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Dialogic Communities: Informal Art Education Discussion Group and Research Project

In my first month as director of education at the Evanston Art Center, I organized and moderated a panel discussion on the Chicago-based art magazine The New Art Examiner (1973-2002). I organized two panels, one for those who used to contribute to the NEA and another comprised of present-day art critics working in all corners of Chicago. Our audience was extremely vocal and highly opinionated, which...
Creating Spaces For Encounter at the Evanston Art Center

“We want to activate this space,” said Evanston Art Center’s executive director Norah Diedrich of the mansion-like lakefront building her organization calls home. The EAC has existed since 1929 and in the Harley Clarke House since 1966, and remains an essential part of art’s ongoing evolution in Chicago. “We want more people in here and we want your ideas on the wall...
Weekly Guide to Art in Chicago // February 6th – 12th, 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.
TUESDAY || February 7th, 2012
The Big Big City: Chicago, A Pop...
Tags: "Isaz: Ice is bark of rivers" Aron Gent, 1 Year Anniversary of Escapism!!!!, 5x7, AA Bronson artist talk, Aaliyah, Adam Grossi, AHC, Alberto Aguilar, AlexBradley Cohen, Alice Kain, Allstate, Angeline Evans, ANTENA GALLERY, Anthony Marcos Rea, Anthony Marcos Rea: The Ones I Remember, Archeworks Lecture Series: Emmanuel Pratt, Aron Gent, Art Forum, Art in the Earth: A Field Guide from the Soil to the Studio, Art Metropole in Toronto, Art Talk Chicago, Bad At Sports, Baltazar Castillo, BBDO, Benefit Concert at SHOP Featuring: Zamin, BIG BIG CITY STORE, BIG THINGS, Blake Russell, Book Club Organized by Kimberly Kim, Boyfren Girlfren, Brian Wadford, Caroline Carlsmith, Cassidy Theater, Charlotte Malin, Chicago Artists Resource, Chicago Cultural Center, chicago loop alliance, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, Church xoxo, Chuyuwear, Cloud Gate in Chicago, Cobalt Studio, CoryGlick, dam Farcus, Dante Carlos, Dave Eisenreich, Debbie Carlos, Debibrillator, DJ Anthony Romero, EC Brown, edra soto, Emily Green, Emily McVarish, Emmanuel Pratt, Eric Seligman, Evanston Art Center, Fearghus O Conchuir, Felix Partz, Fotoflow, GALA GALLERY // TRUE LOVE - TYRUE "SLANG" JONES, Galla Gallery, Gapers Block, Genevieve Guimond, George Schneeman, Gesamtkunstwerk, Giftshop Project Space, Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space, Hawkeye Vintage, Heidi Norton, HEIDI NORTON'S "REASONS TO CUT INTO THE EARTH", High Concept Laboratories, I'm Smitten, In Opposition at Block 37, Invocation of the Queer Spirits, Irene Perez, Jeremy Edwards, Jeremy Tinder, Jeriah Hildwine, Jim Dine, JimPapadopoulos, Joanne Kyger, Joe Brainard, Johalla Projects, Johanna Drucker, Jonathan Sommer, Jorge Zontal, Josh Fink, Karen Randall, Kevin Jennings, Kimberly Kim, kokorokoko, Kyle Schlesinger, La Chanteuse Vintage, Larry Rivers, Laura Mackin, Left Eye, Leo Burnett, Liz Miller, Luftwerk, Marwen Foundation, Matthew Hollis, Maya Essence in Chicago, MCA Chicago, Millenium Park Chicago, Min Song, Moneyworth Art Opening and Trunk Show, Monica Westin, Mr. Nudd at the MCA, MTV, Museum of Contemporary Art, Mycelia Project, NACO & ROHO, new city, Nick Ostoff, Nickelodeon, Nicole Northway, Nourishing Notes, NY Art Book Fair, ODLCO, OFFICE/SPACE by Matt Hollis and ART@WAR, Owen Clayton Condon, Pamela Fraser, Paul Hertz, Philip Guston, Philipvon Zweck, Poems and Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (1946-1981), Pop Up Loop Art Program, Pop-Up Art Loop February Gallery Walk, Printer Matter, Public Works Gallery, Quad Core, Quantum Mechanics, R. Kelly, ReBirth @ Defibrillator, Redmoon Theatre, Revolution Brewing Company, Rick Ross, Robert Creeley, Roberta Lima, Rotofugi, Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery, Roxaboxen Exhibition Space, S&S Project gallery space, Sabina Ott, Sarah Church, Scented Illusions: Avon and Art, Selena Jones, SHoP, Short Court: Tropical Aesthletics, SICH MANG, Small-Scale Lifestyles 2: New Work by Min Song, So How Long Did it Take You To Cut That?, Sophia Rauch, Squibbles Ink, Stichy! at Roxaboxen Exhibitions, Striding Lion, Sweet Water Project, Tara Hill, Thad Kellstadt, The Bean in Chicago, The Big Big City A Chicago Pop Up Art Market, The Center for Books Arts, The Hills Esthetic Center, The Hypocrites, The Inconvenience, The Leopold Group, the post family, The Visualist, The Yellow Bookstore, Theodore Darst, Third Coast Percussion, Threewalls, Time Out Chicago, tyrue slang jones, Universal Music Group, University of Chicago, Up in the Air Somewhere, URBAN POP: Art Inspired by the Streets, Veronica Bruce, Viacom’ VH1, Vincent Dermody, Wallace Berman, We Stand Sideways, What It Is, Winifred Haun & Dancers, wurkstep pioneers SICH MANG, Yollocalli Gallery, Zamin, Zeshan Bagewad
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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