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Thursday, March 11, 2010: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art

2010-03-10T10:03:06Z

A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections Gallery Talk with Block Museum Curator Corinne Granof

Thursday, March 11, 6 pm

Join Block Museum curator Corinne Granof for a in-gallery discussion of the Bloomsbury exhibition, featuring drawings, paintings, prints, original small-press books, and decorative objects by Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, Dora Carrington and Duncan Grant.

A Room of Their Own closes this Sunday, March 14.

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40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

Friday, March 12, 2010: ARTExhibionLink - Gallery UNO Chicago

2010-03-10T08:03:29Z

At ARTexhibitionLink Gallery UNO opens Seung Yun Shin's Solo Show 'No End' Seung Yun Shin's kinetic installation consists of small square mirrors arranged onto a panel on the floor reflecting light sources from the ceiling and the walls of the gallery. 'I built up a motorized system to put the mirrors in close proximity.Each mirror is moved up and down by motors, in a seesaw-like pattern. The movement of mirrors has varying speeds. In terms of the imagery that is produced, the mirrors and their movement reflect in variety of angles. The motion of face of the piece presents landscape of water. All around walls and ceiling are flood with reflection from mirrors like waterfall.' Seung Yun Shin.The gallery space is transformed into a magical landscape of sublime pure beauty. During: March 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, March 12th 5 -9 pm Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 4.30 - 7.30 and by appointment

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410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541
Chicago, IL 60605-1471

Friday, March 12, 2010: The Fine Arts Building Collective

2010-03-09T13:03:24Z

FACES AND PLACES Photographs by Alfred Rasho March 12 through April 5 Opening Reception Friday, March 12, 5-8 pm The Second Floor Gallery

This exhibit is part of the Second Fridays Open Studios events at The Fine Arts Building

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410 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605

Thursday, March 11, 2010: Visiting Artists Program

2010-03-08T15:03:30Z

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program

AMY FRANCESCHINI Thursday, March 11, 6pm SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.

Amy Franceschini is a pollinator who creates formats for exchange and production that question and challenge the social, cultural, and environmental systems that surround her. An overarching theme in her work is a perceived conflict between humans and nature. Her projects reveal the ways that local politics are affected by globalization. In 1995 Franceschini founded Futurefarmers, an international collective of artists. In 2004 Franceschini co-founded Free Soil, an international collective of artists, activists, researchers, and gardeners who work together to propose alternatives to the social, political, and environmental organization of space.

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37 S Wabash Ave 1220
Chicago, IL 60603

Tuesday, March 9, 2010: Northeastern Illinois University Art Gallery

2010-03-08T14:03:15Z

Nnenna Okore will be giving a gallery talk at Northeastern Illinois University on Tuesday March 9th beginning at 1:40pm. The talk will take place in the gallery in conjunction with her exhibition "Absurd Beauty."

All events are free and open to the public.

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5500 N. St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625

Thursday, March 11, 2010: The Museum of Contemporary Photography

2010-03-08T13:03:07Z

PANEL DISCUSSION: Out from Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Photography Past and Present

Thursday, March 11, 6 pm @ MoCP

In conjunction with our current exhibitions "50% Grey: Contemporary Czech Photography Reconsidered" and "Recent Acquisitions of Czech Photography from The Baruch Foundation," MoCP Curator Karen Irvine will moderate a discussion on the topic of creating art before and after the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia. Panelists will include artist StÄ�pÃ¡n Grygar; Milos Stehlik, co-founder and director of Facets Multimedia in Chicago; and Barbara Kalwajtys, former manager of the Baruch Gallery. For more information, visit mocp.org/events.

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600 S. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605

Friday, March 5, 2010: International Museum of Surgical Science Anatomy in the Gallery

2010-03-04T11:03:33Z

Lauren Kalman, "Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments" & Annie Heckman, "You thought that you were alone but I caught your bullet just in time" March 5-May 21, 2010

Free opening reception: Friday, March 5, 5-8 pm Artists' talk: Saturday, March 6, 2 pm (free with museum admission)

"Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments" includes Kalman's jeweled adornments that replicate the skin infections, lesions, and sores caused by medical conditions, as well as photographs of models wearing these adornments. "You thought that you were alone but I caught your bullet just in time" comprises glow-in-the-dark house-of-cards structures built of interlocking cut paper pieces, each drawn upon in graphite and coated with phosphorescent paint by Chicago artist Heckman to resemble a human or animal bone.

