Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Weekly Gallery Crawl: 2/24-2/27

Thursday 2/24 -
Loyola University Ralph Arnold Fine Arts Annex - 1131 W. Sheridan Ave. PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God, work by Frank Warren. Reception 4-7pm.

See the full listing at Art Talk Chicago...

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Opening This Weekend! (2/17-2/20)

Thur. 2/17 -
EVANSTON -
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema - Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive. Grand Theft Auto, film by Ron Howard. Film begins at 7pm.

Northwestern University - Kresge Hall Room 3-365, 1880 Campus Dr. Artist talk with Sergio Torres-Torres. Reception 5:30pm.

MEDICAL DISTRICT -
UIC Art Lounge - Student Center West, 828 S. Wolcott Ave. The Artist & the Traveler, Shared Journeys, work by James Swanson. Reception 4-7pm.

Fri. 2/18 -
BRIDGEPORT -
33 Collective Gallery - 1029 W. 35th St. Get Real, figurative realism. Reception 7-10pm.

Co-Prosperity Sphere - 3219 S. Morgan St. The Annual Showcase of Emerging Typographic All-Stars. Reception 6pm-midnight.

Zhou Brothers Art Center - 1029 W. 35th. Third Friday Open Studios. Reception 7-10pm.

EVANSTON -
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema - Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive. Bigger Than Life, work by Nicholas Ray. Film begins at 7pm.

HYDE PARK -
University of Chicago - Cobb 307, 5811 S Ellis Ave. Form/Forces, work by Rosalind Schneider. Reception 7-8pm.

LAKEVIEW -
Center on Halsted - 3656 N. Halsted St. Andrew Holmquist; Quest, work by John O'Leary. Reception 6:30pm.

Gallery Swarm - 2902 N. Clark St. Swarm Eye Candy, work by Kyle Reeves, Allison Manasse, and Vort. Reception 6-9pm.

LINCOLN PARK -
Rotofugi Gallery - 2780 N. Lincoln Ave. Stoner Fort, work by Frank Kozik. Reception 7-10pm.

LOOP -
Betty Rymer Gallery - SAIC, 280 S. Columbus Dr. The Simulationists: Mixed Reality Performance. Reception 4:30-7pm.

Donald Young Gallery - 224 S. Michigan Ave., suite 266. Jeanne Dunning. Reception 5-7pm.

Gallery 175 - 175 W. Jackson. Photos by Michael Jackson. Reception 5-7pm.

NORTH PARK -
NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery - 5500 N. Saint Louis Ave. Process & Practice. Reception 6-9pm.

PILSEN -
Antena - 1765 S Laflin St. Paint FX, work by Jon Rafman, Parker Ito, Micah Schippa, Tabor Robak and John Transue. Reception 6-10pm.

RIVER NORTH -
Printworks - 311 W. Superior St., #105. Franz Schulze. Reception 5-7:30pm.

Zolla/Lieberman Gallery - 325 W. Huron St. Repertoire. Reception 5-8pm.

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE -
African-American Cultural Center - Addams Hall, 830 S. Halsted St., #207. The Human Condition, work by Tia Etu. Reception 5-8pm.

WEST LOOP -
Packer Schopf Gallery - 942 W. Lake St. Child's Play, work by Thomas C. Jackson; Ruskin's Nine: Bird Compositions, work by Peggy Macnamara; Views From the International Park System, work by Renee McGinnis. Reception 5-8pm.

Threewalls - 119 N. Peoria St., #2C. Subtitles 2, work inspired by Roald Dahl. Reception 6-8pm.

Sat. 2/19 -
BUCKTOWN -
Cleveland Dean Project Space - 1643 N Milwaukee. I HEARD HE’S AN A**HOLE. Reception 6-10pm.

LAKEVIEW -
Autumn Space - 1700 W Irving Park Rd, #207. project for the affirmation of the new project after the affirmation of the new, work by Travis Wyche. Reception 6-8pm.

LAWNDALE -
Murphy Hill Gallery - 3333 W. Arthington St. Polymetric, work by Rahmaan Statik, Max Sansing, Terance Byas, Angel Pagan, and Jose Ramos. Reception 2-11pm.

NOBLE SQUARE -
Roots and Culture - 1034 N. Milwaukee Ave. Instruments of Resurrection, work by Zachary Cahill, Theaster Gates, Mathew Paul Jinks, Aspen Mays, and Cauleen Smith. Reception 6-9pm.

WEST LOOP -
Kavi Gupta Gallery - 835 W. Washington Blvd. Palms Wild, work by Claire Sherman. Reception 4-7pm.

Sun. 2/20 -
EVANSTON -
Evanston Art Center - 2603 Sheridan Rd. Physiotasmagorical. Reception 1-4pm.

PILSEN -
ACRE Projects - 1913 W. 17th St. Out of the Woods, work by Christopher Rose. Reception 4-8pm.

Thanks to Chicago Reader, Chicago Gallery News, On the Make, Spaces.org, Flavorpill, Artslant, Proximity Magazine, and CAR, for their art calendars which help me build this weekly list.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Opening This Weekend! (2/10-2/13)

Thursday 2/10 -
SOUTH LOOP -
Columbia College Hokin Gallery - 623 S. Wabash Ave. Re:Collections: Collecting and Archiving as a Creative Practice. Reception 5-8pm.

