As part of a residency with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Sixty Inches From Center presents a free three-day festival around all things archiving as well as education and community autonomy in documentation.
Proceeds from this auction directly support The Chicago Artists Coalition's year-round programs and exhibitions and the artists and galleries who contributed work.
Edra Soto discusses her inspirations, upcoming projects, and her curatorial role at The Franklin in Bad at Sport
Kerry Cordoza recaps the Open Engagement conference that took place at the University of Illinois at Chicago as well as a constellation of sites across the city.
Mana Contemporary is leading a Nationwide Protest Against the Trump Administration’s Threat to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
The Chicago Artists Coalition is opening the HATCH Projects group exhibition "Boon
Newcity reviews David Leggett's first solo show at Shane Campbell Gallery, "Their funeral, our dance floor".
Since its foundation in 2009, High Concept Labs (“HCL”) has been providing Chicago artists with flexible, affordable space in which to develop projects and new works.
Propeller Fund presents a series of discussions, performances, presentations, and more in multiple neighborhoods across Chicago.
Public Access is honored to present Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry, a group exhibition featuring works from Claire Arctander, Dara Birnbaum,
Paris London Hong Kong is pleased to present limitless future, limited reflection, Keeley Haftner’s
The Terra Foundation for American Art has announced Art Design Chicago, "a wide-ranging initiative to explore the breadth of Chicago’s role as a catalyst and incubator for innovations in art and design".
David Byrne's "What Good Are the Arts" responds to the proposed Trump administration budget cuts and an address Byrne gave at his local City Hall. Read an excerpt of his article below:
Rhizome has launched a new user-friendly web archiving application, Webrecorder Player, and now wants to empower regular users to take ownership of the web archiving process, and to take better grasp of access.
Sabrina E Greig reviewed the recent exhibition by artist, and current BOLT resident, Yvette Mayorga at the Chicago Artists Coalition, "The Politics of Desire" - for the local online arts publication Sixty Inches from Center.
Sculptor Chris Bradley (American, b. 1982) is interested in the real, everyday things around us that become so commonplace we stop noticing them. Like Warhol, he is attracted to ordinary objects, such as potato chips and pizza boxes.
Chippendale recalls his time spent with Fort Thunder, an independent DIY space in Providence, Rhode Island. Find an excerpt of the article below and read the entire essay at The Creative Independent.
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Writer Bruce Ingram featured Scott Carter's Choke - current exhibition of the Terrain-HATCH Public Art Residency, curated by Kate Pollasch - in the Chicago Tribune:
It’s Just Color is an exhibition of screen-printed and dyed fabric monoprints of imagined environments capturing the tableau of everyday phenomena. Exhibition Dates: April 1st - April 29th.
John Preus spoke to Lee Ann Norman at JSTOR Daily about his formative educational experiences, his approach to an object-based practice, and his previous show at Rhona Hoffman Gal