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1524 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60610

Thursday, March 4, 2010: Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago

2010-03-03T14:03:43Z

Please join us for two receptions Thursday, March 4th

Access Excess: Beyond the Stage, C33 Gallery, 33 East Congress Ave., 5-8pm Access Excess explores the visual environment surrounding a music concert. Designers, photographers and artists are all key in creating and documenting the event from the graphics on the merchandise to the advertising posters. Giving access to the excess, the visual elements that often fade into the background are now the focus.

17th Annual Hokin Honors Exhibition Reception and Awards Ceremony, Hokin Gallery, 623 S. Wabash Ave. 5-7pm. The exhibit features students of outstanding artistic achievement in photography, fashion, film and video and all fine art media.

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1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites
Chicago, IL 60605

Wednesday, March 3, 2010: Gallery 400 UIC

2010-03-03T14:03:57Z

Three upcoming events: Drawing with Harold Jeffries and screening of "You're Gonna Miss Me" Friday, March 5, 2-6 pm (screening at 4 pm) Harold will be drawing money and making exchanges with visitors. "You're Gonna Miss Me" is a documentary about rock and roll pioneer Roky Erickson.

Brian Holmes lecture and Half Letter Press event Saturday March 6, 6 pm Holmes will be presenting a talk on "Decipher the Future," from his latest book "Escape the Overcode: Activist Art in the Control Society".

Hannah Feldman, art historian - Voices Lecture "In Plain Sight" Tuesday, March 9, 5 pm Talk on photographs of the violent police suppression that took place in Paris near the end of the Algerian War of Independence.

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400 South Peoria Street
Chicago, IL 60607

Saturday, March 6, 2010: Museum of Contemporary Art

2010-03-03T08:03:35Z

Coffee & Art Shannon Stratton, on evidence of studio processes in artworks March 6, 10 am - noon $18 nonmembers; $15 MCA members; $12 students with valid ID.

Coffee, conversation and great artworks...what better way to start a Saturday morning? Look carefully at works on view in the MCA's galleries, then make connections to other artworks during a facilitated discussion that helps you think through the art of our time.

This Saturday, Shannon Stratton, co-founder and director of threewalls, guides participants as they consider material qualities of artworks in the MCA exhibition "Production Site" and how these reveal studio processes. Stratton teaches art history and arts administration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Space is limited; reservations are required. For tickets, call the MCA Box Office at 312.397.4010.

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220 E Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601

Friday, March 5, 2010: Linda Warren Gallery

2010-03-02T08:03:12Z

JJoseph Noderer: Twelve Hundred Miles Down the Street March 5th - April 3rd, 2010 Opening reception with artists Friday, March 5th, 6-9 pm Project Space: Michael Stillion: Recent Work

We are pleased to announce the opening of Joseph Noderer's second solo exhibition at the gallery "Twelve Hundred Miles Down The Street" - a title referencing Noderer's recent move from Chicago, IL to Austin, TX - and the subtle, though significant shift this change has caused. Invariably simple and unpretentious, personal and honest, deliberate and economical, his paintings are nonetheless mysterious, full of intricacies and nuances of color, form and surface. Noderer's resoundingly expressive work continues to make epic statements about the everyday.

In The Project Space we present for the first time the inspired works of Ohio-based artist Michael Stillion.

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1052 W. Fulton Market
Chicago, IL 60607

Thursday, March 4, 2010: Gahlberg Gallery

2010-03-02T06:03:31Z

Gahlberg Gallery at College of DuPage

TypO March 4 to April 10, 2010 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 4, 6 to 8 pm

TodayÕs technology, media, art and design have paved the way for artists to experiment with and explore the boundaries of letterforms and symbols. This group show blurs the distinction between artist, typographer and graphic designer with works that allow typography a much broader job description.

Artists include: Johanna Drucker, Ken Fandell, The Franks, Brad Freeman, Diana Guerrero-Macia, Kurt Hauert, Dennis Ichiyama, Cary S. Leibowitz, Clifton Meador, Carol Padberg, Jason Pickleman, Kay Rosen, Lawrence Weiner, Katharine Wolff

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425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Sunday, March 7, 2010: Experimental Sound Studio

2010-03-01T15:03:30Z

Sunday Solos: Mars Williams 2pm

ESS kicks off the 2010 Sunday Solo series with Chicago jazz legend Mars Williams. Williams takes a break from Liquid Soul to perform an intimate, acoustic set on saxophones in the cozy confines of the ESS studio. Don't miss this very special one-hour performance.

$10 suggested donation, $7 students and ESS members. All proceeds benefit ESS.

