http://www.artscope.net/ Gallery Announcements, Events and Press Links through ArtScope.net en-us Copyright 2012 ArtScope.net. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:10:23 CST Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:10:23 CST editor@artscope.net (editor) http://www.artscope.net/images/asnamelogosm.gif http://www.artscope.net/ http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-2.html Event date: Friday Oct 14th, 2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Fall Undergraduate Exhibition Reception: Friday, October 14, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Exhibition continues on view: October 15-November 12 Nearly 50 talented SAIC students completing undergraduate degrees this fall exhibit their innovative work. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago promotes crossing disciplines and challenging assumptions, and the results of this approach are showcased in this exhibition. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sullivan Galleries School of the Art Institue of Chicago http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 S. State Street 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:06:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-3.html Event date: Friday Oct 14th, 2011 "CartoonInk!: Emerging Comics in Context" Closing reception: Friday, October 14, 6 - 8 p.m. This exhibition brings together boldly idiosyncratic works showcasing the rapidly evolving landscape of contemporary comics. The past decade has brought an explosion of innovation in visual narrative culture, to which SAIC students and alumni continue to be major contributors. CartoonInk! features an international roster of breakout artists, among them highly regarded cartoonist with ties to SAIC, including Lilli Carre, Jeffrey Brown, Anders Nilsen, and Chris Ware, as well as current SAIC students setting the scene for what is to come. Curated by Christa Donner, Surabhi Ghosh, and Jeremy Tinder, this exhibition celebrates comics as a unique and vibrant art form, featuring original works on paper, printed and exchangeable multiples, and tactile works that blur the line between comics, sculpture, and time-based media. This exhibition is supported by SAIC's John M. Flaxman Library and Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection. Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street (New Location) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:06:40 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-4.html Event date: Saturday Oct 15th, 2011 Jay Heikes Subterranean Isle October 15 - November 12, 2011 Opening reception, Saturday, October 15, 6 - 8 pm Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:32 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-5.html Event date: Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 JOHN GOSSAGE - Lectures in Photography Thursday, October 13th @ 6:00 PM CCC/Stage Two 618 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd floor FREE to CCC Community and the General Public John Gossage is an American photographer, noted for his artist books and other publications using his photographs to explore under-recognised elements of the urban environment such as abandoned tracts of land, debris and garbage, and graffiti, and themes of surveillance, memory and the relationship between architecture and power. Aperture recently reissued Gossage'sThe Pond and more recently Steidel published The Thirty Two Inch Ruler/Babylon, Gossage's first book of color (and digitally made) photographs.Copies of The Pond will be available for purchase after the lecture. John Gossage will be signing books after the lecture. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-369-7538 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-6.html Event date: Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 Resident Artist, Emmanuel Pratt, presents "Preservation of Poetry" Thursday, October 13, 6-8 pm. FREE! Join us for an evening of poetry, comedy, dance, live music, and stimulating conversation from a collection of Chicago artists working in collaboration with our resident artist, Emmanuel Pratt over the past several months. Artists include Poet Discopoet Kari B, Amy Ali, DJ Davis, and special dance performance by Denita Inez of DID and Chicago Dance Crash. This event is held in participation with Chicago Artist's Month's theme "artful networks." Exhibition Reception: Realist and Abstract Paintings by Christine Mitchell Sunday, October 16, 3 - 5 pm, FREE! Meet the artist and Art Center student, Christine Mitchell and celebrate the opening of her new solo exhibition. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-7.html Event date: Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 Dimensional Lines: art + dress Exhibition continues through November 6 Gillion Carrara, curator Fraser Taylor, contributing curator On Thursday, October 13 at 6:30 pm, join the curators and participating artists and fashion designers for a free informal discussion and Q&A. Light refreshments will be served The featured artists and designers are Conrad Hamather, Melissa Serpico Kamhout, Beata Kania, Anke Loh, Kristin Mariani, Katrin Schnabl, Kristina Sparks, and Fraser Taylor.The exhibition publication, now at the printer, features contributions by noted writers Sandra Michels Adams, Alex Aubry, Caroline Bellios, Stuart Dybek, and Margaret Hawkins, as well as set designer Mary Griswold and lighting artist, Geoffrey Bushor. Evanston Art Center http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/ 2603 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60201 847-475-5300 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-8.html Event date: Friday Oct 21st, 2011 Artview in Lakeview October 21 5pm - 9pm Enjoy our complimentary trolley tour and sample local food and beverages at each participating gallery. Visit Gallery Swarm Artoberfest during the Lakeview East Trolley Tour. Featuring Live MUSIC by General Election Engines, German wine tasting and great art by local artists! Artists include - James Schneider, Yvonne Bruenjes, Walter and Loyce Moscow and Samuel Gillis Mo Treats www.motreats.com Chipotle www.chipotle.com J Lafayette Catering Company www.jlafayette.com Wine Tasting PRP Wine International www.prpwine.com Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:44 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-1.html Event date: Friday Oct 21st, 2011 The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Rodney Graham. Concurrent opening receptions for the artist on Friday, October 21, 5-7 PM at two locations: 224 S Michigan Ave Suite 266 Chicago, Illinois 60604 AND 933 West Washington Blvd Chicago, Illinois 60607 Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:59:21 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-2.html Event date: Thursday Oct 