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Spotlight on CSA artist Christine Tarkowski
posted December 7, 2012 in events, news
Artist Christine Tarkowski contributed the bowls to this Winter's Community Supported Art, check out this short interview to learn more about her work. More about Christine at http://christinetarkowski.com/
Spotlight on CSA artist Karolina Gnatowski
posted December 6, 2012 in events, news
Artist Karolina Gnatowski contributed the Feel Good/Good Feel placemat to this Winter's Community Supported Art, check out this short interview to learn more about her work. More about Karolina at http://karolinagnatowski.com
Spotlight on CSA artist John Preus
posted December 5, 2012 in events, news
Artist John Preus contributed the bowls to this Winter's Community Supported Art, check out this short interview to learn more about his work. More about John at http://johnpreus.com/
Spotlight on CSA artist Mindy Rose Schwartz
posted December 4, 2012 in events, news
Artist Mindy Rose Schwartz contributed the Fountain Cup to this Winter's Community Supported Art, check out this short interview to learn more about her work. More about Mindy at http://mindyroseschwartz.com/
Daniela Ehemann at Lincoln Arts Project
posted November 3, 2012 in events, residents
Previous threewalls artist-in-residence Daniela Ehemann has work in INSIDER/OUTSIDER, a group show at Lincoln Arts Project in Boston.
From the LAP website:
INSIDER / OUTISDER
November 3 - December 1
RECEPTION: Friday, November 16, 7-10pm
Insider/Outsider features photographs, videos, and other traces of live art pieces originally created in non-art contexts. This exhibition addresses the ethics of making art in public, private, and intimate space; investigates art’s role within various social and political structures; and examines the interstices between art action and contemporary life. Local artists show beside artists from China, Australia, The Czech Republic, Israel, Canada, and other parts of the United States, offering a diverse range of perspectives around the concept of place and its power to shape experience.
CSA Program: Interviews
posted April 12, 2012 in events, news | tags: Bernard Williams, Betsy Odom, Carson Fisk-Vittori, CSA, Dan Devening, Derek Chan, Dianna Frid, Elijah Burgher, interview, Kelly Kaczynski
As the Community Supported Arts program progresses and this season's eight artists produce editions to be disseminated, we have interviewed them about their Chicago-based practices. The interviews will appear in print in the CSA Publication, but you can go ahead and download the material here: CSA 2012 Interviews.pdf, featuring the artists:
ELIJAH BURGHER, DEREK CHAN, DAN DEVENING, CARSON FISK-VITTORI, DIANNA FRID, KELLY KACZYNSKI*, BETSY ODOM, & BERNARD WILLIAMS
We will unveil images of the artists' anticipated editions at the end of April.
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CSA RELEASE EVENT ON MAY 26!
threewalls will be co-hosting our Spring 2012 Release Event with Nite Market, Chicago's first market for unlicensed artisan food vendors. The event will be at Rebuilding Exchange on May 26, 6-9pm located at 2160 N. Ashland Avenue. An individual CSA work from each artist will be framed and available via silent auction that night, shareholders can come pick up their work, and the general public is welcome to attend, check out the work, and peruse the delicious vendors of the Nite Market community.
Entering the Nite Market costs $2 and the Community Supported Art Silent Auction and pick-up zone is free. Shareholders who cannot attend the event are welcome to pick up their work at threewalls anytime after May 26 during open hours, Tuesday-Saturday 11-5pm.
*An extended interview with KELLY KACZYNSKI is published here, check it out.
Adia Millett: Portraits of an Escape
posted March 3, 2012 in events, residents
Past resident artist Adia Millett has a solo show at Mixed Greens. Stop by if you're in NY!
Camlab: Two in the Bush
posted February 28, 2012 in events, residents
From past residents Camlab:
Please join us this Thursday evening March 1st from 7-10pm for Two in the Bush at MOCA (Grand Ave)
In response to an economy gone to the birds, this third installment in CamLab’s Engagement Party residency will “instrumentalize” money and intention in a large-scale hands-on group gathering. Longtime “economicalists,” the members of CamLab invite you into their efficiently excessive installation for a material meditation on the distribution of resources. While occupying a cipher of fabric and song, participants will address their immediate surroundings by graphically converting cash amid the sounds of steel (oil) drumming. Join us to find your sense of re-purpose and build collectivity with conversation and contemplation, not walls with wealth. Make audible your values. CamLab will don “Feast and Famine” outfits designed by Australian artist Glenda Wyman. At the end of the evening, the duo’s Engagement Party series will conclude with a celebratory live performance by Hotel La Rut.
