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Time, Travel, and the Beauty in Found Objects: An Interview with Amie Sell

Amie Sell is a sculpture, installation, and all-around experimentation artist and resident artist at Chicago Art Department in East Pilsen. Her work consists largely of the collection and manipulation of found objects, and has been shown at CAD and the Logan Square Art Center. Another of her projects is the documentation of the bioluminescence of fireflies captured through a printing process called...
Tags: Amie Sell, Art Chicago, Caro d'Offay, Chicago Art, Chicago Art Department, Chicago Arts District, Davie Damkoehler, East Pilsen, Fireflies, Hyde Park Art Center, installation, Logan Square Art Center, Lumetype, Lydia Shepard, Pilsen, Sculpture, SIFC, Sixty Inches From Center, University of Wisconsin Green Bay
What’s Your Art? Celebrating the Art Centers of Chicago

In celebration of Chicago’s rich landscape devoted to artists, art education, and the opportunity to inspire and become inspired, WBEZ invites you to the Chicago Cultural Center to join us in exploring these spaces and the role they play in shaping the artist in each of us.
WBEZ has teamed up with Sixty Inches From Center (SIFC) to create “What’s Your Art?” and couldn’t...
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Uninhibited Parameters: A Conversation with Riley Henderson, Part 1

Sketchbook pages during the planning of Uninhibited Parameters, 2011. (Image courtesy of the artist.)
Uninhibited Parameters, the new show of work by Riley Henderson at Chicago Art Department, is two years in the making. Realizing that the photographic medium limited his ability to express his most recent insights into life in America, especially the immigrant experience, his work has evolved from...
Uninhibited Parameters: A Conversation with Riley Henderson, Part 2

Flyer for Uninhibited Parameters, 2011. (Image courtesy of Chicago Art Department.)
Part Two of the interview with Riley Henderson as he prepares for his upcoming solo exhibition Uninhibited Parameters at Chicago Art Department. If you missed part one, read the interview from the beginning HERE.
Tempestt Hazel: What kind of work have you been doing with the Restaurant Opportunities Center United (R.O.C.)...
Light Paintings: Paint and Projections at Chicago Art Department

On Friday, September 9th Nathan Peck presented his light paintings at the Chicago Art Departments gallery at 1932 S Halsted #100. Nathan’s video paintings are a combination of actual pain and projections of painting.
Out of all of Peck’s works on display the video paintings dominated the space.. When asked about the figures in the drawings Nathan stated, “I can’t decide if the figures...
Week Ends, Art Begins || September 9th – 11th

FRIDAY || SEPTEMBER 9th, 2011
Overkill
Group Video show with work from Manon de Boer, Candice Breitz, EJ Hill, Diego Leclery and Casilda Sanchez.
The Mission Projects
1431 W. Chicago Ave
6:00p – 9:00pm
FREE
Public School
PUBLIC SCHOOL is an Austin-based collective focused on design, illustration and photography. For a group based around creative collaboration, Homework is an opportunity to show...
Tags: "AIR: tasteless, 9/11 Exhibit Reception and Commemoration, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Addington Gallery, Adelheid Mers, Andrew Holmquist, Angel Otero, ANGEL OTERO: The Dangerous Ability To Fascinate Other People, Aron Gent, Artforum, August House Studio, Bachman Gallery, Candice Breitz, Carol Jackson, Caroline Picard, Caroline Stikker, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Casilda Sanchez, Chicago Art Department, Claire Ashley, co-prosperity sphere, colorless", Dan Tague, Diego Leclery, EJ Hill, Erik Hagoort, George Korsmit, Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space, Harold Mendez, Hinge Gallery, Iris Kensmil, Jacob C. Hammes & Lisa Rybovich-Crallé, Jake Myers, Jeff Forsythe, Jeffrey Forsythe & Dan Tague: The Value of Greed, Jonas Ohlsson, Journal of Visual Culture, Judd Morrissey, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Kevin Kaempf, kyle Durrie, Lora Lode, Magnus Monfeldt, Manon de Boer, Marjolijn Dijkman, Mark Booth, Mark Jeffery, Marks and Signs AND Julia Katz: Maelstrom, Maurice Bogaert, Mutualisms, Mutualisms Symposium, Nathan Peck, odorless, Overkill, Philippine Hoegen, proximity magazine, Public School, rar rar press, Renegade Craft Fair, Rethinking marxism, Ronald Clayton: Keys, Roots & Culture, Rune Peitersen, Saskia Janssen, Selina Trepp, SideCar, South Shore Arts, SUBURBAN COMMANDO, The Family Room, The Mission Projects, the post family, The Project, Threewalls, Trevor Gainer, USSA 2012: The Orphanage Project//Zachary Cahill, Video Paintings by Nathan Peck, Woman Made Gallery, works by Jake Myers, WORLDS COLLIDE! New works by Andrew Holmquist, Zachary Cahill
September Guide to Chicago Art