27th, 2011 Jessica Stockholder Artist Talk Thursday, October 27, 6 pm The University of Chicago, International House, 1414 E 59th Street Join us in welcoming Jessica Stockholder to the University of Chicago, as she assumes her new role as Chair of the Department of Visual Arts. The artist -- whose work has brought about a sea change in our shared understanding of sculpture -- will reflect on how her work has evolved and discuss what is currently informing her artistic practice. Free. Presented as part of Chicago Artists Month by the Smart Museum of Art and the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:59:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-3.html Event date: Friday Oct 21st, 2011 ADAM EKBERG Transmissions From The Outpost JASON ROBERT BELL I Believe in Harvey Dent or Three Months in Valparaiso October 21 - December 3, 2011 Opens Friday October 21, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607 812-345-1886 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:59:38 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-4.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 2nd, 2011 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: JENNI SORKIN: "Ancient Modernisms" Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:00 p.m. SAIC Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive Free admission Jenni Sorkin (BFA, 1999) is Assistant Professor of Critical Theory, Media, and Design at the University of Houston. She is currently completing her book "Live Form: Craft as Participation", which examines the confluence of gender, artistic labor, and craft pedagogy from 1950 to 1975. She has written numerous essays on feminist art and material culture topics, and her writing has appeared in the New Art Examiner, Art Journal, Frieze, The Journal of Modern Craft, Modern Painters, and Third Text. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:00:11 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-5.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 Diane Christiansen: Enough Space in the Head to Breathe October 28 - November 26, 2011 Opening reception for the artist: Friday, October 28th, 6-8PM Artist's gallery talk: Saturday Oct. 29th, 12-1PM Christiansen's second solo exhibition with the gallery will feature several small scale oil on plaster paintings and one animation. Her current work is about spaciousness and the experience of quieting the mind and moving things aside in order to create it. The artworks themselves are paintings on plaster, which attest to the activity of addition (painting and drawing) and subtraction (erasure through sanding) through which they are created. The slow, meditative, practice involved in their creation serves as an antidote to our current environment that is so full of speed, aggression and the barrage of information. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:00:11 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-1.html Event date: Sunday Oct 30th, 2011 Paul Cowan October 30, 2011 - January 8, 2012 Opening reception, Sunday, October 30, 2-4 pm ****Please note this exhibition is at Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park Shane Campbell Gallery 125 North Harvey Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302 Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:19 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-2.html Event date: Thursday Oct 27th, 2011 TWO SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK GALLERY TALK and FIRST NATIONS FILM and VIDEO PRESENTATION GALLERY TALK Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, noon to 1:00 pm Jim Zimmer, Director of the Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery and curator of artist Christopher Furman will discuss Furman's work in the Focus 4 exhibition. FIRST NATIONS FILM and VIDEO FESTIVAL Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 11 AM to 4 pm The ISM Chicago Gallery presents the First Nations Film and Video Festival which highlights Native American film/video makers. There will be two feature films: Choctaw Code Talkers by Valerie Red- Horse and Barking Water by Sterling Harjo. Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/chicago/exhibtions.html 100 W. Randolph Suite 2-100 Chicago, IL 60601 312-814-5322 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:33 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-3.html Event date: Saturday Oct 29th, 2011 Exhibition Receptions: Blaque Lyte and Keith Herzik's solo show curated by Chris Kerr and Paul Nudd Saturday October 29, 5-8 pm. Free! Artists and curators from Blaque Lyte and Keith Herzik's There are Still Lofty Dreams, Meager Desires, and Still Silliness, celebrate the success of the joint exhibitions. Herzik's exhibition features a retrospective of over 350 of his screen prints. Blaque Lyte features over thirty international and emerging artists exploring the phosphorescent properties of the medium. Both exhibitions run until January 9, 2012. In conjunction with the exhibitions, join us for MISCHIEF NIGHT 2011! Saturday October 29, 1- 10 pm, Free! The Art Center opens up the entire building to showcase the strange and mysterious side of art in this family friendly and interactive day-long event filled with performances, art-making, and live music! Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-4.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 OPENING RECEPTION November 4th (Friday) 2011 7:00pm-10:00pm Eddwin Meyers,Olivia Meyers,Serena Meyers,Gregory A. Pearce,Andrea Bates David Thompson,Lucia Espinoza,Jeff Kolak,Cathie Berns,Bill Van Dusen Jennifer Hansen,Jeff Fraas,Nick Morland Join us for the Atelier Alternatives 'The Art of Reinvestment'. ART - FOOD - WINE and Entertainment Music from: 4 Feet Deep http://www.facebook.com/4FeetDeep Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:42 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-5.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 Painthing on the Moeve Albert Oehlen October 28 - December 3, 2011 opening reception: Friday, October 28th, 5 - 8 p.m. Corbett vs. Dempsey is very pleased to present its second exhibition of work by Albert Oehlen. The show will include ten small drawing collages and two large paintings, all part of Oehlen's "Conduction" series, which takes its name from the structured improvisations of musician and composer Lawrence "Butch" Morris. Utilizing a graphic black and white palette, the works in this show continue in the spirit of the artist's earlier "computer paintings," which used pixelated motifs derived from computer drawing tools. Corbett vs. Dempsey http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com 1120 N. Ashland Avenue 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60622 773-278-1664 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-6.