CamLab has apportioned a part of its series’ budget to W.A.G.E. Working Artists and the Greater Economy, in an effort to support the group’s continued work ‘to draw attention to economic equalities that exist in the arts, and to resolve them.'
The Art Lending Library is opening soon at the Hull House museum!
posted January 26, 2012 in events, news
A call from the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum:
Volunteers needed to help bring artwork to people's homes for a curiously fun and radically democratic Art Lending Library.
The Hull-House Museum's Art Lending Library provides artwork for Chicagoans to check out and enjoy in their own spaces for 3 months at a time.
For many, it may be the first time they have had a chance to have an original piece of art in their homes.
Here is how it works:
Interested participants come to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum to choose a piece of art from our lending library collection.
We contact a volunteer to arrange a mutually convenient time to deliver the art.
The volunteer delivers the art, installs it, and takes a photo to document the art in place.
Happiness and satisfaction ensues to everyone involved!
After three months, a volunteer will return to de-install the art and return it to Hull-House for others to enjoy.
Our initial collection of artworks, curated by Abigail Satinsky and Shannon Stratton, comes from Community Supported Art (CSA) Chicago, a project of threewalls started by Satinsky and Shannon Stratton. Much like Community Supported Agriculture, in which shareholders invest in a local farm and receive a monthly payout of fruits and vegetables, CSA Chicago asks shareholders to invest directly in the arts community and receive limited edition contemporary artist projects in return. Satinsky will continue to work with us to grow our collection with other CSA projects throughout the country.
Contact Heather Radke for more information at heather.radke@gmail.com
Gitte Bog: Art of Work
posted July 16, 2011 in events, residents | tags: gitte bog, residents
Gitte Bog's recent work is included in "Art of Work," an exhibition focusing on art and labor. Her piece, "La Chalana" stemmed from an interest and exploration into shoe shining. More information about that piece and other work in the show can be found here: Chicago Art Magazine. Gitte Bog completed a thematic residency at threewalls in the summer of 2009.
"Art of Work” is currently on view at Waubonsee Community College:
Arrowhead Room Gallery
Waubonsee Community College
Rt. 47 at Waubonsee Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554-9454
John Preus: The World as Text
posted June 25, 2011 in events, news
THE WORLD AS TEXT
DESIGNED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN PREUS
At the Reading Room // Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts
"writerly text is ourselves writing, before the infinite play of the world is traversed, intersected, stopped, plasticized by some singular system
(Ideology, Genus, Criticism) which reduces the plurality of entrances, the opening of networks, the infinity of languages" -Roland Barthes
Visit the blog or continue reading for a schedule of events.
Bia Gayotto: In a Strange Land
posted June 4, 2011 in events, residents
Place/No Place by Chiara Galimberti
Resident Bia Gayotto's video "Trading Places: Los Angeles" is included in In a Strange Land, a group exhibition organized by AREA Chicago at Calles Y Sueños. The shows opens tonight, June 4th, and there will be a weekly series of events in conjunction with the show.
June 4 - July 4
Calles Y Sueños
1900 S Carpenter
Opening event: Saturday, June 4, 7-11 PM
Closing event: A counter-nationalist cook-out, party and speak-out – Sunday, July 3, 5-11 PM
BEN RUSSELL: The Artist's Talk as a Disappearing Act
posted April 16, 2011 in events | tags: artist talk, ben russell
Public Culture 4 with Erika Nelson
posted April 16, 2011 in events | tags: Erika Nelson, Public Culture
Ben Russell: UH-OH IT'S MAGIC
posted March 19, 2011 in events | tags: Ben Russell, openings, photos, SOLO
Continue reading for more opening photos!