WEST LOOP -
threewalls - 119 N. Peoria #2C. Mindy Rose Schwartz: Artist Talk. Talk from 7-8pm.

WOODLAWN -
Center for Contemporary African Art & Culture - 6200 S. Drexel Ave. Double Expresso, Double Expression, work by Thulani Earnshaw. Reception 6-8pm.

Smart Museum of Art - 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. The Tragic Muse. Reception 5:30-7:30pm.

Friday 2/11 -
BEVERLY -
Beverly Arts Center - 2407 W. 111th St. Mindscapes, work by Andrius Plioplys. Reception 6-9pm.

BRIDGEPORT -
Co-Prosperity Sphere - 3219 S. Morgan St. Lumpen 1995 Sex Issue Release Party. Reception begins at 7pm.

BUCKTOWN -
Murdertown - 2351 N Milwaukee Ave, 2. The Warmth I Feel Is So Cold, work by Lindsey Hook, Jessica Minckley and Amber Renaye. Reception 6-9pm.

EAST VILLAGE -
Rainbo Club - 1150 N. Damen Ave. Every Thing That Rises Must Converge, work by Marzena Abrahamik, Andrea Bauer, Maral Hashemi, and Evan Jenkins. Reception 6-10pm.

EVANSTON -
Iceberg Gallery - 7714 N Sheridan Road. Thundercrack! (1975), by Curt McDowell. Screening 6-8pm.

LAKEVIEW -
Chicago Photography Center - 3301 N Lincoln Ave. Iraqi Eyes Exhibit. reception 7-9pm.

Studio Within Salon and Spa - 3000 N. Sheffield Ave. DISCERNMENT, work by Angela Bryant. Reception 7-9pm.

LOOP -
Fine Arts Building - 410 S. Michigan. 2nd Friday Open Studios. Reception 4:30-9:30pm.

PILSEN -
Chicago Arts District - Halsted btw 18th and 21st. 2nd FRIDAYS Gallery Night. Receptions 6-10pm.

RAVENSWOOD -
Lillstreet Art Center - 4401 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chroma, work by Hiroe Hanazono and Mikey Walsh. Reception 6-9pm.

Las Manos Gallery - 5220 N. Clark St. Variations. Reception 7-10pm.

RIVER NORTH -
Judy Saslow Gallery - 300 W. Superior St. Jordan Scott. Reception 5-8pm.

Perimeter Gallery - 210 W. Superior St. Accolades to the East, work by Jay Strommen. Reception 5-8pm.

Saturday 2/12 -
ALBANY PARK -
Swimming Pool Project Space - 2858 w. Montrose. Breaking Up With Chicago. Show and sale from 2-8pm.

EVANSTON -
Block Museum of Art - 40 Arts Circle Dr. Block Cinema: Kitty. Screening 2-3:30pm.

LAWNDALE -
Liz Long Gallery & Urban Art Retreat - 1957 S. Spaulding Ave. Women Artists. Reception 1-4pm

LOGAN SQUARE -
HungryMan Gallery - 2135 N Rockwell St. A Coupling, work by Frank Piatek and Judith Geichman; Dana Degiulio and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung; Samantha Bittman and Mike Nudelman; and Amber Thomas and Josh Reames. Reception 6-11pm.

OAK PARK -
What It Is - 1155 S Lyman Ave. The Letter X, work by Lise Haller Baggesen. Reception 3-11pm.

WESTLAWN -
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture - 6500 S. Pulaski Rd. Kaunas Images, work by Peter and Solvei Stohl. Reception 7pm.

WEST LOOP -
Robert Bills Contemporary - 222 N. Des Plaines St. Drawings: Nathan Vernau, Steven Frost, and Tiphanie Spencer. Reception 5-8pm.

The Hills Esthetic Center - 128 N. Campbell Ave., Unit G. Long Gone, work by Maren Miller. Reception 8-11pm.

WICKER PARK -
Monique Meloche Gallery - 2154 W. Division St. Ebony G. Patterson. Reception 4-7pm.

Sunday 2/13 -
LOOP -
Art Institute of Chicago - 111 S. Michigan Ave. Contemporary Collecting: The Judith Neisser Collection. Show begins Sunday.

NOBLE SQUARE -
Roots & Culture - 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. New Acquisitions from the Video Data Bank 2011. Reception 7-11pm.

PILSEN -
ACRE Projects - 1913 W. 17th St. Present, work by Jennifer Ray. Reception 4-8pm.

UKRAINIAN VILLAGE
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art - 2320 W Chicago Ave. Selected Works from Bohdan Kowalsky Collection. Reception 1-4pm.

Thanks to Chicago Reader, Chicago Gallery News, On the Make, Spaces.org, Flavorpill, Artslant, Proximity Magazine, and CAR, for their art calendars which help me build this weekly list.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Opening This Weekend! (2/3-2/6)

THURSDAY 2/3 -
BRONZEVILLE -
Gallery Guichard - 3521 S. King Dr. Profundity, work by Andre Guichard. Reception 6-9pm.

