Visual Art
Friday, March 19, 2010
Chicagoland, Music, Visual Art Jason Wyatt Frederick on Radio M Tonight
Posted by Whet Moser on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Jason Wyatt Frederick
Fashion, Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Visual Art, Food & Drink, Performing Arts Dinner & a Show: Friday 3/19
Posted by Whet Moser on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- Aaron Wooten
- Portrait of Alderman Patrick Levar
Show: The Aldermen Project: 50 Alderman/50 Artists Curators Jeremy Scheuch and Lauri Apple got 50 artists to immortalize an alderman apiece for "The Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists," including Derek Erdman, Phineas X. Jones, Jon Gitelson, Aaron Wooten and more. [Apple is an assistant editor at the Reader, which is a sponsor of the show.]
Opens Fri 3/19, 7-11 PM. Through 4/2: Sat noon-5 PM and by appointment, Johalla Projects, 1561 N. Milwaukee, 312-636-4966 or 312-833-1108, free
Dinner: Big Star Unlike Paul Kahan's other ventures (Blackbird, Avec, the Publican), Big Star is a bar. But you may have to remind yourself of that, because it's got probably the tastiest Mexican menu of any bar in Chicago.
1531 N. Damen Ave., 773-235-4039
Visual Art, Free Shit, Environment, Other Stuff 3/20 — Free Workshops at Artisans 21 Gallery
Posted by Sam Worley on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Tomorrow from 10 AM to 6 PM, Hyde Park's Artisans 21 Gallery (1373 E. 53rd) holds a day of demonstrations on how to create art out of recyclables and "turn your trash into treasures." Children are welcome. For more information, call 773-288-7450.
Film, Visual Art, Free Shit Creation, Destruction, Chaos
Posted by Ed M. Koziarski on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:09 AM
- Shirin Mozaffari's "The Story of Ama and Baba"
Rebecca Schoenecker's girlish narration and animated puppets imbue a storybook glow to her liberation fable Sphinx, screening in Creation, Destruction, Chaos, a program Schoenecker curated of animated takes on legends and war stories Saturday 3/20 at High Concept Laboratories.
Featuring Shirin Mozaffari's stop motion creation myth The Story of Ama and Baba, Jeremy Bessoff's flying ace puppet dream Ghost Conversations, Jim Trainor's Peruvian POW tale The Presentation Theme, Jodie Mack's animated photo negative WWII tragedy Lilly, Diane Christiansen's Notes to Nonself, and Matt Marsden's natural history meditation Wormroom. Schoenecker's puppets will be on display.
Trailers after the jump.
Chicagoland, Visual Art Morning Art: Chris Crites
Posted by Julia Thiel on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Visual Art, Free Shit, Other Stuff 3/18— Free Artists at Work Forum
Posted by Sam Worley on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- GeorginaValverde.com
Tonight at 6 PM, the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington) hosts "Domestic Studio," a talk about making art at home featuring artists Jason Lazarus, Georgina Valverde, Brian Kapernekas, and Gallery 400 director Lorelei Stewart. The discussion takes place in the Washington Room (5th floor) and is copresented by Gallery 400 and Studio Chicago, a yearlong project with events focusing on the artistic process. More information is available here.
Chicagoland, Visual Art Morning Art: Damon Locks
Posted by Julia Thiel on Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:07 AM
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Chicagoland, Visual Art Morning Art: Nathan Slate Joseph
Posted by Julia Thiel on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:03 AM
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Chicagoland, Visual Art Morning Art: Peter Otto
Posted by Julia Thiel on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Monday, March 15, 2010
Chicagoland, Visual Art Morning Art: Lindsay Obermeyer
Posted by Julia Thiel on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:11 AM
