars Williams, Jim Baker, Josh Berman, Dave Rempis, Marc Riordan, Jamie Branch, Matt Bauder, and many others, as well as bands such as Wilco, Spoon, TV on the Radio, Cursive and Broken Social Scene. He’ll be joined this evening by Hawk Colman. More on The Shape Of , ragenap + dathon + adams ↓

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