Saturday Oct. 8: Closing Reception for Philip von Zweck & Alex V. Cook @ BSD

6PM - 10PM

BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com

Full info:

BSD

Saturday, October 8 at 2 pm: Flavin through the decades @ MCA

Tiffany Bell, co-curator of Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, along with Jan van der Marck, former chief curator at the Detroit Institute of Art and former Director of the MCA; Brydon Smith, former curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada; and Steven Morse of Flavin Studio discuss their experiences of working with Flavin.

This requires registration!

For more info see:

Flavin through the decades

First Fridays: October 7 @ MCA

This is always fun, if you like to mingle with the crowd, look at art w/friends, and not feel required to keep quiet, etc....Also, there is an after-party at Enclave (213 West Institute Place).

If you haven't seen the Dan Flavin exhibit, I suggest you go NOW! It's an incredible sculpture show that will close Oct. 30 and you probbaly won't get to have a chance to see it again!

MCA

Michael Asher in Conversation with Christopher Williams

Thursday, 29 September 2005

5:30-8:00 p.m.
focus: Michael Asher Exhibition Preview
Gallery 220 and Ryerson Reading Room

6:00 p.m.
Artists in Conversation
Price Auditorium, The Art Institute of Chicago

The American conceptual artist Michael Asher is internationally recognized for the groundbreaking nature of his practice and for his influence on subsequent generations of artists. In the late 1960s, he pioneered now accepted notions of "site-specificity," whereby a work and its place of display are thematically interlocked. For this focus exhibition, Asher is revisiting a project he created for the Art Institute's 73rd American Exhibition in 1979. This new work, involving the installation of a bronze cast of Jean-Antoine Houdon's statue of George Washington (1785-91/1917), will extend the implications of the work he began in 1979 with respect to the temporal, spatial, historical, and institutional factors that determine the meaning of sculpture.

Since the early 1980s, the Los Angles-based conceptualist Christopher Williams has challenged pre-existing systems of representation, and discredited the claim that photography is a purely objective medium. Working with original photographs and with images culled from institutional archives, Williams manipulates the conventions of traditional pictorial
genres to expose issues of political, cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. His formal approach references the modernist desire to depict subjects in a cold, detached manner as a means of satisfying the obsession with objectivity. Williams's introduction of subtle elements of disruption, however, obscures the objective nature of his photography and reveals an underlying sociopolitical dimension in his work.Please join us for what promises to be a lively discussion between Michael Asher and Christopher Williams.

Around the Coyte Fall Arts Festival September 9-11, 2005

You can view works by hundreds of arists in Wicker Park and Bucktown area. Not only will galleries be open but as well as bars, theatres and other venues.
Around the Coyote Gallery
1935-1/2 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL
773-342-6777

Thursday Sept. 8 @ 8pm-Midnight
Opening night party and curator's choice auction. Tickets $20

2005 Around the Coyote Fall Festival Schedule

ALL - Openings - Visual Art - Film/Video - Dance - Music - Poetry - Theater - Tours - Children's
Theater events: $7 or $15 for a day pass.
Dance events: $10.
Music events range from: Free to $10.
Film & Video events: $7 suggested donation.
Visual Art Day Pass: $5.
Poetry events: $5.
Tours: $
All-Access festival pass $50 on sale through Friday, September 9 at 6pm.
(+) Designates a Curator's Choice Venue

Friday, September 9th

5:00pm

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Indie Rock Music by Ripley Caine. Free.

6:00pm

AAA Space, 2105 W. Caton, Curated Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Green Lantern Gallery, 1511 N. Milwaukee, 2 nd Floor, Curated Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Lubinski Building, 1542 N. Milwaukee, 2 nd Floor, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 North Milwaukee, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Northwest Tour Building, 1608 N. Milwaukee, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Wicker Park Garden and Field House, 1425 N. Damen, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Music by the Second-Hand Poets. Free.

Booster and Seven Gallery, 1048 N. Marshfield, #1F, Kaleidescope Opening Reception. Free.

7:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, Ground Up Theatre and Theater by The Rescuers. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Indie Pop Rock Music by Fourth of July. Free.