LOOP -
Art Institute of Chicago - 111 S. Michigan Ave. The Sausage Photographs, Questions, and A Quiet Afternoon, work by Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Show begins 2/3. An-My Lê, artist talk. Talk begins at 6pm.

RIVER NORTH -
Ken Saunders Gallery - 230 W. Superior. Seeing Red. Reception 5-7pm.

Roy Boyd Gallery - 739 N. Wells. Chad Buck: Survey of Work from 1998-2010. Reception 5-7pm.

SOUTH LOOP -
Columbia College Arcade Gallery - 618 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd fl. Fear Into Fire. Reception 5-8pm.

FRIDAY 2/4 -
BUCKTOWN -
Flat Iron Arts Building - 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Now You See It and Now You Don't. Reception 6-10pm.

EVANSTON -
iceberg projects - 7714 N Sheridan Rd. Curt McDowell Screening Series. Screening begins at 6pm.

Simply Chicago Art - 1318 Oakton St. Metal in Motion, work by Jodi Bova, Meredith Dytch, Nilsa Irizarry, and Viral Joshi. Reception 5-9pm.

HERMOSA -
Art on Armitage - 4125 W. Armitage Ave. Complex Aztecs, work by Nino Rodriguez. Reception 6-9pm.

PILSEN -
Black Cloud Gallery - 1909 S. Halsted St. Art Bazaar, work under $200. Reception 7-10:30pm.

Floating World Gallery - 1925 N. Halsted St. Brush as Blade, work by Toko Shinoda. Reception 6-9pm.

RAVENSWOOD -
Fill in the Blank Gallery - 5038 N. Lincoln Ave. Body Tempest, work by Allen Killian-Moore. Reception 7-11pm.

Old Town School of Folk Music, Harris Gallery - 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. Transitions, work by students at Northside Learning Center. Reception 4-8pm.

RIVER NORTH -
Judy A. Saslow Gallery - 300 W Superior #103. Jordan Scott. Reception 5-8pm.

SKOKIE -
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center - 9603 Woods Dr. Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow. Show begins 2/4.

STREETERVILLE -
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E. Chicago Ave. UBS 12x12: Melika Bass. Reception 6-10pm. $18, $13 in advance.

Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art - 1012 N. Dearborn St. Faculty Show. Reception 5-8pm.

WEST LOOP -
Applied Arts - 845 W Washington Blvd. Ohh Manute, work by Eliza Myrie. Reception 6-8pm.

Arc Gallery - 832 W. Superior St., #204. Intimacy. Reception 6-9pm.

G.R. N'Namdi Gallery - 110 N. Peoria St. The Shaping of Black America, work by Charles White. Reception 6-9pm.

UKRAINIAN VILLAGE -
Ukrainian National Museum - 2249 W. Superior St. Volodymyr Ilchyshyn. Show begins 2/4.

WICKER PARK -
Heaven Gallery - 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Fl. Chicago Looks, work by Isa Giallorenzo. Reception 7-11pm.

SATURDAY 2/5 -
BUCKTOWN -
OhNo!Doom Gallery - 1800 N. Milwaukee Ave. Out o' the Woodwork. Reception 6-10pm.

LOGAN SQUARE -
Charnel House Chicago - 3421 W. Fullerton Ave. The Paul Show!, work by members of Klein Artist Works. Reception 6-9pm.

PILSEN -
Ben Russell Gallery - 1716 S. Morgan St. Bless, work by Sandra Kaye Allen, Dayton Castleman, Derek Chan, Judy Ledgerwood, and David Wojnarowicz. Reception 6-9pm.

Peregrineprogram - 500 W. Cermak Rd., #727. Mono, John Riepenhoff and others. Reception 3-6pm.

WEST LOOP -
Andrew Rafacz Gallery - 835 W Washington Blvd. Outside Group, work by Philip Vanderhyden and Occupation, work by Mike Schuh. Reception 4-7pm.

WICKER PARK -
LVL3 - 1452 N Milwaukee Ave, #3. I am Not Superstitious, work by Ben Driggs, Veronica Rafael and Hans Peter Sundquist. Reception 6-10pm.

moniquemeloche - 2154 W Division St. Winter Experiment: Anna Shteynshleyger and Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg. Artist talk at 1pm.

SUNDAY 2/6 -
GARFIELD PARK -
ADDS DONNA - 4223 W Lake St, 422. American Smooth, work by Lindsay Lawson. Reception 3-7pm.

Julius Cæsar - 3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G. Chris Naka and Min Song. Reception 1-4pm.

PILSEN -
ACRE Projects - 1913 W. 17th St. Maria Jönsson. Reception 4-8pm.

PORTAGE PARK -
portage ARTspace - 4837 W. Berenice. LOVE PROJECTS, work by Hoyun Son, Lindsay Obermeyer, and Johannah Silva. Reception 4-7pm.

Thanks to Chicago Reader, Chicago Gallery News, On the Make, Spaces.org, Flavorpill, Artslant, Proximity Magazine, and CAR, for their art calendars which help me build this weekly list.