It’s natural to dread the end of summer, but fortunately September comes with a silver lining. Watermelon and potato salad are set aside for white wine (or PBR) and brie as the art world rolls us its sleeves and gets back to work. This September features dizzying array of art events, so we’ve put together our latest guide to help you make sense of the busy month. Click the image for a...
Tags: African Festival Of The Arts, Annual Meeting of the Styles, Art on Track, Brent Houzenga, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago Art Department, Columbia College, Flat Iron Projects, Fulton Street Collective, Jenny Lam, Loop. Renegade Handmade, Pawn Works, Pilsen, Pilsen East Artist Open House in the City, Renegade Craft Fair, Riley Henderson, SIFC, Sixty Inches From Center, Tristan Hummel, United Center, Washington Park, Wicker Park, Zachary Johnson
Week Ends, Art Begins || August 12th – 14th

Across the board, art IS happening this weekend.
FRIDAY || AUGUST 12th, 2011
“Is this thing on?: The art of comedy”
Guest Curator: Miguel Cortez from Antena
Contemporary art is too serious sometimes. This show will focus on the lightheartedness and humor in art. Most of us are part of the system and work 40+ hours a week and by the weekend we just want to unwind and be entertained. Then...
Tags: Andy Detskas, ANTENA, Art In Your Eye, Art Smart Series, Bad At Sports, Batavia, Ben Pederson, Brandon Alvendia, Bridgette Buckley, BUILT:Festival, Cameron Esposito, Catie Olson, Chicago Art Department, Chicago Artists Resource, Chicago Arts District, Chicago Urban Art Society, chris silva, Cobalt Studio, Connect To Art, Darrell Luce, David Leggett, Diasporal Rhythms, Easter Expansion, Edgewater Artists In Motion, Eternity, Fotoflow, Gallery Crawl and so Much More, Gapers Block, Garden Arts and Crafts Fair, Global Coffee and Cargo, Janice Trecker, Jolt, Juarez Hawkins, Lauren Feece, Le Gallery Thorndale, Lowrider Show and Community Festival, Meg Duguid, Miguel Cortez, Nick Black, Nicole Marroquin, Paul Shortt, Playground Theater, Public Collectors, Rick Huggett, Rob McQuillan, Sarah Perez, Show and Low, Side Mullet Nation, Tape: A Celebration, The Store Front
“What’s Your Art?” | You Came, You Saw, We Celebrated

Thank you.
We at Sixty Inches From Center want to thank you all for coming out to “What’s Your Art?” Celebrating the Art Centers of Chicago. You could have been anywhere in the city and you chose to come celebrate with us and WBEZ!
We are taking a week to come down from the event, but be sure to keep a look out for the pictures from our photo booth, video footage from the event...
The Artist’s Responsibility

Let me ask you this: What is an artist’s responsibility? Should they take the ideas that shape contemporary society and translate them into a visual language? Are they the ones who bear the weight of our cultural legacy? Is their purpose to leave the world in a more beautiful state than it was in when they entered it? Are they meant to teach us about our world, about ourselves and about each...
Tags: Adam Grossi, Alpha M. Bruton, Amanda Williams, Angee Lennard, Anna Kunz, Bad At Sports, Chicago Art Department, Dawoud Bey, Duncan Mackenzie, Elastic Arts Foundation, Erik L. Peterson, HomeSchool, Jabari Zuberi, Jillian Soto, Joyce Owens, Matt Austin, Nick Bastis, Paul Branton, Riley Henderson, Sam Lewis, Spudnik Press Cooperative, Stuart Hall, Tia Etu