MiNDY ROSE SCHWARTZ : Opening
posted February 26, 2011 in events | tags: mindy rose schwartz, openings, photos
Mindy Rose Schwartz: Artist Talk
posted February 12, 2011 in events | tags: artist talk, mindy rose schwartz, photos
Attendees at Mindy Rose Schwartz's artist talk listened to poetry and partook in petit fours and refreshing elixirs. Continue reading for more images.
Subtitles 1: Doves and Crocodiles
posted February 12, 2011 in events
All Images from Subtitles 1: Doves and Crocodiles. � Jenny Ramos
Subtitles, curated and organized by Livebox, is an event series inspired by the writings of Edgar Allen Poe, Doris Lessing and Roald Dahl. Subtitles happens on the third Friday of every month. Programs include video screenings/installations, new media, sound art, performance and literary readings.
Inspired by the writing of Roald Dahl, the next event is in the series is happening on Friday, February 18th.
Public Culture Lecture: "Who Cooks?" with Penelope Bingham
posted February 5, 2011 in events
Penelope Bingham kicked off the first lecture in our Public Culture series with "Who Cooks? American Cookbooks and Changes in Gender Roles." If you missed it, be sure to check out the next installment in the series, Chad Elias's "How to Do Things With Words in Public Space" on Tue, Feb 15 from 7:00-9:00PM.
All photos � Jenny Ramos. Continue reading for more.
Academy Records Holiday Inn
posted January 5, 2011 in events | tags: academy records, fundraisers, holiday ball, photos
Our annual winter ball kept everyone warm with holiday performances and hot toddies!
Opening: THINGS TO BE NEXT TO
posted November 13, 2010 in events | tags: alberto aguilar, charlotte street foundation, james woodfill, openings, pete fagundo, photos, things to be next to, urban culture project, warren rosser
Things to Be Next to opened at threewalls last Friday. The show features work from both Chicago and Kansas City based artists: Alberto Aguilar, Pete Fagundo, Warren Rosser, and Jim Woodfill. Things to Be Next to is a collaboration between threewalls and Charlotte Street Foundation's Urban Culture Project, and opened in Kansas City in September. The show is on view at threewalls until December 11th.
Dana Clancy: Points of View
posted November 9, 2010 in events, residents
Dana is also showing paintings in Behind the Image, a traveling group show curated by James Hull with Marc Mitchell, Director of Georgia Southern University Gallery. It is currently on view in Savannah, Georgia, through November 30th: http://calendar.georgiasouthern.edu/event?id=12303.
Kelly Kaczynski : Artist Talk
posted October 9, 2010 in events
In conjunction with her current show at threewalls, Kelly Kaczynski gave an artist talk on September 30th. If you missed it, check out the photos below. A Stagehand's Unseen runs through October 23rd.
Public Culture 1 with Mark Bazer
posted October 9, 2010 in events
Public Culture 1 with Mark Bazer kicked off the the Public Culture Series. The series is co-organized by Randall Szott and InCUBATE, and seeks to highlight examinations and enactments of public culture. If you missed this one, be sure to stop by the next in the series, Public Culture 2 with Paul Durica on Tuesday October 12th.
Planes and lines seem to glide past one another
posted September 25, 2010 in events
SOLAR FLARE ARKESTRAL MARCHING BAND PROJECT: A March For Sun Ra.
posted September 18, 2010 in events, residents | tags: cauleen smith, residents
On September 11th, Cauleen Smith's Solar Flare Arkestral Marching Band descended on Chinatown square! Our summer resident spent her time here working on producing the event, which involved collaborations with Chicago musicians and high school marching bands. There's a slideshow of images on her blog, and an album and film are in the works. Follow her blog for updates on the project!
PREVIEW ::: Live music by Bill MacKay and Conrad Freiburg
posted September 11, 2010 in events | tags: bill mackay, conrad freiburg
Threewalls opened the season on September 9th with a preview of our current shows, Kelly Kaczynski: The Stagehand's Unseen and Kirsten Leenaars: The Impossible Voyage (Larry and Jacob Kart). Bill MacKay and Conrad Freiburg provided live music.
OPENING ::: Kelly Kaczynski: The Stagehand's Unseen and Kirsten Leenaars: The Impossible Voyage (Larry and Jacob Kart)
posted September 11, 2010 in events | tags: kelly kaczynski, kirsten leenaars, openings, photos
If you missed the preview and opening, stop by before October 23rd!
