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Sixty on Sixty: An Interview with Danielle Jackson

Since she started with Sixty, Danielle Jackson has shown undeniable dedication to the art and artists that she chooses to write about. In her short time with us she has brought a refreshing and often playful edge to the archive through her conversations with artists like David Leggett, Michael Rea, Willy Chyr, Claire Ashley, Dutes Miller & Stan Shellabarger and Adelheid Mers. In the final days...
Tags: Adelheid Mers, Adrian Piper, Barry Blinderman, Bloomington, Chicago Art, Claire Ashley, Clifford Owens, curator, David Leggett, Derrick Adams, Dutes Miller, Illinois State University, Jason Lazarus, Kara Walker, Meg Onli, Michael Rea, Mickalene Thomas, Oliver Herring, Rashid Johnson, SCAD, SIFC CHicago, Sixty Inches From Center, Stan Shellabarger, Thomas Ruff, University Galleries, Willy Chyr
Experimentation and Play: An Interview with Claire Ashley

Last week I caught up with Claire Ashley at her Oak Park studio for an interview to discuss her inflatable sculptures. Claire Ashley’s seductively energetic objects consist of a delightful mixture of painting, sculpture, and performance. Memories of her Scottish heritage, architectural interests, motherhood, dance, and joie de vie fuel Ashley’s desire to experiment with objects that engage in...
Weekly Guide to Art in Chicago // March 5th – March 11th, 2012

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 || March 5th, 2012
A Plaines Project Reading
Steve Roggenbuck...
Tags: 826CHI, A LINE DESCRIBING ETERNITY // new works by JOSEPH RYNKIEWICZ, Aay Preston-Myint, ACRE Projects, Alan and Michael Flemming: GAME ON, ALMA DOMINGUEZ, Andrew Rauhauser, Axis Mundi: Artist Talk with Jason Brammer, Bask, Bike Winter Fashion Show, Billy da Bunny, Carlos & Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery, CAROLINA REYES, CAROLYN BENDEL, Catalina Bellizzi, Charles Mahaffee, Chicago Zine Fest 2012, CLAIRE ARCTANDER, Claire Ashley, co-prosperity sphere, crunk juice, Daniel Majid, Dissolution - Kristina Paabus and Charles Mahaffee, DOLORES MERCADO, Eel Space, Elijah Burgher, Elizabeth Spenko, Emily Green, Firecat Projects, FM*Gallery, Gala Gallery, Gallery Opening: New Work by Jesse Harrod and Elijah Burgher, Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space, I Am Logan Square, Jake Myers, Jason Brammer, Jeremy Bolen, Jeremy Steglitz, Jesse Harrod, Jessica Bardsley, Jessica Taylor Caponigro, John Thurgood, Joseph Rynkiewicz, Kristina Paabus, Laura Thomas, LIGHTWATER: Works by Jessica Bardsley, Living Room, Madeline Wurm, Mark Fragassi, Meghan Malloy, Michael and Viviana Langhoff, Michelle Krivanek, Min Song, Next Door Chicago, NICHOLAS STEINDORF, Nicole Marroquin, NORA MENDOZA, NOSTALGIA: Artist Discussion & Group Show, Octagon Open House, OhNo!Doom, Paper Moon Pastry, PATRICIA PEIXOTO, PAUL LOUIS NELSON, Piranha Club #2: The Last Last Meal, Plaines Project, Rapid Transit Cycleshop, Roots & Culture, Scenic Riot: New Paintings by BASK, Shadow Swans and National Geographic Research Manager, Spring Zine Olympics, Steve Roggenbuck, STRATA - new works by ANDREW RAUHAUSER, The NIGHTINGALE, Threewalls, Tomonari Nishikawa, Tomonari Nishikawa & Small – Gauge Japan, VIOLETA RENDON, VOCES DE MUJERES III--Celebrating International Women's Day, Zines: The Next Generation youth Reading
Week Ends, Art Begins || October 21st – October 23rd

FRIDAY || October 21st, 2011
Hand in Glove Conference
Hand-in-Glove is a new semiannual conference that addresses the pragmatic realities and imaginative possibilities of self-organized, noncommercial and artist-run spaces, publications, residencies, and a variety of other projects that challenge traditional formats for the production and reception of art at the grass-roots level.
9:30 AM –...
Tags: 20th Anniversary Lumen Magazine, ADAM EKBERG, Amanda Williams, Ancestral Footsteps, artslant, Bad At Sports, Beverly Arts Center, Bill Adler, Bridgepoart Art Center, Cey Adams, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Urban Art Society, Claire Ashley, Deborah Ervin, Def Jam 25, Dobrilla Pintar, Don't Fret, EastBank Open Studios, Eastern Expansion, Erwin Overes, Eunice Carson, Faie African Art Gallery/ Cottage Gallery, Fred Camper, Friends of Ryerson Woods, Geolofts, Hal Link, Half Acre Brewing Company, Hand in Glove Conference, Jason Robert Bell, Jeanne Dunning, Jessica Labatte, Joe Turner, joseph belknap, Judy Natal, Julian Williams, Kristina Paabus, Lelde Kalmite, Lisa Limas, Lora Delestowicz-Wierzbowski, Lumpen Magazine, Lumpen Times, Marci Rubin, Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Mark Rospenda, maxwell colette gallery, MDW Fair Fall Showcase, new city, Pam Hamilton, PHONEBOOK 3, Public Media Institute, Roots & Culture, Roots and Culture, Rumble Arts Center, Sara Black, sarah belknap, Susan Deming, Tara Zanzig, Thad Kellstadt, The Co-Prosperity Sphere, The Perpetual Motion of a Still Life, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Threewalls, Turtel Onli, Warehouse Junkies Vol.4, Zhou B Art Center
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
Week Ends, Art Begins || September 2nd – 4th

FRIDAY || SEPTEMBER 2nd, 2011
{ E X Q U I S I T E • C O R P S E }
Cheers to Sixty’s own Jenny Lam, Zachary Johnson and Jes Standefer–curator and two of the 40 participants in this collaborative art exhibition in classic exquisite corpse style. E.C. will include Interactive art (stuff you can touch). Audience-participatory art (stuff you can create). An advice booth (stuff that may...
Tags: African Festival Of The Arts, Alyssa Miserendino, Bad At Sports, Chicago Artists Resource, Claire Ashley, David Boykin, Elastic Arts, EQ Skyn Deep IV, Exquisite Corpse, Flat Iron Arts Building, Fotoflow, Fulton Street Collective, Gallery Crawl and so Much More, Gapers Block, Goshi Pop Up Art, Hanah Joh Taylor, Happy Collaborationists, Hazel, Hyde Park Art Center, Jazz Fest, Jenny Lam, Jes Standefer, Jettison, Join Creative, Laura Berger, Logan Square Arts Center, Longman & Eagle, Marcus Johnson, Microcosmic Sound Orchestra, Nahcotta Gallery, New Capital, New Catalogue, RGB Lounge, Roxaboxen, Spudnik Press, Star Lounge Coffee, Temporary Allegiance, The Visualist, UIC, Urban Art Retreat, Washington Park, Zachary Johnson