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The Western Veil - by Julia Haw
April 14th-Aug 15th 2014
Opening Reception: April 25, 2014.
Location: Thompson Center, Chicago, IL
The Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery exhibits and promotes the work of contemporary and historical Illinois artists. The changing exhibition schedule presents Illinois art to a statewide as well as a national and international audience.
35 Years of Public Art
Temporary Exhibition: 35 Years of Public Art
February 22, 2014 to May 4, 2014
Venue: Exhibit Hall, 4th Floor at Chicago Cultural Center
Curator of the Exhibition: Nathan Mason
Program Director of Visual Art at DCASE: Daniel Schulman
[Nathan Mason is Curator of Exhibits and...
Above Image: Curator Rolf Achilles at the Opening Reception of New Installation of 22 American Victorian Stained Glass Windows at Macy's Pedway.
New Installation of 22 American Victorian Stained Glass Windows
Opening Reception: Dec 9, 2013
Location: Macy's underground Pedway, Chicago Loop.
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Continuing Experience: Virginio Ferrari
Temporary Exhibit: Nov 15, 2013 - Jan 10, 2014
Location: Bridgeport Art Center
Ferrari has been a consistent presence in the international art world with over 50 solo exhibitions and as part of more than 150 group shows. He has created over thirty monumental public sculptures in Chicago, and his work is included in museum, civic and corporate...
Above Image: Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon, performs at the House of Blues [at the unveiling of his Great Chicago Fire Hydrant by artist Marco Nunes
Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon,
unveils his Great Chicago Fire Hydrant by artist Marco Nunes.
The event took place on Monday, Sep 9, 2013
at the House of Blues
Jenna Mishelow [ from The Infusion Project, collaborator with the Brave New Art World]
Brave New Art World
The Brave New Art World is an arts unification movement, which focuses on "Art for the People". The idea is to cultivate public interest and create and expand awareness of the different forms of art in Chicago. It features an Open House, on the first Thursday of...
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Opening Reception of Jun Kaneko's exhibition, "Legends, Myths and Truths"
Above Image: World renowned artist Jun Kaneko, Donna La Pietra [Co-Chairman of Millennium Park Inc.] and Lucas Cowan [Director of Public Art at Maryland State Arts Council, and senior curator of exhibitions and special projects for Millennium Park]
Legends, Myths and Truths -...
Above Image: From left Jamey Lundblad, Nathan Mason and Daniel Shulman
Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College
Opening Reception: March 22, 2013
Temporary Exhibition:
Location: Chicago Cultural Center [4th Floor Exhibit Hall]
The exhibition features the works of acclaimed African-American artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff [1900-1980]. In 1938, Alabama's Talladega College commissioned Woodruff to paint six large-scale...
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