CAROUSEL MICROCINEMA 4.2
posted September 4, 2010 in events, residents | tags: carousel microcinema, cauleen smith
On August 26th, Cauleen Smith hosted a screening of her work as a part of her Carousel Mircocinema series.
All images © Jenny Ramos
THINGS TO BE NEXT TO: Alberto Aguilar, Peter Fagundo, Warren Rosser, James Woodfill
posted August 22, 2010 in events
A collaboration between threewalls and Urban Culture Project, Kansas City.
Kansas City Opening: Saturday, September 4th, 6-9pm
Public roundtable with artist and curators: Saturday, September 4th, 3:30pm
La Esquina (a Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project venue)
1000 West 25th Street, KCMO 64108
Exhibition runs through October 15th.
http://www.charlottestreet.org/
More to come on the Chicago opening in November!
Carousel Microcinema 4.2: August 26, 2010
posted August 22, 2010 in events, residents | tags: carousel microcinema, cauleen smith, screenings
If you missed the last screening, stop by on Thursday at 6:30pm!
CAROUSEL MICROCINEMA #4
posted August 15, 2010 in events, residents | tags: carousel microcinema, cauleen smith, kerry james marshall, screenings
On July 31st, threewalls' resident, Cauleen Smith, hosted Carousel Microcinema #4, the most recent in a series of screenings. This screening included Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual by Barbara McCullough, Didn't We Ramble On: Black Marching Bands by Billy Jackson, and The Epic Crossing of an Ife Head by Wura-Natasha Ogunji, as well as a post-screening discussion with Kerry James Marshall. Program notes are available here.
More about Carousel Microcinema events can be found at http://carouselmicrocinema.wordpress.com/
All images © Jenny Ramos
Rena Leinberger: Piles of Sunshine
posted August 7, 2010 in events, residents | tags: photos, rena leinberger, residents
During her tinkertank residency at threewalls, Rena Leinberger has been investigating the intersections of urban ruin, constructed notions of optimism, artifice and progress through stock photography and prefabricated materials. For this one-day culminating exhibition, she will show a reconstructed debris pile made of sandpaper, and documentation from her Optimism Pack, a portable studio fabricated to strategically deploy images and color in the urban landscape.
If you missed it, click below for more images!
Artist Talk : Eric Fleischauer
posted June 26, 2010 in events | tags: artist talk, eric fleischauer, photos
Our current SOLO artist's, Eric Fleischauer's, artist talk on June 17th gave a background on the range of work in his show, from video to drawing to a three volume handmade book. The talk also sparked a debate about the Guggenheim's upcoming YouTube exhibition. Stop by and see Eric's show before July 3rd!
Pete Schulte : Not Here Not There
posted June 19, 2010 in events, residents | tags: not here not there, openings, pete schulte
Resident artist, Pete Schulte, exhibited an installation of his work as well as a group show, Not Here Not There, in the residency space and back rooms of threewalls on June 4th. Curated by Pete Schulte, the group show included the work of Mariah Dekkenga, Julia Schwadron, John Englebrecht, Sophia Toal-Schulte, John Dilg, Josh Anderson, David Dunlap, Stacie Wilson, Noel Allen, and Claire Pentecost’s Debris.
Eric Fleischauer: POST CURSOR Opening
posted June 19, 2010 in events | tags: eric fleischauer, openings, pictures
Continue reading for more images from the opening of POST CURSOR. Eric Fleishauer's show runs through July 3rd.
OFFICE ROMANCE: May 28th
posted June 2, 2010 in events | tags: auction, fundraiser, office romance, photos, the library
Continue reading for more images of our spring fundraiser and auction!
threewalls at NEXT: Andrew Roche
posted May 29, 2010 in events | tags: andrew roche, next art fair, photos
All photos © Jenny Ramos
Claire Pentecost: Victoryland ...you, I shall answer your letter
posted May 15, 2010 in events | tags: claire pentecost, openings, photos
If you didn't get a chance to make it to the opening, continue reading for more images from Claire Pentecost's SOLO show. Come see the show in person before it closes on May 22nd!
