Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Sumi Ink Club / Lucky Dragons


Sumi Ink Club / Lucky Dragons are in Chicago the entire week and this SUNDAY AUGUST 31st at 1PM they're going to be at GOLDEN AGE! Bring your friends, brushes, brains, ears, eyes and positive attitudes to join us for this FREE lazy Sunday drawing sesh/music sesh.

Sumi Ink Club is a Los Angeles-based drawing collective founded in 2005 by Sarah Anderson and Luke Fischbeck. The group holds regular open meetings to execute topsy-turvy, detailed, collaborative drawings using ink on paper. In each of its permutations, Sumi Ink Club uses group drawing as a means to open and fortify social interactions that bleed into everyday life.

More Lucky Dragons/Sumi Ink Club info + free music downloads available @
sumi ink club
hawks and sparrows
glaciers of nice

+ Items from Sumi Ink Club/Lucky Dragons/Glaciers of Nice soon to be restocked in store and in our Webshop

GOLDEN AGE
1744 W 18TH ST.
CHICAGO, IL 60608
312.850.2574
GOLDENAGESTORE.COM

Thursday, August 21, 2008

ZOPPE, AN ITALIAN FAMILY CIRCUS

The legendary Zoppé Family has been entertaining audiences for over 160 years!!! Featuring twenty-two performers, fourteen dogs, and six horses that travel around the world performing at impressive venues such as Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center, Philadelphia' s Center for the Performing Arts and, the only Circus EVER on Hollywood Boulevard!

Performing under a striking Italian-styled One-Ring Big Top, the Zoppé Circus is better than ever! Its beautiful music, captivating equestrian showmanship, daring trapeze acts, and hilarious clown antics create a true classical Circus that you would expect to enjoy over one hundred years ago.

You can see more about this spectacular event at:
www.zoppe.net

Come join the fun under the Big Top with the Zoppé Family as they perform for one weekend only at Chicago's Dvorak Park!

Performance Schedule:
Wednesday, September 3rd, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 4th, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 5th, 7:30 p.m.
BACKSTAGE BBQ after this show
Saturday, September 6th, 1:30 p.m, 4:30 p.m & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 7th, 1:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.

CALL FOR DISCOUNTED TICKETS 312-243-6066
Advance Tickets: $10.00 Any Show, Any Day!
GET TICKETS EARLY BEFORE WE SELL OUT!!

Tickets available at the tent one hour prior to show time
Tickets at the Door: Children/Seniors $7, Adults $12

**DON'T MISS THE EXCITING BEHIND THE SCENES BACK-STAGE BBQ ON FRIDAY
NIGHT UNDER THE BIG TOP!!**

Reserve Tickets Now at 312-243-6066

DVORAK PARK
1119 West Cullerton in Pilsen

Friday, August 15, 2008

Jaime Mendoza @ Antena


“Under the Influence”
New Works by: Jaime Mendoza

Also invited artist Josue Pellot

Opening Reception August 29, 2008 from 6:00 pm 10:00 pm
August 29, 2008 – September 27, 2008

Music by *DJ Oto-Matic

The exploration of the “self” is a modest one; in its normal use, it is not even quite a word, but something that makes an ordinary object pronoun into a reflexive one: “her” into “herself,” “him” into “himself” and “it” into “itself. (1)

“Under the Influence” continues the exploration of the politics involved in contemporary urban art culture. This series of photographs, paintings, and mixed media objects examine the place of the artist within a social context. In his position as social commentator, the artist is subject to cultural criticism. This dynamic becomes a cyclical relationship: the artist responds to criticism by producing more work which is then subjected to further criticism. This series of self-portraits depicts the artist as “himself” as a participant in this symbiotic relationship.

Most recently Mendoza was awarded a grant from the National Performance Network/Visual Arts Network to participate in a one week residency at Galería De La Raza’s. The name of the exhibit, “No Distance Is More Awesome” was part of PICTURING IMMIGRATION, a year-long series of exhibitions and public events examining immigration from Latino perspectives. Mendoza earned his earned his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002.

(1) Macmillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1998)

antena
1765 S. Laflin, St.
Chicago, IL 60608
antenapilsen (at) gmail.com
Hours: saturdays Noon-5pm or by appointment

Friday, August 01, 2008

FRAMED: A Group Exhibition

OPENING AUGUST 1ST FROM 7PM-11PM
Exhibition on view August 1, 2008 through August 30, 2008

The exhibition FRAMED brings together 50-plus artists, designers, photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, painters, collage makers, muralists, installation based art makers, street artists, printmakers, graffiti artists, comic book artists, and other art makers. Curated by Peter Kepha, artist and Principal Gallery Curator of 32nd&urban. Prices range from $20-$400.

Featuring work by:
Al Ramirez, Arielle Bielak, Alta Buden, Blutt, Bonus, Brooks Golden, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Chris Silva, Chucho, Delicious Design League, Doug Fogelson, Eduardo Alvarado, Egor, Elisa Harkins, Emily Cunningham, Eric Bartholomew, Erik DeBat 'RISK', Esho, Exhaust, James Jankowiak, Jeff Zimmerman, Jeremy Roberts, Jodi Bova, Joe Compean, Joey D., Jon Lowenstein, Jose Estrada, Jose Garibaldi, Josue Pellot, Juan Angel Chavez, Kristal Pacheco, KS Rives, Lauren Feece, Marcos Raya, Maria Gaspar, M?rk Flores, Max Sansing, Melon, Mike Genovese, Mike Nourse, Mireya Acierto, Mike Omens, R. Nicholas Kuszyzk, Noelle Kim, Nova Czarnecki, Oscar Arriola, Peter Kepha, Phoebe Fisher, Ray Noland, REBRUM Studios, Revise cmw,Ruben Aguirre, Jr., Rudy Fig, Shipwreck, Static, THOR, Tricia Moreau Sweeney, Trent Reusnow

32nd & Urban Gallery
Address: 3201 South Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Telephone: 312.842.1754
E-Mail: thirty_second_urban@yahoo.com
Gallery Hours of Operation
Friday : 6pm - 9pm
Saturday : Noon - 5pm
Or by appointment