Cans Bar and Canteen, 1640 N. Damen, Live Music by Catfight, all girl cover band. Free.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W. Fulton, Dream Theatre. $7.

8:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, American Myth Theatre. $7.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W Fulton, Theater by The SweatGirls. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Music by the Lucky Jackson Band. Free.

Vittum Theater, 1012 North Noble, Multiple Dance Performances. $10.

9:00pm

Salud Tequila Lounge, 1471 N. Milwaukee, Dance Music with Live DJ's. $10 includes free drink.

Piece, 1927 W. North, Live Music by Milk at Midnight. $5.

Rodan, 1530 N Milwaukee , Film Shorts Series. $7 suggested donation.

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Theater by 4RingCircus.net. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Pop Music by Epicycle. Free.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W Fulton, Theater by Triplette. $7.

10:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Theater by SasSafrass Productions. $7.

Saturday, September 10th

10:00am

AAA Space, 2105 W. Caton, Curated Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Green Lantern Gallery, 1511 N. Milwaukee, 2 nd Floor, Curated Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Lubinski Building, 1542 N. Milwaukee, 2 nd Floor, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 North Milwaukee, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Northwest Tour Building, 1608 N. Milwaukee, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Wicker Park Garden and Field House, 1425 N. Damen, Visual Art Venue (closes at 11pm). $5.

Wicker Park Sidewalks, 1425 N. Damen, Chalk Drawing Contest for Kids (ends at 4pm). Free.

11:00am-1:00pm

Wicker Park Gardens, 1425 North Damen, PoeTREES Children's Event. Free.

Wicker Park Gardens, 1425 North Damen, Garden Galleries (closes at 6pm). Free.

12:00pm-2:00pm

Pritzker Elementary Lawn, 2009 W. Schiller, Manifest Theater Company. Free.

12:00pm-6:00pm

Wicker Park and throughout Festival, 1425 North Damen, Tantalus Theatre. Free.

1:00pm

Wicker Park, 1425 North Damen, Vasawa Robinson and Manley High School Poets. Free.

2:00pm-5:00pm

Wicker Park and throughout Festival, 1425 North Damen, Mucca Pazza Marching Band. Free.

3:00pm

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Acoustic Pop Rock Music by Stolie. Free.

AAA Space, 2105 W. Caton, Block Party (closes at 10pm). $5.

4:00pm

Wicker Park, 1425 North Damen, Theater by Mike Nowak. Free.

Cans Bar and Canteen, 1640 North Damen, Live Dub Reggae by The Drastics. $5 suggested donation.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Pop Rock Music by The Bon Mots. Free.

5:00pm

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Country Music by Urban Djin. Free.

6:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, The Dorian Project, Ground Up Theatre. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Blues and Jazz by Val Leventhal with Fish & the Bluefins, Free.

Wicker Park, 1425 North Damen, Bulletproof Puppet Productions. Free.

Subterranean Lounge Stage, 2011 W. North, Poetry Reading. $5.

7:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Global Theatre. $7.

Cans Bar and Canteen, 1640 North Damen, Live Music by Sixteen Candles. $5 suggested donation.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W Fulton, Dream Theatre. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Country Music by Fulton County Line. Free.

AAA Space Block Party, 2105 W. Caton at Milwaukee, The Mud Queens . $10 donation to charity.

Wicker Park and throughout Festival, 1425 North Damen, Peddle Pushers Brigade Parade. $10 to participate.

8:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Theater by 4RingCircus.net. $7.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W Fulton, The SweatGirls. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Latin Jazz Music by Inspiración Latina. Free.

Vittum Theater, 1012 North Noble, Multiple Dance Performances. $10.

9:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, American Myth Theatre. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Country Music by Antje. Free.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W Fulton, Theater by Triplette. $7.

10:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, +Theater by The Rescuers, Speaking Ring Theatre. $7.

11:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, + Theater by SasSafrass Productions. $7.
Piece, 1927 W. North, Live Band Karaoke. $2 for each Blonde Coyote beer to benefit ATC.