Anna Mayer: THE PEOPLE CONCERNED
posted May 8, 2010 in events, news, residents | tags: anna mayer, openings, residents
If you're in LA, be sure to check out Anna Mayer's show, The People Concerned. Anna completed a threewalls residency last summer as part of her ongoing collaborative, CamLab. More information about the show is below.
THE PEOPLE CONCERNED
Anna Mayer
4755 York Blvd Los Angeles CA 90042
May 8 - 30, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 8, 7-10 pm
Closing Event: to be held at Tree and Space, Sunday, May 30 from 4-7 pm
For her solo exhibition, The People Concerned, Anna Mayer will present numerous works made for the gallery space as well as performance documents from events and moments occurring in the weeks leading up to the show. All works emanate from Mayer’s attempt to establish an “outcantatory” practice that uses language, fire, and intention to propose relationships encouraging embodiment and the rejection of discreet, linear modes of reception. Wavering between collectivity and introspection, the exhibition offers different access points for experiential discovery. The works included articulate a functional, insistently generative process taking place between people, elements, and hands touching objects.
PREVIEW : Claire Pentecost
posted April 24, 2010 in events, reviews
Check out this preview of Claire Pentecost: VictoryLand (you, I shall answer your letter) in Newcity.
Irena Knezevic: Artist Talk
posted April 24, 2010 in events | tags: gesture guild, photos
Irena's artist talk was complete with masked Gesture Guild members. If you missed it, click the link below for more images.
Irena Knezevic: Gesture Guild Opening
posted April 2, 2010 in events
The Gesture Guild opened its doors at threewalls with a performance, where several new members began their initiatian. More photos of the night's events are below.
All photos © Jenny Ramos
GESTURE GUILD: Duplicate Office of the Dead
posted March 27, 2010 in events | tags: gesture guild
There's still time to make an appointment with the Gesture Guild!
Continue reading for more images from this week's appointments.
IN>TIME 2010 Showcase and Symposium : March 26-27
posted March 25, 2010 in events | tags: chicago cultural center, performance, symposium
Check out IN>TIME this weekend at the Chicago Cultural Center. Both Friday's Symposium and Saturday's Showcase are free and open to the public. Times are below and more information is available at www.dcatheater.org.
IN>TIME 2010 Symposium
Presented by Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Performance Dept.
Friday, March 26
1:00 PM — 5:30 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
VENUE CHANGE: Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd floor
FREE, Reservations Required
IN>TIME 2010 Symposium
Performing Futures: Sustaining and Continuing a Live Art Performance Practice
To accomodate demand, the venue has been changed to CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER, located on the second floor of the Chicago Cultural Center, entrance at 77 E Randolph.
IN>TIME 2010 Showcase
Presented by Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Performance Dept.
Saturday, March 27
6:00 PM — 9:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
FREE
OFFICE ROMANCE: May 28, 2010
posted March 17, 2010 in events
If you had fun at last year's Spring Fling: You Oughta Be in Fangs, we hope to see you this May 28th at The Library for Office Romance.
A one-of-a-kind event, Office Romance is an immersive evening where Mad Men era romps abound in Chicago’s spectacular Philip-Johnson designed penthouse club, The Library at 190 South LaSalle St. Unlike any other event, our spring benefit is an annual artist-designed and directed “experience” where guests become “part of the art.” Naughty secretaries, worn-out office workers and well-heeled bosses eat, drink, dance and watch office capers unfold. As in all our immersive spring benefits, period costumes are encouraged!
The event will feature performances by office workers (i.e. performance artists working with the “Office Romance” theme), burlesque-dancers, Sinatra-like singers and more. Attendees can take in a peep show, a kissing booth, gender-bending capers (hey, it is 2010), dancing, a scavenger hunt in the stacks, manhattans, naughty photocopies and much much more.
Winter Animation Festival: CHASING TWO RABBITS
posted March 6, 2010 in events | tags: animation_festival, pictures
This winter, threewalls hosted a two week animation festival that featuring local and national artists. Below is a sampling of images from Chasing Two Rabbits, a program curated by Sonia Yoon and Shannon Stratton. The program began with a screening of an experimental film by Norman McLaren, the inspiration for the show. Animations from several arists followed, moving around the gallery from wall to wall. The screening also included live sound and performance.