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 Diane Christiansen: Enough Space in the Head to Breathe October 28 - November 26, 2011 Opening reception for the artist: Friday, October 28th, 6-8PM Artist's gallery talk: Saturday Oct. 29th, 12-1PM Enough Space in the Head to Breathe is Diane Christiansen's second solo exhibition with the gallery and will feature several small scale oil on plaster paintings and one animation. Diane Christiansen's current work is about spaciousness and the experience of quieting the mind and moving things aside in order to create it. The slow, meditative, practice involved in their creation serves as an antidote to our current environment that is so full of speed, aggression and the barrage of information. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:28:08 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-7.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 Early-ish warning....Brian Dettmer's new show Paper Back is only two weeks long. We then take his work to Miami for the Pulse Artfair. This is a full show and Brian will be debuting 3 new major horizontals, from 6 to 8 ft wide on the wall, along with other pedestal and single book works. Brian's arc continues to amaze me. His thought process and execution is not finite. Don't miss this event. Chris Bathgate and Kathy Halper open the same night and their shows run into January. I love this grouping. Paper, metal, and fiber all under the same roof. Artists' Reception: Friday, November 4, 5 - 8 PM Brian Dettmer Paper Back Altered Books Kathy Halper Friend Me Facebook Embroideries Chris Bathgate Aesthetic Engineering metal sculpture Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:28:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-8.html Event date: Saturday Oct 29th, 2011 Unfree Freedom: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe Opening Reception: Saturday, October 29: 3-5PM For many Central and Eastern European artists the political and social changes that followed the break-up of the Soviet- bloc fundamentally changed the subject and style of their work. This exhibition examines how blacklisted artists responded to the restraints imposed on them under communist regimes and how their worked changed when those systems fell apart. Artists include Rudolf Sikora, Peter Szabo and Fontarte, as well as works from the collectin of Piotr Rypson. UNFREE FREEDOM is held in conjunction with Voices From the Center, a project produced by Janeil Englestad at threewalls from Oct 28 - Dec 10. Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:30:44 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-9.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 CJ PYLE, Skin Deep, New Drawings Artist's Reception: Friday, October 28, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Exhibition Dates: October 28 - December 30, 2011 Carl Hammer Gallery is honored to once again show the newest installment of CJ Pyle's obsessive, imagistic, portrait drawings. Stretching the boundaries of his inimitable, self-defined "woven knot drawing technique", the artist's range of exploration, both in form and content, seems to get even more to the heart of a meaningful and universal consideration of what it is to be Human. And the wizardry of the artist's illusionary twisted rope-like pen and pencil strokes, employing the simplest nuanced effect of facial gesture or expression, do just what we do not expect of them. We find a way to really "see" their Humanity. Perhaps we may be inclined as well to "see ourselves", as we wouldn't normally. Carl Hammer Gallery http://www.hammergallery.com 740 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654 312.266.8512 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:30:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-10.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 "In-Focus" Opening reception: Friday, November 4, 4:30 - 7 p.m. Exhibition on view: November 5 - 19, 2011 Betty Rymer Gallery at the Sullivan Galleries (note our new location) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Through the media of photography and video, seven contemporary artists explore themes of sight, observation, and perception. Artists include Lucy Cash, Tirtza Even, Susan Giles, Jacqueline Goss, Deborah Stratman, Chi Jang Yin, and Haggith Gor Ziv. This exhibition is organized by Graduate Curatorial Assistant Amelia Love with support from Trevor Martin and is co-sponsored by the Video Data Bank at SAIC (www.vdb.org). Continuing on view in the Sullivan Galleries: - Wolfgang Laib and Kamin Lertchaiprasert through December 23 - "Fall Undergraduate Exhibition" through November 12 Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:42:28 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-11.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 2nd, 2011 "Beyonsense"-An Evening of Sound Poetry at the Block Explore connections between early 20th-century avant-garde Russian poetry and contemporary sound poetry through performances by renowned poets Christian Boek and Ilya Kutik. Boek and Kutik will read selected poems, in the original Russian and English translations, related to the exhibition "Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910-1917." Nina Gourianova, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern, hosts this event. Wednesday, November 2, 6 pm Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:42:56 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#11 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-12.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 2nd, 2011 Please join us for the closing reception of CoLaboratory in the Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash Ave, First floor from 5-7pm. The artists and curator, Anne Morse will be present. In addition ED JR. will will be holding a Painted Video session in which participants can create their own work of art. The CoLaboratory exhibition catalog will also be available free of charge. CoLaboratory examines the nature of collaborative art by creating a visual record of this process and exploring the cultural constructs that support it. Using dramatic video projections and mobile structural interventions, Chicago artists' collaboratives ED JR. and (()())utility projects will exhibit works created independently within each group, but integrated in the Glass Curtain Gallery with reference to both the space and the interactions experienced in the development of the exhibition. Visitors are invited to adjust the structures on which video projections are shown. Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:10 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#12 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-13.