Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago’s printmaking studio, offers classes to those who are fascinated, intrigued and eager to learn the art of printmaking. I had the pleasure of attending the “Screenprint Your Own T-Shirt” workshop and watch as individuals from all different career backgrounds learned and explored... 

Our weekly calendar is a list of visual art related events happening in Chicago. The events that we choose are loosely curated based on the information that is put in front of us. If you would like to take advantage of having your event listed on our website please send a press release to nicolettecaldwell(at)sixtyinchesfromcenter.org. MONDAY... 

Heidi Norton brings the outdoors inside with her Reasons to Cut Into the Earth on display at Johalla Projects, 1821 West Hubbard Street Suite 110, since Feb. 10. Using her nearly week-long ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) Residency in the rural Steuben, Wis. as well as her childhood in the... 

Ian Mitchell Wallace, "Friends With Golden Benefits." Watercolor. (Image courtesy of Ian Mitchell Wallace.) Two young artists, two vastly different backgrounds, one art show in a vintage thrift store where I used to find and buy three-dollar grandma blazers in its basement. Presented by Arow Collective,... 

Jon Waites (clockwise from left) Untitled, 2011, griptape on plywood, Righteous #4, 2011, acrylic, cotton, skate wax and wood, Sesh, 2012, latex paint, canvas and wood On February 4th, PEREGRINEPROGRAM introduced Jon Waites’ newest solo exhibition. Radical, Work is a collection of works investigating the forms... 

Our weekly calendar is a list of visual art related events happening in Chicago. The events that we choose are loosely curated based on the information that is put in front of us. If you would like to take advantage of having your event listed on our website please send a press release to nicolettecaldwell(at)sixtyinchesfromcenter.org.   MONDAY... 

Four people started meeting for lunch once a month, then something clicked, and a vision took shape. A deliberate community of visual artists was born. The Chicago Photography Collective has attracted more than 25 professional photographers to its membership. It serves as a support system, but it also wants to help... 

Upon hanging up your coat at the Floating World Gallery, you’re greeted by wall text that asks the question, “Is there a way to represent a place objectively?” Curators Charlotte Page and Susan Conger-Austin aren’t sure, but with An Architecture of Moments, they explore the possibilities through Page’s thesis... 

Joseph and Sarah Belknap. You and me and me and you, 2011. Mixed Media. (Photo Courtesy of Sarah and Joseph Belknap) Though the image of the lone artist toiling away in their studio is widespread, there are of course artists who work in pairs. Whether that means inspiring each other, sharing knowledge, or collaborating... 

Two viewers examining a piece from "The Tremendous Alone", an exhibition of work by Matt Woodward at the Elmhurst Art Museum . December 31, 2011. (Photo credit: Zachary Johnson) Mies van der Rohe only  designed three houses in the US. One is in Connecticut, one is the Farnsworth House in Plano, IL, and...