Armita Raafat : SOLO Exhibition Opening
posted January 16, 2010 in events | tags: armita raafat, openings, photos
Armita Raafat's SOLO exhibition openned last night in our freshly renovated space. If you missed it, stop by before February 13th! You can also check out the show after hours during Armita's Artist Talk on Thursday February 4th at 6pm.
Debutante Ball Photos
posted January 16, 2010 in events | tags: debutante ball, photos
threewalls wrapped up 2009 with a holiday debutante ball. Festivities included party games, dancing, a photobooth, mint juleps, and lots of red velvet cake.
Chasing Two Rabbits: Call for Submissions
posted January 11, 2010 in events, news
Call for Participation: Chasing Two Rabbits
On February 26th & 27th, 2010, threewalls will host Chasing Two Rabbits as part of a two week animation festival featuring animation programs curated by local and national artists.
Chasing Two Rabbits is a special event curated by Sonia Yoon and Shannon Stratton, that pairs animators with live performances by sound artists and musicians.
Inspired by the experimental films of Norman McLaren, who combined abstract imagery (including scratching and painting into the film stock in earlier work, as well as paper cut-outs and live action and dance) with imaginative music and sound, Chasing Two Rabbits, acts to pair artists in both genres to produce a unique event where, rather than leaving art to illustrate a story, perhaps sound and vision will illuminate each other.
Currently we are looking for proposals from both animators and sound artists and/or musicians who would like to be ‘match-made’ with the other. Pairings will be chosen from submissions, with animations provided to musicians and sound artists to review and ‘score’ for live performance on the 26th or 27th.
Animators can submit pieces for sound, no longer than 10 minutes in length, on DVD and sound artists can send audio files (mp3, aiff, wav) on CD to Chasing Two Rabbits, c/o threewalls, 119 N Peoria #2D, Chicago, IL, 60607 or can send files or links to Shannon and Sonia c/o rabbits@three-walls.org. Please submit materials By January 15th, 2010.
“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”
Chasing Two Rabbits: Call for Submissions
posted January 11, 2010 in events, news | tags: animation_festival, chasing_two_rabbits, sound_art, threewalls
Call for Participation: Chasing Two Rabbits
On February 26th & 27th, 2010, threewalls will host Chasing Two Rabbits as part of a two week animation festival featuring animation programs curated by local and national artists.
Chasing Two Rabbits is a special event curated by Sonia Yoon and Shannon Stratton, that pairs animators with live performances by sound artists and musicians.
Inspired by the experimental films of Norman McLaren, who combined abstract imagery (including scratching and painting into the film stock in earlier work, as well as paper cut-outs and live action and dance) with imaginative music and sound, Chasing Two Rabbits, acts to pair artists in both genres to produce a unique event where, rather than leaving art to illustrate a story, perhaps sound and vision will illuminate each other.
Currently we are looking for proposals from both animators and sound artists and/or musicians who would like to be ‘match-made’ with the other. Pairings will be chosen from submissions, with animations provided to musicians and sound artists to review and ‘score’ for live performance on the 26th or 27th.
Animators can submit pieces for sound, no longer than 10 minutes in length, on DVD and sound artists can send audio files (mp3, aiff, wav) on CD to Chasing Two Rabbits, c/o threewalls, 119 N Peoria #2D, Chicago, IL, 60607 or can send files or links to Shannon and Sonia c/o rabbits@three-walls.org. Please submit materials By January 15th, 2010.
“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”
Envisioning One's Living Conditions: Tour of Anthony Elm's collections
posted November 7, 2009 in events | tags: anthony elms, collections, public collectors
As a part of In Search of the Mundane, we explored Anthony's Elm's Collection of Artist and Exhibition Ephemera last Sunday afternoon. Anthony explained how his collection came to be and his process of maintaining it, as well as how it has expanded over time. The collection is housed mostly in stacks of archival boxes, organized by name and type of media. Some boxes contain material from only one artist, and others are simply labeled "ephemera". Along with the countless brochures, postcards, cd's, letters, invites, posters and everything else that Anthony allowed the attendees to browse, he also pulled a few selections from his Artist's Books collection.