Sunday, September 11th

10:00am

AAA Space, 2105 W. Caton, Curated Visual Art Venue (closes at 6pm). $5.

Green Lantern Gallery, 1511 N. Milwaukee, 2 nd Floor, Curated Visual Art Venue (closes at 6pm). $5.

Lubinski Building, 1542 N. Milwaukee, 2 nd Floor, Visual Art Venue (closes at 6pm). $5.

Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 North Milwaukee, Visual Art Venue (closes at 6pm). $5.

Northwest Tour Building, 1608 N. Milwaukee, Visual Art Venue (closes at 6pm). $5.

Wicker Park Garden and Field House, 1425 N. Damen, Visual Art Venue (closes at 6pm). $5.

11:00am

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Kid's Music by Jeanie B and the Jelly Beans. Free.

Wicker Park Gardens, 1425 North Damen, Garden Galleries (closes at 6pm). Free.

12:00pm

Wicker Park and throughout the festival, 1425 North Damen, Tantalus Theatre Group (ends at 6pm). Free.

Wicker Park Gardens, 1425 N. Damen, Botanical-Themed Tour of Visual Art, limit 20 people. $10.

1:00pm

Wicker Park, 1425 North Damen, Irreverence Dance + Theatre Company. Free.

Wicker Park Playground, 1425 N. Damen, Kids Poems Read by Kids. Free.

Around the Coyote Gallery, 1935-1/2 W. North, Beginning Collectors Tour of Visual Art, limit 20. $10.

2:00pm

Vittum Theater, 1012 North Noble, Multiple Dance Performances. $10.

3:00pm

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Folk Music by Marla and Jon. Free.

Wicker Park Gardens, 1425 N. Damen, Botanical-Themed Tour of Visual Art, limit 20 people. $10.

4:00pm

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Jazz Music by Will Kurk Experience. Free.

Wicker Park, 1425 North Damen, Theater by Mike Nowak. Free.

5:00pm

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Indie Pop Music by The Locals. Free.

6:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Theater by The Dorian Project and Ground Up Theatre. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Music by The Rolling Clones. Free.

Wicker Park, 1425 North Damen, Bulletproof Puppet Productions. Free.

Subterranean Lounge Stage, 2011 W. North, Poetry Reading. $5.

7:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Global Theatre. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Roots Rock Music by Mark Sheehy. Free.

7:30pm

Piece, 1927 W. North, Live Music by Occidental Brothers. $5. $2 from Blonde Coyote beer to ATC.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W. Fulton, Dream Theatre. $7.

8:00pm

Rodan, 1530 N. Milwaukee , Film Shorts Series. $7 suggested donation.

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, Theater by 4Ringcircus.net. $7.

Club Lucky, 1824 W. Wabansia, Live Alternative Rock Music by Ballistic Edna. Free.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W. Fulton, Theater by The SweatGirls. $7.

9:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, American Myth Theatre. $7.

Open End Gallery, 2000 W. Fulton, Theater by Triplette. $7.

10:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division, Theater by The Rescuers and Speaking Ring Theatre. $7.

Subterranean, 2011 W. North, Audible Pleasures: Festival Closing Bash. $10.

11:00pm

Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, Sassafrass Productions. $7.

Dan Flavin retrospective @ MCA until Oct.30

If you have not seen this show you must go before it closes. It's best to view Flavin's work in person as the photographs within books and magazines do not do his work justice. The use of the fluorescent light bulbs and space is incredible and yet so simplistic. The museum is open Tuesdays from 5pm-8pm for free. And if you'd like to make an outing out of this you can go to the First Firdays.

First Fridays: October 7 (6PM-10PM)
The MCA is bringing it back old school style in October. Breakdancers will perform all night long in the café, American Apparel will host a funky fashion show, and Paper magazine will give out copies of their latest issue. Die-hard vintage fans, wear a Members’ Only jacket and get a free trial membership.

12 x 12: New Artists/New Work
The exhibition opening of William O’Brien.

