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100 Saxophones for Sun Ra Recap
Below is my audio recap of last week’s 100 Saxophones for Sun Ra. It originally aired on the radio program Reclaimed Soul on Vocalo, 89.5fm and 90.7fm here in Chicago. For more about the event click here. I’ve also included a slideshow. Jive on!
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Mark Bradford at the MCA: exercises in community, texture, and collaboration
So, I am totally late on this one… which is inexcusable really, because I was at the Opening of the exhibition. Least I could have done is pub it. But, alas…. Mark Bradford‘s Exhibition currently on view at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art is a Retrospective that really gives a sense of the artist’s use of layers…
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Theaster Gates’ Dorchester Projects
What do you get when you mix a maverick artist with strong community ties and an Urban Planner? For one thing, Theaster Gates. For another, the Dorchester Projects, pictured above. Theaster has been purchasing properties in the Woodlawn/Grand Crossing neighborhood for a few years now, and has quietly acquired the stock of the former Dr. Wax record…
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All Power To The People: The Revolutionary Art Of Emory Douglas
The University of Chicago’s Center for the Studies of Race, Politics, and Culture, DOVA (Department of Visual Arts) Temporary Gallery, Black Panther Party Illinois History Project, and Diasporal Rhythms for an exhibit of works by Emory Douglas, internationally known artist and former Black Panther Party Minister of Culture. Location: DOVA Temporary (5228 S. Harper). Exhibit runs December 2,…
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the heart of Funkadelic’s image, crafted in Chicago
This week the Sun-Times published an article talking about Pedro Bell, the man behind the iconic cover art, liner notes, and other print ephemera for Funkadelic from 1973 till about 1986. Pedro, a Chicago native who went by Sir Lleb, has hit hard times. Today he’s facing dire straits in Hyde Park, though his work was recently featured…
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AREA/Chicago Release Party… inside and outside Chicago
(above, Pigasus [the pig candidate for President from the Yippie party] at a rally, Chicago 1968. classic Windy City protest) AREA/Chicago announces a publication release / art happening…. (AREA Chicago Art/Research/Education/Activism is a publication and event series dedicated to researching, supporting and networking local social, political and cultural movements.) AREA #9 Release Party marks the release of…
Art, Arts & Culture, Chicago Cultural History, Events, High Culture, Jive Culture, Magazines, Performance, Printed Matters, Visual ArtsAlex Yablon, anarchists in the suburbs, Andrew Greenlee, Anthony Rayson, art, Ashley Weger, Bert Stabler, Beth Gutelius, Brian Schultz, Carol Ng-He, Carrie Breitbach, Charlie Vinz, Chicago Arts, Chicago Otra, Claire Pentecost, Compass Group, Crandon mine campaign, CTA, Dale Asis, Dan Wang, Daniel Tucker, deindustrialization, demolition, Dinah Ramirez, disability activism, distribution, donation diasporas, Donna Kiser, ecology, Erin Moore, feminism, Forgotten Chicago, Gary, Gloria Ortiz, Great Lakes waterways, HIV in minority communities, Hobofest, Human Action Campaign Organization, immigration detention, Ishpeming, James Lane, Jayne Hileman, Joann Podkul, Joey Pizzolato, Larry Shure, Laurie Jo Reynolds, Laurie Palmer, Lorenza Perelli, Mairead Case, Mara Naselli, Mary Patten, MAS, Michelle Lugalia, Mike Wolf, Native American sites, Nazis in Skokie, neoliberal poetry, Nick Brown, Nicolas Lampert, Nicole Marroquin, No Se Vende, Notes for a People’s Atlas of Calumet, Paul Durica, Paul Sargent, Quincy Saul, Rebecca Zorach, regional energy, rural pilgrimage, Ryan Hollon, Sarah Kanouse, Sarah Kavage, Sean Noonan, slumming, Southeast Environmental Task Force, Southworks, sprawl, STAND, Steel Shavings, Stephanie Farmer, Steve Macek, suburban segregation, Sue Simensky Bietila, Tamms, teaching art on the south side, teaching urban studies in the suburbs, The Brownlands, the Burnham plan, used bookstores, Wade Tillett, world systems -
Arts and Activism: Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis
art, above: from “Public Address”, an art installment/retail concept curated by Ellen Rothberg. Chicago, 2008. Thursday, October 1st at Bronzeville’s Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, there will be a panel discussion focusing on the Arts scenes in these three cities (and the intersection of art and community activism). Panelists and other participants will be…
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“The Exchange” of Color and Sound at HPAC
Thanks to Tricia Hersey-Patrick for the heads-up on this one… www.trescolony.com “The Exchange” Curated by Tres & Kevin Coval @ Hyde Park Art Center 5307 S. Hyde Park Blvd Chicago, IL 60615 Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 @ 6pm Featuring artwork and performances by… Amanda Williams / Clifton Henri / Avery R. Young / Kevin Coval…
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a Paper Record Player…..
according to creator Simon Elvins (a UK-based artist), Fully working, manual record player made entirely of paper. To play the record the handle needs to be turned in a clockwise direction at a steady 331/3rpm. The paper cone then acts as a pickup, amplifying the sound enough to make it audible. (Record shown, The Sound…