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 16th, 2011 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: AMAR KANWAR Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 6:00 p.m. Lecture, SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive Free admission Amar Kanwar's films explore the politics of power, violence, sexuality, and justice. His multi-layered installations originate in narratives often drawn from zones of conflict and are characterized by a distinctly poetic approach to the social and political. In retracing history through images, ritual objects, literature, poetry and song, Kanwar creates lyrical, meditative film essays that do not aim to represent trauma or political situations as much as to find ways through them. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:21 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#13 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-14.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 During November 2011 Gallery UNO will show new work by the artist Jungpyo Hong another of the young artists based in Chicago the gallery is supporting by offering the space free of charge. Images and text of the activities of Gallery UNO on www.artexhibitionlink.com During: November 2011 Artist Reception: Nov. 4th, 6 - 9 pm Tel./Info: 201-953 9013 ARTExhibionLink - Gallery UNO Chicago http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 773 301 3895 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:33 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#14 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-15.html Event date: Sunday Nov 6th, 2011 Tour with the Curators: Paul Nudd and Chris Kerr 3 pm BLAQUE LYTE tour, Gallery 5 4 pm KEITH HERZIK: There are Still Lofty Dreams, Meager Desires, and Still Silliness tour, Gallery 2 Join guest curators Chris Kerr and Paul Nudd as they lead two separate tours of the current exhibitions they co-organized. Chicago-based artist Keith Herzik will join the tour of his first large scale solo exhibition and will provide curious insight on the development of his screen prints over the past decade. Blaque Lyte features thirty international and emerging artists exploring the glowing properties of the medium. Both exhibitions run until January 9, 2012 and are free and open to the public seven days a week. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:41 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#15 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-1.html Event date: Friday Nov 11th, 2011 The Fine Arts Building Second Fridays Open Studios Friday, November 11, 2011, 5-9 pm Also this month: The Second Floor Gallery The Fine Art of Friends Seven FAB studios artists and an artist friend explore their artistic connections Karen Tichy and Deepa Ajmire Zoe Spirra and Michele Thrane Alenna Marie Sandy and Annamaria Castellucci Kathleen Newman and Liz Wall Anita Ivy Miller and Laura Cerf-Dahl Rich Lo and Tom Lee Beatriz Ledesma and Bert Menco Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:34:20 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-2.html Event date: Thursday Nov 10th, 2011 Deborah Luster | Lectures in Photography | 6:00 PM | FREE CCC/Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan, 1st floor In response to her mother's murder in 1988 Luster began a long term project photographing prisoners in Louisiana, One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana, ultimately making 25,000 formal and elegant portraits of the prisoners. Her recent project Tooth for an Eye: A Chorography of Violence in Orleans Parish is a photographic archive documenting contemporary and historical homicide sites in New Orleans, the homicide capital of the United States. Luster's work is in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Galway, Ireland. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-369-7538 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:34:46 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-3.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 9th, 2011 Gallery Talk Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910-1917 Wednesday, November 9, 6 pm The exhibition "Tango with Cows" chronicles the dramatic transformation of book art during the tumultuous years before the Russian Revolution, as a group of artists and writers collaborated on hand-printed publications that combined experimental poetry with primitive and abstract imagery. Nina Gourianova, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University, leads a tour of the exhibition. Northwestern students will recite selected poems from the exhibition. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:34:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-4.html Event date: Sunday Nov 13th, 2011 Symposium: The Home in/as Community Sunday November 13, 1-5 pm, Free! Chicago has been particularly important in the development of social housing policy, as well as the understanding of how home and community are intertwined. The development of residential districts and the efforts to reform them have profoundly affected Chicago. Panel participants will address these issues and more, ultimately considering how the city has changed and how home as changed with it. Panelists include Iker Gil, D. Bradford Hunt, Natalie Moore, Emmanuel Pratt, moderated by David Schalliol. Dawoud Bey will provide a brief introduction to the topic and share information about the national art project, America: Now and Here. This symposium is held in conjunction with our current exhibition No Place Like Home on view until January 8, 2012. The program is generously supported by the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:35:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-5.html Event date: Thursday Nov 17th, 2011 The 90th Art Directors Club Annual Awards Exhibition November 17 - December 17 Please join A+D Gallery for our opening reception Thursday, 11/17, 5-8pm A yearly exhibition at A+D Gallery, the ADC Annual Awards competition identifies and honors the best work of the year in print and broadcast advertising, interactive media, graphic design, publication design, packaging, photography and illustration. As always, this event is free and open to the public, and as always, this year's ADC show is inspiring, whimsical, provocative, and just plain awesome. See you there! A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.369.8687 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:45 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-6.html Event date: Thursday Nov 17th, 2011 Reminder Diane Christiansen: Enough Space in the Head to Breathe - on view at kasia kay art projects gallery through November 26th. Enough Space in the Head to Breathe is Diane Christiansen's second solo exhibition with the gallery and it features several small scale oil on plaster paintings and one animation. The selected for the exhibition works includes several paintings which focus on the abstraction of words through the blending of color. Collectively, her works present the physicality of the act of painting and sanding as evident attributes to the complexity of the finished product. More so, this exhibition showcases the effects of addition and cancellation as recurring themes in Christiansen's artistic process. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:52 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-7.html Event date: Sunday Nov 20th, 2011 Hello... Link below for this weeks evite for Sunday. Closing reception for Brian Dettmer's show starts at 2PM and goes till 5 PM. At 3PM, the fantastic duo Coppice performs, which will include a guest appearance by electro-acoustic cellist Sarah J. Ritch. More details about Coppice are inside first link. Also below is a link for an interview with Brian Dettmer by Heather McShane for Bad At Sports. Should be plenty of parking on a Sunday afternoon! Best, Aron http://packergallery.com/press/nov20.html http://badatsports.com/2011/paper-back/ After this closing reception, on to Pulse Miami with Brian's new work. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:52 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-8.html Event date: Friday Nov 18th, 2011 Please join us for a reception in conjunction with Michael Rea's exhibition "Tuff Love" on Friday November 18th from 6-9pm. The show will run through Friday December 2nd with a gallery talk on December 2nd at 11am (room TBA). Parking is free in Parking Lot F the night of the reception only. If parking in Lot F,the closest entrance to the gallery is through Building E. The gallery will be directly on your right. Hope to see you there! Northeastern Illinois University Art Gallery http://www.neiu.edu/~art/gal.html 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625 773-442-4944 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:52 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-9.html Event date: Thursday Nov 17th, 2011 Please join us for the Black Gossamer opening reception, 5-8pm, Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash Ave, First Floor. Black Gossamer showcases the work of black contemporary artists who use and draw inspiration from clothing, fashion, textiles and fabrications to explore and uncover recent revolutions in black identity. Artists will not only present exciting new ways they are working with dress, but also reveal the meanings and hidden codes behind their work - initiating dialogues on where black culture is today, where it is going and what that means. Black Gossamer is curated by Camille Morgan and features the work of Aisha Bell, Sheila Bridges, Myra Greene, Marlon Griffith, Krisanne Johnson, Kalup Linzy, Wangechi Mutu and Ebony G. Patterson Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-10.html Event date: Saturday Nov 19th, 2011 Lisa Williamson Thinking Objects November 19 - December 31, 2011 Opening reception, Saturday, November 19, 5-7 pm Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:24:04 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11232011-1.html Event date: Tuesday Dec 6th, 2011 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: SUZANNE LEE Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 6:00 p.m. Lecture, SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive Free admission Suzanne Lee is the Director of The BioCouture Research Project and Senior Research Fellow in Fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (University of The Arts London). BioCouture is a research project harnessing nature to propose a radical future fashion vision. It investigates the use of microbial-cellulose, grown in a laboratory, to produce clothing. The ultimate goal is to literally grow a dress from a vat of liquid. Lee is collaborating with scientists to unite design with cutting edge bio and nano technologies. She is a 2011 TED Fellow. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:36:18 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/23/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11282011-2.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 30th, 2011 Film Screening and Discussion: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth Wednesday November 30, 6-8 pm The acclaimed documentary film "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth"(2011) comes to the Hyde Park Art Center for a free screening. If you missed it at the Siskel Film Center over the summer, now is your chance to see this important film. The film explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centers in which they resided. It also traces the personal and poignant narratives of several of the residents of the notorious Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis. The film is directed by Chad Freidrichs and co-produced by Chad Freidrichs, Jaime Freidrichs, Brian Woodman, and Paul Fehler. A discussion led by David Schalliol will follow the screening. This free program is in conjunction with the photography exhibition "No Place Like Home", curated by Dawoud Bey, on view until January 8, 2012. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:41:08 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/28/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1232011-1.html Event date: Thursday Dec 1st, 2011 Gahlberg Gallery/McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage Studio Art Faculty Exhibit Dec. 1, 2011 to Jan. 7, 2012 Opening reception: Thursday, Dec. 1, 4 to 6pm The gallery will remain open until 8pm It's free and open to everyone. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Sat, 3 Dec 2011 04:21:51 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/3/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1232011-2.html Event date: Saturday Dec 3rd, 2011 IN THE SPIRIT OF WALSER "We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see so much." The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present a series of exhibitions inspired by the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Over the course of five months, the gallery will exhibit work from seven different artists responding to Walser's "Microscripts". The first opening exhibit of the series will feature three clay sculptures from the Swiss collaborative PETER FISCHLI and DAVID WEISS. GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM Saturday: 11AM - 5:30PM Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Sat, 3 Dec 2011 04:22:00 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/3/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1232011-3.html Event date: Saturday Dec 3rd, 2011 Make a Provocative Print Saturday, December 3 1-3 pm Drop in and make provocative silkscreen prints inspired by Soviet propaganda on view at the Smart Museum of Art. Watch as a crew from Anchor Graphics demonstrates printmaking processes. Then use templates that combine words and images to create your own poster to take home. All printing materials and poster paper provided. You're welcome to bring your own t-shirt or tote bag to screen. Open to adults of all skill levels. Free! smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/vision-and-communism Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Sat, 3 Dec 2011 04:22:02 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/3/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-1.