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5925 N. Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60660

Thursday, March 4, 2010: Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery

2010-02-26T13:02:21Z

12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Pathways and Portals: Art, Nature and Science Gallery Talk

Chicago Artist, Robert Wapahi and Author, Linda Stabile

Robert Wapahi is a Dakota/Santee artist working in Illinois. He will discuss his artworks included in the Pathways and Portals exhibition. In addition to his individual works he will be joined by author, Linda Stabile, to discuss his illustrations for her new book, "Storykeeper".

This event is free and open to the public.

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100 W. Randolph Suite 2-100
Chicago, IL 60601

Thursday, March 4, 2010: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago

2010-02-26T12:02:39Z

Open Mic: The Dark Mirror Thursday, March 4, 7-9 pm Free

Step up to the open mic and share a few poems, a short story, or a creative essay about your darker side. Hosted by poets Matthias Regan and Eric Elshtain. Featuring astro funk spun by DJ The Rob Sizwe.

All are welcome to participate.

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/darkersideoflight

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5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Sunday, February 28, 2010: Hyde Park Art Center

2010-02-26T11:02:24Z

Salon with the Ps & Qs curators: Shannon Stratton and Jeff M. Ward Sunday, February 28, 4- 5 pm

Join the curators and the artists of Ps & Qs - Todd Chilton, Pete Fagundo, Carrie Gundersdorf, Jessica Labatte,Andrea Myers, and Tessa Windt - to discuss the new wave of abstract formalism occuring in contemporary art now and ponder the possibility of a truthful object over drinks. Or just come to ask the participants what that all means. The exhibition Ps & Qs begins February 28th and runs until June 6th.

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5020 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615

Sunday, February 28, 2010: Evanston Art Center

2010-02-26T09:02:14Z

Mary Dritschel > In Retrospect: Four Decades February 28 through April 4, 2010 Opening Reception: Sunday, February 28, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Artist's Talk: 2:00 p.m. This exhibition is part of the Evanston Art Center's Retrospective Series. Mary Dritschel is an installation artist who is influenced by the metaphorical qualities of material and by specific sites that give definition to her work. Her objects as well as site-specific installations have focused on the use of non-art materials as a conceptual conduit, in most cases, the material is used as a metaphor to reinforce the meaning.

The same conceptual elements seen in her installations and objects inform her photographic works.

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2603 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60201

Thursday, March 4, 2010: A+D Gallery

2010-02-25T16:02:09Z

Let There be Geo March 4 - April 24 Opening reception Thursday March 4, 5-8 pm

Let There be Geo takes a contemporary look at visual artists who use geometric form in their work. While geometric form is not a new phenomenon, geo forms are appearing in some of the most aesthetically progressive work being made today. The works in Let There be Geo explore today's incarnation of geometric form. Exhibiting artists include Maya Hayuk, Cody Hudson, Nadine Nakanishi, Nick Butcher, Archer Prewitt, Sam Prekop, Jacob Hashimoto, Barbara Kasten, Sam Prekop, Geoffrey Todd Smith, and Steven Husby among others. Curated by Elizabeth Burke-Dain

As always, this event is free and open to the public!

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619 S. Wabash
Chicago, IL 60605

Saturday, February 27, 2010: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art

2010-02-25T16:02:08Z

New Looks: The Social Life of Art and Design in Bloomsbury

A symposium presenting fresh scholarship on a diverse range of issues related to the Bloomsbury group, from the connections between book design and domestic decoration to the dramatic views of art in E. M. Forster's "A Room with a View."

Saturday, February 27, 8:30 am to 4 pm

Held in conjunction with the exhibition "A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections," on view through March 14.

Support for the symposium is provided by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

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40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

Sunday, February 28, 2010: The Renaissance Society

2010-02-25T13:02:02Z

Opening and reception, 4 to 7 pm, with a discussion with the artist from 5 to 6 pm. For his exhibition at The Renaissance Society, Berlin-based artist Matt Saunders will present several interrelated new works. Saunders will debut a new multichannel animated film, paintings on mylar, and a series of photographs made from drawn and painted "negatives." Together the works create a kind of portrait gallery of a diverse cast of characters - from workers biking through the streets of Berlin to an early Los Alamos scientist, from a largely forgotten East German actress to the highest paid British television actor of the '60s. Since graduating from Yale in 2002, Saunders' work has been included in collections at Museum of Modern Art, NY, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Harvard University Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Deutsche Bank Collection. He has exhibited at prestigious galleries like Harris Lieberman in New York and Galerie Almine Rech, Paris.

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5811 S. Ellis Ave 4th floor, The University of Chicago, Cobb Hall
Chicago, IL 60637