Opening of the Gallery Season in Chicago-Sept. 9 5PM-9PM

This is an annual opening of the fall gallery season in Chicago. This is a good way to view some work by current Chicago artists as well as get a feeling of what kind of work each gallery district adheres to. The following galleries are participating:

River North

Robert Henry Adams Fine Art

Jean Albano Gallery

Andrew Bae Gallery

ArchiTech

Mary Bell Galleries

Russell Bowman Art Advisory

Roy Boyd Gallery

Printworks

Aldo Castillo Gallery

Melanee Cooper Gallery

Stephen Daiter Gallery

Daiter Contemporary

Catherine Edelman Gallery

Zolla / Lieberman Gallery

Schneider Gallery

Byron Roche Gallery

Schneider Gallery

Maya Polsky Gallery

Portals Ltd.

Perimeter Gallery

One Fine Art Gallery

Nicole Gallery

Marx-Saunders Gallery, Ltd.

Ann Nathan Gallery

Gallery 500 Wells

Habatat Galleries

I Space

NIU Art Museum Gallery in Chicago

Carl Hammer Gallery

Lydon Fine Art

Gruen Galleries

Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery

River East/South Loop/Michigan Ave

Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery

Thomas Gathman Gallery

Fine Arts Building Gallery (FABG)

Valerie Carberry Gallery

Peter Bartlow Gallery

Inspire Fine Art

West Loop/Pilsen

Skestos Gabriele Gallery

Giola Gallery

Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Stephen Kelly Gallery, Inc.

Kraft/Lieberman Gallery

Walsh Gallery

Dubhe Carreño Gallery

FLATFILEgalleries

Schopf Gallery on Lake

Linda Warren Gallery

G.R. N'Namdi Gallery

Aron Packer Gallery

Wicker Park

RJ Gallery

Other locations

Ridge Art

AnamArt Gallery

If you want more information about works displayed at each gallery or their address go to their individual websites or simply visit

Chicago Gallery News

JUne 3-5 @ Mess Hall

Michael Blum at MESS HALL

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2005
Presentation, Screening and Potluck Dinner!!!
Potluck begins at 7:30
Presentation begins at 8:30

Vienna-based artist Michael Blum will present his video work "17 Aandbloem Street"

"17 Aandbloem Street" (57 min, 2004) is a neighborhood investigation centered around a house in Cape Town. Current and former tenants, neighbors, a homeless man in a wheelchair, an architect, a former top-model and a flower seller are among those who provide stories about the house, its surroundings and the hyper-local power dynamics 10 years after the fall of the apartheid regime. The project addresses both universal and ultra-local issues like gentrification, racial segregation, and neighbor-bashing.

The video is 57 minutes.

Blum is currently in residency at the Austria House in Chicago.

http://www.blumology.net
http://www.blumology.net/aandbloem.html

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Jose Lopez at MESS HALL

6 PM
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2005


A Discussion with Jose Lopez on the Military Recruitment of Latino Youth

As the situation in post-Saddam Iraq drags on, the armed forces of the United States are having a difficult time meeting their recruiting goals. Not surprisingly, recruiters are heavily targeting youth from parts of the
country suffering from depressed economic conditions. Latino youth are particularly vulnerable to a range of recruiting methods shaped around the pressures felt by that group. Professor Lopez will offer an analysis of the
situation, and lead a discussion about how we can support youth--and especially youth from Latino populations--in choosing non-military options for their futures.

This event is for anybody who is concerned about the militarization of our schools, or is curious about the range of issues faced by Latino communities today, or who wants to consider ways to oppose the war agenda of our government.

Jose Lopez is an educator who has long been politically active in a variety of causes. He is the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. He played a central role in the campaign that in 1999 successfully freed 11
jailed members of the FALN, the main vehicle for the Puerto Rican independence movement in the 1970s. He has also been involved in many projects critical of 'control unit' incarceration.

This event is part of the Geography of War project by Harold Mendez, which calls attention to the violence embedded in the imaginative worlds of children (especially boys!), as evidenced by their playthings. Harold's work
is on the walls of Mess Hall now. It's been a while since the Mess Hall walls have been covered, so come check it out.

