Converge Chicago:
Contemporary Curators Forum: Production of the New
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Art Chicago
NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art
April 30 – May 3, 2010Art Chicago and NEXT are pleased to announce Converge Chicago: Contemporary Curators Forum | Production of the New. Panels created with the Renaissance Society, Independent Curators International and other partners will consider new models, fresh ideas and innovative ways of working in challenging times. As part of the Studio Visit Series, artists and curators will discuss art production in unmediated one-one conversations.
Highlights
But how do we measure the vitality of the arts? The National Arts Index is designed to do just that. The National Arts Index is an annual single-number score -- distilled from 76 national indicators -- that measures the strength of the arts in America. Arts Alliance Illinois is proud to present a discussion of the National Arts Index in partnership with the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Arts & Business Council. Here are the details: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 9 am Registration 9:30 - 11:30 am Presentation Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater The event is free, but you must RSVP to attend. |
Learn to create seductive surfaces for paint skins and grounds. Using your digital printed images, we will then layer and texture to make rich “painterly prints” . Work with Golden paint specialist, Sandie Bacon as she answers your questions about the vast array of Golden paints, gels, mediums and digital grounds. Step by step instructions as well as experimental techniques are offered. All paints supplied by Golden Paints. Valley Ridge Art Studio, 1825 Witek Rd, Muscoda, Wi., (608)943-6412, http://valleyridgeartstudio.com
As Sonnenzimmer, Nadine Nakanishi and Nick Butcher have created screen printed posters for clients as varied as Throbbing Gristle, Andrew Bird, The Newberry Library, and Human Rights Watch. Using a mixture of chance abstraction, modernist typography, and representational imagery, the duo has developed a unique aesthetic that pulls from various movements in art history while remaining distinctly forward thinking. Vorab Fabrik or “Beforehand Factory” is the duo’s first exclusive solo gallery show focusing on their non commissioned art work. Pulling from such influences as minimalism, arte povera, and abstract expressionism, the two are making work that forgoes the functionality of the poster yet retains the graphic quality found in their commercial work. Vorab Fabrik features an interactive sound installation, a drawing piano, paintings and so much more.
The Family Room - 1821 W Hubbard St, #202, Chicago, IL
February 26, 2010
7–11pm
Free Entry
There will be lots of beautiful art for sale so don't forget your roll of cash! Fear not, we take credit cards too.
For more info about the artists go to:
http://www.yoneko.net/
http://nickbutcher.net/
http://sonnenzimmer.com/
curated by
http://thepostfamily.com/family/Alex%20Fuller
Chicago Public Library Celebrating Diversity
Thursday, March 18 at 6:00 pm, Video Theater, Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street, Chicago
Historians frequently assert that women artists fared better in Chicago than New York or Los Angeles. Despite this perceived reality, many women participated in collaborative groups, such as women artists’ art associations and cooperatives in order to create greater visibility for themselves. This presentation will examine this history, as well as the reasons why they chose to forge these alliances in a city well known for its warm reception of female artists.
Joanna Gardner-Huggett is an associate professor of history of art and architecture at DePaul University where she specializes in 20th century art and feminist art and activism.
November Open House at the Cornelia Arts Building Chicago!
1800 W. Cornelia, Chicago, Illinois
Friday, 13th from 6 to 9
Saturday, 14th from 12 to 5
Sunday, 15th from 12 to 5 Visit with the Many Fine Artists of the CAB!
Visit with the Many Fine Artists of the CAB!
See a preview of an upcoming show of art by Marian Carow, Sharon Swidler and myself "Marks in Time," in addition the work of many other artists in the building, including Scott Simons, Jason Messinger, Basia Krol, Darrell Roberts, Johannah Silva, Kevin Swallow, Doug Frohman.
Rainbow's End, 44"x30", charcoal, oil wash, prismacolor pencil, oil stick on 90# white Stonehenge, c. Nancy Charak 
YOU CAN ALSO SEE MY WORK at SAPERE ART GALLERY,1579 North Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois, in the historic, legendary Flat Iron Art Building.
www.rounderstudio.com
rounderstudio.blogspot.com
Carol Chase BjerkeAn installation about life after ostomy
THE WAY OF THE FLESH
Masako OnoderaA memento mori
The New Open Acrylics
The new "open" acrylics, with their extended "wet" open times are amazing paints for a variety of effects- from beautiful soft glazes over grissailles for a traditional painting, to immediate plein air techniques, sgraffitto and monoprinting. This will be a fast paced introduction to the beauty of these paints with a sampling of techniques. All paints supplied by Golden Paints
November 8th, 2-4:30 – Dick Blick Schaumburg, E.Golf Road, Schaumburg • (847)619-1115 1975
The Painterly Print: Digital Grounds for Fine Artists, and Photographers
Using our new digital grounds, we can print images from our computer's printer on any of a variety of surfaces: paint skins, gels, acetate, metallic papers. . .These are wonderful techniques for mixed media artists,creating layers- or for limited edition multiples- and at reprographics we will see large scale prints (giclees) on linen using our products and their printers. Printing on transparent surfaces is also wonderful for artist cards and ornaments. Supplies provided by Golden Paints, bring your own photocopied images.
November 12, Reprographics,6-8:30
635 Virginia Road, Crystal lake. (815)477-1018 $35
November 21st, Deerpath Art League, 11-4
Gorton Community Center, lake Forest (847)234-3762 5 hourclass $70/$85
December 6th, Dick Blick, Evanston, 1-3:30
1755 Maple Ave, Evanston, (847)425-9100
ARC Members Exhibition: “Collaboration,” ARC Gallery, 832 W. Superior. Each member or affiliate of ARC Gallery chose an artist(s) to create a work. Judith Roth invited me to collaborate with her for “LIFE—AN ON-GOING PROCESS.”
September 30--October 24.Opening Reception: Friday, October 2, 6-9 PM. 312-733-2787 http://www.arcgallery.org/
Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art--Members Exhibit: “Common Threads: All Things Connected,” St .Paul’s Cultural Center, 2215 W. North Ave. “FLOATING ELEVATIONS,” my collage, will be on exhibit Friday, October 2 –October 31. Reception: Saturday, October 17, 4-6 PM. http://www.chicagowca.com/
The AJAC (American Jewish Artists Club) at the Art Center Highland Park,
1957 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park, IL, “As the Spirit Moves You,” will include my collage, “AN URBAN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.” Opening reception: Friday,
October 16, 6:30- 9 PM., closing November 13. (847) 432-1888
The Chicago Society of Artists presents “Reality and Beyond,” Bloomingdale Park District Museum, 108 S. Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, IL. My works include “STILL FUNCTIONING, MAYBE,” “CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAIN FOREST CONDOS,” both paintings, and my collage, “SUNNY DAYS ON WALL STREET.” November 7--December 18, Reception: Sunday, November 15, 2-4 PM.
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