Don't miss Wine and Time: Lecture and Tasting with David Tamarkin tomorrow at
7 PM!
5 Questions for Randall Szott and InCUBATE
posted October 31, 2009 in events
Halfway through its duration, we asked the organizers of "In Search of the Mundane" to answer a few questions about the show and their other projects. Don't miss the exhibition's next event, "Envisioning One's Living Conditions: Tour of Anthony Elm's Artist and Exhibition Ephemera" tomorrow, November 1st, at 2pm.
“In Search of the Mundane” consists of a series of events on the art of living. There’s a number of activities that could have been included. How did you decide on the programming for the show?
InCUBATE: In general, the programming was chosen based on all of shared interests. We had done some of the activities together before and enjoyed (team trivia, boozy brunches), and others were activities one or more of us had always wanted (the food tour of Maxwell Street Market, the wine tasting). The Public Culture Lectures are part of a regular series of events we have co-organized in the past and which are usually hosted at the Orientation Center in Logan Square. The opportunity to base a series of events from threewalls has allowed us to share these things with a greater number of people, many of whom we weren't previously in contact with.
The thematic titles for each event are based in another shared interest of ours, Michel de Certau's book The Practice of Everyday Life. The titles are poached from the subheadings of sections within the book that have been particularly thought-provoking to us.
RS: Programming is always a balance among what you'd like to do and what is actually feasible due to budget and the availability and willingness of others to participate. In other words the decisions were highly pragmatic (in the most basic sense of the term).
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: Maxwell Street Market Tour with Robert Gardner
posted October 24, 2009 in events | tags: maxwell street market, robert gardner
Last Sunday, In Search of the Mundane took us to Maxwell Street Market, where Robert Gardner gave a comprehensive culinary tour. Robert led the group through the market, stopping at his favorite stands and explaining each vendor’s specialties. While unraveling the mystery behind menu items for the non Spanish speaking attendees, he recommended his favorite dishes, some of which are only available in Chicago at Maxwell Street Market. Robert noted the best places at the market to get familiar staples, such as tortas and fresh churros, as well as where to find top fare for the more adventurous eater, such as buche, a dish made of pork stomach.
Everyone agreed that Mexican Coke-a-cola, served in glass bottles at the market, was way better than corn-syrupy American Coke. Mexican Coke is made from raw cane sugar, which makes all the difference!
NEW KNOWLEDGE: Team Trivia Night
posted October 17, 2009 in events | tags: openings, trivia
In Search of the Mundane opened last night with its first event, New Knowledge: Team Trivia Night. Teams competed against each other in heats, until the highest scorers fought for the grand prize in the final round.
Organized by Randall Szott and InCUBATE, In Search of the Mundane is a series of events taking place at the gallery and throughout Chicago, including tours, movie screenings, and public lectures, amongst other excursions and activities. The next event is a culinary tour of Maxwell Street Market happening tomorrow, October 18th. Meet your guide, Robert Gardner, at Des Plaines and Roosevelt at 10 AM. A detailed schedule of all the events is available on our calendar.
Stop by threewalls to help us complete the world’s largest crossword puzzle, enjoy a cup of coffee, or play a game of darts!
WINNIPEG BABYSITTER at the Nightingale
posted October 9, 2009 in events, residents
Winnipeg Babysitter
by Daniel Barrow
Saturday, October 17th at 8:00 pm, $10
The Nightingale
1084 N. Milwaukee Chicago, IL 60642
In 2004, Daniel Barrow was threewalls' first Resident Artist. He's back in Chicago and will be showing Winnipeg Babysitter at The Nightingale next Saturday. More information is available here, at the bottom of the page.
Philip von Zweck: The Fortieth Anniversary of the First Anniversary of May '68 (in September)
posted September 19, 2009 in events
These are a selection of images from the opening of Philip von Zweck's SOLO show on September 11th. Stop by threewalls by October 10th to see the show!
Walking Through Walls: Summer Symposium - Panel Discussion
posted August 17, 2009 in events, residents | tags: performance, summer symposium
Moderated by Peter Taub, the afternoon began with a series of presentations from a panel of arts professionals, who discussed the influence of performance art on the developments of the alternative art movement and studio practices.