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 Join us for the third annual "Night at the Fine Arts Building" Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, 5-10 pm-Don't miss this month's SPECIAL open studios event on the second Friday of the month. The building's galleries will be open, along with many artists' studios and musicians' studios. There will be special music, dance, and spoken word performances as well as a few exciting surprises. See the art - hear the music - experience the architecture of a 120 year old building. http:www.nightatthefab.com FAB Studios Annual Members' Show Second Floor Gallery Opening Reception 6-8 pm Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-2.html Event date: Friday Dec 16th, 2011 You are cordially invited to an innovative art installation! Hosted By GALLERY SWARM and benefiting CENTER ON HALSTED Friday December 16th, 2011 7 - 10pm Featuring celebrated artists and organizations including Peter Mars, Samuel Gillis, Jim Schneider, Lucky 29 Design Build, Stripp Joynt and WBEZ - Chicago! Live entertainment by General Election Engines and DJ Servoe! Local cuisine and luscious libations! GIFT BAGS for the first 200 guests provided by the Swarm www.centeronhalsted.org www.wbez.org www.galleryswarm.com www.lucky-29.com www.woodcarespecialist.com www.myspace.com/generalelectionengines2 Website: www.djservoe.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/servoe DJ Company http://www.phatttraxxentertainment.com/ Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-3.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 CURATOR TALK: Demands, Attacks, and Declarations December 9, 11:00 a.m. / 1104 S Wabash, 2nd Fl Curator and artist Janeil Engelstad will talk about artist's books and works on paper in the former Soviet bloc countries. Created for political protest, social critique, and to promote independent thought, this work is increasingly relevant today as artists participate in and respond to occupy and other social movements. She will also reflect upon Voices from the Center, a web-based project that stems from a series of interviews that she conducted with people, including artists, designers and writers, in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic about their lives before and after the Berlin Wall. In conjunction with current Spotlight Exhibition: Unfree Freedom: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-4.html Event date: Sunday Dec 11th, 2011 Bibiana Suarez: Memoria (Memory) Opening Reception, December 11, 3-5pm Join us in celebrating Bibiana Suarez's major exhibition "Memoria (Memory)". Since 2005, Suarez has worked on this provocative installation composed of 108 mixed media paintings, drawings and digital prints that borrow the format of the pair-matching card game Memory to discuss the impact that Latinos have had on the cultural and political landscape of the U.S. In doing so, Suarez calls the public to play, remember, concentrate and ultimately, learn about the interwoven histories between Latinos of different origins and mainstream America. This event is free and open to the public. The Sara Lee Foundation is Lead Sponsor of Memoria (Memory) by Bibiana Suarez. Additional support has been provided by DePaul University. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-5.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 Samantha Bittman Perceptual Notions Jason Robert Bell Orpheus Terminals December 9, 2011 through January 21, 2012 Opening reception Friday December 9, 6:00-8:00PM Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607 812-345-1886 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-6.html Event date: Tuesday Dec 6th, 2011 At ArtexhibitionLink Gallery UNO opened Yvette Kaiser-Smith's solo show 'Etudes from Pi'. Yvette Kaiser-Smith is one of the established artists represented by Gallery UNO in Europe. The artist qualified for Berliner Liste in 2010, and took part in Gallery UNO's exhibition 'Graffiti Stories' in Rome, Italy and Berlin, Germany, as well as in Gallery UNO's annual Summer Show at Castello S. Severa, near Rome, Italy. Her work is shown regularly at Gallery UNO, Chicago and at Gallery UNO, Berlin. All events on www.artexhibitionlink.com During: December 2011 and January 2012 Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays from 2 - 6 pm or by appointment Info./Appointments with the artist: 773 395 2981 ARTExhibionLink - Gallery UNO Chicago http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 773 301 3895 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:23:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-7.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 No rest for the weary! Holiday Party/Artist's Reception for David Gillanders' MAPS, this Friday, December 9 from 5 - 8 PM. Kathy Halper and Chris Bathgate continue. Kathy will be in attendance. David is from Canada so let's give him a rousing Chicago welcome. Link below for imagery and long text about his work. Please join us. Construction in front of our space is really coming along. Much easier to walk to our space now. Lake Street is still a one way going east and the construction at Lake and Ogden is done they tell me. Soon we'll have an el stop right in front of our space. Gateway to the West Loop? Happy Holidays! We hope to see you this Friday evening, or sometime soon. http://packergallery.com/press/dec9.html Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:23:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-8.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 We moved!!! It is with great excitement and anticipation that we open our doors as Linda Warren Projects in our new location, 327 N. Aberdeen, on December 9th from 6-9 pm, with the solo exhibitions of two long time gallery artists - Emmett Kerrigan and Lora Fosberg. In both shows, Kerrigan's - Grand Ave, (in Gallery Y) and Fosberg's Fallible Memories and Wayward Fictions (in Gallery X), the artists transform what would appear to be the mundane and banal realisms of our lives and landscapes into captivating works full of insight and beauty. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gallery Y: Emmett Kerrigan: Grand Ave. Gallery X: Lora Fosberg: Fallible Memories and Wayward Fictions Gallery O: Featuring miscellaneous gallery artists Opening Reception: Friday, December 9th, 6-9 pm Show runs through January 28th, 2012 Linda Warren Gallery http://www.lindawarrenprojects.com 327 North Aberdeen Suite 151 Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.9500 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:23:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-9.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 Justyna Adamczyk and Aleksandra Urban Dark Corner December 9th - January 21st, 2012 opening reception: December 9th, from 6-8pm Justyna Adamczyk will present her very intimate painting which is a combination of organicity (in its literal sense) and surrealistic abstraction. On display will also be a series of graphic works by Alex Urban. These works can remind one of fairy tales in which everyday life and fantasy come together. Both artists escape from the boredom of everyday life into overflowing imagination filled up with a great number of themes. Both artists have a lot in common - fascination with human physiology, the sacral sphere, introversion, but predominantly with the dark side of humanity. EC Gallery http://www.ec-gallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen Chicago, IL 60607 312-850-0924 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:24:13 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12132011-10.html Event date: Saturday Dec 17th, 2011 Curator's talk with the artists of No Place Like Home Saturday, December 17, 3 pm "No Place Like Home" curator and photographer, Dawoud Bey, will discuss how the show developed and talk with the artists about their artwork. The photographs in the exhibition raise important questions about how we construct and represent the differences between the ideal and the more complex reality of home. Bey will be joined by photographers Lisa Lindvay, Jon Lowenstein, Jason Reblando, Jessica Rodrigue, David Schalliol, and Leilani Wertens. This event is free and open to the public. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:55:33 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/13/2011#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12172011-11.html Event date: Sunday Dec 18th, 2011 Lee Groban (1947 - 2001), Memorial this Sunday, December 18, 1 -4 PM at Packer Schopf Gallery. There will be a CELEBRATION OF LEE GROBAN'S S LIFE and WORK on Sunday, December 18, 2011 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Packer Schopf Gallery, 942 W. Lake St., Chicago, IL 60607. We encourage friends and family to bring their stories about Lee, as well as artistic, written or musical tributes, and to dress in Lee's style if you wish. The family asks that donations go to the endowment fund of the Circle Pines Center, 8650 Mullen Road, in Delton, Michigan, 49046. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:37:54 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/17/2011#11 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/142012-1.html Event date: Thursday Jan 5th, 2012 Film Screening of "Scrappers: Recycling the American Dream" (2010) Thursday, January 5th at 6:00 PM Join us for a free screening and discussion of the celebrated film "Scrappers: Recycling the American Dream" by Chicago-based directors. The film has garnered critical attention and was screened previously at the Gene Siskel Film Center to much acclaim. The film follows two Chicagoans, Oscar and Otis, as they troll for scrap metal in the alleys and byways of Chicago, working to support their families. The co-director and co-producers of the film Brian Ashby, Ben Kolak, Courtney Prokopas will be present, and will participate in a conversation following the screening. This program is held in conjunction with the current exhibition No Place Like Home, which closes January 15, 2012. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:43:34 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/4/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-2.html Event date: Friday Jan 20th, 2012 Hosts Legendary Artist Errol Ortiz For The First Show of The New Year Join us Friday January 20 2012 7pm - 10pm and enjoy music by 4 Feet Deep Food and wine by the Swarm P:708.583.1255 www.galleryswarm.com 4 Feet Deep: Larry Holcomb Jr.(Rythym Guitar, Vocals) Bob Giffey (Lead Guitar, Backup Vocals) Tim Misch (Saxophones) Danon (D'jembe) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/4FeetDeep Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:53:28 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-3.html Event date: Friday Jan 6th, 2012 Reflections From a Looking Glass Exhibition Dates: January 6 - February 18, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, January 6, 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. John Balsley, Don Baum, "Snowflake" Bentley, Orly Cogan, Don Colley, Eric Daigh, Henry Darger, Mark Dennis, Lee Godie, Cameron Gray, Aristotle Georgiades, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Rick Hards, Irene Hardwick- Olivieri, Alicia Henry, Hernandez de Luna, Kahn/Selesnick, Leonard Koscianski, Keith Kostecki, , Martin Mull, Jan Petry, David Sharpe, Hollis Sigler, Sueng Wook Sim, Elizabeth Shreve, Simon Sparrow, Bill Steber, Bill Traylor, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Chris Ware, Albert Zahn and Mary Lou Zelazny Carl Hammer Gallery http://www.hammergallery.com 740 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654 312.266.8512 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:53:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-4.html Event date: Friday Jan 13th, 2012 IN THE SPIRIT OF WALSER "We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see so much." The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present new work by Moyra Davey. The exhibition is the second in a series inspired by the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Over the course of five months, the gallery will exhibit work from seven different artists responding to Walser's "Microscripts". MOYRA DAVEY Friday, January 6 - February 1, 2012 Reception for the artist, Friday, January 13, 2012, 5 - 7PM GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM Saturday: 11AM - 5:30PM Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:53:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-5.html Event date: Friday Jan 13th, 2012 3 Solos: White, Hafkenscheid,& Armstrong / Reception 5-8 PM. Wayne White / Spark in the Void / Los Angeles based White is known for his paintings of faux 3D visual text over second-hand, mass-produced lithographs. Non-sequitur phrases, and distorted advertising blurbs are executed Ruscha-esque style into inside jokes and non-jokes. White is also well known as director, producer, writer, designer, and puppeteer for Pee-wee's Playhouse. Toni Hafkenscheid / Relics of the Future / Hafkenscheid explores our erstwhile visions of an American future as seen from a 1950's/60's point of view. These large-scale photographs symbolize that American dream and a feeling of progress, success, and power. Steve Armstrong / Puzzle Keychain / The oversize wood sculptures, (rocket ships, dogs, etc.) are based on a series of key chain puzzles that could be found at the "dimestore". The oversize sculptures are all made out of wood ... Think Pop Art meets Westermann. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-6.html Event date: Friday Jan 13th, 2012 Come visit this historic building and meet the artists, musicians, and other creative types who make up our community on the second Friday of every month. This month's special events include: Studio 310-"Universality Through the Sixth Sense" by Haitian Painter Ernst; "Vibrant Colors" in semi-precious stone jewelry by Designer Chavez; "Tropical Rhythms" sung by well-known Vocalist Roxana Nuquez; Studio 927 Ossia Musical Forum Chamber Class Performance- Corelli and Boccherini at 6pm. Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-7.html Event date: Sunday Jan 15th, 2012 Happy 2012! We are going to be kicking off the year with our Biennial Members' Exhibit, this Sunday, January 15, from 12:30-4:00p.m. Curated by EAC faculty member, David Gista! The exhibit will feature over 80 artists and will be juried by springBoard co-chairs, Lisa Darling and Anne Hayden -Stevens. Cash awards will be announced at the opening! The hanging fee for this year was $10. All proceeds are devoted to providing EAC scholarships to those in need. Visit the link below and check out our springBoard! http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/springboard Evanston Art Center http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/ 2603 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60201 847-475-5300 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:57 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-8.html Event date: Sunday Jan 15th, 2012 Conversation with the Artists: Elaine Bradford and Megan Greene Sunday, January 15, 3 pm The artists featured in the current two-person exhibition Stylish Breed will discuss their new work on view. Both artists have independently created strong bodies of work that raise questions about the adaptability of species with humor and elegance. Chicago-based artist, Megan Greene builds her drawings by using the famous 19th c. prints of American birds by J. J. Audubon as a base to dissolve, reassemble, and transform the birds into hybridized forms that meld couture patterns and textures with organic shapes in nature and the environment. Elaine Bradford invents crocheted camouflage for taxidermy squirrels, deer, and antelope and enlivens them in installations as well as photographs of them positioned in the wild. She lives and works in Houston, TX and Stylish Breed is the first exhibition of her work in Chicago. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:57 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1152012-1.html Event date: Friday Jan 20th, 2012 Joanne Greenbaum January 20 - February 25, 2012 Opening reception, Friday, January 20, 6-8 pm Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:16:26 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/15/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-2.html Event date: Thursday Jan 19th, 2012 Gahlberg Gallery at College of DuPage Kelly Kaczynski: Study for Convergence Performance (ice) Artist reception: Thursday, Jan. 19, 6 to 8 pm Study for Convergence Performance (ice) is the second work in a series that seeks to conflate the artist's studio as a performative site of production, the space of display as the reception of image, and landscape as site for epic but apathetic metaphor. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:18:41 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-3.html Event date: Thursday Jan 19th, 2012 Please join us on Thursday, January 19, 5-7pm for two opening receptions: Empathic Evolution, Arcade, 618 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd fl. Empathic Evolution is an installation-based exhibition focused on the development of empathy, the power of artistic collaboration, and the on-going exploration of human interaction. The innovative and experimental artworks will provide audiences with an opportunity to involve themselves in raw human interaction and creation and the potential to share a genuine state of empathy with those involved. Chicago Curates Columbia: Dan Devening + Fine Art, C33 Gallery, 33 E. Congress, 1st fl. Chicago Curates Columbia is a new curatorial series that is designed to engage arts professionals from various creative industries with the diverse arts and culture makers of Columbia. Chicago Curates Columbia kicks off with curator Dan Devening, director of Devening of Projects and Editions Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:18:45 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-4.html Event date: Thursday Jan 19th, 2012 Turnin' the Tip: Simp Heisters, Flukum, and the Put'n'Take Cannonball Press curated by Anchor Graphics Please join us for the public reception this Thursday, Jan.19th, 5-8 pm Since 1999, Brooklyn based artists Martin Mazorra and Mike Houston have been producing high quality, affordable letterpress, relief and screen prints under the moniker Cannonball Press. More recently they have expanded their repertoire to include large scale, collaborative, print infested sculptures and installations using bold graphics formed from minute detail. As always, this event is free and open to the public! Cannonball Press will be on hand with $20 prints available for sale, and will give an informal gallery talk. Exhibition runs through February 11. A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.369.8687 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:18:57 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-5.html Event date: Sunday Jan 22nd, 2012 Curator Tour: Soviet Art Sunday, January 22 2 pm Join us for a closing tour of our Soviet art exhibitions. "Vision and Communism" explores the world of Soviet artist and designer Viktor Koretsky. "Process and Artistry in the Soviet Vanguard" examines the experimental creative process that generated iconic Soviet propaganda in the 1920s and 30s. The tour will be lead by by "Vision and Communism" co-curator Matthew Jesse Jackson, Associate Professor of Art History and the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago, and "Process and Artistry in the Soviet Vanguard" curator Kimberly Mims, Smart curatorial intern and PhD student at the University of Chicago. Free and open to the public. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Metropolis II by Chris Burden (the movie) - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llacDdn5yIE Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:19:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#5