You can participate in Harold's ongoing project by donated any old, unwanted, or broken toy weapons you or your kids might have lying around thehouse. Just bring them by Mess Hall on Saturday between 1 and 5 PM.


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6932 North Glenwood, Rogers Park, Chicago
'Morse' stop on the Red Line
Phone: (773) 465-4033. Best for calling on day of events.
Email: messhall8@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.messhall.org/
Calendar: plus.calendars.net/messhall

Group Exhibition Opens Friday, May 20 at Gallery 2!

May 20 - June 18
Opening reception: Friday, May 20 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Work in installation, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video by students and alumni of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Artists exhibiting their work are Aline Cautis, Cayetano Ferrer, Sara J.Ferguson, Terri Foster, Young Sun Han, Jeong Han Kim, Teena McClelland, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Lindsay Page, David Prince, Nathaniel Robinson, Jamil Shalalae, Claire Sherman, and Steven Summers.

Interesting!! I wish I could attend but I will be working; hopefully someone can write a review of this

Potential Energy, Mini Movie Fest, Brunchluck, excitement!
Events start this Friday, May 13, 2005.


MESS HALL HOSTS A DYNAMITE WEEKEND!

DYNAMITE is a five-year-old art group based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Josh Ippel, Matt Poole, Phil Orr, and Ryan Thompson currently describe their group as a family-like structure which is interested in “…creating and/or organizing activities that call for group participation and which rupture, criticize, sidestep, or engage norms of American life, culture and habit,” (from their website, http://www.dynamitefamily.com).

Mess Hall is happy to be host this weekend to Dynamite’s current project: POTENTIAL ENERGY. From their call for participation:

For the last two years Dynamite has been interested in making connections with collaborative groups in order to learn from their experiences, observe other working models, exchange ideas and share resources. Potential Energy continues this interest.

Over the course of our time working together, we have seen numerous ideas (our own and other's) that have never been realized. For one reason or another – time constraints, the laws of physics, lack of resources, or utter infeasibility – many projects and ideas are discarded, unrealized or implausible.

Potential Energy will consist of a collection of these unrealized projects from a number of collaborative groups. Each participant will design an image and/or text illustrating a project they have been unable to complete.

These designs will be in grayscale on 8.5x11" or A4 paper. The images will be collected, reproduced and packaged and a unit containing all the designs will be sent to each participant. Each group is encouraged to display this set of images in a space of their choosing.

In addition to these impromptu exhibitions, a series of core events are being planned to display the project in Grand Rapids, MI, Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and Portland, OR. In order to facilitate exhibition, each design may be enlarged to poster size using a black and white plotter printer (found at most copy shops) or using another enlarging method.

Some of the groups included in this exhibition are: N55, New Beginings, Basekamp, The M.O.S.T., Pineapple Group, Everyday Places, Hints, and Ely & Harris.



Potential Energy will be on view at Mess Hall during the following events:



Friday, May 13, 2005
8:30p-10:00p

Mini Movie Fest and Opening of "Potential Energy" exhibition

Dynamite’s Mini Movie Fest is a showcase of movies made with the “Movie” function on digital still cameras and camera phones. More than sixty short films, none longer than sixty seconds, will be screened!


Saturday, May 14, 2005
1:00p-5:00p

Open hours for Potential Energy. Dynamite will be available to discuss the exhibit all day

In addition to these impromptu exhibitions, a series of core events are being planned to display the project in Grand Rapids, MI, Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and Portland, OR. In order to facilitate exhibition, each design may be enlarged to poster size using a black and white plotter printer (found at most copy shops) or using another enlarging method.





Sunday, May 15, 2005
12:00p-3:00p

Dynamite BRUNCHLUCK

Our most dynamite Brunchluck ever! The guys from Dynamite will be sharing food, drink, and good afternoon times with us before they make the drive back to Grand Rapids.

At 1:00 pm, Dynamite will make a quick, informal presentation about Potential Energy and their other projects. Come eat, chat, read about unrealized projects, and meet people from Michigan!

More on Dynamite:
http://www.dynamitefamily.com/