Citing various artworks and arts institutions, Jenni Sorkin highlighted the connections between performance, alternative venues, and women in the arts. Women have had a strong role in the development of not-for-profit galleries and publications, fueling alternative modes of making and exhibiting art.
Both professional artists and educators, Mark Jeffery and Sara Rabinowitz spoke of the influences on and projects within their art practices. Mark Jeffery brought up the idea of seemingly everyday actions as performative, and the play between an individual’s presence online and in real life as a form of dance. Sara Rabinowitz described the influence of collaboration and textile production on her work, seeing both as processes of “incremental building,” imbued with slowness and pleasure. Although operating very different practices, both artists noted the roles of community and performance within their work.
After hearing the presentations, the conversation opened up as a discussion between the panel and attendees. More to come on what followed at the Symposium’s Open Forum with our Summer Residents!
"No Other One Is" Opening
posted July 15, 2009 in events, residents
Our Summer Residents‘ work is currently on view in the gallery. The opening of “No Other One Is” included performances by Susan Lee-Chun and Kang-hyun Ahn. Visitors tasted samples of Gitte Bog’s “International Chicago Soups” and entered a raffle to participate in a Suz-ercise event to be held at Chicago’s lakefront later this summer. Visitors also signed up to engage with Camlab’s “Check Out Spoonerism,” a costume that can be checked-out on loan. Videos, installations, and ephemera from the opening night’s performances can be seen in the gallery now through August 15th.
Summer Residents Are Here!
posted July 1, 2009 in events, residents | tags: exhibition, residents
Working in studios located in Hyde Park, Bridgeport, and the West Loop, our Summer Residents have been busy preparing for their upcoming exhibition. Check the calendar for show details ››
1000 Legger at Mutherland
posted January 23, 2009 in events, news | tags: 1000 Legger, meeting
Vicki Fowler of Mutherland will host her first 1000 Legger meeting on Feb. 7th from 4-8pm.
A 'word-of-mouth' society for female artists, 1000 Legger meetings will happen at Mutherland with Fowler and colleagues inviting female artists and other visual-arts cultural workers to come and talk about their practice over casual drinks and snacks.
This first installation will include presentations by Abigail Satinsky of InCUBATE, Emily Green of Harold Arts and Shannon Stratton of threewalls.
There is a $10 suggested donation (proceeds go towards making this and future Leggers happen). Vegan black bean soup and refreshments available.
Please join us!
Venture back into the Crystal Ball
posted December 17, 2008 in events, news | tags: fundraiser, photos
Though the night faded at the strike of midnight. These images are lasting.
See you next year!
threewallsSALON: the artist in the field
posted December 4, 2008 in events | tags: salon
Join threewalls Thursday, December 4th at 7:00 PM for The Artist in the Field (The rise of the residency and the return to nature), a SALON featuring Sarah Workneh of Ox-Bow; Abby Satinsky of InCUBATE and Harold Arts; Joe Jeffers, Emily Green and Nicholas Wiley of Harold Arts, for a discussion about the artist residency. Moderated by Elizabeth Chodos of threewalls.
Participation needed in Dream Log project
posted November 26, 2008 in events, news | tags: participation
For those of you who were able to attend the opening for Turned Intos last Friday you may have noticed temporary sleeping quarters in the back gallery. One of the artists, Sarah Fuller has set up residence for the length of the show, turning the space into her own sleep lab, she will be cataloging her nights' rest with a pin hole camera and an audio diary. Visitors are asked to contribute to the project by taking home a pin hole camera and journal to record their dreams.
If you have any questions for Sarah about her project and how to participate, you can email her at wonderfuller@gmail.com
Turned Intos will be up until December 20th.
Dispatch: Call for Entries
posted November 12, 2008 in events, news | tags: Dispatch, political, t-shirts
Submissions due: January 15th, 2009
Exhibition: February 20th – March 27th, 2009
In conjunction with the Southern Graphics Council Conference, threewalls is hosting an exhibition of political prints on cloth and we're looking for your DIY election T-shirts!
Please submit jpegs by January 15th, 2009 to Shannon Stratton at shannon@three-walls.org with your contact information and a short description of your T-shirt: where it was made, how many you made, how often you wore it, if you gave away or sold any of the shirts.
Obama T-shirt by Lee Tracy
